Thoughts

I write a lot. Essays. Articles. Blog posts. All of them sharing what I’m thinking about. Maybe you think about these things, too.

Jeannette de Beauvoir 10/1/22 Jeannette de Beauvoir 10/1/22

Fiction in a Time of “Alternative Facts”

And I wonder, sometimes, if playing the fiction card relieves us—readers and writers alike—from the storyteller’s responsibility, the obligation to observe and reflect a culture, a society, a time.

Jeannette de Beauvoir 11/3/20 Jeannette de Beauvoir 11/3/20

The Truth is Often Inconvenient

Any attempts to restore truth as a functioning part of the cultural landscape have been only marginally successful… I recognize there are times when lying is both unavoidable and necessary. But it should never happen because the truth is inconvenient. It should never cause a government, a country, or a person to betray their humanity.