Femcels — the female version of involuntary celibates, or, “incels” — are rapidly gaining visibility and attention, as evidenced by the recent uptick in femcel related content on social media…
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How do we write about love of cock?
There’s something embarrassing, shameful, about enormous desire: cuntstruck, dick-drunk, dickmatized, down bad. So much work goes into pretending to be more upright, less addicted, than we really are. When I…
New Men, Same Story: Ted Lasso‘s Heteroformalism
Men are good now — haven’t you heard? Nice guys are having a cultural moment: every online platform has lists of “unproblematic faves,” men like Keanu Reeves, Fred Rogers, or…
Compulsory Heterosexuality, Past and Present: Adrienne Rich and the Lesbian Masterdoc
I started using TikTok in late 2020. Not long after joining, the app began feeding me videos by queer women who enthusiastically praised something called the “Lesbian Masterdoc,” describing it…
Hetero Ever After? Romance Novels, Race, and the Limits of Social Dreaming
Heteropessimism is everywhere, it seems, from our newsfeeds to our brunch conversations — and now, also, in our book clubs. This gender malaise plays out in contemporary literary fiction with…