Matt Bell
@profmattbell.bsky.social
Into film, theatre, tennis, and queer studies. Denizen of Boston and Provincetown. Dog dad. Oh, and opposed to fascism.
this forecast is homophobic
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
this forecast is homophobic
"Writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin. Writing is that neutral, composite, oblique space where our subject slips away, the negative where all identity is lost, starting with the very identity of the body writing."
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin. Writing is that neutral, composite, oblique space where our subject slips away, the negative where all identity is lost, starting with the very identity of the body writing."
sequel idea for the Treasure Island Media cinematic universe:
Dawson's 400 Blows
Dawson's 400 Blows
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
sequel idea for the Treasure Island Media cinematic universe:
Dawson's 400 Blows
Dawson's 400 Blows
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
A superb reassessment of Baldwin's GIOVANNI'S ROOM, balancing attention to the novel's "negative" representation of homosexuality with a gorgeous close reading of the author's queer style. Invaluable contribution to debates about identity-based representation.
I first read Giovanni's Room when I was 14. How did a book built (I now think) on a homophobic logic give me access to dignity? For Harper's, I wrote about why we should complicate our sense of what it means for art to be "affirming." harpers.org/archive/2025...
October 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A superb reassessment of Baldwin's GIOVANNI'S ROOM, balancing attention to the novel's "negative" representation of homosexuality with a gorgeous close reading of the author's queer style. Invaluable contribution to debates about identity-based representation.
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Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
October 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
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Happy National Coming Out Day, folks.
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Happy National Coming Out Day, folks.
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If you’ve never been to a big protest like No Kings before: It feels great to be part of a big gathering of people who want to change things. It sparks joy, and resolve for the long fight ahead. Sometimes there are dance parties. You could be the one who starts the dance party! Just show up!
If you can show up on October 18, you should. The country is shifting. The battleship is turning. And while, yes, usually mass street protests don't do much, there are exceptions.
And sometimes those exceptions go down in history.
And sometimes those exceptions go down in history.
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you’ve never been to a big protest like No Kings before: It feels great to be part of a big gathering of people who want to change things. It sparks joy, and resolve for the long fight ahead. Sometimes there are dance parties. You could be the one who starts the dance party! Just show up!
Submission before a bully wielding a cudgel is not the same thing as peace
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Submission before a bully wielding a cudgel is not the same thing as peace
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Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.
Yes, it's stupid and tacky, but it should also outrage us all.
Kai Trump, Donald Trump's granddaughter, is using the White House to sell merch on social media. She posted this video to her accounts.
September 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Yes, it's stupid and tacky, but it should also outrage us all.
Wordle just tried to get me fired
September 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Wordle just tried to get me fired
Good perspective and audio.
Trump draws some boos, and a few claps, when shown saluting during the anthem. (No one else was saluting the anthem).
Stadium still half empty due to long security lines.
#USOpen
Stadium still half empty due to long security lines.
#USOpen
September 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Good perspective and audio.
The boos come when Trump is shown on the big screen. Good audio from inside the stadium.
NEW — Trump, along with Jared Kushner, Pam Bondi and others stand for the National Anthem.
Crowd boos as the American flag is unfurled on the court. Stadium is still only about 50% full.
Crowd boos as the American flag is unfurled on the court. Stadium is still only about 50% full.
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The boos come when Trump is shown on the big screen. Good audio from inside the stadium.
ABC commentators are in complete panic mode — fake smiles, forced laughter, pretending everything’s fine. ABC executives are surely screaming behind the scenes. What a mess at the US Open.
September 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ABC commentators are in complete panic mode — fake smiles, forced laughter, pretending everything’s fine. ABC executives are surely screaming behind the scenes. What a mess at the US Open.
CBS commentators are in complete panic mode — fake smiles, forced laughter, pretending everything’s fine. CBS executives are surely screaming behind the scenes. What a mess at the US Open.
September 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
CBS commentators are in complete panic mode — fake smiles, forced laughter, pretending everything’s fine. CBS executives are surely screaming behind the scenes. What a mess at the US Open.
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More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
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As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
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Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
new drag name: Crimea Rivers
September 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
new drag name: Crimea Rivers
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White Party Provincetown @tomilonus.bsky.social @profmattbell.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
White Party Provincetown @tomilonus.bsky.social @profmattbell.bsky.social
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you are now to be apprised of the nature of the substance which so impregnably invests all that apparent effeminacy
August 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
you are now to be apprised of the nature of the substance which so impregnably invests all that apparent effeminacy
OK, I’ll bite: what are Crumbl Cookies?
August 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
OK, I’ll bite: what are Crumbl Cookies?
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if you fuck republicans you suck
These are the A-Gays of Washington, D.C. They’re (mostly) out, they’re proud (to work for President Trump) and they have big jobs inside (or alongside) this administration, wielding influence all over town.
Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.
nyti.ms
August 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
if you fuck republicans you suck