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The perpetual present-tense - by rayne fisher-quann

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Heteropessimism, "gender war," and the perils of getting stuck in the present

The perpetual present-tense Heteropessimism, "gender war," and the perils of getting stuck in the present rayne fisher-quann Jul 01, 2026 2,045 97 488 Share I have a lot of thoughts on the hot-button topic of “hetero-optimism” and sexual optimism in general — so many, in fact, that I already wrote approximately 12,000 words of them into an essay for my book, which means unfortunately I cannot really write about most of them here. 1 (BUT you’ll be able to read them next fall!!!! ) In the wake of that limitation, I wanted to sort of zoom in (but also zoom way out) on an adjacent subject… xx inte

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