Archive - Freddie deBoer

God Bless Us, Everyone

Off for the holiday until next week.

Dec 23 • Freddie deBoer

Editing is Only Good If the Editing is Good and a Lot of Editing is Not Good

the worship of editing as an inherent good is pious, disingenuous, and unhelpful

Dec 22 • Freddie deBoer

The Argument That Lebron is the GOAT Is Running Out of Time

At 40 years old, LeBron James is in the Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-in-goggles phase of his career.

Dec 18 • Freddie deBoer

For Me, Postpartum Testosterone Decline Has Been Very Real

unlike most, I have the numbers to justify the feelings

Dec 15 • Freddie deBoer

Subscriber Writing, December 2025

Dec 12 • Freddie deBoer

Carl Wilson Should Give Himself More Credit

the pro-pop respect effort of the past two decades has been indisputably successful in changing culture; what more could any critic want?

Dec 9 • Freddie deBoer

Both Trump's 2024 Coalition and Its Subsequent Erosion Prove the Same Point: Voters of Color Are Not a Monolith

Democrats fall back in love with the "enduring Democratic majority" at their peril

Dec 8 • Freddie deBoer

Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism

this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year

Dec 5 • Freddie deBoer

Call for Subscriber Writing, December 2025

PLEASE SEE REVISED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES

Dec 4 • Freddie deBoer

The New York Times Attempts to Bully Elderly People Into the Disability-as-an-Identity Worldview

shut up and accept that you're defined by your weakness, olds!

Dec 3 • Freddie deBoer

Heritability as Stalking Horse for Mutability

something's missing, even if it's not heritability

Dec 1 • Freddie deBoer

November 2025

Lots to Be Thankful For

I have, at times, been accused of being a relentlessly negative killjoy by some internet scallywags, so let me give you an annoyingly sincere gratitude…

Nov 26 • Freddie deBoer

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