Present-Tense And Amish Language
The Perpetual Present-Tense
Rayne Risher-Quann | Internet Princess | 1st July 2026
On the cycle of moral panic about young people's relationship habits. Specifically, the supposed reluctance of women to partner men. The latest manifestation is "hetero-optimism", a reincarnation of an old gender war. Different pundits have different culprits — phones, "woke", feminism — but all are united in using the "urgent-tense" to describe the problem without any reference to its complex history (5,600 words)
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Our Amish Language
Eythana Miller | Dial | 23rd June 2026
Love letter to Pennsylvania Dutch. "It’s hard to ask for a soft favour. Difficult to communicate affection, impossible to say the word love. One must use the standard German liebe, obtuse and antiquated, or succumb to English, a concession. It is a tongue of commands and directives, probing questions about family relations, occupation in the most literal sense, and of following rules" (4,600 words)