Kurt — Writing

Unpublished

I've Got Shit to Say

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Essay Rejected

Welcome to the Trans Supremacy

A Thought Experiment to Elucidate the Cis Supremacy

In the trans supremacy, babies with visible vaginas have a male label slapped on their birth certificate and babies with visible penises have a female label slapped on their birth certificate.

essay absurdism cis supremacy

2026

Sent to

Autostraddle

Humor Rejected [En Inglés]

An Open Letter from Someone Who Does Not Vote, Re: Data Privacy Concerns

En Español, porque ¿por qué no?

Estimados Votantes de EE.UU.,

Es importante que ustedes sepan en dónde están sus datos. ¿En serio? ¡Comparten su información libremente sin saber ni quién ni cómo la vaya a usar!

humor data privacy open letter español

2026

Sent to

McSweeney's

Flash Rejected

To Be Special, or Not to Be

Everyone is Special

I'm special. Someone who's humor didn't mature past 2nd grade is thinking "special ED." And I am autistic, but, the type of special I'm talking about is the type of special that, in our society, entails power over those less special.

flash humanity spirituality

2025

Sent to

McSweeney's

Brevity

Letter to the Editor Rejected

RE: Accomodation Nation

Academia Still Teaches like It's 1975

Rose Horowitch's "Accommodation Nation" absolutely infuriated me as an autistic, partially recovered paraplegic. I am terrified to ask for my accommodations. I never got accommodations in college. This article felt like a bully crystallizing my worst fears.

letters-to-editor education AI

2026

Sent to

The Atlantic

Nothing here under that filter.

Kurt is hard at work on his memoir
about how becoming a paraplegic saved his life.

Interested in offering a book deal so he can work on it full time?

kurt.sell8@gmail.com