“James Beaman does something courageous: he unravels the spiral of silence.”

How many James Beamans are out there? As long as the spiral of silence maintains its grip on our culture, we can’t know. I suspect that, if people begin speaking out, we’ll find that there are more than enough of them to pull us out of the hole we’ve dug ourselves.”

~Glenn Loury

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I'm a theatre artist and a writer. A Gen X gay man of the old school. Favorite privilege? Free speech. I encourage people. I call bullshit. I push back. The Arts are in trouble. They're worth saving. Let's talk about it.

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