Notes From an Unruly Quaker

The Tradobligations Flow Chart

Season’s Greetings. Now get some rest.

Dec 27 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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November 2025

Hometown Invasion

A surge of Customs and Border Patrol agents in the Triangle

Nov 18 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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We Need to Talk About the Police

C/W sexual assault

Nov 4 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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October 2025

Making protest signs, woozy from the permanent-marker-on-posterboard fumes

"No Kings II" protest edition

Oct 15 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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October 7th and my Protest Confession

It’s October 7, 2025, marking two years since Hamas’ Oct.

Oct 7 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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September 2025

Staying local with it

These candidates are accepting some shady donations, y'all.

Sep 28 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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Getting local with it

let's break down these enraging endorsements from the IndyWeek

Sep 19 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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Ezra Klein and the dangerous fallacy of extreme centrism. Shall we dig in?

I don’t always write from a place of a burning, firey rage, but when I do, it’s usually in response to something someone posted in a listserv.

Sep 12 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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Student Panthers, local elections, manuscripts …

Hi friends!

Sep 6 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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August 2025

Reform or Abolition; Liberal or Leftist? Or: Would you have helped the Underground Railroad? (Really?)

Most contemporary Quakers, including this unruly gal right here, take not a little pride in the Quaker history of abolition.

Aug 20 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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I’m fixing to talk about Jesus. Bear with me, folks.

I came away from my silent retreat this year with a grateful heart and with a deeper understanding of several themes.

Aug 10 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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July 2025

Why I Stopped Listening to the Pod Save Bros(™)

And some suggestions for feeding your radical imaginations

Jul 17 • J. J. Johnson Wichman

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