Caio Major
@caiomajor.bsky.social
trans latino writer. Syracuse MFA candidate. you're going to love my dog.
Blog: https://caiomajor.substack.com/
Blog: https://caiomajor.substack.com/
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(everyone who complains about not enough men/masculinity in literary fiction should be forced to read no fewer than five (5) books by trans men before they are allowed to publish any more opinions)
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
(everyone who complains about not enough men/masculinity in literary fiction should be forced to read no fewer than five (5) books by trans men before they are allowed to publish any more opinions)
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THANK YOU to the editorial writers of The Grauniad for this brave and important argument, you get it! THIS is why we published REALISTIC FICTION by ANTON SOLOMONIK
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
THANK YOU to the editorial writers of The Grauniad for this brave and important argument, you get it! THIS is why we published REALISTIC FICTION by ANTON SOLOMONIK
Zadie Smith’s “On Beauty” broke a long streak of not reading books for me, and her prose was like this signpost pointing me back towards literature and the love of the game. I’ve felt that way about most of her prose, like whatever it is that I want to be able to achieve with words, she has it
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Zadie Smith’s “On Beauty” broke a long streak of not reading books for me, and her prose was like this signpost pointing me back towards literature and the love of the game. I’ve felt that way about most of her prose, like whatever it is that I want to be able to achieve with words, she has it
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if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
In all ways except physical we are in New York city
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
In all ways except physical we are in New York city
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I wonder if I’ll be able to vape testosterone in 20 years
January 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I wonder if I’ll be able to vape testosterone in 20 years
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And now that I have your attention, please help my girlfriend deal with a Kafkaesque clusterfuck of transmisogyny.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
And now that I have your attention, please help my girlfriend deal with a Kafkaesque clusterfuck of transmisogyny.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
the first time I went to Mood Ring was with Agata the first time she visited NY… the last time I was at Mood Ring it was for the after party of a T-Boy wrestling event… this is so fucking gay of him I’m getting choked up
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
the first time I went to Mood Ring was with Agata the first time she visited NY… the last time I was at Mood Ring it was for the after party of a T-Boy wrestling event… this is so fucking gay of him I’m getting choked up
I know speculating on the genders of dead cis people is gauche, but every time David Foster Wallace writes about his experience of/reaction to puberty, it's... it's just very trans im sorry!!
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I know speculating on the genders of dead cis people is gauche, but every time David Foster Wallace writes about his experience of/reaction to puberty, it's... it's just very trans im sorry!!
is an insomnia spell the night before I have to wake up at 6am to cram lesson plan a good time to start reading my first Krasznahorkai
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
is an insomnia spell the night before I have to wake up at 6am to cram lesson plan a good time to start reading my first Krasznahorkai
new blog post: Getting It Up for the Good Guys, in which I seek to answer why I find sad literature so much more compelling than its opposite, and compare Garth Greenwell to Tumblr posts arguing the moral worth of darkfic: caiomajor.substack.com/p/getting-it...
Getting It Up For The Good Guys
Why am I so easily compelled to read about sad stuff? Do I find happy stuff inherently boring?
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October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
new blog post: Getting It Up for the Good Guys, in which I seek to answer why I find sad literature so much more compelling than its opposite, and compare Garth Greenwell to Tumblr posts arguing the moral worth of darkfic: caiomajor.substack.com/p/getting-it...
I have a new post up, reviewing the short story collection CRAWL by Max Delsohn, which you should read. open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
Trans Community in Max Delsohn's CRAWL
Hot off the presses, a new cure for the male loneliness epidemic: A whole short story collection about non-isolated men?? It's as hilarious as it sounds.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I have a new post up, reviewing the short story collection CRAWL by Max Delsohn, which you should read. open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
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A little weird how many takes on the racial politics of OBAA do not mention Latinx people at all despite their central relevance in the film...
