The Tax Code of Us

The Tax Code of Us examines why so much of our cultural life feels both subsidized and starved. Tracing the roots of the nonprofit tax code, I explore how legal structures have shaped the arts in the US, often tying creative work to the preferences of private wealth. Along the way, I look toward alternative models rooted in feminist thinking, Indigenous governance and cooperative practice. It is a second stone in a larger inquiry about what cultural infrastructure might yet be possible.