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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 8h

"Constantly externalizing internal conflicts" should come right after "every accusation is a confession."

Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 8h

Getting my shocked face out of the drawer where I keep it — don't know why I even bother to put away these days.

www.joemygod.com/2025/10/maga...

MAGA Author Of Anti-Porn Bill Linked To Porn Account - Joe.My.God.

The Detroit Metro Times reports: A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they...

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 1d

From RuPaul’s Drag Race and Days of our Lives, the Persian Princess of Drag, Jackie Cox, joins the Lovecast to chat drag, dating, rejection, and advice for meeting people in bars!

New episode out now buff.ly/7yFM8jb

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 1d

Wow — your mom was in labor for a long time!

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 2d

My friend Tricia Romano wrote an acclaimed oral history about the Village Voice — The Freaks Came Out to Write — and now she's teaching a class on the art of writing an oral history. Take it, wannabe oral historians! More info here:

www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...

Craft Seminar: The Art of Narrative Oral History with Tricia Romano — The Shipman Agency

2 Sessions: Saturday + Sunday, October 18 + 19 1:00-3:00pm ET Tricia Romano Tricia Romano is the author of the acclaimed oral history, The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of t...

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

We’re two weeks away from the largest day of peaceful protest in American history. No matter where you live, there’s probably a No Kings Day event happening near you to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 5d

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/santorum

santorum - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 5d

Ahem.

Joey McAllister @joeymcallister.com · 5d

Bluesky: what’s the greatest example of someone naming something (animal, landmark, whatever) after a famous person not just because the person is famous but also because the thing is clearly somehow representative of the person?

Antelope @wovenantelope.bsky.social · 5d

Nick Saban now has an ancient crab named after him.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 6d

It's early stage dating. Should the CALLER lie to protect their feelings? Listen to the answer at savage.love/lovecast (43min mark) or wherever you get your podcasts

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Tilo Jung @tilojung.bsky.social · 6d

A dream come true for me: @dansavage.bsky.social was on Jung & Naiv today talking Epstein files, Trump, queer rights, fascism, sex & the myth of monogamy youtu.be/h-c_O84d6b4

Dan Savage on Epstein, Trump, queer rights, fascism & monogamy - Jung & Naiv: Episode 783

YouTube video by Jung & Naiv

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 8d

He reads to you, while having fun himself. Meet Matthew Kane, host of the @bigdickbookclub.bsky.social an adult storytime that mixes literary erotica and exhibitionism.

Listen at buff.ly/IfTWj6c

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 8d

On the Magnum, succumb to the charms of Dr. Matthew Kane of @bigdickbookclub.bsky.social. He can be found in the darker corners of the internet, reading smut and jacking it to high heaven. He treats us all to a brief performance.

Subscribe for the full interview at savage.love/subscribe/

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 8d

How can a woman safely indulge her kink when the thing that turns her on is fear?

And, a man is convinced that his bidet use makes him pee more. Our patient and kind medical expert, Doc Barak, is back to sigh heavily and pretend to take the question seriously.

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When Fear Turns You On - Dan Savage

On this week’s Savage Lovecast: fear as a kink, bidets & pee, CDC trust, and BigDickBookClub’s Matthew Kane reading erotica live.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 12d

"Fear and instability redound to the benefit of authoritarians, so violence done in the name of left-wing causes serves right-wing ends."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

Opinion | A New Kind of Copycat Killer

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KP @unapologetichuman.bsky.social · 13d

Let’s not forget Trump is also targeting the disabled, LBGTQ, immigrants, women, people of color every day…..

Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Recommended reading: Rudolph Herzog's book about humor — what jokes were allowed, what jokes weren't, what jokes could get you imprisoned, what jokes could get you shot — during the Third Reich. It's sobering reading right now, as Trump attacks comedians, late night talk show hosts, and actors.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Making a note of it. I wish Václav Havel was still alive to see this shit and speak out about it.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Adding this post to the thread:

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Oh... shit. Thought I'd toss up a link if someone wanted to buy it. But it looks like the book is out of print and the hardcover goes for $60 and the paperback for $260?!? Maybe your library has a copy? I'm obviously not gonna lend my copy to anyone.

www.amazon.com/Dead-Funny-H...

Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany

Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany [Herzog, Rudolph, Chase, Jefferson] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

I was reading Dead Funny as people were pushing back against Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel on the orders of the Trump administration. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback didn't matter. It did. And it does. And we're going to need more of it because they're not stopping.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

It was almost a test — if the Nazis could get away with imprisoning and murdering beloved comedians and actors and singers and film directors, what couldn't they do?

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Some of the first people sent to Dachau were comedians who performed in Berlin's cabarets, many of them queer. It quickly progressed to convincing the heads of film studios and theater producers and the managers of opera houses that hiring this actor or that director or this singer was too risky.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

It seems inconceivable — I'm sure it would've been inconceivable to the German public in the 1920s — that the most famous and beloved actors, comedians, directors, and cabaret artists in Germany would one day be arrested and murdered for telling jokes or making films their rulers didn't like.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Some of the most famous and beloved performers of the 1920s and early 1930s — the Rosie O'Donnells, Tom Hanks, Stephen Colberts, and Jimmy Kimmels of their time — had their careers ended and many wound up in concentration camps, where they were killed.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they closed Berlin's cabarets and imprisoned the comedians who performed in them — basically, they ended the careers of the late-night talk show hosts of their time. Famous actors, screenwriters, and film directors — most of them Jews — were targeted.

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