Worth noting LBJ used the National Guard to protect and expand civil rights; DJT is doing exactly the opposite.

People don't often think of White as a political writer, but all that sex writing was, among other things, political to its core. He went directly at the one thing about gay identity that is at the very heart of discomfort and hatred--and he did it over and over, to provoke but also to explore. >

UPDATE: in honor of the passing of the inimitable Edmund White, we’re definitely celebrating gay lust this month

I’m so saddened by the death of Edmund White, a great writer and dear friend. His wit and kindness were such a joy.

I reckon this is true of any space she ever enters

i will say again that given the trajectory of the white house so far, strident opposition a la 2017 would have absolutely been the most prudent and effective decision and the absence of that opposition in the first two months made things demonstrably worse.

honestly WTF?!

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

So many great affordable courses on offer from Theatre 503 - inc. this one taught by me! Short plays are a great way to start writing & 503 is a truly supportive home for new playwrights. And it’s ONLINE so you can join from anywhere. Sign up now! ✍️

You don’t say ….

Incredulous, honestly, at the number of Sensible Centrists who are trying to justify the Met forcing their way into a religious space to arrest people who had not actually committed a crime at the time of arrest

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

There's simply no universe where what these two guys are saying should be controversial

Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Fernanda Torres' perfs in their respective films will live forever

watching the oscars

congratulations to No Other Land, which may be the first film to win a major Oscar but not theatrical distribution.

Pasadena’s fire captain should be hosting a show, I consider what we just watched a self-tape. #oscars

There must be a political solution, and the foreign policy of this country is blocking that path. There is no other way.

I just realized that Isabella Rossellini is wearing blue velvet in honor of David Lynch & immediately started to cry.

Starting off with a classic song medley! Pairing intergenerational presenters! Feels like the 80s/90s — this is a very old school approach to an Oscar broadcast, and the old ways really WORK.

There are 3 musicals nominated for Best Picture (wow!). And one of them is EMILIA PÉREZ (whoa). Just in time for Oscar weekend, I pulled together an 11 o’clock number about queerness, musicals & the performance of authenticity. Sing out, Louise!! open.substack.com/pub/brianmul...

The sexiest, most honest, most heart-wrenching & exhilarating depiction of queer solidarity and collective action I’ve ever seen

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

Hey MCR! On Sat. 2:30PM we’ve got an #LGBTHistoryMonth workshop exploring the 1984 raids on GAYS THE WORD bookshop. With chilling relevance to now, Customs officers seized 100s of so-called ‘obscene’ queer books, but the shop - and its readers - fought back! Register: eventbrite.com/e/1220962474629

Trump never hides his intentions: Ceasefire becomes the first step toward “permanent displacement”

Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth is like Hannibal Lecter becoming a vegetarian on his deathbed

If “as per my previous email” was a person. #traitors #traitorsuk #thetraitors

NO OTHER LAND in best documentary, let's fuckin go

And our warmest congratulations to @huntercollege.bsky.social alumna Isabella Rossellini on her first Oscar nomination!

Hey, Monica Barbaro in for supporting actress! She beat a tough field of contenders that included Jamie Lee Curtis, Danielle Deadwyler, Margaret Qualley and Selena Gomez

David Lynch 💔

After seeing BABYGIRL, I’ve decreed that screenplays should be permitted EITHER a husband directing a production of Hedda Gabler OR a daughter (named Nora) who’s learning to dance the tarantella. But not both.

Where’s the “skip intro” option on 2025??????? Please and THANK YOU

That feeling when you close the ‘Online Character Counter’ tab that’s been open on your browser for a month during which you wrote & submitted THREE grant applications… …but then immediately open a new tab for Quickbooks because your Self-Employed taxes are due 31 Jan.

Been quite a good year for photography for me last year. Here are my favourite picks for photos I took for @whatthetrans.com this year. Starting off with the scramble for the flag with trans kids deserve better. In what I'd consider the shots I'm proudest about.

2024 was an exhausting year, not because so much happened but because so much change got stifled. I tried to sum this up, alongside hope for a way forward (and a mini-review of Conclave!). My last essay of the year, over at Substack: open.substack.com/pub/brianmul...

They will gather on the Sherwood Forest set of the nation’s highest-priced panto to protest paying their fair share of taxes to keep vital public services sustainable. ALW is & always has been a Sherriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood clothing.

it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills

There may come a time when I regret spending the last 76 minutes of my evening watching a Joan Crawford picture, but tonight was not it! ❤️ (Possessed, 1931)

Iconic timing at the Nan Goldin opening in Berlin last night: museum director Klaus Biesenbach passionately reaffirming the institution’s commitment to freedom of expression - just as its security staff quietly removed a protest banner right behind him.

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever. #books #reading #booksky #poetry

We should be disgusted by House Republicans and their attacks on Rep McBride. We must not stand back and allow these attacks on the trans community.

once again we have people lying about the campaign we all witnessed

An update from one of the directors of NO OTHER LAND. Maddening to see the German government’s continuous banalisation and weaponisation of anti-Semitism to attack and oppress artists and filmmakers, many of them Jewish.

as a voter i’d actually love some common sense on transgender issues actually. nationalized healthcare, leaving us alone otherwise, things of this nature.

Bertolt Brecht (1935).

The question isn’t whether I liked #ItsASin (I didn’t) but whether we can move beyond moralism in telling the story of AIDS. As someone living with #HIV, I found its sympathy for people with AIDS was mixed with dangerous homophobic pathologising. #LGBTHM open.substack.com/pub/brianmul...