Kim Haas

What kind of asshole still supports a politician after it becomes glaringly obvious they’re a pedophile?

Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!

The Lush Whimsy of Summer. Flowing creatively with the seasons.

Leaning into the freedom of summer…How do the different seasons impact your creative endeavors?

Books Read in May + June, 2025. She takes us deep into the experience of being ill then stepping back into the world of the well but never feeling fully present in either world.

What I’ve been reading lately. How about you? ❤️📚

The delay is deliberate. It’s strategy. Let’s make sure it absolutely backfires on them.

Everyone has “access” to healthcare but not everyone can afford it. 🤦‍♀️

These are the most vile, trash humans ever.

It’s been a brutal day for anyone with a moral compass or empathy. I felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin so I put on my sneakers, leashed the pup and headed to park. No podcast, no music, no audiobook. Just some peace.

Peace of trees.
Peace of water.
Peace of movement.
Peace of breath.

She looks positively haunted by her vote. As she should. It should haunt her for the rest of her life. Even Susan F*cking Collins did the right thing for once.

I am floundering. I searched for tips on revising a novel and came across this spreadsheet based on the snowflake method. It’s helping me carve out some clarity. Onward!

Share any novel revising tips. I haven’t yet outlined anything. I am generally a pantser who later turns toward plotter🤷‍♀️

My heart❤️ One of the main reasons I don’t sink into a pit of absolute despair and depression every single day 🥺

As a rule I avoid commenting on anyone’s appearance but I am so sick to death of Kardashian Mar-a-Lago face. The aspirational conformity of the plastic surgery work is a whole form of violent oppression as farmed out to the masses, and particularly young women. No one needs a fucking lip flip.

So did I! You’re so welcome. Grateful the words found you💕

Is it because she actually is a heinous loser?

Read this in the latest issue of “Writer’s Digest.” Needed to read her take on writing amidst chaos. Words are healing. The right words reach me exactly when I need them. Words are magic.

Avoiding the Muck of Maybe Days. Maybe is a slippery slope into inertia.

I have to say yes or no to my writing every single day. Maybe days are a hard pass.

We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

my takeaway from this feature is that in a functioning political system there would be televised congressional hearings over the fact that one of the most influential people in the white house is a total maniac www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

To What End? Understanding Trump’s endgame

open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

This is an absolutely critical read. Please take a few minutes and do so.

www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

All.
The.
Time.

Transformation sauce A gift from me to you: Awesome green sauce that just makes everything better.

Marissa Rothkopf @marissarothkopf.bsky.social shared this green sauce recipe on her Substack a year ago—before The Contrarian even existed.
It’s simple, adaptable, and turns even the dullest dinner into something worth craving.

Try it yourself:

I love a good reframe!

Exactly.

China made ZERO concessions and American consumers will still have to pay a 30% import tax, driving up prices.

It’s just the latest proof that Trump is a TERRIBLE negotiator.

Excellent question. What the fuck ARE we doing?

Lovely way to end a lovely day💕

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

AOC: This administration — and Noem — spits on the American flag every time they engage in that nonsense. So I don’t want to hear anything about “America First.” These people, and this administration, are putting America last by acting like their allegiance is to a man instead of the Constitution.