Ryan WeberWhat is a horse?My first attempts at writing this essay — which attempted to connect a story from ancient China to certain cultural phenomena today — were…4 min read·Mar 6, 2024----
Ryan WeberTake Critical Theorists At Their Word — And Spread ItNearly eight years later, many pundits still don’t seem to realize why Donald Trump won the election in 2016. I didn’t vote for the man —…5 min read·Mar 1, 2024----
Ryan WeberWhat is Woke?“What is woke?” we’ll ask you, “Are you able to define it? Or did you watch Fox News and learn that you Should thoughtlessly malign it.”3 min read·Feb 27, 2024----
Ryan WeberThe First Time I Worried About Where We Might Be HeadedIn spring of my junior year of college — many years ago at this point — at around 2 a.m. on a Thursday morning, at a convenience store just…5 min read·Jan 21, 2023----
Ryan WeberThe Other Boy Who Cried WolfYou may have heard of the village where a shepherd boy lied about seeing a wolf so often that when a wolf actually showed up and he cried…19 min read·Jan 11, 2023--1--1
Ryan WeberKamala Harris’s Debate Tactic: “That Little Girl” Was Bullsh*ttingNote: this piece was written during the 2020 election. But its point is still, I think, very relevant.7 min read·Sep 18, 2022----
Ryan WeberThe Little Mermaid’s Scissor StatementThe newest battlefield for the culture war has gone down where it’s wetter, down where it’s better, as Disney has released the trailer for…9 min read·Sep 18, 2022--1--1
Ryan WeberThe CRT Paper That Gives The Perfect Microcosm For All That Is Wrong With CRTSince George Floyd died, I have begun to read leftist books and academic papers in an attempt to take them at their own word and not at the…6 min read·Jul 30, 2022----
Ryan WeberReasons We Hate WokethoughtJust a list. Not justification — that’s to come. But I think it’s valuable to lay out exactly what my concerns about Wokethought are. Here…7 min read·Jan 30, 2022----
Ryan WeberLessons, Truth, Resentment: Why Should We Learn History?In all the discussion about how we should teach American history and which stories should be included in the curricula, the question that…12 min read·Nov 7, 2021--2--2