Cody Daigle-Orians

kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

I kinda hope THE GILDED AGE is taking out its white cast, one by one, Final Destination-style, so the show becomes strictly about the Black cast and I can see more Denee Benton and Audra McDonald.

This.

But I’m going to need more Leslie Uggams, please.

One is straight. The other is gay. Together, these best friends are reimagining masculinity Their friendship is a love story, just not the kind you're used to.

Ok good on them. But… “reimagining masculinity” by two white cis conventionally attractive men?

“One gay one straight” isn’t really the broad spectrum of difference it used to be.

Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.

the trump administration is selling its war on higher education as a strike against the elites who have disadvantaged ordinary americans. in actuality, the administration is destroying advanced education for *everyone* in pursuit of its effort to deskill the american public

Saw HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY this afternoon and it’s a phenomenal documentary.

I had a similar experience of feeling seen and represented as an ace person at PURPOSE on Broadway.

There is so much power in seeing yourself on a stage.

Internet discourse is so smug and condescending.

There’s no real conversation going on. Real communication can’t happen when you’re just trying to be snarky or smug or whatever. You’re not really “contributing to the conversation.” You’re just enjoying the sound of your own post.

Young theatre people (I was one, once) have excruciatingly bad Big Ideas about theatre, and unfortunately now we all have to encounter them on Tik Tok.

My fave from back in the day.

It's time we stop giving labels all the power. Sometimes, our relationship with identity labels gets in the way of us being fully who we are.

The words we use to describe who we are don’t determine the ways we live our identities.

It's time we stop giving labels all the power. Sometimes, our relationship with identity labels gets in the way of us being fully who we are.

The words we use to describe who we are don’t determine the ways we live our identities.

I never understood this either. Like, how’s this gonna play out? If your pics from 32 are what you’re using to attract guys and you show up 52 or 62… you just look deceitful and cringe. Self-defeating from the start.

This album changed my life

What perfect album came out in the year you turned 16? (For me, it's 1992.)

And I picked two, because my music life has always been bifurcated. My favorite show album and favorite album otherwise.

I think it closes on the 17th next month, but it's so worth it

Yeah, it does the thing.

It's a brilliant play. I'm so glad I caught it before I head back to Ohio.

Asexuality is front and center in "Purpose" Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Pulitzer Prize winner is the ace representation we need.

I saw the 2025 Tony-winning PURPOSE last night, and the ace representation it delivers was, to me, groundbreaking.

Wow that is… something.

I'm aroace, and my friend group has "couples only" outings. I feel weird about them, but am I missing something? We can address amatonormativity in our friend group without rocking the boat too hard.

Amatonormativity can be addressed even in low-stakes situations like this, and you can create more aspec-affirming space.

How “The First Homosexuals” Shaped an Identity A timely exhibition dissects the emergence of modern ideas about gender and sexuality—and the backlash against them.

Same-sex relationships have existed since time immemorial. What’s newly visible is the notion that engaging in them might be an exclusive preference and defining quality.

"I'm aroace, and my friends think I'm 'too intense.' What should I do?" We can (and should) advocate for our wants and needs in friendships just as much as we do in romantic relationships.

It’s ok to want more out of friendships when you’re aspec. You’re not “too intense.” open.substack.com/pub/acedadad...

Republicans treat America like that one episode of Game Changer where the correct answer was always the opposite of what Brennan said, and we're Brennan.

"Finding a relationship as an aspec person feels hopeless. Help!" Hope is something we build for ourselves.

“Throughout our fabulous history, queer folks have answered that problem — the insufficiency of traditional relationship methods — by inventing new ways to be in relationship with other people. Queer people have not taken “no” for an answer.”

I'm 49. There's More Life Behind Me Than in Front of Me. How I'm facing the anxieties and fears of midlife... and living big anyway.

I wrote something about turning 49, midlife and how I'm still living my best life.

"My allo partner thinks something is wrong because I'm not into sex right now." Shifts in the way we express our ace identities can be confusing for allo partners. Here's how to talk about it.

When you're sex-favorable, conversations about your shifting relationship to sexual desire can be challenging in a relationship. Here's some ways to approach them.

This is “scrolling your ex’s Instagram and trashing their new partner” vibes.

"My allo partner thinks something is wrong because I'm not into sex right now." Shifts in the way we express our ace identities can be confusing for allo partners. Here's how to talk about it.

Sex-favorable ace folks can have shifting relationships to sex.