A Song of Passion and Flame

Fin's Ranting and Raving

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Social commentary, cosmic tangents, personal history, and the occasional expletive-laced tirade from a libertarian socialist contrarian and iconoclast.
​If you are easily offended, this place is not for you.
​My thoughts on Jewish topics (including Israel-Palestine discourse) are on a separate page; this is where the rest of my brain runs wild.
If you're wondering why I don't have a proper blog and don't use social media, read this.
page last updated:
August 16, 2026

2025

  • The Long Road to Manhood and the Case for Heroic Masculinity
  • Why I Make Soft Things
  • ​The Fire and the Mirror: Trans Rage, Moral Clarity, and the Fight for Our Future
  • Taste Is Not A Moral Test, And Most "Representation" Sucks Ass, Actually
  • “We Don’t Give a Fuck and We Won’t Ever Give a Fuck”: What My Generation Really Meant at Woodstock '99
  • Fractional Truths: Inheritance By Disguise
  • Technically Free, Historically Fucked: ​A Legal Shade of White

2026

  • "Pick Up A Pencil"? Shove It Up Your Ass
  • When "Just Get Therapy" Isn't the Answer
  • No-Bullshit Conversations the Trans Community Needs to Have
  • The LGBT Community Is Failing Its Own: Notes from Outside the Bubble
  • Safe, Legal and Rare: Why Prohibition Fails Abortion Care and Trans Healthcare Alike
  • Why I No Longer Identify As A Feminist
  • ​“Woke” vs. What Actually Helps People​
  • G-ddamn White Trash
  • Why I No Longer Identify As Poly. In Fact, I'm Poly-Critical.
  • Poly-Critical, Part Two: Who Does This Actually Benefit?
  • I'm A Gay Trans Man, But I Kind Of Hate Pride Month
  • Clothes Do Not Make The Man
  • Frequently Asked Questions About My Gender Stuff
  • ​Queer: One Perspective
  • ​Proship vs. Antiship: Everybody Sucks Here
  • Less Is More: We Need To Stop Expanding the Alphabet Soup and the Flag​
  • Why Neopronouns Suck: One Gay Trans Man's Perspective
  • Beyond Left and Right: Where I Stand
  • Bernout: Where Sanders Lost the Plot
  • ​I'm a Socialist. The DSA Doesn't Speak for Me.
  • The Year I Officially Turned Old
  • AI Is A Legitimate Tool. However, You're Probably Still Making Slop and Here's Why.
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