Noah Michelson
@noahmichelson.bsky.social
Director of HuffPost Personal
Editor. Writer. Queer. More tattooed than not.
Co-host of “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast
Noah.Michelson@HuffPost.com
Editor. Writer. Queer. More tattooed than not.
Co-host of “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast
Noah.Michelson@HuffPost.com
40 years ago today, the Golden Girls debuted, and it remains as smart, hilarious, political, heartbreaking, comforting, human and ahead of its time now as it was then
Also… if you had to pick your favorite (and I know that’s a mostly impossible ask), who would it be?
I’m going with Dorothy
Also… if you had to pick your favorite (and I know that’s a mostly impossible ask), who would it be?
I’m going with Dorothy
September 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
40 years ago today, the Golden Girls debuted, and it remains as smart, hilarious, political, heartbreaking, comforting, human and ahead of its time now as it was then
Also… if you had to pick your favorite (and I know that’s a mostly impossible ask), who would it be?
I’m going with Dorothy
Also… if you had to pick your favorite (and I know that’s a mostly impossible ask), who would it be?
I’m going with Dorothy
annual birthday tattoos:
1) conflicted cherries
2) knife post carnage
thanks to Virginia Elwood, my partner in body crime for the last 15 years
also: I highly recommend getting tattooed while a puppy sleeps against you
1) conflicted cherries
2) knife post carnage
thanks to Virginia Elwood, my partner in body crime for the last 15 years
also: I highly recommend getting tattooed while a puppy sleeps against you
August 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
annual birthday tattoos:
1) conflicted cherries
2) knife post carnage
thanks to Virginia Elwood, my partner in body crime for the last 15 years
also: I highly recommend getting tattooed while a puppy sleeps against you
1) conflicted cherries
2) knife post carnage
thanks to Virginia Elwood, my partner in body crime for the last 15 years
also: I highly recommend getting tattooed while a puppy sleeps against you
Look who joined the family
July 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Look who joined the family
July 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
OH FFS, NYT
None of us have the time or energy for your bullshit
Just start using headlines and push alerts like "We hate queer people and here's why you should too" and be done with it already
None of us have the time or energy for your bullshit
Just start using headlines and push alerts like "We hate queer people and here's why you should too" and be done with it already
June 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
OH FFS, NYT
None of us have the time or energy for your bullshit
Just start using headlines and push alerts like "We hate queer people and here's why you should too" and be done with it already
None of us have the time or energy for your bullshit
Just start using headlines and push alerts like "We hate queer people and here's why you should too" and be done with it already
After everything The Times has done to make trans lives miserable, it’s fucking outrageous for them to run a piece like this
Trash trash trash
Trash trash trash
June 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
After everything The Times has done to make trans lives miserable, it’s fucking outrageous for them to run a piece like this
Trash trash trash
Trash trash trash
I think I broke the scam bot
May 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think I broke the scam bot
Art is how people process
Art is how people protest
Art is how people understand
Art is how people survive
Art is how people resist
Art is how people change
Defunding and destroying opportunities to make / experience art is part of their plan
Don’t stop making art / making art a part of your life
Art is how people protest
Art is how people understand
Art is how people survive
Art is how people resist
Art is how people change
Defunding and destroying opportunities to make / experience art is part of their plan
Don’t stop making art / making art a part of your life
May 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Art is how people process
Art is how people protest
Art is how people understand
Art is how people survive
Art is how people resist
Art is how people change
Defunding and destroying opportunities to make / experience art is part of their plan
Don’t stop making art / making art a part of your life
Art is how people protest
Art is how people understand
Art is how people survive
Art is how people resist
Art is how people change
Defunding and destroying opportunities to make / experience art is part of their plan
Don’t stop making art / making art a part of your life
Name one specific thing — just one! — that's awesome about being hetero...
Go ahead... I'm waiting...
Go ahead... I'm waiting...
April 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Name one specific thing — just one! — that's awesome about being hetero...
Go ahead... I'm waiting...
Go ahead... I'm waiting...
