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Shenny: Gemini Season, or My Fellow Evil Twins
For much of my life I’d accepted that the date of my conception made me innately the sort of person who would lie to your face and betray you.
May 31
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Shenny: Dropping the T from LGBT
When you think that rights are due only to some people, and yet you're still not one of them, denying rights to others seems like an especially craven…
May 17
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Shenny: How to Be a Mama's Boy
In honor of my mother this Mother’s Day, I’m trying to resist turning her into a character.
May 3
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Shenny: How to Be a Mama's Boy
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Shenny: You Will Always Be Unhappy
Nov 30, 2022
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Shenny: How to Become a Prophet, or Happy Birthday
Apr 19
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Shenny: Getting Intimate With Your Students
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Shenny: How to Become a Prophet, or Happy Birthday
On Shenny's one-year anniversary, some thoughts on why to write about yourself, the best TV show of the year, and new bands for people who like old…
Apr 19
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Shenny: Three of My Ex-Girlfriends
Why do so many homosexuals find it easy to separate sex and love? Because the straight world already did it for us.
Apr 5
Shenny: Cruising with Jonesy
'I think that cruising's universal; I imagine we all do it and spend a lot time doing it, whether it leads to actual sex or not.'
Mar 22
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Shenny: We're Writing About Sports Now
The problem with basketball is that they score too often.
Mar 8
Shenny: How to Forget Your Friends
The mind is never fully absent. It’s just that one of the hard things in life is that our mind, and the minds of others, aren’t always where they’re…
Feb 22
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Shenny: Getting Intimate With Your Students
It’s a hell of a thing to be invited to a person’s home, and take what hospitality they have to offer. I’d never invite a student to mine.
Feb 8
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Shenny: Other People's Resolutions
If you're next to me on an airplane and open up your phone, I’m going to have to look at it.
Jan 25
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