between Walter Matthau’s face and Walter Matthau’s hair there is a gap of staggering antiquity….
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between Walter Matthau’s face and Walter Matthau’s hair there is a gap of staggering antiquity….
Elaine May’s A New Leaf is a perfect movie about getting erectile dysfunction about killing your wife: open.substack.com/pub/dmlavery...
shit i'm pretty sure i did this in our round table. mea culpa
almost fruitopian
And I think it’s most interesting when the justifications are dropped! What if someone’s interest in a sexual experience, that could not in real life include them, did not: Heal your trauma Help you navigate misogyny Assist in identity formation as a gay trans man Or do any good in your life aside from being you pleasure Wouldn’t it be fun to find out? It seems like people often want to introduce virtue into this conversation, like “As a woman, you ought to be more interested in f/f. Only once you have finished the broccoli of lesbianism may you enjoy the bread pudding of fake faggotry.”
“the broccoli of lesbianism versus the bread pudding of fake faggotry”
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the cuck chair, the goon cave, the fujoshi futon; the most comfortable seat for spoiled desire!
"Gooning and fujoing out are both about losing yourself in an obsession with something you can’t have. The porn stars, the beautiful gay guys. And it’s not a drawback that they can’t have it. It’s the point."
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if I could give my younger self any advice it would be to take my time starting to save for retirement. everyone tells you to start early. that's a lot of pressure. wait until you're ready
For all Cassius’ reputation for being a conniving, subtle, behind-the-scenes manipulator, his number-one go-to strategy for trying to get people on side is to mention how willing he is to die right now
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Seth, hello! Yes, I want to find ways of writing about sex that do not merely describe "things other people do; I happened to be in the room also, normally." It's tricky!
absolutely unreal episode
Sleeping with men after having transitioned felt quite a lot like being Blanche DuBois at the end of A Streetcar Named Desire — more specifically, like being Marge Simpson as Blanche in Oh, Streetcar! — depending wholeheartedly on the kindness of strangers. It works!
Outside of screening for behavior I consider appropriate, my attitude toward chasers is like the one Francis Walsingham attributed to Elizabeth I on religion: “Her Majesty [does not like to] make Windows into Mens hearts and secret thoughts.”
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that's very kind of you to say -- thank you so much, and I'm both sorry and glad that this article has proven helpful to you
You really don’t have to stop spending time on your phone this year. If you do decide to spend less time on your phone, by no means should you discuss it with others. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak! In a similar vein, don’t start keeping lists of all the books you read. You will not get more enjoyment from listing a book than you did from reading it. If your profile includes a sentiment like “I like older men” on hookup apps, you should be aware that at least 50% of your audience is going to read that as “I like the oldest men.” If you do not seek this outcome, find another way to phrase it.
little more
Advice for Everyone
Do your best not to lie, within reason. When you are caught in a lie, admit to it instantly, and if possible, cheerfully. In this way you will still be able to maintain a reputation for honesty
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the Sad Butler Movie Index is up
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“My desire for friendship is not exclusive, but it is often possessive.”
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“My desire for friendship is not exclusive, but it is often possessive.”
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“Have you still got those green pills I gave you?”
“We mustn't worry him with technical talk. The worst thing for this sort of case is discussion.”
“There’s nothing wrong with you. If you need a prescription, I’ll go so far as to say you ought to be married.”
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you would not believe how often the titular butch in lesbian pulp classic "Beebo Brinker" drinks a glass of milk defiantly at someone
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"To hear someone call out “On your left” with no hope of friendly eye contact, to have to leap out of the way lest they jangle their hateful little bell at you — without those little courtesies, I become an animal. I would happily kill and kill again."
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Nightingale Wood is so damn good man
A green dog over a tree. A yellow dog under a tree.
John 1:48: “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
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[offended] From time to time I may be at his beck. But I certainly am not at his call
nonfiction titles today:
First Things: Why The Morning Ends (And Why It Doesn’t Have To)
Pasta Fabulous
1927: The Year Before 1928
What Costco Can Teach Us About China, and What China Can Teach Us About Strategy
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nonfiction titles today:
First Things: Why The Morning Ends (And Why It Doesn’t Have To)
Pasta Fabulous
1927: The Year Before 1928
What Costco Can Teach Us About China, and What China Can Teach Us About Strategy
www.thechatner.com/p/what-every...
you are under no obligation to believe this, but the movie playing in the lounge for transgender night at the gay bathhouse this weekend was harry potter and the chamber of secrets. incredible move
"Who would have thought that beneath that rather Charlotte Brontë exterior, there was actually a Charlotte Brontë interior, full of meek pride, hopeless hope, and timid determination?"
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