Ericjhensal
@ericjhensal.bsky.social
Writing for Progressive Conjecture at https://erichensal.substack.com/ and author of "A Progressive Art of War" outlining the benefit of Sun Tzu’s ancient Art of War for modern progressive efforts. http://amazon.com/dp/B07V9JXRMS
Pinned
Ericjhensal
@ericjhensal.bsky.social
· May 23
Progressives must re-examine strategies to defeat Trump and fascism. Here is how to use a classic text to inform how we change to fight the good fight and teach Democrats what they should be doing to win. open.substack.com/pub/erichens....
What does it say that Social Security cards don't list sex, but passports still do? A small detail, a big habit, and a chance to rethink fairness. Read: Why Passports Have Sex.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What does it say that Social Security cards don't list sex, but passports still do? A small detail, a big habit, and a chance to rethink fairness. Read: Why Passports Have Sex.
From Jim Crow to girls softball, habits keep people in unjust places. My new piece on the damage one outdated label on our IDs do. Why Passports Have Sex.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
From Jim Crow to girls softball, habits keep people in unjust places. My new piece on the damage one outdated label on our IDs do. Why Passports Have Sex.
Habits should lead to justice, not oppression. This week's post looks at one we never question: why our passports still ask for sex. History, psychology, and a proposal for change.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Habits should lead to justice, not oppression. This week's post looks at one we never question: why our passports still ask for sex. History, psychology, and a proposal for change.
''We have male drivers and female drivers—not drivers.' What if we stopped giving our prejudices a place to land on our IDs? My latest Substack: Why Passports Have Sex.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
''We have male drivers and female drivers—not drivers.' What if we stopped giving our prejudices a place to land on our IDs? My latest Substack: Why Passports Have Sex.
Social progress is just our bad habits overturned. Here's one more habit to give up for the best : sex on passports. Why do Passports Have Sex.?
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Social progress is just our bad habits overturned. Here's one more habit to give up for the best : sex on passports. Why do Passports Have Sex.?
William James called habit 'the flywheel of society.' It keeps order—but it also keeps injustice spinning. What happens when that flywheel runs our passports? Why Passports Have Sex.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
William James called habit 'the flywheel of society.' It keeps order—but it also keeps injustice spinning. What happens when that flywheel runs our passports? Why Passports Have Sex.
Why do we still list 'sex' on passports? Habit. Once useful before photos and biometrics, now just a leftover from another century. My latest Substack asks what happens when we stop doing things just because we always have.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Why do we still list 'sex' on passports? Habit. Once useful before photos and biometrics, now just a leftover from another century. My latest Substack asks what happens when we stop doing things just because we always have.
Passports list height, eyes, birthplace, and 'sex.' One of these no longer belongs and does more harm than good. Read why letting go of that box would benefit us all.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Passports list height, eyes, birthplace, and 'sex.' One of these no longer belongs and does more harm than good. Read why letting go of that box would benefit us all.
''M' and 'F' on a passport once helped ID travelers—100 years ago! Today they just reinforce gender prejudice. Read Why Passports Have Sex.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
''M' and 'F' on a passport once helped ID travelers—100 years ago! Today they just reinforce gender prejudice. Read Why Passports Have Sex.
Social habits build nations—and sustain bias. A short read on how a century-old passport convention reveals more about power than identity. Why Passports Have Sex.
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” really serves.
erichensal.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Social habits build nations—and sustain bias. A short read on how a century-old passport convention reveals more about power than identity. Why Passports Have Sex.
SCOTUS hates with its passport ruling today on sex in Trump v Orr. Progressives, it is time to not have sex on any ID at all. The information is irrelevant and including it does much more harm than any good. erichensal.substack.com/p/why-passpo...
Why Passports have Sex
Passports still list “sex” long after biometric IDs made it obsolete. Why? Habit. From Jim Crow to the present day, habit shapes injustice—and progress. It’s time to ask what purpose that “M” or “F” r...
erichensal.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
SCOTUS hates with its passport ruling today on sex in Trump v Orr. Progressives, it is time to not have sex on any ID at all. The information is irrelevant and including it does much more harm than any good. erichensal.substack.com/p/why-passpo...
