50 calls for journalism/writing pitches (February 13, 2023)
In this Valentine week, maybe it’s worth asking - who do we love? There are the obvious - kids, family, close friends, the wet-t-shirt-clad, lightly tanned woman from that bedroom poster when I was a teen… But reach beyond, and I can think of dozens, maybe hundreds of people, once I start to embrace the experiment. Socrates, Hitchens, Rushdie, Armstrong, Sagan, Tesla, Shakespeare, Hawking, Picasso, Hemingway… how many do you want? Anyone basically who has achieved something of merit and changed the world, even a single mind, even if only a little, for the better. People who have decided, whether consciously or not, that truth and love are worth chasing, worth developing, worth nurturing, and with passion and abandon have pursued their exploration. These people matter almost as much as our close loves - these people direct the course of the world, they colour its history, and it’s only through people like these that the rest of us can hope that with each tiny reorientation, the world improves, suffering reduces, love and happiness grow, and unity, peace and kindness become more likely to flourish.
This week’s calls for pitches below.
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