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theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. Pre-order THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT now.
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Awwwwww.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Caesar: *gets stabbed* "Et tu, Brutus?" Brutus: "eT tU, bRuTuS???"

submitted 19 hours ago • 12 comments

I’m in Washington DC and my Latino Lyft driver just asked me if I wanted “ICE” and both of our lives flashed before our eyes. I didn’t understand until he said “frio” and pointed at the A/C.

submitted 15 hours ago • 5 comments

My former employer paused all marketing on Pride toys and cancelled donating the proceeds to a great org because… *checks notes* … a single bigot doesn’t understand how BarkBox works? You literally have to CHOOSE and PAY MORE for the Pride toys. Happy Pride, gang 🫠

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

“before house music even existed”

submitted 1 day ago • 41 comments

Comprehensive and strong apology. When you’re wrong, take the L. Otherwise you become ridiculous. apple.news/AirMvPscTQKe...

submitted 3 days ago • 35 comments

Ahhhh, SHADDUP!!

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

This is a really fun and smart piece of NBA cultural criticism. Every line is quotable, but I'm going to go with "swag dust bowl" as a representative line. www.neverhungover.club/p/toward-a-u...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I thought this line was particularly telling, and not just for New Yorkers: “I never used to be as far left as a Bernie [Sanders], but those are the only people who are looking out for us,” said Anita Hennessey, a 61-year-old child care worker.

submitted 3 days ago • 56 comments

You won’t find much, if any, national coverage of Trump’s secret police terrorizing a San Diego restaurant, but this from a local TV station does a great job capturing the emotional response of the neighborhood and the human stakes youtu.be/_fF1BIU1q3M?...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

this has been happening every day in my timezone & i keep telling myself, “oh, it’s the bats! they’ve discovered melody! good for them!” but inevitably i end up at the cabinet by the window with one hand on my ambien & one on a crate of dynamite & one day i’m not gonna feel like taking a pill.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

The birds are singing at 3:27am.

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

seriously what the fuck is wrong with these fuckin people

submitted 4 days ago • 52 comments

💀💀💀💀

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

No spoilers, but this week’s episode of #DragRace is INCREDIBLE!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

This week on VIBE CHECK, I have this to say about Pride month: “I can dance and throw a Molotov cocktail at the same time.”

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Something is happening on the timeline and I’m enjoying it. Hit him again!

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

I was eight or nine years old and had no business watching “NYC Undercover.” The series finale had me crying screaming throwing up. I couldn’t believe my eyes! I was so shook that my mom was shook.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

best reaction i've yet seen to someone blasting unwanted music from their phone on the subway: a bunch of teens shouting endless requests.

submitted 5 days ago • 38 comments

ONE OF ONE.

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

Also, I’m astounded by the number of times I’ve heard women call other women “females.” Like??????? OH NO, THEY GOT TO YOU TOO???? Internalized oppression is terrifying.

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments

In my experience, people who call women “females” have rancid vibes. You can smell their brain-funk from a block away.

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

Enjoyed @timmiller.bsky.social chatting with the Vibe Check guys (@theferocity.bsky.social @samsanders.bsky.social @zachstafford.bsky.social). Does this <gestures broadly> mean Pride will be subversive again?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Oh, I’m gonna get a LOT of use out of this meme.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

You what they say: teamwork makes the chaos into a career.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

My literary agent and therapist would love each other. My entertainment lawyer and talent manager would like each other. My financial advisor and speaking agent would like but not love each other.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

LMAOOOOOOOO!!!! THE NERVE!!!

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

In 2020, George's Floyd's killing by police sparked a reckoning in America — in many cases, with Black women at the center. For my latest Amendment column, I asked some of them: What did that moment ask of you — and what, if anything, did it give back? 19thnews.org/2025/05/blac...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

I wrote The House of Beauty because the beauty industry has always been a mirror, a mask, and a weapon. This book is about who profits from our insecurities—and how we reclaim our power. Pre-orders have begun. <3

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments