How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it? Chiitan forever

Happy to shoot the very handsome and insightful @hairydaddy75. The essay about our shoot will be up next week! Until then, enjoy this sneak peek.

There seems to have been a desperate attempt to frame Hasan Piker as some animal abuser. People came out of the woodwork to accuse him of this, it ridiculous. What’s even more ridiculous is it was a bunch of Zionists.

Read my latest post on Substack, it’s an essay inspired by the cynical use of LGBT rights by Israel to justify their genocidal project. open.substack.com/pub/thedenis...

I hate to be a stick in the mud, but I think making Halloween your personality is corny.

Douglas, muscle daddy. Check out the full photoset and a short little article about the model on my Substack (always free!) substack.com/@thedenisric...

“The president really is using every lever at his disposal to silence, suppress and even imprison his political enemies.”

They don’t seem to have trouble infiltrating white supremacist groups, though.

That certainly was a spectacle yesterday. American Protestantism is what they warn about in Revelation, for sure.

Listening to Dune again because all my other books are just a tad too much to read right now. Plus it was available immediately in the library.

I know education itself is the birthplace of many imperialist ideas. But it is also the site of revolutionary thought. How can students learn to speak truth to power if their professors are silenced? What will happen to the students if they speak up against tyranny?

For anyone unfamiliar with Andy Ngo's work... If there's a violent fascist anywhere in America, Andy Ngo has already sucked his semen and declared it patriotic.

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

I think the fact that two late night hosts were fired because of criticism of Trump or his favorite late YouTuber shows you the fragility of Trump’s ego. He ran for president because Obama humiliated him in front of the press. He’s been doing everything to prove his current admin is doing well.

Slaysian Royale makes me realize the next person I want to vote for is a big breasted stripper.

Someone much smarter than me tell me why my aglaonema is turning yellow.

Just saw a comment on post about Latina Lesbians’ influence that said the commenter had no idea Gloria Anzaldúa was a lesbian. GIRL.

It’s a little depressing to see how many “leftists” are devolving into conspiratorial thinking. This is what happens when you don’t read theory and jump to conclusions instead of use critical thinking.

Hate monger expressing alarm that fascist administration he helped elect wants to start infringing on speech.

An oldie but a goldie. A video I made about Gloria Anzaldúa and mestiza consciousness a few back. Fun fact, it's nearly 15k views are exclusively from classrooms! So it might not be a huge view count, but it's helping people learn. Anyway, check it out! youtu.be/ZWSLZaYzNZI?...

how disrespectful. let’s get this guy fired from his job.

The reason why people like Vance want to resort to snitching and doxxing is because that's culturally where the online American right comes from when dealing with political opponents: they love speaking to people's managers.

Philosopher Judith Butler is among the 160 names UC Berkeley shared with the Trump administration to comply with its investigation into alleged campus antisemitism. Butler, who is Jewish, says the real goal is to silence pro-Palestine voices. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/judith_butler

The imperial boomerang has gotten back to us and all your centrist Democrats don’t give a shit. Vance is vowing to crack down on “left wing” orgs, solidifying the only legal party as the Republicans. The weak and spineless leadership more interested in donors did this to you.

new from me: officials in west hollywood and fire island are facing backlash for flying pride flags at half-mast in remembrance of conservative commentator charlie kirk

My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.

In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.

Check out my latest post on Substack with Sammy. They talk about being a closeted queer teen while participating in religion, growing up conservative, identifying as non-binary and why they like Evangelion. open.substack.com/pub/thedenis...

I have a friend who’s a college student in China that I talk to on RedNote and I basically just inform him of how America is very dangerous because we can get our passports revoked if we make fun of the president’s favorite YouTuber, or be deported to Uganda is we aren’t white and have tattoos.

I think it’s a good time to remind everyone, as early reports of a “trans roommate/partner” are coming out and unverified, that being trans/dating a trans person ≠ being left wing. Laverne Cox dated a MAGA cop. There are trans Nazi furries on 4chan. Dog Days of Summer really happened.

“La vie en violette” Portraits of a friend. Not part of my erotic portrait series because the editing is a little too experimental. But I liked these.

We are the whore of babylon

Two photoshoots back to back with two very interesting folks, plus some writing coming up. I might be underemployed, but I'm at least using this time to be creative.

Will be interesting to see which news outlets omit his years of violent white nationalism. I'm guessing practically every single one.

The Family, one of the Freedom Flotillas, was struck by a bomb from a drone while it was docked in Tunisia. Presumably Israel just attacked Tunisia. Every fucking world leader gives that genocidal government free range to destroy. It’s sickening.

We need a leftist Vegeta. We need a far right Goku. We need a centrist Frieza. There should be dragon balls that don't grant your wish unless you've owned a small business in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood for at least 3 years.

Dealing with unemployment is really fucking annoying.

Check it out, some new writing over on Substack open.substack.com/pub/thedenis...

I think I will never quite get over my annoyance over people saying “say their name!” when a headline doesn’t say a famous person’s name. It’s standard journalistic practice because in reality, people are less likely to read an article if the name mentioned isn’t well-known.

I just found out Dean Cain is part-Japanese. His family was interned at Minidoka. That makes him joining ICE even more fucking dark.

If you still haven’t checked it out, go see my photoset with Beary Manilow. open.substack.com/pub/thedenis...

Tingle from Zelda

Going Full Israel

Check out my latest blog post and photoshoot with Beary Manilow open.substack.com/pub/thedenis...

I hate to inform everyone that the Creature was a member of Chorus.

People are still circling the wagons over the Lorenz article in Wired about the dark money. I don’t think anyone really cares about people getting paid, but it’s the terms on the contract and the lack of transparency that are the issue.

Been playing No Man’s Sky. I found a planet named Tulsa.

I got verbal confirmation that Yoko Takahashi, the woman who sings the Evangelion theme, ships Shinji and Kaworu.

Shout out to my boyfriend snagging these tickets months ago before we were both broke.