Every weekday, I post–on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram–an essay from my archive (sometimes more than one), along with new work published that week. I realised it might make sense to compile these links at the end of every week, so that readers who missed them at the time can catch up. This is the fourth in the series.
You’re welcome to follow me on any of these social media platforms, but please note that I’m no longer accepting new friend requests on FB, unless I’ve met you and know you personally. You can, however, still follow me there without us directly “friending” each other.
Some changes in my publishing schedule: I’ll be posting new work on Tuesday mornings. Previously, I tried Fridays and that was hell: I start every new work from scratch on my designated non-book-work day (I have three book projects I need to finish this year) and, depending on the extent of my research that can take a few or many hours. If I posted on Friday, I had to promote it over the weekend–and I try to not spend my off days in front of the computer. I tried Mondays, but I found myself working late into the evening–in which case, I might as well just post on Tuesdays.
So, Tuesdays it is, usually by 10 a.m CST.
This week’s brand new essay was “Kiss and Run: On Matty Healy and White Saviours.”
Here’s my “Laverne Cox and the Cost of Celebrity.”
Jason Momoa, Aquaman, and the Queer Art of Friendship.
My conversation about Tom Cruise, with David Parsons of Nostalgia Trap.
The Style It Takes or, The Difference Between Style and Fashion.
Every President Is a Sociopath.
Some Of You Have Never Died, And It Shows.
And I posted this on Twitter, after a strange kerfuffle at the ongoing (and deeply unprofessional) DSA conference. More later, but for now here’s “What Really Happened At Current Affairs?”
And, as always, if you’d like to know more about my work, start here: “A Manifesto.” For more, just peruse this website, using the search box (I’m still uploading older work).
A trio of Humpback Whales did this, and we should just leave the planet to them.
If you’d like to support me to ensure that I keep producing work that’s truly independent, isn’t concerned with “hot takes,” and that takes actual, real intellectual risks, you can support me in a number of ways.
Image: “Drip,” Yasmin Nair, 2023