Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈
@magicmikewrites
Writer! Dad of 2. Teach @EIU. Book: #GayZooDay. Words: @guardian @rollingstone, @WIRED. Fiction ed. @bluestemmag. Rep: @daniellechiotti. Awkwardly cheerful.
I really struggled to write this. Earlier this year, to discovered that the bodycam footage of my comedic, traumatic 2021 arrest had not only been released, it had gone viral on YouTube. Thanks to @guardian for giving me the space to write about it: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
from Terrance Wedin, a wonderful, perfect snapshot "The men at the sex shop adore my dog. Sometimes on our walks I’ll take my shirt off hoping they are smoking on the patio in their leathers next to the rainbow flags. Is it so wrong to feel wanted?" havehashad.com/hadposts/tom-o…
I lowkey believe Jennifer Garner when she talks about capital one
Just saw a video of a possum eating a cupcake and yes my life is changed
Award-winning author Deesha Philyaw will be a guest judge for the 7th Annual STORY Foundation Prize this year! The winner receives a $1500 award and publication. Submissions open August 15!
"McMurtry has talked about these characters as if they were so organic that he had no control of them." @Nate_Rgrs revisits Larry McMurtry’s "Lonesome Dove" as it celebrates its 40th year anniversary. lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-kil…
One of my favorite films ever!
The Green Knight (2021)
this is my new fjavorite tweet
no but the new Tove Lo song is so good. like what’s going on in Sweden. there’s kjetamine in the fjords.
If you are obsessed with banning trans people from sports (or, if you suck especially, from bathrooms), you have allowed yourself to be distracted and used as a bigoted weapon against a vulnerable population. It’s not about sports. It’s about bullying and erasure.
Can someone invent an app where everyone is nice to each other
In her cover letter, @abigailmyers wrote, "Instagram makes me sad. This is a story about why." (I hope it's ok I said that!!), and that kinda makes this one doubly hit, tbh. Oof. havehashad.com/hadposts/before
Read this gorgeous story by @amy_stuber_ : ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/swans-by-amy…
happy pride
Blade Runner 2049 and then that one with the Ritz crackers.
In honor of his birthday, what’s your favorite Harrison Ford movie?
Which song is forever linked to a movie for you now?
Which song is forever linked to a movie for you now?
Hey friends! It’s your annual(seasonal? Bi-weekly? Daily???) reminder that if you enjoyed either of my books, Living in Cemeteries or Haunted Ecologies, it would be wicked kind to drop a review/rating on your preferred site On Goodreads, LiC is soooo close to 100 :)
Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express was released 31 years ago today.
I don’t think there’s any piece of movie memorabilia I want more than the Suspiria peacock lamp.
Lest we worried I wasn’t gay enough I just got a really gorgeous, rainbow-colored lamp from a psychedelic Italian horror movie tattooed on my body