oliver haug

i feel the same! it drives me crazy

cant tell if ai is genuinely making everyone's writing worse or if i'm just overly attuned to it

always such a pleasure to edit jude, especially on a topic like this on a week like this

what's his name

ada cafe by ashby bart randomly has pretty decent ones for $7...best deal i've found recently

I wouldn't be who I am today without the time I spent writing for Bitch. I miss it so much, and I'm so glad writers and editors are carrying on its legacy in new forms. "now more than ever" is a cliche but we really do need feminist media right now, desperately.

it was an honor at the time to see how much it resonated with people — and it's continued to be an honor over the years to have writers I work with bring it up, or students tell me they read it in class. it truly means so much <3

Love Sick It's time to uncouple care work from romantic love.

I originally wrote this piece for Bitch back in 2021. So grateful to @freeblackgirl.bsky.social and @theflytrapmedia.com to see it back in print again <3
the-flytrap.ghost.io/love-sick/

Love Sick It's time to uncouple care work from romantic love.

This week's reprint from the Bitch archives is an updated read from @cohaug.bsky.social on care economies, romantic love, and building more sustainable ways of taking care of each other.

The queer and trans songs we loved in 2025 | Xtra Magazine From Amaarae to Rosalía to Ezra Furman, here’s what we had on repeat this year

helped pull together a little roundup of @xtramagazine.com contributors and editors' fave songs from (mostly) queer/trans artists! my takeaway: violins are IN. and thank god for that.
xtramagazine.com/culture/musi...

This is the best vibe report!! Ahhhh very sorry to be on the other side of the world right now, but cherishing the report even more because of that.

Call for sources from one of our @xtramagazine.com fellows:

"Are you a teacher, ed worker, or librarian in Alberta? I’m writing about how education workers are working with/around the recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and book bans. Reach out to alicep.boyle@gmail.com if you're open to speaking."

thank u! :)

i wrote a vibe report for ORB!

‘Biology’ is backlash | Xtra Magazine Why do the arguments of men’s rights activists and TERFs sound so … similar?

ICYMI: The gender gap isn't between "normal" men and the freaks of Gen Z, nor even between men and women -- it's about people who want a return to "normal" gender and those who don't: xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘EMOTION’ is all about the fantasy—and I'm swimming in it | Xtra Magazine Having a crush hurts so good. Jepsen understands that better than anyone

@cohaug.bsky.social paid tribute to CRJ's love of the fantasy, and how the album perfectly captures the depth of swimming in a crush xtramagazine.com/culture/musi...

'Beauty Is a Labor Issue': The Ms. Q&A with Arabelle Sicardi Since the start of their career, Arabelle Sicardi has worked to carve out a niche as a beauty writer who takes the industry to task. In an industry that thrives on affiliate links, and where publicati...

chatted w/ arabelle sicardi about beauty, labor, power, terror:

"I wanted to try and understand aesthetic communication as a conversation around access and community."
msmagazine.com/2025/10/14/a...

It's an EMOTION-al takeover on our homepage today, as we highlight our new mini-series E•MO•TEN, celebrating 10 years of Carly Rae Jepsen's album EMOTION. 🎶

Read all three essays from @melwoods.me, @cohaug.bsky.social and KC Hoard here:

xtramagazine.com/series/e-mo-...

thank you for sharing!!! 💖

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘EMOTION’ taught me that cringe love can be cool | Xtra Magazine Jepsen’s masterpiece has been with me through my most important moments. Soon it will play as I walk down the aisle

this is part of a mini series of essays we're doing over at @xtramagazine.com to celebrate ten years of EMOTION! you can also read this very sweet piece from @melwoods.me... & there's more to come!

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘EMOTION’ is all about the fantasy—and I'm swimming in it | Xtra Magazine Having a crush hurts so good. Jepsen understands that better than anyone

my treatise in defense of The Fantasy and Carly Rae Jepsen

Queer youth need suicide hotlines more than ever. The Trump admin is gutting them | Xtra Magazine Failure to provide adequate care to queer youth stands to have a generational impact

ICYMI: Over at Xtra, I wrote about the Trump administration cutting funding to the Trevor Project and gutting mental health services for queer youth: xtramagazine.com/health/menta...

For a story I'm editing: I'm looking for American queer and trans people who are considering relocating to Canada (or are already here, or have already decided to) as sources. Can be anonymous in the piece.

Indigenous Leaders Thwart Prison Plans with a Sacred Bison Revival | Atmos This Kentucky mountaintop was earmarked for a maximum security prison—until a Native-led nonprofit bought the land to raise long-lost bison.

we read enough bad news, folks. let's hold onto semblances of resistance — of how people are fighting back. in appalachia, two women left me inspired. they want to stop a prison and revive their Indigenous cultures at the same time.

my latest for @atmosmag.bsky.social

atmos.earth/indigenous-l...

On ‘Glory,’ Perfume Genius reaches out | Xtra Magazine The lonely indie darling’s new album casts an eye outward—and shows the way forward

i quite like the new perfume genius! @xtramagazine.com

What does it mean to still be here? not *here* here, but everywhere else

wrote about what it means to still be here (not *here* here, but everywhere else) on substack

now thats what im fuckin talking about!!!!!

everyone get really good at fact checking NOW

delightful!!

oooh do you play dominoes physically or is there a way to do it online? (taking notes for when i inevitably get bored of solitaire...)