I had the great pleasure of attending @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social's launch party last night for her new book, "My Mother's Daughter." I can't recommend it enough—a remarkable story, beautifully written. Memoir is not easy to do well. Don't miss this one! www.simonandschuster.com/books/My-Mot...

@tracyclarkflory.bsky.social is on Modern Love discussing her latest book, My Mother's Daughter. We can't wait to host her on May 14 with Savala Nolan. Event details in thread.

As a teen, my mother gave up a kid in circumstances very much like those of the mother in this discussion, and I went the first twelve years of my life not knowing I had an older brother. So this discussion feels familiar. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/p...

A must listen too by @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social www.direstraightspod.com/p/they-sent-... My Catholic great-grandmother was sent away in the 1920s, & was coerced into relinquishing her daughter for adoption. She later married, had children, and struggled with life-long alcoholism.

@tracyclarkflory.bsky.social and Kate Schatz discuss research, reuniting with their siblings, and trying to capture the history of reproductive rights.

I have been excited for this book ever since @tracyclarkflory.bsky.social narrated the bones of her story to me last spring! What a gift to gain a sister after losing their mother twice over. www.simonandschuster.com/books/My-Mot...

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

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...

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...

"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

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

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-...

"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. open.substack.com/pub/tracycla...

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

“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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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...

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

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

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...

“[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...