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David Roddis

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Slow, Painful Death Would Be Too Good for You: A Pillow Book for Dyspeptics

David Roddis's trenchant, hilarious essays on modern gay life and political shenanigans remind us that "the situation is desperate, but not serious."

2018

David Roddis

Stories

David Roddis

I've been exasperated about Kamala Harris being subjected to that "backwards in high heels" test…

So I was glad to read your glowing account of Harris's final argument. She is indeed a gifted and inspiring speaker. She stepped into the…

2d ago

David Roddis

A State of Heightened Tension

There’s a way to deal with the election that you may not have considered…

Oct 31

Oct 31

David Roddis

A Definite Air of Faggotry

Anyone Catholic hovering around right now? Take a deep breath, fasten your seatbelts, and prepare your sick bags. There’s something I need…

Oct 24

Oct 24

David Roddis

… And Then, Kamala

just a hope junkie gettin’ his fix

Sep 3

Kamala Harris at the end of her DNC speech, with the work “JOY” superimposed on the image.

Sep 3

David Roddis

I’m Living Through History

And it’s even less fun than it sounds

Aug 7

A montage of images featuring J D Vance and AI-generated artwork of a childless cat lady looking rather like Cruella de Vil

Aug 7

David Roddis

The King is Dead…

Rex Murphy took the dull, simple aria of white male grievance and turned it into operatic psychodrama.

May 11

a composite image featuring a head and shoulders photo of Rex Murphy, Canadian columnist and commentator, who died on May 9th, 2024

May 11

David Roddis

Whenever a piece of anti-trans legislation is introduced or passed, the activists always say don’t…

Well, I do. Oppressed people are not responsible for their own oppression because they weren't considerate enough, or too loud, or too…

Jul 8, 2023

David Roddis

Toronto’s “C” change

As the endless summer stretches out before me like a million patients etherized upon tables — in those private clinics that Doug Ford…

Jul 4, 2023

Jul 4, 2023

David Roddis

#MondayManCrush: The Risen Christ

Inside the gloomy sepulchre, sometime around unto the third hour on Easter Sunday, Jesus squinted at his day planner — which didn’t even…

Apr 9, 2023

Apr 9, 2023

David Roddis

Refugees Are Delicious!

and other life hacks for the end times

Apr 6, 2023

Apr 6, 2023