TCF Emails

TCF Emails

Home
Notes
Archive
About
Women like men too much
It's why they casually 'hate' them. The problem is loving men in patriarchy. It's the 'tragedy of heterosexuality.'
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
1
Make America Objectify Women Again
Conservatives are claiming certain women's bodies and sex appeal as an anti-woke political symbol while *oh-so-bravely* celebrating men's desire.
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
3
A feminist utopianism
Sophie Lewis argues against the 'fatalism' of both 4B and heteropessimism, and calls for a collective movement built on solidarity.
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
8
Forget 'marriage material.' What about revolution material?
Myisha Battle, a feminist sex and dating coach, on looking for love while our systems fail us.
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
2
The roleplay of everyday life
'Babygirl' takes on the suffocating roles of Wife and Mom, while scripting a fantasy where being bad is *good.*
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
6
A mockery of fathers
Men like J.D. Vance hate ‘childless cat ladies' and single moms for the same reason: they challenge patriarchal values. Just ask Murphy Brown.
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
10
Beware hetero-exceptionalism
On 'good husbands' and 'divorce memoir' backlash.
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
6
Sabrina Carpenter is a heterofatalist princess
The pop star campily romanticizes women being mistreated by men—and then crawling back to them. She perfectly understands the current mood.
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
3
The girlfriend gaze
Calvin Klein's new campaign starring Jeremy Allen White understands a little something about the boyfriend experience, and about a woman watching a man…
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
4
The year of hetero discontent
From sex strikes to divorce memoirs, a review of straight culture in 2024.
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
6
So, *about* positive masculinity
Just a cautionary, big-picture note re: Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff. What about 'tonic' humanity?
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
3
The 'marry him' essay
On the perennial ploy of telling hetero women that marriage is the solution for the inequities they face—in fertility, childcare, finances, and…
 • 
Tracy Clark-Flory
13
© 2025 Tracy Clark-Flory
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture