P.E. Moskowitz

New York

Co-Founder at Study Hall

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Writer at Mental Hellth Newsletter

Articles

Your Brain Is a Muscle, and It's Rapidly Atrophying

1 week ago | mentalhellth.xyz | P.E. Moskowitz

Writing is hard. When I do it, it often causes me pain. No matter how much I try to just sit down and get the words out, I must first battle myself—parts of my brain engaged in combat with each other over which word comes next, over what to withhold from the page. This will sometimes cause me to jump up from my desk like I’ve been shocked, and then pace around, and then eat a pretzel or five to calm down. Which is to say: writing is an inherently frictive process.
You Can't Have It All

3 weeks ago | mentalhellth.xyz | P.E. Moskowitz

Hello, this isn’t what I normally write about on Mental Hellth obviously, but I wrote this essay about my favorite TV show ever a few months ago for another publication, and then the package it was supposed to be included in was killed. I really like this essay, and I really like 30 Rock, so now you get to read it here, yay.
Estrangement from Ourselves

3 weeks ago | mentalhellth.xyz | P.E. Moskowitz

Emily Carmichael is a writer and editor who has appeared in The Washington Post, The Believer, The Connecticut Examiner, NOLA.com, Outside Magazine, and elsewhere. She was previously the managing editor of Fifty Grande. A few years ago, I was at one of those Brooklyn warehouse parties when I had a conversation with The Founder of an AI company that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind. He told me that relationships had failed him. He felt unrecognized.
Is Everything a “Humiliation Ritual”?

1 month ago | gq.com | P.E. Moskowitz

At a certain point, posting on “X,” the platform everyone still calls Twitter, began to feel humiliating to me. Like, yesss, give me all those likes! Validate me!! I neeeed your attention and adoration and love!! Going viral would make me feel better. Temporarily, of course—until my dopamine crashed back down and I needed the rush all over again. This felt unsustainable. And worse than that, it felt icky. I still post sometimes, but I now feel a deep sense of shame when I do.
Is Everything a “Humiliation Ritual”?

1 month ago | flipboard.com | P.E. Moskowitz

12 hours agoClosing the department requires an act of Congress, but Trump could make it nearly impossible for remaining employees to carry out their work, much like at USAID. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday to close the Education Department, fulfilling a yearslong pledge …
The Thrill of a Queer Movie That Doesn’t Appeal to Anyone

1 month ago | vulture.com | P.E. Moskowitz

Bruce LaBruce’s The Visitor. The words JOIN THE NEW WORLD SEXUAL ORDER flash across a screen, which is itself flanked by two long red banners depicting Jesus on the cross — his arms splayed out, his head hung, and his torso disappearing into the image of a veiny and thick penis. This does not phase any of the 700 or so people who are seated on tiered wooden platforms in front of the film, shoulder to shoulder in a cavernous concrete auditorium, waiting for what comes next.
It's Fascism...LITERALLY

1 month ago | mentalhellth.xyz | P.E. Moskowitz

People in power are super-ugly right now. Through surgery and fillers and botox and terrible makeup, they’ve pushed their faces into a kind of uncanny valley between human being and ghoul. Objectively, they look like shit. And the populace is noticing: it’s why J.D. Vance’s grotesque face has become a meme.
CJ Clark, creador de primer nivel de OnlyFans: una vida millonaria y solitaria

1 month ago | revistagq.com | P.E. Moskowitz

Este artículo sobre CJ y OnlyFans se publicó originalmente en GQ.com. El día antes de nuestro primer encuentro, CJ Clark publicó una foto suya en una de sus varias cuentas de Instagram, vestido con ropa interior y una camiseta levantada que revela unos pectorales marcados y un torso cincelado. Sonríe tímidamente a la cámara.
The Left Should Want to MAHA

2 months ago | mentalhellth.xyz | P.E. Moskowitz

Driving through a particularly hippy-ish part of Western Massachusetts a few months ago, I saw dozens of RFK Jr. lawn signs and bumper stickers. I went to college in the same area, and back then, 15 years ago (I’m getting old :(), it was a bastion of a specific kind of progressivism.
New Book. New Title. New Reason To Annoy You Constantly.

2 months ago | mentalhellth.xyz | P.E. Moskowitz

About 7 years ago, I had a mental breakdown. I woke up one morning with my hands shaking, feeling like I was being chased by a wild animal. Apparently, this is what happens when you suppress everything in your life, including multiple near-death experiences, questions about your gender, and the general stress of living under capitalism. To recover, I did the normal things: I went to therapy. I did yoga. I also did a lot of drugs.