jasper baton lydon

is an award-winning researcher of america’s alternative communities.

a non-binary artist, writer, and scholar,

a 2024 graduate of princeton university,

a tentative optimist,

& an interviewer of some of the coolest people in the country.

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some of our most popular issues

the third kind of grassroots politics that *might* just save america

Tuesday 21 January 2025

wanna take part in mutual aid?

Tuesday 14 January 2025

the indigenous people’s day issue

Tuesday 14 October 2024

“Stellar… Original and compelling… a timely and significant development.”
Dr. Stacey Mann on Jasper’s intentional community research