what a cool & necessary project. I got to write about BEATING HEART BABY for the LA Times when it came out-- it's so fucking good, so I'm thrilled to see @alexanderchee.bsky.social writing about it here
related: freelancing got so bad that I'm just straight up teaching high school English now. an abrupt but necessary career change!!
I talked about money on @keris.bsky.social's The Ladybird Purse theladybirdpurse.substack.com/p/i-always-f...!
This is a brilliant write-up and I agree @catiealert.bsky.social is excellent at writing both basketball and the queer horniness it may invoke!
thrilled that I get to read this!!
New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on:
- The Super Bowl champ Seahawks for sale
- MLBPA drama
- Lindsey Vonn 😭
- Quad God brutally skatemogged
- Alysa Liu wins her way
- @samaha.bsky.social on college hoops betting scandal, FBI investigates Jim Irsay’s death, & rip WaPo sports
outed myself as someone whose life path was altered by MTV’s Teen Wolf in Vogue today www.vogue.com/article/the-...
this is the lesson plan starting tomorrow
hard to work into into the Gatsby unit but I’m doing my damndest
work has required me to spend a ton of time with teenagers recently. we are failing them in many ways but chiefly, not one of them has heard of the x-files
New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on the Super Bowl; Bill Belichick’s Hall of Fame scandal; the 49ers injury conspiracy theory; Trinity Rodman gets paid; PWHL transphobe reveals herself; and basketball players speak out against ICE.
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New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on the NFL’s Divisional Round; athlete charity scams; Fandom culture continues to crash into hockey culture, with mixed results; & in female millennial excellence is coming for the Olympic Games
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I would be excited about this no matter what but given that it includes a @nzle.bsky.social I'm particularly stoked
beast mode!!
anyway I am teaching a romance writing class in 2026, do you want to take it??
tried to write about the best stuff that happened this year, ended up talking about the crying, too buttondown.com/zanopticon/a...
if you're looking for some between holidays listening, I was on Content People talking about writing for a living podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/z...
absolute same on both counts
in retrospect hilarious that I attributed all of that to Keeso, a man who at least appears allergic to the concept of a club banger
that was when it truly hit me like, like OH right you're doing THAT thing. and you should, because it works every time
okay now I'm thinking about this and they are very different shows but at least arguably Letterkenny is also about the things masculinity makes so unspeakable that the only way to cope is put on the best song you know and let the body take over
mostly what I am learning from Heated Rivalry is how much of Letterkenny's style (read: tendency to be 50% music video) I should have been attributing to Jacob Tierney
New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on the NASCAR settlement; Phillip Rivers’ Millennial Excellence; World Cup ticket$; the most hated PNWL player looks to beat the transphobe allegations; & Lando Norris wins F1, experiences feelings
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🔶 Spotify: bit.ly/4j1KHUA
oooh do you have a copy of @catiealert.bsky.social's ROOTING INTEREST yet? if not we should get you one
New On the Bleachers: @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on FIFA's peace prize; Trinity Rodman and NWSL’s self-own; Michael Jordan and the NASCAR trial; George Pickens goes off; Lane Kiffin quits; & an LPGA golfer cures her anxiety with fantasy novels.
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New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on Brosmer woes; Jauan Jennings is the drama; bald man solves hair care crisis; women's hockey & women’s baseball; right-wing incentives driving anti-trans athlete narratives; & a principled cyclist
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New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on MLB’s MVPs; sports bros with podcasts; the NBA’s mob ties; Nico is out in Dallas; YouTube TV and ESPN make up; and Wide Left's @arif.bsky.social on JJ “Nine” McCarthy's future with the Vikings.
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and directly on the heels of "quiet, piggy," too.
New On the Bleachers! @zanopticon.bsky.social & I on LAPD vs sports joy; pitcher indictments; Cooper Flagg: new loser; Ovechkin's stolen puck; and Baseball Bar-B-Cast's @jordanshusterman.bsky.social on covering
the Mariners this postseason!
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🔶Spotify: bit.ly/4nSVMYY
hey! my publisher, 831 stories, is interested in helping out-- where should they contact you?
