Archive - Gemini Mind 💫

On physics: Gravity, vulnerability, and other strange phenomena ☄️

“Black holes are some of the most extreme phenomena in our Universe,” writes Dan Wilkins. “They are objects so dense that the force of gravity is so…

Jul 27, 2023 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

June 2023

We lost our Mojo

Today is our sixteenth anniversary and we’re broken. Just before sunset on Monday, Mojo collapsed in a seizure on 69th and Columbus. Kiana and Tannar…

Jun 2, 2023 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

April 2023

We got couples therapy on television 📺

Our story premieres tonight on Showtime and Paramount+

Apr 28, 2023 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

March 2022

On who we call the good guys

People seem to enjoy invoking WWII in debates about Russia and what the the United States should do in Ukraine. This call to pathos urges us to “be the…

Mar 16, 2022 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

May 2021

A cult within a cult: Operation Underground Railroad, the Mormon church, and me

Two weeks ago, Slate published an essay from a woman I know about a paramilitary raid she went on with Operation Underground Railroad.

May 26, 2021 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

March 2021

Disagree to agree 😤

I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationship with technology. When The Social Dilemma came out in 2020, I was surprised at how people talked about it…

Mar 14, 2021 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

November 2020

Giving thanks in Omelas

Two days ago the Mormon prophet, Russell M. Nelson, released a special message for the Church. “As a doctor, I know the value of good therapy. So, dear…

Nov 22, 2020 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

May 2020

On racism, reparations, and tending the bones

A few months ago, I met an artist in New Orleans. Her name is Madeleine Kelly, a friend of a friend. I’d been admiring her paintings for a while (find…

May 27, 2020 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

For Eugene, on his 73rd birthday 🥂

It took me weeks to cry in quarantine. Those early days were rife with confusion and worry. We cancelled plans as the curve crept up. There was no time…

May 19, 2020 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

April 2020

Living in a fermata

Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite writers. Last year, over many runs through Central Park, I worked my way through his MasterClass on the art of…

Apr 28, 2020 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

March 2020

Quorums and Kit Kats 🍫

Call me a grumpus: I hate International Women’s Day. It’s as flaccid as a Mormon church on Mother’s Day. Thank you, Elders Quorum, for all those years…

Mar 9, 2020 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

February 2020

Slowness and sanctuary ⏳

I’ve been thinking a lot about justice and the paradigms wherein those efforts take place. The paradigm is the thing with power, and yet we look past…

Feb 12, 2020 •

Kristi Thomas Boyce

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