Archive - JoAnne Parisi

The Weight of Purpose

The Difference Between Saving Lives and Living One.

Jul 15 • JoAnne Bastable Parisi

June 2026

An Irreverent Wreck

Healing Trauma Through Tribe: Why Irreverent Warriors Feels Different

Jun 3 • JoAnne Bastable Parisi

January 2026

Nobody Needs a Thneed

New Hampshire’s state motto is Live Free or Die, which is aspirational in the same way a lot of slogans are: it sounds great until you try to live…

Jan 30 • JoAnne Bastable Parisi

Pattern Recognition is not Politcal

Every time someone invokes history to point out dangerous political patterns, the same deflection shows up on schedule:

Jan 28 • JoAnne Bastable Parisi

First they came for….

Yesterday I went to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with my family.

Jan 16 • JoAnne Bastable Parisi

There is a particular sound to obedience.

Jan 15 • JoAnne Bastable Parisi

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