October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A little weird how many takes on the racial politics of OBAA do not mention Latinx people at all despite their central relevance in the film...
saw One Battle After Another. loved it, obsessed with it, and also, I now have a perfect example to point to when I say that I'd rather see white artists attempt ambitious stories with characters of color/stories about racism and have the results be flawed, than for those attempts to never be made
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
saw One Battle After Another. loved it, obsessed with it, and also, I now have a perfect example to point to when I say that I'd rather see white artists attempt ambitious stories with characters of color/stories about racism and have the results be flawed, than for those attempts to never be made
This is horrifying to watch but I am holding in my heart the last few seconds, watching him fly fly fly away
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is horrifying to watch but I am holding in my heart the last few seconds, watching him fly fly fly away
Why is it that doing my PT exercises at home is infinitely less rewarding and satisfying than weightlifting at the gym? Is this something that like a professional hypnotist could help me with
September 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Why is it that doing my PT exercises at home is infinitely less rewarding and satisfying than weightlifting at the gym? Is this something that like a professional hypnotist could help me with
for one of my classes we watched a documentary on the formation of the Chicano Rights movement, and it was both inspiring and deeply depressing to realize how much worse anti-latinx racism has gotten since the 1960s
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
for one of my classes we watched a documentary on the formation of the Chicano Rights movement, and it was both inspiring and deeply depressing to realize how much worse anti-latinx racism has gotten since the 1960s
I've posted a new essay, my attempt to reconcile harm reduction principles with the philosophy of "Infinite Jest." Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
Antidotes to Depression Logic in Infinite Jest
The Black-and-White, All-or-Nothing logic of depression and addiction is baked into David Foster Wallace's behemoth. Does the novel's philosophy uphold this logic, or complicate it?
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September 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I've posted a new essay, my attempt to reconcile harm reduction principles with the philosophy of "Infinite Jest." Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
it’s incredible how much more commentary I’ve seen, on here and everyone else, about Charlie Kirk than about any of the concentration camps or the Supreme Court legalizing discrimination against Latinos. that’s cool, that feels like a sign of healthy public discourse
September 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
it’s incredible how much more commentary I’ve seen, on here and everyone else, about Charlie Kirk than about any of the concentration camps or the Supreme Court legalizing discrimination against Latinos. that’s cool, that feels like a sign of healthy public discourse
New blog post up for paid subscribers. This one is about a rave I went to in the woods of Vermont, and about pleasure seeking, psychedelics, idk other stuff. caiomajor.substack.com/p/post-rave-...
Post-Rave Philosophizing
Some scattered loops of thought following System Activate, a forest rave in Vermont.
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September 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
New blog post up for paid subscribers. This one is about a rave I went to in the woods of Vermont, and about pleasure seeking, psychedelics, idk other stuff. caiomajor.substack.com/p/post-rave-...
I do not, do not, need to bring a book for a weekend that will solely consist of camping and dancing in the woods, but it’s so hard to resist my natural instinct to bring at least three
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I do not, do not, need to bring a book for a weekend that will solely consist of camping and dancing in the woods, but it’s so hard to resist my natural instinct to bring at least three
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New blog post! I went in on my newest hyperfixation: weightlifting. open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
Hot Gym Bro Summer
He pleads with me, "Do you even lift, bro?" With tears of joyful humility in my eyes, I can finally whisper, "yes."
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August 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New blog post! I went in on my newest hyperfixation: weightlifting. open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
New blog post! I went in on my newest hyperfixation: weightlifting. open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
Hot Gym Bro Summer
He pleads with me, "Do you even lift, bro?" With tears of joyful humility in my eyes, I can finally whisper, "yes."
open.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New blog post! I went in on my newest hyperfixation: weightlifting. open.substack.com/pub/caiomajo...
the trans community is in dire need of a shorter/cuter way to say 'trans people' that is less clunky to say than 'transes' and also isn't a slur
August 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
the trans community is in dire need of a shorter/cuter way to say 'trans people' that is less clunky to say than 'transes' and also isn't a slur
Going to the beach all day, napping, clubbing all night… this is what being human is all about. people rag on nyc beaches but they are wrong because this is what you should get to do after beach and that requires a city
August 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Going to the beach all day, napping, clubbing all night… this is what being human is all about. people rag on nyc beaches but they are wrong because this is what you should get to do after beach and that requires a city