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Daniel Brook
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Journalist, Author, Traveler
New book, THE EINSTEIN OF SEX, out now:
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324007241
The gender straitjacket breeds transphobia. Imagine how much better things would be today if back in 1950s Queens a little boy could openly be into makeup and interior decorating and in 1980s South Carolina a little girl could openly dream of going to the Citadel.
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
But there’s nowhere to hide 😂:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Democrat Leads Miami Mayoral Race Headed to a Runoff
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Nothing New Yorkers hate more than their p.o.s. cousin from Santa Monica telling them how to vote.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I figured this was only in my blue New Orleans bubble but The Economist has Trump underwater statewide in Louisiana (and Mississippi and Georgia and Texas and Florida and...).
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
To a juror, this will surely constitute reasonable doubt all by itself.
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Senior moment.
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It’s the top “how to” search on Google right now.
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They actually named it the Weaponization Working Group! #MensRea
September 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is not merely “unleash[ing] masked ICE agents on law-abiding immigrant families.” This is unleashing ICE on anyone (mis)perceived to be Latino. Like many native-born American Jews, this happens to me constantly in Latin contexts (Mexican grocery stores, cumbia dance nights, vacay In Miami).
September 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Apparently all of these “colorblind constitution” conservative justices are just fine using race as a factor for purposes of racial profiling. Shameless.
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Exactly! The congressional subpoena requires the Epstein files to be turned over to the House Oversight Committee "on or before August 19, 2025." That’s tomorrow.
August 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A modest proposal: Let's pick a date and time on which every institution that has modified its policies and behavior to appease the administration simultaneously stops, leaving the administration completely overwhelmed with noncompliance. We can call it "Liberation Day."
August 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Totally agree. But maybe don’t use the phrase “Trump surrogates” in a post on IVF at brunchtime.
August 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
None of this would have happened if it had been okay in 1950s Queens for boys to be into makeup and interior decorating.
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM