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A Failure of Imagination
Why comfortable societies cannot see their own decline — an essay on perception, inheritance, and the slow truths our era cannot carry.
Gael MacLean
21 min read


I Am Not Your Label
We all check the boxes. Susan Sontag knew the violence of labels. An essay on identity, classification, and who we see when we look in the mirror.
Gael MacLean
10 min read


The Bengali Tea Boy Consideration
A reflection on navigating political exhaustion, family divisions, and the discovery that we're all serving each other badly-made tea while complaining about the taste.
Gael MacLean
10 min read


The Politics of Hunger
Famine as political technology. From Churchill's Bengal to Stalin's Ukraine, from Mao's China to today's Gaza and Sudan, the same patterns emerge with mechanical precision.
Gael MacLean
9 min read


God Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The God I know says Do No Harm in thought, speech, or actions. Simple words.
Gael MacLean
4 min read
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