I'm so grateful for The Midst for sharing my recent experience with a sudden lay off and contemplating the choices ahead of me. It's making me reckon the ways I've framed my life around work, even as someone who thought they resisted doing so.
Read more: themidst.substack.com/p/laid-off

Proud to have my first piece in The Desert Trumpet, a nonprofit, Hi-Desert news outlet with a mission to increase political engagement and participation. This community town hall recap is a great primer about development and community organizing in the dez!
www.deserttrumpet.org/p/finding-ba...

I was proud to talk with different members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Hi-Desert about pride and its special importance and relevance this year for my latest article for the Coachella Valley Independent.
Read now: cvindependent.com/2025/06/cele...

"There’s more of us than them. We need to utilize the tools available to us across the spectrum to say no, to make our dissent visible. We need to make protest as normal as breathing. Then we need to go deeper."
Reflecting on being in it for the long haul: eleanorwhitney.substack.com/p/conversati...

If, for example, Trump says nobody is allowed to dance, on penalty of death, he has no legal power to make that declaration and no power to enforce it, but if everyone stops dancing it's as good as if he did. Reporting as though Trump has these powers helps give him those powers.

Reflecting on marching forth on March fourth, overcoming psychic sludge, finding places to contribute and resist, why I don’t care about being “cringe,” and my formative time as a high school jazz clarinetist.

Have a read: open.substack.com/pub/eleanorw...

Just a fleeting moment of good hair and joy amidst the horrors in one of my favorite cities.

Trying to put my energy where my values are. Jumped into a big project with my neighbors to clean and revitalize the Flamingo Heights Community Center. In these times, I want to focus on building community and creating spaces for connection. I hope our work will contribute to that.

Sky drama as balm and distraction.

Over a decade of visioning. An annual ritual to create a personal oracle. Channeled a lush, creative life and how to use that energy to fight alongside those more vulnerable and build a world where empathy and justice matter. Feeling grounded and aligned to face the struggles and joys ahead.

Excellent reporting and explanation of how slashing the federal workforce will impact Joshua Tree National Park. Includes a call script for residents of CA 23 to call our ghoul of a rep and demand he do something. He needs to hear from us loud and clear!

Thank you for the feature @studyhall.bsky.social!

A new edition of my monthly-ish newsletter is up, with musings on loss, recovery, the transformative power of desert snow, and my annual writing goals. eleanorwhitney.substack.com/p/reflection...

Snow day in the Mojave.

As I witness the staggering loss in Los Angeles, I'm grateful I had the opportunity to reflect on and share what I learned after losing my home in a fire six years ago and the ongoing process of recovery for Architectural Digest.
Thanks for reading: www.architecturaldigest.com/story/my-apa...