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Jude Ellison S. Doyle

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When patriarchy makes monsters, sometimes the monsters bite back.

2022

A. L. Kaplan, et al.

A. L. Kaplan, Jude Ellison S. Doyle

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Jude Ellison S. Doyle

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Dec 21, 2023

The End of Me(dium)

I’m leaving Medium. Here’s what I’m proud of, and what has changed.

pulling the plug

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

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Dec 14, 2023

Decline and Fall and

On Rome, history, and what outlives the end of the world.

The Pyramid of Cestius, my favorite Roman landmark, right in the middle of the road.

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Dec 6, 2023

The Art Monster at the End of This Book

Writer and diarist Anais Nin took the same liberties as her male peers — all of them, including the horrendous ones.

A blank diary, open, with a pen on it.

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Dec 2, 2023

Annnnnnnd Why Should I Care?

On “Unicorse,” the twelve-minute children’s cartoon that will save us all.

A unicorn-shaped piggy bank? It has coins in front of it, so “bank” is my best guess.

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Nov 21, 2023

Urgent: There Is a Movie Where Mark Wahlberg Plays An English Professor

If you ever wanted to see Mark Wahlberg play Lydia Tár, your time is now.

A statue of Shakespeare holds a leaf. I don’t know who the guys behind him are.

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Nov 16, 2023

It’s the End of Feminist Media. Again.

Jezebel’s closing isn’t the end of an era — it’s a reminder that the era has been over for a long time.

It’s the End of Feminist Media. Again.

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Nov 6, 2023

Trans Masc Misogyny and the Red Six of Spades

Being an attempt to grapple with trans community dynamics and trans guys who yell at women. A very long attempt. You were warned.

A black ace of spades in a pile of mostly red hearts and diamonds. Look, it was the best I could do.

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Nov 3, 2023

It’s Snowing in Upstate New York

What it’s like to live through a six-month winter, and what it can teach you about… I don’t know, life and stuff? I’m cold.

A small town covered in snow. It looks idyllic. It feels like Hades blew the chill of the grave straight into your bones.

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Oct 27, 2023

Reading Poetry Through the War

War, early mornings, and the poetry of Jane Hirshfield.

A narcissus growing who-knows-where.

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Oct 19, 2023

Wait, How Does LL Cool J Survive “Halloween: H20?”

A seasonal inquiry.

A pumpkin carved with the face of Michael Myers.

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

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Author of “Trainwreck” (Melville House, ‘16) and “Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers” (Melville House, ‘19). Columns published far and wide across the Internet.

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