Tracy Clark-Flory

What is 'Pedro-masculinity'? It's the antithesis of ugly and aggressive petro-masculinity, sure, but it's also another narrow box. Let's not reduce Pedro Pascal's goodness to 'masculinity.'

Just read @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social on Pedro Pascal, our last best hope for mankind.

Omg cybertruck to the HEART. What a visual! And sorry! Thanks for sharing. <3

A nature-loving Cybertruck driver And moms as mountains.

On grief, memory, mothering, mountains and all the water that connects our bodies to the earth -- by @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social, which hit my heart this morning like a ... cybertruck. open.substack.com/pub/tracycla...

It’s def making the weekend roundup!

a photo of my copy of HARD CORE by Linda Williams

impossible to know where to begin about porn scholar Linda Williams, one of the greatest to ever do it. I've kept a highlighter tucked inside my copy of HARD CORE since I got it used years ago, my first intro to her brilliant, defiant scholarship dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/f...

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Do not buy this book for your teenage daughter Louise Perry's YA book is a case study in how disillusioned young women are being sold traditional 'family values' alongside claims of 'feminism.' It's like if J.D. Vance taught sex ed.

"Perry is one of many reactionary feminists who occasionally point to real problems in young women’s lives while offering false solutions, and I’m afraid that it’s an unfortunately effective source of radicalization." @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social

What even is love? Considering the possibilities of 'fleeting intimacies,' erotic friendship, undefinable obsessions, and the radical potentials of sex.

Really loved this piece by @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social on the malleability of love in HELLO STRANGER and other recent books.

What even is love? Considering the possibilities of 'fleeting intimacies,' erotic friendship, undefinable obsessions, and the radical potentials of sex.

My valentine to you: an interrogation of love. What even *is it* anymore? What about the possibilities of “fleeting intimacies,” erotic friendship, undefinable obsessions, and the radical potentials of -e-? tracyclarkflory.substack.com/p/what-even-...

What even is love? Considering the possibilities of 'fleeting intimacies,' erotic friendship, undefinable obsessions, and the radical potentials of sex.

"I find myself asking: What isn’t love? What isn’t eros?"

@tracyclarkflory.bsky.social offers some commentary on a growing body of work related to desire, eroticism, longing, intimacy, and transformative relationship dynamics beyond traditional monogamy.

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Programmed to please 'Companion' is a sci-fi thriller about a 'sex robot' who perfectly reflects the realities of being socialized as a woman.

Turns out a “sex robot” can be a perfect metaphor for being socialized as a woman in this world. open.substack.com/pub/tracycla...

A catalog of obsessions Keeping a commonplace book in uncommon times.

“I would appreciate having an index of my obsessions at any time, but right now it feels like a lifeline. In the midst of so much cruelty and hatred—so much anti-intellectualism—that index feels like a reminder of those things I want to hold onto: passion, curiosity, inspiration, and connection.”

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Make America Objectify Women Again Conservatives are claiming certain women's bodies and sex appeal as an anti-woke political symbol while *oh-so-bravely* celebrating men's desire.

We’re in the midst of a resurgence of right-wing erotic nostalgia not just for the 1950s housewife but also a pre-MeToo era of unapologetic objectification. tracyclarkflory.substack.com/p/make-ameri...

The year of hetero discontent From sex strikes to divorce memoirs, a review of straight culture in 2024.

A review of straight culture in 2024—from narratives of women busting out of domesticity to conservative interpretations of polyamory. tracyclarkflory.substack.com/p/the-year-o...

a fascinating topic — how people are feeling about sex and desire post-election

Queer pleasure is 'a big middle-finger' Also: 'Don’t think I’m touching a man anytime soon.’ Post-election, I asked where you're at when it comes to sex, desire, and your body. Here's what you said.

I asked people where they’re at post-election w/sex, desire, and their bodies. Just a sampling: “Our queer sex is liberation, our pleasure a big middle-finger to the cultural forces & people who voted against our interests or want to see us extinguished.” tracyclarkflory.substack.com/p/queer-plea...

I made a #BayArea starter pack, heavy on writers and book people. Please let me know who I've missed so I can add them! go.bsky.app/5eFo1ir

Me too. Book club!

A feminist utopianism Sophie Lewis argues against the 'fatalism' of both 4B and heteropessimism, and calls for a collective movement built on solidarity.

We are worked to death in the United States. It pits us against one another. Thank you @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social
for interviewing me about 4B separatism, heteropessimism, and more tracyclarkflory.substack.com/p/a-feminist...

Nice to be here!

Also, ehem: “The private nuclear household is not eternal, natural, or inevitable,” says @reproutopia.bsky.social.

A feminist utopianism Sophie Lewis argues against the 'fatalism' of both 4B and heteropessimism, and calls for a collective movement built on solidarity.

“[4B] in the South Korean context is explicitly girl-boss-ish in flavor, and very anti-socialist. It's about wealth and achievement and individually breaking the glass ceiling. There's not even a relationship with a movement of revolutionary ambition.” tracyclarkflory.substack.com/p/a-feminist...