Sonya Vatomsky

Bio: Sonya Vatomsky is a writer and researcher based in the Pacific Northwest. They are the author of Salt Is For Curing (Sator Press, 2015) and a staff writer at Haute Macabre; their work has appeared in New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Slate, Atlas Obscura, and elsewhere. Find them online at @coolniceghost and sonyavatomsky.com.

Politics & History

When Societies Put Animals on Trial

Animal trials were of two kinds: (1) secular suits against individual creatures; and (2) ecclesiastic cases against groups of vermin.

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Arts & Culture

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

In 1971, two legends of Black letters discussed Black manhood, white racism, the role of the writer, and the responsibility to teach.

Science & Technology

Can We Build a Better Facebook?

Is it time to turn our back on Facebook? And if so, what social network could possibly replace it?

Science & Technology

The Anatomists of Ancient Alexandria

Cultural forces under the Ptolemaic dynasty briefly allowed scholars like Herophilus to practice dissection—and possibly vivisection—on human subjects.

Politics & History

The Genocide Before the Shoah

For a century, Jews in Turkey have maintained a strategic silence when it comes to recognizing the Armenian genocide. Could that be changing?

Politics & History

Wilhelm Reich: Twice Burned

A psychoanalyst and physician, Reich fled the Nazis only to be detained by the US as an “enemy alien” during World War II. And then came the sexual revolution.

Sonya Vatomsky

When Societies Put Animals on Trial

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