This truck is parked in front of the NYT office and I love to see it
April 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This truck is parked in front of the NYT office and I love to see it
Today a stranger came roaring into my DMs and accused me of having the exact opposite view of the one I have
Instead of flipping out on him (like I would have at another point in my life), I explained what I meant and then.. he apologized
Never doubt good things can still happen on the internet
Instead of flipping out on him (like I would have at another point in my life), I explained what I meant and then.. he apologized
Never doubt good things can still happen on the internet
April 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Today a stranger came roaring into my DMs and accused me of having the exact opposite view of the one I have
Instead of flipping out on him (like I would have at another point in my life), I explained what I meant and then.. he apologized
Never doubt good things can still happen on the internet
Instead of flipping out on him (like I would have at another point in my life), I explained what I meant and then.. he apologized
Never doubt good things can still happen on the internet
This is absolute fascist bullshit and these people should be ashamed of going after this woman but they have no shame because they have no humanity
April 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is absolute fascist bullshit and these people should be ashamed of going after this woman but they have no shame because they have no humanity
Last night at drag bingo, @raushenbush.bsky.social won this, and for some reason, he didn’t want to take it home and teach his two young sons about fine art, so I happily agreed to give her a good home
April 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Last night at drag bingo, @raushenbush.bsky.social won this, and for some reason, he didn’t want to take it home and teach his two young sons about fine art, so I happily agreed to give her a good home
Here’s the HuffPost splash right now:
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Here’s the HuffPost splash right now:
I have never been prouder to be a cheesehead
Oh… and fuck you, Elon
Oh… and fuck you, Elon
April 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I have never been prouder to be a cheesehead
Oh… and fuck you, Elon
Oh… and fuck you, Elon
First cherry Merlin of the season
March 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
First cherry Merlin of the season
Jumi had his first post-surgery hydrotherapy session today and it was so cute I almost passed out
Also: that’s peanut butter smeared on the tank to coax him to keep walking towards us
Also: please notice his sweet little underwater paws
Also: that’s peanut butter smeared on the tank to coax him to keep walking towards us
Also: please notice his sweet little underwater paws
March 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Jumi had his first post-surgery hydrotherapy session today and it was so cute I almost passed out
Also: that’s peanut butter smeared on the tank to coax him to keep walking towards us
Also: please notice his sweet little underwater paws
Also: that’s peanut butter smeared on the tank to coax him to keep walking towards us
Also: please notice his sweet little underwater paws
Update on the cybertruck parked in my neighborhood in Brooklyn and covered in stickers trying to convince us they bought it before “Elon went crazy”
Someone has posted a fact check
Someone has posted a fact check
March 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Update on the cybertruck parked in my neighborhood in Brooklyn and covered in stickers trying to convince us they bought it before “Elon went crazy”
Someone has posted a fact check
Someone has posted a fact check
What do you do when you buy a cyber truck but you live in Brooklyn?
A lot of groveling and a lot of praying
A lot of groveling and a lot of praying
March 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What do you do when you buy a cyber truck but you live in Brooklyn?
A lot of groveling and a lot of praying
A lot of groveling and a lot of praying
“Unusual speech”?
Is that really the best you can muster, NYT?
Really?
Is that really the best you can muster, NYT?
Really?
March 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“Unusual speech”?
Is that really the best you can muster, NYT?
Really?
Is that really the best you can muster, NYT?
Really?
10 years ago today I got the word “clit” tattooed on my arm because it’s the only part of the body solely dedicated to pleasure and because when folks with clitorises dare to experience that pleasure, it frightens and infuriates people, which means we need reminders of pleasure more than ever
March 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
10 years ago today I got the word “clit” tattooed on my arm because it’s the only part of the body solely dedicated to pleasure and because when folks with clitorises dare to experience that pleasure, it frightens and infuriates people, which means we need reminders of pleasure more than ever
There's a He-Man character with one giant fist named Fisto
Fisto
Think about that for a second
Someone in the 80s thought this up and lots of other people approved it and thousands of us kids happily ran around with our Fisto action figures without any idea of what his super power really was
Fisto
Think about that for a second
Someone in the 80s thought this up and lots of other people approved it and thousands of us kids happily ran around with our Fisto action figures without any idea of what his super power really was
March 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There's a He-Man character with one giant fist named Fisto
Fisto
Think about that for a second
Someone in the 80s thought this up and lots of other people approved it and thousands of us kids happily ran around with our Fisto action figures without any idea of what his super power really was
Fisto
Think about that for a second
Someone in the 80s thought this up and lots of other people approved it and thousands of us kids happily ran around with our Fisto action figures without any idea of what his super power really was
Happy fourth anniversary to this goon
March 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy fourth anniversary to this goon
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February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Look what just came in the mail
8-year-old Noah would be losing his mind
(and present-day Noah is pretty over-the-moon about it too)
8-year-old Noah would be losing his mind
(and present-day Noah is pretty over-the-moon about it too)
February 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Look what just came in the mail
8-year-old Noah would be losing his mind
(and present-day Noah is pretty over-the-moon about it too)
8-year-old Noah would be losing his mind
(and present-day Noah is pretty over-the-moon about it too)