Jeffrey Davies

Bill Pentland on 50 Riotous Years as Mr. Roseanne Barr Image courtesy of the author It’s a story most of us know well: the consequences of overnight success. Two decades into the 21st century, established stars are far more likely to discuss the price …

In a new feature for my site, I got to speak with Bill Pentland, Roseanne Barr’s first husband, about his memoir One Degree of Separation. 📚📺 jeffreyreads.com/2025/11/19/b...

Robby Weber on Leading With Queer Joy in YA Image courtesy of the author “There is nothing wrong with you, and I hope you won’t lose sleep over close-minded people. Plenty of us are out here doing what we can to ensure our stories are told a…

Had the pleasure of getting to speak with @robbyreads.bsky.social about his new book in a new feature for my site 🥰📚 jeffreyreads.com/2025/10/06/r...

The Best Books I Read This Summer It’s everyone’s favorite time of year: when we like to pretend cozy season is upon us, when in reality, it’s still hot as balls during the day and chilly at night. Which, I suppose, signals at the …

My latest roundup of the best books I read this summer, including six 5-star reads, is up now. 📚🌤️ jeffreyreads.com/2025/09/17/t...

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Tucker Shaw on the Shared Sense of Pride in Gay YA Image courtesy of the author “Grief flares up when you don’t expect it, and sometimes survivor’s guilt feels more like survivor’s fury, or worse, survivor’s shame. You hope your bomb doesn’t explod…

My lovely friend @tuckershaw.bsky.social agreed to let me pick his brain about his latest novel Right Beside You and so much more in a new feature interview for my site. 🌈📚 jeffreyreads.com/2025/09/15/t...

‘Snow White’ Was Never Bad, We’re Just Broken Inside Image courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Self-Analysis Addict is an essay series examining the pop culture, books, and music that have shaped me as a person.It should come as a surprise to absolutely …

For the latest edition of Self-Analysis Addict, I wrote about #SnowWhite and why its umpteen controversies were not the real reason it tanked. 🍎💫 jeffreyreads.com/2025/09/01/s...

Medical Dramas Make Me Feel at Home in My Body Images courtesy of Shondaland and Warner Bros. Television Self-Analysis Addict is an essay series examining the pop culture, books, and music that have shaped me as a person.A few weeks ago, I fini…

ICYMI — Self-Analysis Addict is a new essay series nobody asked for in which I overanalyze pop culture and myself 🎨

The second edition is about how stressful, life-threatening medical dramas put me at ease. 🩺 jeffreyreads.com/2025/07/18/m...

Every Disney Renaissance Animated Film, Ranked Images courtesy of Walt Disney Animation Studios A few months ago, I was dealing with a death in the family that threw everyone for a loop, causing everyday life to feel dysregulated for a bit. Wit…

I put my skills as a Disney Adult™️ to the test and ranked all 10 animated films from the Disney Renaissance, the list I was born to write. 🍿🎞️ jeffreyreads.com/2025/07/16/e...

Rediscover: Alanis Morissette: Alanis - Spectrum Culture To listen to Morissette’s earlier recordings is to discover a stark contrast to the Alanis Morissette the entire living world would come to revere just a few years later.

Did you know that before she became the queen of angsty alt rock, Alanis was a failed Canadian pop star and her first two albums are almost impossible to find now? I wrote about it. 💿 spectrumculture.com/2025/06/30/r...

‘The Brady Bunch’ Taught Me That Gender is a Performance Image courtesy of CBS Television Distribution Self-Analysis Addict is an essay series examining the pop culture, books, and music that have shaped me as a person.To have known me between the ages o…

Introducing Self-Analysis Addict, an essay series on my site examining the pop culture, books, and music that have shaped the trainwreck you know and love. 💖

The first edition is dedicated to #TheBradyBunch and how it taught me that gender is performative. 📺 jeffreyreads.com/2025/06/30/t...

