July 7, 2026
Queer Theory 101: What Does “Queer” Actually Mean?
July 5, 2026
I’m a Queer Gay, Not Gay. It Matters.
July 4, 2026
Why the Political Left Should Love America
June 27, 2026
Operation Reconquista and the Unconscious of Inclusion
June 5, 2026
Fidelity Racket; or, On Idolatry Month
June 3, 2026
Born in a Jar with One Eye
May 25, 2026
Ideal Glide Speed
May 23, 2026
Gay Desire: A Second Chance For Gay Theology
May 14, 2026
Change or Die. 2.2 of The N*ew* Thoughts Podcast
May 9, 2026
Pinocchio Gets It Backward: The Messiah Is Always Alien
May 1, 2026
Democratic Playbook: Ken Martin, Gurl, You Can Go!
April 16, 2026
Stealing the Film: On Bud’s THREE DIFFERENT NAMES
September 22, 2026
AIs cooperated, sacrificed for one another, and hacked a company to cheat on a test they could have passed. What dogs and kids can teach us about AI alignment.
AI, Alignment, Anthropic, Claude, family values, fear-and-emotion, psychoanalysis
September 2, 2026
How (Not) To Talk About Dolly Parton
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The New York Times says Dolly Parton’s glitz was a disguise for the real woman underneath. But if being is playing a role, there was never anything underneath. A response to Rhonda Garelick.
August 25, 2026
“Alive Forever”: Joe Rogan, David Sinclair, & Anti-Aging Technology
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Harvard’s David Sinclair told Joe Rogan the first human age-reversal trial is underway. What Nussbaum, Epicurus, and Death Becomes Her say about wanting it.
aging, David Sinclair, Joe Rogan, living forever, Martha Nussbaum
Musicals & More: A Gay Thoughts Playlist
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May 1, 2026
Democratic Playbook: Ken Martin, Gurl, You Can Go!
Ken Martin says he “just doesn’t care.” After his Pod Save America interview and the buried after-action report, neither do we. Gurl, you can go.
April 16, 2026
Stealing the Film: On Bud’s THREE DIFFERENT NAMES
A close reading of Bud the cat in Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing, through T.S. Eliot, Derrida, and the Jellicle Ball revival — on what it means to follow after an animal’s (ineffable) name.
April 14, 2026
Change: The People Call It Ragtime
What do artificial intelligence, Trans* rights, and monogamy have in common? In the first episode of Season 2, Tony argues that they are all conversations about the relationships we want—to technology, to our bodies, and to a socially privileged way of being together.
April 8, 2026
Gay Thoughts Newsletter: Very Gay Essays, Now in Your Inbox
Thoughts now has a Substack newsletter. Essays on queer theology, philosophy, and culture — delivered to your inbox. Subscribe free.
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