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Elizabeth Holmes & The Meat-Grinder Of CapitalismElizabeth Holmes gestures while speaking at a conference. She's wearing her signature black turtleneck and her blonde hair is artfully dissheveled.
The Elizabeth Holmes verdict is an endorsement of capitalism's ever-growing death toll. (Flickr / Fortune Global Forum 2015, CC NC ND license)
January 16, 2022
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Elizabeth Holmes & The Meat-Grinder Of Capitalism

Posted in Creative Commons, and Journalism

Elizabeth Holmes’ guilty verdict chilled me in a way I didn’t expect until it happened.

The popular media suggested a guilty verdict might put the brakes on some of the worst behavior of the tech giants. And the jury found Holmes guilty earlier this month … of some of the accusations against her.

Out of the 11 counts against Holmes, the jury could only agree to a guilty verdict on 4 — all of them involving defrauding investors. On the rest, the jury either deadlocked or acquitted. That includes all the charges involving misleading doctors and patients with false testing results.

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Hemp Facemasks Offer Sustainable Protection From COVID-19 VirusWorkers at a Trader Joe’s pose in hemp masks created and donated by iLoveBad and The Hemp Cooperative.
Workers at a Trader Joe’s pose in hemp masks created and donated by iLoveBad and The Hemp Cooperative. (Photo: iLoveBad Organics)
May 26, 2020
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Hemp Facemasks Offer Sustainable Protection From COVID-19 Virus

Posted in Journalism, and Ministry of Hemp

On Ministry of Hemp, I interviewed Daniel Ong from iLoveBad Organics about their new hemp facemasks.

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Isolation Stress-Relief Guide From Ministry of HempKit O'Connell and the Ministry of Hemp created a guide with self-care tips for COVID-19 isolation. Photo: A person sits alone in the sun outside on a bench.
Kit O'Connell and the Ministry of Hemp created a guide with self-care tips for COVID-19 isolation. (Photo: Unsplash / Hisu Lee, public domain)
April 23, 2020
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Isolation Stress-Relief Guide From Ministry of Hemp

Posted in Journalism, and Ministry of Hemp

Over at Ministry of Hemp, I teamed up with some of my coworkers to create a Hemp-Powered Isolation Self Care Guide.

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Virtual Gonzo Zine Library, Spring 2020: Resistance Under A PandemicA portrait of Kit posed against a stone wall, his brown hair blowing in his face as he reads "Our Grief Is A Starting Point In The Fight Against Fascism," a zine by Cindy Milstein (part of the Virtual Gonzo Zine Library Spring Edition). He's wearing sunglasses and a colorful 70s flower print face mask covering his mouth and nose.
Kit reads "Our Grief Is A Starting Point In The Fight Against Fascism," a zine by Cindy Milstein, and part of the Virtual Gonzo Zine Library Spring Edition. (Mask by JM Stallings. Photo by Kit O'Connell, all rights reserved.)
April 20, 2020
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Virtual Gonzo Zine Library, Spring 2020: Resistance Under A Pandemic

Posted in Creative Commons, and Zines

Welcome to the Virtual Gonzo Zine Library. The VGZL is a quarterly zine reading list and miniature zine distro. A few times per year, I curate some of my favorite zines — zines that I think everyone should be reading, including myself.

This is the very first edition. I tried to pick zines which felt topical to this moment of pandemic, and could help inspire, comfort, and give us new perspectives. I selected a mixture of the very practical and the theoretical, but I tried to focus on zines written in an accessible way that wasn’t overly academic.

I’m dividing this edition of the Zine Library into a main selection and bonus content. The main selection is my reading list for the quarter, while the rest are other zines I think you might find interesting.

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Life in Isolation (& Gonzo Zine Library Update)Kit sits with his chin resting on one raised knee, with his cheek against his fist, among brightly colored wildflowers in the Texas Hill Country near Hamilton Pool.
Kit sits among brightly colored wildflowers in the Texas Hill Country near Hamilton Pool. In happier, simpler times ... April 29, 2019. (Photo: Jane Michael Stallings, All Rights Reserved)
April 11, 2020
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Life in Isolation (& Gonzo Zine Library Update)

Posted in Journalism, Life, and Zines

It’s time again for me to say THANK YOU to everyone that supports my work on Patreon. Thanks to your help, I’ve been able to continue work on the Virtual Gonzo Zine Library. Read on for a little bit more about that below.

I want to be transparent about my mental health, because I think it’s helpful for others to know they’re not alone in this.

I’ve struggled my whole life with depression. After watching “The Babadook,” I think of depression like the monster in my personal basement. Always there, in my life, but hopefully part of the background most of the time as long as I take care of myself… but occasionally, escaping it’s home in the basement to spend a few days in the foreground of my consciousness. For the most part, I try to love myself and let it pass.

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Update on my life & work in March
A utility box on the sidewalk, near a trash can and bus stop sign. A wheatpaste graffiti image depicts a person wearing a gas mask, and mirrored text repeating the words, "Trump is the Virus!" (Kit O'Connell, Creative Commons Attribution license)
March 26, 2020
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Update on my life & work in March

Posted in Life, and Zines

What a bizarre, intense and upsetting month it’s been, hasn’t it?

I wanted to give you all a brief update on my life and work.

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