'Glee' Made Me So Angry As A Teen. It Took Me Until Now To Realize Who I Was Really Mad At. Though the Ryan Murphy series ended 10 years ago, I'm still learning lessons from it.

Hot take: Glee hasn’t aged as badly as everyone says. 💃🏻

I wrote something new for @huffpost.com about my journey rewatching Glee for the first time since it aired and how unexpectedly healing it was. 📺🌈 www.huffpost.com/entry/glee-r...

The Best Books I Read This Spring It’s just about that time of year where the lengthening of daylight each day reaches its peak, which means it’s about time for a new edition of The Best Books I Read This Season. I’m thrilled to re…

The lengthening of daylight each day is about to reach its peak… which means it’s about time for a new roundup of the best books I read this spring. 🌷📚 jeffreyreads.com/2025/06/18/t...

Joe Jonas: Music for People Who Believe in Love - Spectrum Culture On his first solo effort in 14 years, Joe Jonas is laid back and grown-up, but not afraid to confront himself.

On his first solo effort in 14 years, Joe Jonas is laid back and grown-up, but not afraid to confront himself. Read my review. spectrumculture.com/2025/06/03/j...

As a closeted gay teen, daytime soap operas helped me create myself | CBC Arts Jeffrey Davies writes about how The Young and the Restless was a refuge for his young, restless self.

I got to write a piece for a series that CBC Arts is doing called Emerging Queer Voices. It’s about my double life as a daytime soap opera fan when I was a teenager. 🌈📺 www.cbc.ca/arts/emergin...

6 LGBTQ+ Romantic Books Set in Small Towns These queer small town romances break down heteronormative barriers while also being cozy, dependable, and comfortably predictable.

Who doesn’t love a comfy cozy romance but make it queer? Check out my latest for @bookriot.bsky.social. 🌈📚 bookriot.com/lgbtq-romanc...

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Novelist: It was a queer and sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and i didn't know what I was doing in New York.

I got to write about my beloved #OrphanBlack for @reactorsff.bsky.social and why it’s a show we should all still be watching in 2025! 🧬👇🏻

Happy pub day to my beautiful and talented friend @allielarkinwrites.bsky.social 🩵📚 Buy HOME OF THE AMERICAN CIRCUS from your favorite indie bookstore or request it from your local library! 🏡

Yes, my car is a time machine to the early ‘00s, thank you for asking 💿😌

Took myself vinyl shopping today as a treat for finishing the first draft of ✨ something ✨ and ended up spending $169 anyway 10/10 would recommend 💿✍🏻

6 Queer YA Books About Nerdy Hobbies These nerdy YA books see characters finding themselves through comics, cosplay competitions, and even a henna war.

Find me a queer person WITHOUT a nerdy hobby… Check out my latest for @bookriot.bsky.social. 🤓📚 bookriot.com/6-queer-ya-b...

carving YIKES into the leather seats

*in the theatre watching #Wicked while Jonathan Bailey is dancing on top of books*

Mom: Are you okay? They’re abusing the books

Me: When you’re as beautiful as him, you can do whatever you want to the books

queer joy, sure, sure, but also queer ennui, queer failure, queer spite, queer rage, queer awkwardness, queer sleepiness, queer hate, queer disobedience, queer use of massage oils, queer punctuation,

Books!

Cute kids book section

Books with a sign that says 'Buy Local'

Cozy bookstore

This is my bookstore, Phoenix Books in Montreal. Show her some love. 🖤

"what am *i* supposed to do about anti-trans, anti-queer hate rhetoric?"

EXCELLENT QUESTION. to begin, you tell anyone you hear speaking and spreading it to shut the fuck up and get a life. start there!

I can’t believe we’re still criticizing fashion choices. At all. It’s so weird. Do you feel good in what you’re wearing? Yes? You’re beautiful. Do you feel awful? Oh, I’m so sorry. I hate when clothes feel wrong. Also, you’re beautiful.