The Em Dash Rorschach Test

Large language models love em dashes—so much that human writers are second-guessing their own punctuation. Some see em dashes as proof of machine authorship. Others dismiss the panic as projection. This essay unpacks the debate between "Em Dash Truthers" and "Grammatical Chillists," moves into personal confession, and reaches a surprising conclusion. The em dash has become a Rorschach test for our collective anxieties about authenticity.