Contribute to The Austin Tadarida

Adam Schragin

23 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

On Bluesky earlier this month, cartoonist and illustrator Mattie Lubchansky wrote:

a thing i simply cannot get over, as The Media collapses for i think the 5th time in my adult life, is what the fuck business the people who own these publications think they are in. shouldn’t the point be to just make enough money making the articles to make more articles— mattie lubchansky (@mattielubchansky.com) August 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM

While this blog is certainly not a business at the moment, and has only just recently published its first post by a contributor who is not me, I feel very strongly that, yes, ideally the purpose of every publication should first and foremost be to publish writing and to continue doing so for as long as possible. At the moment, I'm excited that two more contributors are writing pieces for this site, and I want more.

To that end, I am asking that individuals who have something interesting to say about Austin (or possibly something completely different, let me know) step up and work with me. Contributors will be paid.

If you have an interesting pitch about Austin culture, history or something else curious and fun, please email me at austintadarida@gmail.com with your ideas. I am not interested in pivoting to video or any other dumb as shit idea. This is it. Reach out if you'd like to help me build something new.

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