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Books: THE GROOM WILL KEEP HIS NAME; FIFTH FREEDOM (wip). Exec editor catapult.co. Lecturer

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please buy my book:mattortile.comJoined October 2010

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In 2018, I began a book about sex & dating as a gay Filipino immigrant. Today, I'm publishing a memoir (and audiobook) of unlearning internalized colonialism and racist love—work that's ongoing and eternal. Let the record show: THE GROOM WILL KEEP HIS NAME bookshop.org/books/the-groo

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lupone this lupone that. what are we doing to keep a strange lupone broadway?

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Owl! at the Library

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“Colin Firth is the best Darcy�? “Matthew McFayden is the best Darcy�? you’re all forgetting someone

two stills of Wishbone as Darcy; in the second he sits at a piano next to Lizzie

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I’m in Paris and I ordered an oat milk latte and the waiter said no.

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black MF peppa looked SO CORRECT #dragraceuk

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black peppa ⚜�?🖤

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Them>>>> #dragraceuk

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#DragRaceUK Sminty Drop 😿

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this is hands down the best exit on #dragraceuk ever!!!

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just smoked with tha bro and turned to him staring at me like this

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For

's celebration of British TV I wrote about a masterpiece in spiky will-they-won't-theys, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's CRASHING. (Including how it proved Jonathan Bailey was a romantic lead looong before Bridgerton)

There’s No ‘Fleabag’ Without Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s ‘Crashing’

Before she became a household name with the Amazon series, Waller-Bridge honed her twisted brand of romantic comedy on the underappreciated ‘Crashing’

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i had thoughts about the edits i give most often as an editor at

and turned them into a 1400-word combo craft essay/writing prompt about the importance of specificity and concrete details in essay writing catapult.co/dont-write-alo

In an Essay, Let Us Borrow Your Eyeballs—or Anyone Else’s, Really, Even a Bird’s | Matt Ortile

Meaning is an abstract concept. It needs a container. Concrete details are those vessels, the building blocks, the foundation of a good essay.

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I could literally see the "oh shit I'm married" smile of resignation

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Issa Rae joins Usher on stage during his #UsherMyWay Las Vegas residency

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i should call her* *Tuscany

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I don’t think my neighbor, Totoro, would be too pleased to hear about this

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One of my favorite hobbies is going to a city that’s not New York and saying “it’s so cute and livable here!�?

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🎵I should tell you, I’ve got baggage🎶…..it’s on carousel 8🎵

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if I had any foresight as a queer person i would have bought stocks in Campari last month and cashed in yesterday

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thinking about Nina Katz and wondering what face she’s making today

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it’s a two-drink minimum so i’m making myself a negroni sbagliato

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I am homophobic……i am afraid of myself

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The student loan forgiveness application is now LIVE: studentaid.gov/debt-relief/ap

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Might be my best AI-generated art prompt to date. I give you “Pikachu painted by Monet�?.

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“And as I faced up against Michael for the 507th time, I couldn’t help but wonder: will I end Halloween, or will Halloween end me?�?

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it seems like no one wants to take their PTO these days.......get your fucking ass up and take your PTO

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i missed writing about music & emotional memory so i asked

if i could revive my

column FORMATION JUKEBOX and, here we are 🎤on faith & fearing God & the other song of the summer, Kate Bush’s reverential RUTH

Running Up That Hill (And Dealing With God) | Lio Min

This is the deal I’d make with God: my devotion in exchange for acceptance of the past, peace with the present, and assurances about the future.

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Alejandro Varela

I have a new story over

. It's ideal reading for a morning commute or at elevensies with a biscuit. Thanks

for the steady eyes. Thanks

for the intro. The Disappearance of Guy 👇�?�

The Disappearance of Guy | Alejandro Varela

Guy was released shortly after he was detained. His parents did their best to keep everything quiet. But already the rumors had begun.

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thank you ffxiv very cool

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love when bestie is just out and about, having fun

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WHAT is going on with Anne Hathaway and WHY is she serving this hard???? She stepped her style hathawussy up

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WHAT is going on with Anne Hathaway and WHY is she serving this hard???? She stepped her style hathawussy up

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Hadestown is so tumblr

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happy frankfurt season, yearly reminder that the premise of the proposal is that sandra bullock has to fake date her assistant for a green card marriage bc she flew to the book fair on an expired visa to avoid losing don delillo to viking 10/10 honestly

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the same photo.

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How your email finds me

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's Stay True already feels like a crucial addition to the music-critical memoir tradition

Hua Hsu’s Memoir Stay True Is as Affecting as a Great Pop Song

The New Yorker writer talks about how breaking down the binaries of cool, Nirvana’s radical legacy, and Beach Boys’ heavenly harmonies informed his poignant new book.

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I can’t wait to make this season of The Crown my entire personality trait next month.

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She’s not taking it — it’s already been TOOKEN!!! It’s just something about a crisp white oxford

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