Writing
Culture, media, and the way we live now — published on Substack, shareable
from this domain. aridrennen.com/p/… links go straight to the piece.
Speaking
Keynotes, panels, and newsroom talks on media, narrative, and covering trans lives without getting played.
→Photography
Portraits, landscapes, events, and aerial work. Booking now in Seattle and beyond.
→Thoughts on Weightlessness
Poems about gravity and its exceptions. Available on Amazon.
→Ski With Me
A day on the mountain at Crystal, Alpental, or Snoqualmie — good lines, good company, photos included.
→Wishlist
A running list — birthdays, weddings, generous moods.
→About
I ran the LGBTQ program at Media Matters for America, monitoring right-wing media and the disinformation machine aimed at LGBTQ people. My research and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and Democracy Now!, and in the documentary Heightened Scrutiny. I wrote the poetry collection Thoughts on Weightlessness, and I have a songwriting credit on Ekko Astral's Pink Balloons — Pitchfork's #1 rock album of 2024.
These days I write independently and run Pink and Blue Strategies, a narrative-intelligence consultancy for nonprofits and campaigns. Founder, principal, and the person answering the email.