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A Shiny Goth! Literary and horny. English PhD in Dallas. The Gothic, Victorians, Feminism, Foucault.
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I love Normal Again but I do not watch Killed By Death.

I am reading that New Yorker profile of Curtis Yarvin and I cannot overemphasize how much he is a stupid person's idea of what a smart person sounds like. I resent having to know who this man is. I wish to wipe him from my memory.

Don't print lies in the newspaper

i am not going to say what i think the local response to the trump administration closing the park in the middle of dc's historically gay neighborhood during world pride in dc should be but i do have thoughts

Too many liberals think “people already know” what the parties stand for. The last few elections have made very clear not only do people not know, but if the other guy tells them what you stand for in the absence of you saying anything they’re going to believe his lies.

They're definitely fucking.

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

What state has the most Republicans? California. What state has the second most Democrats? Texas. The Red State/Blue State dichotomy does a lot more to "other" than it does to inform.

It sucks when they hot dog suit so much it boomerangs back like double hot dog suit

Deniro: “Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner” Pacino: “This place got pie?” Deniro: “what?” Pacino: “pecan. Apple. Yknow?” Deniro: “pie?” Pacino: *reading menu* “strudel? Nah not the same”

i cannot understand why "weak little bitches" and "biggest losers in history" is not on the lips of every single democrat in the federal government instead of whatever bullshit schumer is on these days

it gives me hope

The thing about Curtis Yarvin is that his ideas are shallow plagiarisms of monarchists and fascists and the only reason he has any influence is because the tech oligarchs are desperate for an ideology that gifts them legitimacy and they’re actually dumb as shit.

HBO: “Joanne doesn’t reflect our values” JK Rowling: “every cent I get from HBO will go to hurting trans people”

this fucking party

"This is aaaaaah your secret board of all-powerful oligarchs speaking aaaaaah looks like this Hobbesian nightmare is running about ten minutes behind this morning but aaaah we should be able to make that up in the air aaaaaaaah so sit back, relax, and know that we control every aspect of your lives"

Imposter syndrome had a great run, but unfortunately someone found it stabbed to death right in front of the FEMA head who’s unfamiliar with hurricanes

people are getting disappeared, innocent men sent to foreign gulags, the civil service hollowed out, thousands left to die without foreign aid, and schumer is saber rattling about iran. these people make me fucking sick.

1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

This should be a much bigger story. Murder has *plunged* across the country—so much so that the U.S. may see the lowest murder rate *ever recorded.* That this is even possible after the 2020 murder spike is truly amazing.

every month now we get a breathless new article with a headline like, "Meet Curtis Yarvin, the Dark Prince of the Blogosphere Who Invented Being a Racist Libertarian."

“The government gets to render people it doesn’t like stateless” is not a position that has historically worked out well for the Jews.

oh my fucking god

Our house was previously owned by Do-It-Yourselfers, and I now have a new thing to ask about when house-hunting in the future, because never again do I want to own a home previously owned by DIY enthusiasts.

Toad went to Frog’s house. He found a note on the door. The note said, “Dear Toad, I am not at home. I went out. I want to be alone.”

On the one hand, social problems with lots of causes and effects can feel insurmountable bc no one action is a solution, but, on the other hand, that also means we can begin almost anywhere and the work is not wasted.

I’m not going to read that profile because I have limited time in this life and don’t want to waste it, but if we were going to allow random intellectual dilettantes to inform the direction of the country, why not me over Yarvin? Between the two of us, I’m at least literate!

"I just feel like the gays need a zombie film. It's time that we get to have a big gay zombie movie." -Tina Romero 🧟😍

Listening to my daughter explaining Pride to my son in the backseat. "... And that's why Pride is about love for everyone... Except cops."

My latest newsletter, on why Trump's break with the Federalist Society may reflect an existential crisis for the organization.

See, I always love it when a film throws a bunch of money at a couple of academics like this. Fuck yeah Professor Adler, go hog wild in the set shop being uptight about the color of the stone walls