Isaac Essex (they/he) thinks with trans studies, decolonial environmental humanities, and aesthetics and visual culture, to think through queer and trans endurance amid hostile climates, extractive economies, and ecological precarity. Of late, they have been thinking with the notion of 'weathering' as it refers to the act of endurance that is being worn down, and the attempts to withstand atmospheric pressure that foster modes of survival amid a climate of hostility. Isaac holds a B.A. in English and Gender Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is a PhD Student at Brown University. His critical and creative work has been published or is forthcoming in such places as Transgender Studies Quarterly, Sinister Wisdom, Apiary, and PANK Magazine.