Critical Intimacies
Erin WilliamsMidlife longing meets algorithmic reality, for readers who prefer their feelings theory-adjacent.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Coming Through
Vilhelm Hammershøi: The End of Waiting
Every summer I stop reading criticism and return to fiction.
This week I reread Michael Ondaatje’s Coming Through Slaughter, then disappeared into Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. Last nigh...
Sex, for research purposes
Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768.
Sometimes I have sex with men when I’m not sure if I really like them or not. By the third or fourth date, I’m typically still ambivalent. For me, this is healthy, and...
The Oil Spill
Fairfield Porter, The Screen Porch, 1964.
I’ve been struggling lately. I feel kind of mopey and sad. My moods have the aura of objective fact. The heat is stifling and settles low over the sidewalks. Air conditioners leak onto the heads of...
The New York Times Defends Heterosexuality, Again
Leave it to the New York Times to publish a defense of heterosexuality in 2026. Reproductive rights have been dismantled. Trans people are under constant political attack. Family policy, housing markets, tax incentives, inheritance law, and...
In a Chokehold
Desire critique can’t reach
When I was in college, I had ambiguously consensual, intoxicated sex with strangers on a semi-regular basis, and not a single one of them attempted to choke me. Men have put their hands gesturally around my neck...
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Author & illustrator of COMMUTE and WHAT’S WRONG. Doctoral student. I write about intimacy, desire, and modern estrangement. Lover of books and fatal mistakes.
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