Sex and the State

1 week ago | cathyreisenwitz.substack.com | Cathy Reisenwitz

Here’s the TL;DR: Klein and Thompson are right. Everyone in charge of anything in the US is, and has been, too much of a pussy. The right claims “masculinity is back, baby.” Yet none of these masculine men has actually butched anything up, let alone taken the kind of big risks that might actually fix something. This situation gives lie to the idea that the concept of gender is worth the trouble.

2 weeks ago | cathyreisenwitz.substack.com | Cathy Reisenwitz

“In the popular imagination, marriage is for women,” wrote. “It takes significant indoctrination to get women to ignore the plain truth.”Our culture has really delivered on that front. Imagine a group of elementary school age boys discussing their future wedding colors, as I did at that age. Imagine a series that ends with one or both Hardy Boys standing at the altar. Despite the propaganda, the truth remains.

2 weeks ago | cathyreisenwitz.substack.com | Cathy Reisenwitz

Someone I love is pregnant in Alabama. Hers is a high-risk pregnancy. She is unmarried. She is on Medicaid. If saving her life means ending that pregnancy — or doing anything that anyone could possibly construe as ending that pregnancy — I have absolutely zero doubt that every single medical professional in this entire state will happily kick her out until she comes back to the hospital ready to die. So I spent my Sunday night at our local hospital.

3 weeks ago | cathyreisenwitz.substack.com | Cathy Reisenwitz

Reality TV star and Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently shat out a memo suggesting the DOT reward areas with more marriages and babies with more funding. We love to see Republicans building on their long tradition of using transportation funding to implementregressive social policy. It’s always a good time to remember that many “pro-natalists” are not exactly allergic to white supremacy and ethno-nationalism.

4 weeks ago | cathyreisenwitz.substack.com | Cathy Reisenwitz

Rob and I managed to squeeze in one last photoshoot for my OnlyFans before I left for Taipei. In the middle of things I started to worry I was accidentally doing a cultural appropriation. It happened after I put on my second costume, a confection that I’d describe as “particularly slutty fairy.” Rob asked if it was rave-wear. “I don’t know,” I said, looking down, evaluating. “I bought it from an Instagram ad.