Sahand S. Kadir (SaQa)

an abstract interpretation of La Cueva de las Manos

Sahand S. Kadir (SaQa)

Some sites where you can find my writing:

https://radiosaqa.substack.com/ – Manic Depression – blog navigating the lived experiences and treatment methods of psychiatric conditions – posts tend to emphasise the value of self-evaluation to people living with psychological disorders (to everyone, really) – to accept and analyse oneself is to earn the luxury of movement and growth.

https://www.are.na/sa-qa/brontecore – Brontëcore – fragments, ideas, collages, sketches, poems – drawn from and inspired by the poetry of Emily Brontë, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Anne Sexton, and more lovely lovely people (not limited to poets) – reckless format, low quality.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/princemyshkin/reviews/ – Letters to Nastasya – loveletter/music-review hyrbrids – affective criticism, where social experiences of music listening are inseperable from musical critique – earlier entries establish emotional and conceptual ground that later ones build upon – echoes (but does not intend to recreate) Prince Lev Myshkin and Nastasya Filippovna's relationship in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot – demonstrates a kind of love focused on attentiveness (listening to music together, sharing songs, recommending albums) rather than possession.

https://www.trillmag.com/author/sahand-kadir/ – Trill Mag – early music reviews, youth-culture commentary, listicles, etc. etc.

Some other stuff – one-offs, stand-alone writings:

Fandom, Crossover Fiction, and the Anti-Capitalist Imagination (Green & Gilded, October 2025) – a personal essay on my experience with and interpretation of fanfiction sites such as Wattpad and AO3.

Jane Remover and Internet Pseudonymity (Green & Gilded, Novemeber 2025) – an essay on Jane Remover's internet plurality and online avatars as a whole, kind of all over the place.

Kashmiri Chai (Green & Gilded, December 2025) – a short story about drinking pink chai.