The return of the Homintern conspiracy tales

Finished Middlemarch this weekend. There’s classic books you have to learn to appreciate, and then only somewhat abstractly, and then there are the ones that are just immediately, obviously great. And then there’s Middlemarch, which is somehow transcendent on almost every page.

In fact we know perfectly well *how* to cover someone like Trump: instead of reporting the outrageous shit he SAYS (which is easy & generates lots of clicks) journalists need to do shoe-leather investigations into what his administration actually DOES. The problem is that this is hard, low-ROI work

In the first part of my series on “The History of Sexuality”: Socrates vs. femme twinks, Christians and elephant sex, and, of course, a bit of moral philosophy. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/foucault-h...

In the first part of my series on “The History of Sexuality”: Socrates vs. femme twinks, Christians and elephant sex, and, of course, a bit of moral philosophy. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/foucault-h...

Excited to get started on this new series reading through Foucault's "History of Sexuality," which is already a blast. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/reading-fo...

Excited to get started on this new series reading through Foucault's "History of Sexuality," which is already a blast. www.hdavidsessions.com/p/reading-fo...

I wrote about Emily Witt's books "Future Sex" and "Health and Safety," and her search "for a higher principle of life than mere contentment." davidsess.substack.com/p/the-first-...

“Like every moral panic, cancel culture skirmishes thrive on contradictory impulses: incuriosity regarding accuracy coupled with intense, even prurient interest in perceived violations of norms; presumptive familiarity cut with historical amnesia.”

My review of Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel (and more!) in the December issue of @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Y’all realize he canceled the endorsement out of support for Gaza? He’s just a weird guy!

I wrote about Emily Witt's books "Future Sex" and "Health and Safety," and her search "for a higher principle of life than mere contentment." davidsess.substack.com/p/the-first-...

I wrote about Emily Witt's books "Future Sex" and "Health and Safety," and her search "for a higher principle of life than mere contentment."