Strange Clarity

The Category Error, Part 1: Why gender explains less than we think

The first in a multi-part series tackling the logical fallacy at the heart of our gender debates, and offering a proposal for moving forward

Feb 4 • Laura Moore

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January 2026

A House with Many Wings

The disappearing versions of me

Jan 23 • Laura Moore

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The return of the Why mode of thinking

My desire and even ability to write disappeared for months. Is it back?

Jan 5 • Laura Moore

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November 2025

Passing from words to matter

My first byline, my current obsession with making miniature things

Nov 7, 2025 • Laura Moore

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September 2025

The compulsion to capture: from cave walls to camera rolls

On photography as shield, solace, and the ancient urge to depict the world

Sep 17, 2025 • Laura Moore

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Work is broken: Marx, alienation, and the Great Pretending

How a viral post on the death of the corporate job echoes Marx’s 19th-century critique

Sep 4, 2025 • Laura Moore

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August 2025

On shifting interests and writing a newsletter

Considering my August travels over an ocean and through books and what it means for this newsletter

Aug 29, 2025 • Laura Moore

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The "god trick" and how we read authority

Against the view-from-nowhere: speaking with location, limits, and responsibility

Aug 18, 2025 • Laura Moore

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What fish can teach us about mental disorders

How outdated categories shape what we think we know — and who suffers for it

Aug 6, 2025 • Laura Moore

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July 2025

Am I autistic enough?

If you think you're autistic but a professional said you're not, this is for you

Jul 29, 2025 • Laura Moore

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What your writing reveals about you (even when you don’t know it)

Sounding the alarm over a July 2025 study on LLMs and autism detection

Jul 22, 2025 • Laura Moore

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Why is autism so common now?

Seven big, bold reasons for why it feels like autism is everywhere these days

Jul 21, 2025 • Laura Moore

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