Who all is here from Democratic Underground? Would love to see you there sometime. www.democraticunderground.com/100220782760
Why Passports have Sex -- Trump v Orr, SCOTUS, Bad Habits, and Imagination - Democratic Underground Forums
www.democraticunderground.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Who all is here from Democratic Underground? Would love to see you there sometime. www.democraticunderground.com/100220782760
Whatever happens this election night--DO NOT LISTEN TO PUNDITS. For good or ill, they are no better than coin flips. Hedgehogs and Foxes Cover Election 2025 open.substack.com/pub/erichens...
Hedgehogs and Foxes Cover Election 2025
Scientific proof pundits will be wrong tonight, so do not panic, nor be assured
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Whatever happens this election night--DO NOT LISTEN TO PUNDITS. For good or ill, they are no better than coin flips. Hedgehogs and Foxes Cover Election 2025 open.substack.com/pub/erichens...
The Right's war on the civil service aims, not to shrink government, but to destroy it. Project 2025 is Social Darwinism turned into public policy.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Right's war on the civil service aims, not to shrink government, but to destroy it. Project 2025 is Social Darwinism turned into public policy.
The Gilded Age never died, it's just rebranding. Project 2025 is the new face of Social Darwinism: the strong profit, the rest serve.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Gilded Age never died, it's just rebranding. Project 2025 is the new face of Social Darwinism: the strong profit, the rest serve.
A century after the Progressive Era curbed the robber barons, Project 2025 revives Social Darwinism under a red hat.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A century after the Progressive Era curbed the robber barons, Project 2025 revives Social Darwinism under a red hat.
Project 2025 seeks to erase a century of progress in labor rights, public health, and civil service. It's a new Gilded Age for the 21st century.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Project 2025 seeks to erase a century of progress in labor rights, public health, and civil service. It's a new Gilded Age for the 21st century.
Project 2025 isn't about running government,it's about breaking it. Trump's backers want to return America to the Gilded Age of privilege.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Project 2025 isn't about running government,it's about breaking it. Trump's backers want to return America to the Gilded Age of privilege.
Trump's second term isn't about fascism, it's about breaking the tools of government so privilege rules again. That's Social Darwinism reborn.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trump's second term isn't about fascism, it's about breaking the tools of government so privilege rules again. That's Social Darwinism reborn.
The Progressive Era ended the Gilded Age's Social Darwinism. Project 2025 wants to bring it back -- privilege over people, profit over government.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Progressive Era ended the Gilded Age's Social Darwinism. Project 2025 wants to bring it back -- privilege over people, profit over government.
Why dismantle the Department of Education if you want control? Because Project 2025 isn�t fascist�it�s Social Darwinist: destroy, not govern.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Why dismantle the Department of Education if you want control? Because Project 2025 isn�t fascist�it�s Social Darwinist: destroy, not govern.
Fascism adds workers to oppress; Trump�s Project 2025 tears it down. The goal isn't order, it's Social Darwinism for a new Gilded Age
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Fascism adds workers to oppress; Trump�s Project 2025 tears it down. The goal isn't order, it's Social Darwinism for a new Gilded Age
MAGA�s billionaires don�t want fascism�they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their blueprint to break government and restore the Gilded Age.
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
MAGA�s billionaires don�t want fascism�they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their blueprint to break government and restore the Gilded Age.
Trump and Project 2025 is the billionaires' dream to break government, revive Social Darwinism and restore the Gilded Age. erichensal.substack.com/p/what-do-th...
What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?
MAGA’s billionaires don’t want fascism—they want Social Darwinism. Project 2025 is their plan to shatter progressive government and restore the Gilded Age.
erichensal.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump and Project 2025 is the billionaires' dream to break government, revive Social Darwinism and restore the Gilded Age. erichensal.substack.com/p/what-do-th...
