Tag: #OpEd

The U.S. Women’s National Team following their 2015 Women’s World Cup Win at a White House celebration. Megan Rapinoe, bottom-center, contributed to a second consecutive Cup victory again this year. / Image via The White House. Yesterday, The New York Times Magazine released a far-ranging interview with soccer star Megan Rapinoe. In it, America’s recently anointed meme queen, winner of the 2019 World Cup Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards (for her performance as top goal-scorer and best player of...

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. / Image via Instagram. A Tremendous Hater Mayor Pete, he ain’t it for me. But he deserves better than what he got from yesterday’s (since-deleted) Dale Peck essay in The New Republic. Tweets covering the Peck piece will be inserted at the end of this post. Mayor Pete’s brand of neoliberal Democratic Party wonkishness? We’ve tried it, and while some real progress has been made, specifically for the already-advantaged—for example, the white, upper-class-raised gay men such...

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. / Image via Instagram. A Tremendous Hater Mayor Pete, he ain’t it for me. But he deserves better than what he got from yesterday’s (since-deleted) Dale Peck essay in The New Republic. Mayor Pete’s brand of neoliberal Democratic Party wonkishness? We’ve tried it, and while some real progress has been made, specifically for the already-advantaged—for example, the white, upper-class-raised gay men such as myself and Mr. Buttigieg—many among the rest have slid further and further behind.  The...

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. / Image via Instagram. A Tremendous Hater Mayor Pete, he ain’t it for me. But he deserves better than what he got from yesterday’s (since-deleted) Dale Peck essay in The New Republic. Mayor Pete’s brand of neoliberal Democratic Party wonkishness? We’ve tried it, and while some real progress has been made, specifically for the already-advantaged—for example, the white, upper-class-raised gay men such as myself and Mr. Buttigieg—many among the rest have slid further and further behind.  The...

Photo by Brianna Mills on UnsplashI’m a 24-year-old Black gay man living in America with the dreams of being a recognized writer. There’s a lot going on there. But as vocal as many of those subsections are (who hasn’t heard of loud and proud black men, gay men, Americans, and writers?), I’ve found myself being silent. Scared of sharing my voice. My light. So this Pride season, I find myself questioning what does...