“How can we engage the state without fracturing the queer community—peeling off those the state can give the least to, and thus neutralizing the movement?” Sam C H 🏳️‍🌈 and Hugh Ryan on the promises and tensions in queer visions of the state:

bostonreview.net/articles/queer…

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: President Biden tells Erin Burnett that if Israel invades the city of Rafah, the U.S. will stop supplying it with artillery shells, bombs for fighter jets and other offensive weapons

By the way, since some people have figured it out on their own already, just gotta say that the same day James Somerton put up his post faking his death he rebranded his alt account then posted about tv shows and horny posted

I was confused why very professional science writer Ben Ryan accused me of calling him 'and 'activist-blogger'' in a 'fact-check' he posted because I have never, in fact, written about him outside of Twitter.

Turns out he can't tell the difference between me and Erin Reed.

one of the most exciting pitch calls I've ever seen—Orion is looking for queer nonfiction stories about food!!!
orionmagazine.org/submission-gui…

The NYPD has a public system that lets you look up an officer’s disciplinary history.

There’s something seriously wrong with it. Cases keep disappearing and reappearing at random.

My latest for ⁦The Nation⁩:

The Work of Abolishing Prisons: A Q&A With Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché thenation.com/article/activi…

Michael is that rare combination of brilliant, hard working, and lovely. I can guarantee you don’t know all the amazing history packed into this book - join us on the 3rd to find out all about it!

The fight for trans rights and the fight for abortion rights are two sides of the same coin.

It's the same fight, using the same logic and legal arguments, being fought by the same people, all for control over your bodies and lives.

Excited to see this banger of an interview (if I may say so) with ⁦Hugh Ryan⁩ about A Queer Theory of the State out in ⁦Boston Review⁩ bostonreview.net/articles/queer…

Y'all, Piers Morgan did a journalism. Who knew he had it in him?! Please watch this extremely revealing exchange.

Apple product launch or visualization of what AI is doing to the arts, you decide!

Dubliners: come see Téa do her thing at the International Literature Festival Dublin on May 23.

I will be in the back, attempting to get the toddler to stop shouting “MAMA’S BOOK SPEECH”

I had a fantastic time talking to Nico Lang about their forthcoming book, 'AMERICAN TEENAGER: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era' - check it out on my patreon! patreon.com/posts/nico-lan…

This is the problem with a media that decided to push a narrative, not based in fact, that “progressive prosecutors” were causing crime and the murder rate. That hasn’t changed, and they won’t admit they were wrong.

The responses to this from self-regarding centrists and liberals: An impulsive lashing out against the “hysterical MAGA Left,” accusing me of helping Trump win - in reaction to a criticism of *the executive editor of the NYT* and elite columnists like George Packer. Huh. 1/

SHE WALKED THE MET CARPET WITH EBONI ON HER SIDE!??!? 🥹 I know this has become something of a common appearance recently, but do yall even understand how far we've come to get here??? Were you there in the begining?

Dana, I am so so so so proud of you. A lifetime of proud.

Hey, Aftermath is 6 months old today! I'm so grateful for our awesome subscribers and all the support we've received for this wild dream. I'm proud to be part of a movement of worker-owned outlets that's grown so much just since we started. aftermath.site/products