T.R. Taylor (Not your grandfather’s seminarian)

It’s the weirdest hill he’s dying on

75% of the population of Illinois lives in Chicago and Chicagoland, and the rest of the state isn’t gonna vote for him regardless of what he does. Really don’t understand what JB is doing here.

Oh friend it’s nearly midnight and I’m just saying shit 😂

*addendum. This problem begins with heterosexism, but has broad implications for everyone, including gay men. I’d argue heteronormativity is the crux of the issue and that gay men insofar as they participate in its social value system are also victims and perpetrators of it*

Yet, it is being human, a vulnerable creature alongside other vulnerable creatures, something we do more than something we are, that can make our hearts more open, the burdens of life more bearable, our social isolation less commonplace.

But what do I know? 🤷‍♂️

But being human, the far more difficult task, the far more daring task, the far more rewarding task, is so obscured! We can’t even begin to think about what it means because we are too enamored with being something *other than* human. Something surreal.

“Masculinity” therefore has no center, no core, no essence. It is bereft and empty, and its ruthless seeking of power and permanence is a reflection of its emptiness.

In this way it functions very similarly to whiteness; it oppresses the outsider and the insider.

From a young age, we have fed heterosexual cis men a banquet of lies. We’ve told them they are to inherit the world, that their place in it is either dominant or non-existent, that their bodies are as valuable as they are attractive, and that love is a scarcity, women get some, other men get none.

Even the slightest compliment from me, a gay man whose masculinity is viewed largely from my Blackness rather than my queerness, can light up their whole day. I like giving compliments to people in general, but my word, the number of men I’ve met who’ve never been told that they’re handsome!

With these three things in mind, when I chat with young straight men, I do not see as much anger as I do a deep anguish that comes with being unsure of one’s ability to be loved. The language one needs to ask for love, an already daring task, is not there. Babies cry for this, men sink into despair.

to deal with.

3. The “Manosphere” is an aggressive attempt at re-establishing a violent patriarchal society in which “man” sits above “human” and exercises a dominion over society beyond reproach. It’s not merely a cultural fad and it’s appealing to men who are alone and need to feel… something.

We’re not being specific enough for starters.

1. “Masculinity” is not in crisis. Heterosexual, cisgender, traditional masculinity is.

2. The “Male Loneliness Epidemic” is a snapshot of a wider phenomenon of increased social isolation that (mostly but not exclusively) hetero men are ill equipped

We haven’t made anywhere near as much progress talking about sex or gender in a way that compartmentalizes us less and brings us together more, even in progressive spaces, and that is a deep tragedy.

It is proof of my own naïveté that I believed that our conversation on the Man Problem ™️ would expand beyond its usual limitations post MeToo and in light of the political backlash against Queer and Trans people.

Boy oh boy was I wrong about that

Above all, these people are monsters who should never be considered allies or potential allies on any issue because their philosophy is always all or nothing.

Underneath it all, they are world class idiots who put to the test the idea that human beings are an intelligent specimen of creation

The state of Israel for many in the Walsh camp is a means to an end for their death cult. They’d rather support them over Arabs but given the choice, they’d like to see Israelis and Palestinians both destroyed under the weight of an aryan god.

The podcast right is anti Israel because they’re antisemitic Christofascists who believe wholeheartedly that white Jesus will send the Blacks, gays and Jews to hell at the last day AND

they genuinely convinced themselves that Trump was somehow an old school nationalist who would be isolationist 😂

Matt Walsh & @MattWals..•3h There is just no way to reasonably claim that this qualifies as "America First" • Disclose.tv « @disclosetv • 7h JUST IN - Trump to withhold disaster funding for states and cities who boycott Israel — Reuters

BAH GOD HE LOST MATT WALSH

I do really think that being unable to give full throated support to Mamdani is a nice test of who should be primaried.

I need a lawyer husband

this may literally be the one subject on the planet on which everyone is aligned in this way

I’m not sure you could get these poll numbers with “the sky is blue” or “two plus two equals four”

The state should pay for this ideally. They have been shorting CPS for decades

Big Brandon W

CPS designates 16 new ‘sustainable community schools’ The district on Monday said it'll nearly double the number of schools receiving funding for community programs and support, bringing the total to 36. This comes as officials struggle to close a massive budget deficit.

Chicago Public Schools will nearly double the number of schools that receive extra funding for family support and resources, officials announced Monday.

state rep. jolanda jones on abbott's threat to extradite dems who left TX: "there is no felony in the TX penal code for what he says. so respectfully, he's making up some shit...he has no legal mechanism. and if he did, subpoenas from TX don't work in NY/chicago, so he's going to come get us how?"

Scoop: Brown interviewing campaign managers for Ohio Senate race Brown would be another key candidate recruit win for Senate Democratic leaders.

NEWS

Sherrod Brown is interviewing campaign managers for a comeback bid for the US Senate.

Butler doesn’t like conformity so he voted for Kamala out of spite. Bella never seemed racist to me. Melanie Wilkes despises Trump’s bravado

I mean cmon. The ONLY white characters who wouldn’t vote for Trump would’ve been Rhett Butler, Bella Watling, and Melanie Wilkes