Nathanael T. Booth (he/him)
@nathanaeltbooth.bsky.social
Pretty damn queer.
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Author, GOD AND THE GREAT DETECTIVE: ELLERY QUEEN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE DIVINE, 1945-1965 (McFarland 2023)
Co-host, THE PROJECTIONIST’S LENDING LIBRARY
Academic
nathanaeltbooth.com
Author, GOD AND THE GREAT DETECTIVE: ELLERY QUEEN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE DIVINE, 1945-1965 (McFarland 2023)
Co-host, THE PROJECTIONIST’S LENDING LIBRARY
Academic
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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When you're definitely not mad
omfg
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
When you're definitely not mad
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
Oh god, never let me be famous and evil enough to catch JCO’s attention.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Oh god, never let me be famous and evil enough to catch JCO’s attention.
Correction: apparently he said “saddest,” which makes my post a tad bit less funny.
When Gore Vidal said the three most frightening words in the English language are “Joyce Carol Oates,” I don’t think he meant it as a prophecy, but that’s how it’s turned out for Elon Musk.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Correction: apparently he said “saddest,” which makes my post a tad bit less funny.
When Gore Vidal said the three most frightening words in the English language are “Joyce Carol Oates,” I don’t think he meant it as a prophecy, but that’s how it’s turned out for Elon Musk.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
When Gore Vidal said the three most frightening words in the English language are “Joyce Carol Oates,” I don’t think he meant it as a prophecy, but that’s how it’s turned out for Elon Musk.
Ok, but—hear me out—what if the government of, by, and for the people did the “getting better deals” bit? Does that count as working collectively?
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Ok, but—hear me out—what if the government of, by, and for the people did the “getting better deals” bit? Does that count as working collectively?
These dudes are so embarrassing that I’m tempted to pray to the gods to unsex me.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
These dudes are so embarrassing that I’m tempted to pray to the gods to unsex me.
I used to enjoy scrolling through TVTropes before people started trying to use the site to usefully discuss media.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I used to enjoy scrolling through TVTropes before people started trying to use the site to usefully discuss media.
'V for Vendetta' show? Could work, I guess. (I love the book; the fans were insufferable for a while, but they seem to have simmered down)
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
‘V for Vendetta’ TV Series in the Works at HBO (EXCLUSIVE)
A "V for Vendetta" TV series is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned exclusively.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
'V for Vendetta' show? Could work, I guess. (I love the book; the fans were insufferable for a while, but they seem to have simmered down)
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I like how the protagonist here is at once incredibly sympathetic (because, y’know, she’s right) and incredibly unsympathetic at the same time.
Checking out PLURIBUS.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I like how the protagonist here is at once incredibly sympathetic (because, y’know, she’s right) and incredibly unsympathetic at the same time.
Checking out PLURIBUS.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Checking out PLURIBUS.
Ok, finished FRANKENSTEIN (2025). The movie flubs the ending a bit and lacks the satanic grandeur of the novel, but I dig it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ok, finished FRANKENSTEIN (2025). The movie flubs the ending a bit and lacks the satanic grandeur of the novel, but I dig it.
I’m not sold on all the performances in DERRY, but I’m ride or die for Chalk.
Gosh, Chris Chalk is just good in everything, isn’t he.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I’m not sold on all the performances in DERRY, but I’m ride or die for Chalk.
Gosh, Chris Chalk is just good in everything, isn’t he.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Gosh, Chris Chalk is just good in everything, isn’t he.
I’m really glad to see the people behind WELCOME TO DERRY openly discussing the symbolic resonance of the small-town myth: youtu.be/Ukhciy6emn0?...
The Official IT: Welcome to Derry Podcast Season 1 | Episode 3 | HBO Max
YouTube video by HBO Max
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November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’m really glad to see the people behind WELCOME TO DERRY openly discussing the symbolic resonance of the small-town myth: youtu.be/Ukhciy6emn0?...
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While I don’t ride or die for Pete Buttigieg, the vitriol directed at him is completely insane.
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
When Pete Buttigieg says he would take medicine that makes gay men straight. What do you think is Mr. Buttigieg's attitude towards gays, men and medicine?
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While I don’t ride or die for Pete Buttigieg, the vitriol directed at him is completely insane.
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
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I am JUST old enough to have caught a taste of the Before Times as a young adult, and yeah, I have pretty much universally found that under-30 LGBTs *literally do not believe you* when you tell them how significant the turnaround has been, and HOLY HELL does it leave me frustrated at times.
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am JUST old enough to have caught a taste of the Before Times as a young adult, and yeah, I have pretty much universally found that under-30 LGBTs *literally do not believe you* when you tell them how significant the turnaround has been, and HOLY HELL does it leave me frustrated at times.
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I still remember the moral panic over Brokeback Mountain. They had every pundit in the world weighing in on it with parent's groups across the country threatening to boycott any theater that ran it. In 2005!
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I still remember the moral panic over Brokeback Mountain. They had every pundit in the world weighing in on it with parent's groups across the country threatening to boycott any theater that ran it. In 2005!
One of my few good takes as a young person was deriding this idea that the past was somehow better than today.
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
One of my few good takes as a young person was deriding this idea that the past was somehow better than today.
I’m not all up on gaming discourse, but it occasionally comes into my view because I’m a chronic YouTube-watcher, and—dang, situation’s dire, ain’t it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m not all up on gaming discourse, but it occasionally comes into my view because I’m a chronic YouTube-watcher, and—dang, situation’s dire, ain’t it.
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There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
As someone who dressed not quite but close to this from the ages of 19 to 29, this checks out.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
As someone who dressed not quite but close to this from the ages of 19 to 29, this checks out.
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash