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A gay millennial’s guide to feelings, fandom and the pop culture that accidentally outed us. New drops every Wednesday and Sunday.

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Cook Loved Freddie. The Show Wasn't Sure It Was Allowed to Say So.

Cook Loved Freddie. The Show Wasn't Sure It Was Allowed to Say So.

On Skins and the male bond that kept mistaking itself for rivalry.

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Nov 4, 2026

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4 min read

We Learned Emotional Regulation From Television Monologues

We Learned Emotional Regulation From Television Monologues

And now we accidentally speak like season finales in work meetings.

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Nov 1, 2026

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9 min read

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I Regret To Inform You That Scream Has Always Been Gay. So Gay.

I Regret To Inform You That Scream Has Always Been Gay. So Gay.

I attempted to rank every Scream movie by how queer it is. Unfortunately, this required developing a methodology.

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 28, 2026

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6 min read

The Body Knew Before I Did

The Body Knew Before I Did

On Matthew Shepard, queer geography, and the body that learns before the brain catches up

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 25, 2026

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5 min read

 The Wilderness Has Always Been Queer

The Wilderness Has Always Been Queer

On growing up rural, learning to watch yourself, and the difference between being alone and being free.

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 21, 2026

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5 min read

Then: Monster of the week. Now: Metaphor for my trauma.

Then: Monster of the week. Now: Metaphor for my trauma.

On how genre TV went from campy scares to emotional exorcisms

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 18, 2026

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7 min read

They Fed Her to the World and Were Surprised She Came Back Hungry

They Fed Her to the World and Were Surprised She Came Back Hungry

On Carrie, Jennifer, and the monsters who taught me my appetite wasn’t the problem

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 13, 2026

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7 min read

Unhinged TV Family Trees: We Wouldn’t Have Wednesday Without The Craft and Tumblr Circa 2013

Unhinged TV Family Trees: We Wouldn’t Have Wednesday Without The Craft and Tumblr Circa 2013

On how a 1996 coven, a 2013 dashboard, and a 2022 streaming hit are telling the same story about girls who refuse to be comforting.

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 12, 2026

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7 min read

American Horror Story and the Death of Restraint

American Horror Story and the Death of Restraint

On Ryan Murphy, Tumblr, stan culture, and the show that understood the algorithm before the algorithm existed.

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 11, 2026

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10 min read

He's One of Us

He's One of Us

On The Babadook, a dubious Netflix screenshot, and the monster we took to Pride

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 6, 2026

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5 min read

Veronica Mars Was Telling Us This in 2004

Veronica Mars Was Telling Us This in 2004

The Cornell allegations have brought me back to a teen detective show about drugging, rape, fraternity culture and how hard women have to work to be believed.

BY Nathan Triffitt

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Oct 4, 2026

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8 min read

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ABOUT THIS SPACE

Where queer millennial nostalgia settles in. Part diary, part TV debrief, part late night spiral about the scenes that shaped us. A place for the characters we held close, the crushes we could not shake, and the moments that linger long after the credits fade, usually turning up again when we least expect it.

ABOUT THE WRITER

Nathan writes about TV as memory, queer adolescence as folklore, and the tiny moments that shaped who we became. He lives in Naarm with his cat, Captain.

FOR THE RECORD

Always in support of queer rights, trans lives, and a free Palestine.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters across Australia and pay my respects to First Nations peoples, past and present. Their stories, knowledge and care for Country continue to shape this place, and I’m grateful to be writing on lands where storytelling has always mattered.

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