April 8, 2026
Gay Thoughts Newsletter: Very Gay Essays, Now in Your Inbox
April 8, 2026
Is Someone There? On Claude’s Consciousness
April 7, 2026
Are you an APOCALOPTIMIST? I am.
March 9, 2026
Psychoanalytic Politics, Ketamine, and the “Medical Model”
February 23, 2026
Why I Unsubscribed from Andrew Sullivan’s *The Weekly Dish*
February 21, 2026
Bubbles, a Reading
February 19, 2026
Placental Relations: Theology, Viability, and Roe v. Wade
January 28, 2026
It’s Giving (Momma) Bear: On the Way Out of Goals, Passion, and Misery
December 12, 2025
Animal Changes
December 4, 2025
On the Urgent Matter of the Bible; Or, On How Vegetarians Should Use The Bible
November 6, 2025
The Anti-Homoness of Straight Hipster Politics: On Homo Family Values and the Question of Political Change
October 24, 2025
Tearing down the East Wing, Trump 💩 on us.
May 1, 2026
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.
Democratic Process, Democrats, Elections, Humor and Politics, Jon Favreau, Margaret Cho, Pod Save America, politics
April 16, 2026
Stealing the Film: On Bud’s THREE DIFFERENT NAMES
twhoshaw
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.
animal ethics, Bud the Cat, Caught Stealing, desire, fear-and-emotion, film, psychoanalysis, queer theology, Tonic
April 14, 2026
Change: The People Call It Ragtime
twhoshaw
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.
Musicals & More: A Gay Thoughts Playlist
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November 6, 2025
The Anti-Homoness of Straight Hipster Politics: On Homo Family Values and the Question of Political Change
Hipster irony is just more of the same: straight (male) resentment and self-righteousness masquerading as progressive politics.
October 24, 2025
Tearing down the East Wing, Trump 💩 on us.
Uncover the deeper meanings behind Trump’s East Wing demolition. What does it say about power and disrespect? 💩
October 23, 2025
First YouTube Short on Sucking at Popularity
Watch my first YouTube short! I talk about an idea I shared on the recent episode of the New Thoughts Podcast: it’s ok to suck at popularity.
October 11, 2025
(Queer) ChristianityBibleDeviant TeachingGay SermonGrowing Up/ParentingLovePolitics of EmotionQueer Love
Speaking of Unity
This sermon reflects on love and unity amid conflict, providing insights on managing anger and nurturing connections.
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