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Your Paywall Doesn't Need a Disclaimer
Stop Optimizing for People Who'll Never Buy
Oct 10 • 
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Ready to stop begging Amazon for scraps?
Resistance expert Kit Perez on building structural trust outside the system
Oct 6 • 
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The Bad Boy Innoculation
Why Every Girl Needs to Fall for Magneto Before She Meets Him in Real Life
Oct 3 • 
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September 2025

Why Indie Authors Win: Unlikable Characters That Work
Corporate Publishing Neuters Storytelling
Sep 29 • 
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She is NOT for the Streets
Why Women Must Not be Patrol Officers
Sep 26 • 
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Red Pill Author v. The "Writing Community"
An Interview with Rian Stone
Sep 22 • 
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The Retaking of Hollywood
The Kimmel Suspension and the Return of the Studio System
Sep 19 • 
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Pop Culture Heretic is Here
The book I never planned to write
Sep 8 • 
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August 2025

The Truth About The Publishing Industry
Insight from an author who saw the ugly truth up close
Aug 28 • 
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The Cancel Pigs Are Still Here
Authors are not yet free to say true things
Aug 25 • 
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The Need for Radical Rudeness
You have NOT reached Becky from Customer Service
Aug 22 • 
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Your Nightmares are Real
Weapons (2025) and the Creatures that never left
Aug 15 • 
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