Zach Howe

Zach Howe is a contributing editor at Blunderbuss. After going on a weird trip in China with his friend, he wrote for Full Stop magazine, got a bad score on the LSAT, and moved to New York. He has written for Slate. You can find him on Instagram & Twitter (@ proudneoliberal ) and most dating sites.

Browsing All Posts By Zach Howe

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  Essays

  Against Orientation

  If the debate about human sexuality is going to get anywhere, we need to stop talking about "orientation."

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  Columns

  Why Republican Billionaires Are Gay Rights Advocates

  By pretending to be populist, the corporatized gay movement reaffirms the dangerous lie that American democracy isn't imperiled.

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  Columns

  When Coming Out Doesn’t Work

  Coming out makes life easier for The Straights, but not always for us.

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  Columns

  I’m Queer & So Are You: Against Being Born This Way

  The common defense undermines our fight for liberation and is a symptom of rape culture.

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  Columns

  I’m Queer & So Are You: Why We Don’t Talk About Butt Sex

  Taking the sex out of sexuality has handed the gay movement to rich white men.

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  Columns

  I’m Queer & So Are You: “Power” Bottom

  When someone gets his dick out and rubs it against your lower back, you’re not really making choices anymore.

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  Columns

  I’m Queer & So Are You: The Sentimental Movement

  The mainstream gay rights movement wants to make queers look like straights. We're not.

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  Columns

  I’m Queer & So Are You

  Get Married! Get Equal! Zach Howe asks, "Equal to what?"

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  Essays

  A Note to the Hegemony: How to Respond to a Protest

  A provocative protest at Middlebury College has us asking all the wrong questions.

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  Essays

  In Defense of Nick Carraway

  The narrator of The Great Gatsby is a textbook unreliable narrator, but maybe the kind we ought to rely on.

  By Zach Howe