At 41, while I am not financially set, I am significantly more stable. Yet financial anxiety won’t leave me
Joseph Osmundson
Joseph Osmundson is a scientist, activist and writer originally from Arlington, a small town in rural Washington State. He has a PhD in molecular biophysics, and his writing has been published widely, including in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, Guernica, The Village Voice, The New York Review of Books and The Feminist Wire. He lives and works in New York City.
Bud scars and bodies in queer middle age
Most people gain weight as they age, a fact with a particular heaviness in body-obsessed gay male culture
Fruiting bodies and friendship in queer middle age
Aging as a queer person brings surprising shifts in friendship
The gentrification of the dancefloor
How separating people physically gets in the way of the spontaneous pleasures of a queer night out
A culinary journey through ‘The Bear’ and queer camp cuisine
Culture seems increasingly obsessed with fine dining—but might be missing out on the joy of cooking low-class foods at home for friends
How ‘women’s rights’ activists create language that dehumanizes trans people
OPINION: “Adult” “Human” “Female” is a highly problematic way to identify