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COVID Cases Are Finally Falling. Can COVID Shaming Cases Also Drop Off?
After a long, bleak year, you bet Alex Reimer is planning a gay ol’ vacation—but are we addicted to knee-jerk socialization shaming? Read more
Articles by Alex Reimer
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Why Are Gay Pro Athletes Like Glenn Burke So Often Forgotten?
A new biography of baseball’s first openly gay player and inventor of the high five raises the question of why he’s not more celebrated. Read more
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I’m Trapped at Home, But My Balls Have Never Been More Free
Alex Reimer on the joys of forgoing underwear because we’re all just doing the best we can and no, it’s not a sign of a broken man. At least, not necessarily. Read more
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The Pursuit of Sext Appeal in a COVID Climate
Salacious sexting marathons represent the ultimate respite from our pandemic-induced monotony, even as we ignore our actual friends for the shirtless hunk in our phone. Read more
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What’s Happening at the New York Times Should Scare All of Us
Our country’s preeminent journalistic institution keeps kowtowing to the pitchfork army, threatening to make public life untenable for the rest of us. Read more
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The Super Bowl Had a Simple Solution to Exhausted Despair: Good, Old-Fashioned American Consumerism!
The annual ad spots are always a nauseating corporate orgy, but this year, the spectacle felt like an utter slap in the face. Read more
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How #PsakiBomb Represents the Worst Instincts of Journalists
The overnight glorification of White House press secretary Jen Psaki is indicative of the new and terrible intersection between politics and celebrity. Read more
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The Time Has Come to Stop Drooling Over Straight Cock
At a moment in time when we can openly embrace an array of erotic proclivities, why do so many gay men choose to be the closeted high schooler? Read more
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Donald Trump Destroyed Our Culture—But Is It Even Salvageable Now That People Understand the Power of Outrage?
With Trump out of office, we are finally free—now it’s up to us to unlearn the habits of the last four years. Read more
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Publications Hand Out Gold Stars for COVID Celibacy—But Are They Actually Earned?
People are still having promiscuous sex, but nobody is going on the record about it. Read more