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The Stupidest Gender Stereotype Is That Straight Men Don't Gossip
if anything, we're the worst
5 hrs ago
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Phil Christman
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Special Guest Post: Adam Petty's Favorite Scary Stories
Seven SPOOKY Books for the Season!
Nov 2
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Phil Christman
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Adam Fleming Petty
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October 2025
"What's the Telos"
One of the smartest people I ever met was a lit professor at Calvin College.
Oct 26
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Phil Christman
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"Selling Out"
plus, An Exactly Specified List of Who and What I'd Sell Out For. Phil X Who???
Oct 19
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Phil Christman
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Special Guest Post: Lyta Gold's Ten Favorite Fantasy Novels
About a year ago, for a local bookstore, I interviewed my friend Lyta about her excellent critical book Dangerous Fictions: The Fear of Fantasy and the…
Oct 14
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Phil Christman
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Lyta Gold
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"Shadow Ticket": Ten Thoughts
I used to not like Pynchon!
Oct 12
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Phil Christman
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Why Christians Should Be Leftists
A recording from Phil Christman and Clint Schnekloth's live video
Oct 9
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Phil Christman
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Clint Schnekloth
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A Bonus Essay: How Things Look, Eight Months In
I wrote this a month and a half ago as part of a little series I did for the people who preordered my book. I am sending it out more generally because…
Oct 5
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Phil Christman
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September 2025
How I Solved the Male Loneliness Epidemic
This week people were talking about the “male loneliness epidemic” again.
Sep 28
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Phil Christman
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Responding to My Critics, 1: Adam Roberts
this may be a series, or not
Sep 21
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Phil Christman
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And Now Abideth Bowie, Prince, and Kate
but the greatest of these is Kate
Sep 16
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Phil Christman
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Publication Day for "Why Christians Should Be Leftists"
an interview with myself
Sep 14
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Phil Christman
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