here at sinkhole, we’re explorers, not explainers – our goal is to chart the world's complexities, to resist the echo chamber, and to engage in the difficult work of empathy.
Two new memoirs illustrate the expanse and variability of conflict, as well as the infinite variety of human experience.
by Katharine Coldiron
These myths could be hampering your sex life.
by Michael John Carley
Spectrumfolk often choose monogamy because anything else can feel too complicated. There are, however, many different ways one can be polyamorous.
by Michael John Carley
In Praise of Autism Surfing Organizations
by Michael John Carley
Same Hot Buttons, Same Heat
by Katharine Coldiron
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The nonfiction book critic for the Washington Post on ideas, politics, and book clubs.
by Katharine Coldiron
Stephen Elliot’s lawsuit over the “Shitty Media Men” list is just a spiteful attempt at doxxing.
by Katharine Coldiron
So Many Islands, the new multi-genre anthology from Peekash Press, shines a light on countless island lives, along with the political and environmental pressures threatening them.
by Katharine Coldiron
“A seed of sage within my mother's womb I attune to a sacrament of Psalms…”
by Frederick Douglass Knowles II
Featured
makers
The fiction writer on her newest story collection, surfing (which she's never tried!), dystopia, and unlikely saviors.
by Katharine Coldiron
Civil’s co-founder and communications lead explains what’s so revolutionary about the new platform.
by Eric Fershtman
The first-time memoirist on grief, pets, and growing up.
by Rachel Kolman
The politics around sex is complicated and, in many ways, regressive.
by Michael John Carley
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thinkers
It’s born of relief, and our privilege to avoid talking about racism ourselves.
by Eric Fershtman
Acknowledging the complexity of the issue, and reinvesting in community as a value, are necessary steps in resolving our uniquely American problem.
by Jenn Gilgan
