Literary Imperialism and Scenes of High Melodrama
When BIPOC and queer writers defy minimalism
The term melodrama is a value judgment—and as such, it can be careless. ...
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“Many Gay Men of My Generation Weren’t Planning to Die of Old Age”
Lambda Literary Award–winning poet Mark Bibbins on his new collection, 13th Balloon
“Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear,” Susan Sontag wrote in 1989. “Real diseases are useful material.” In AIDS and Its Metaphors, Sontag argued that the virus had been stigmatized as a plague, “a disease to be regarded both as something incurred by vulnerable ‘others’ and as (potentially) ...
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Twinks, a Manhattan Con Artist, and the Ford Mustang
Past Present Episode 133
In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki debate the rise of the “twink” aesthetic, Manhattan con artist Anna Sorokin/Delvey, and the cultural endurance of the Ford Mustang.
Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
The New York Times has declared “ the age of the twink .” Neil referred to this ...
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