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Book Report: Queering the Color Line: Race and the Invention of Homosexuality in American Culture by Dr. Siobhan Somerville (Duke University Press 2000) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads to keep up with what I'm reading and for 950+ book recommendations (link in bio)

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

thinking about what it would mean to live a life oriented around being not doing. supremely grateful for john o'donohue's book anam cara! see you on tour!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

plot twist 😂 see you on tour + watch my comedy special BIOLOGY! at the link in bio

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

hatred is a convenient detour from feeling pain. transphobia is other people's pain from not fitting into gender norms outsourced onto us. via @habitsandhustlepodcast

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

compassion doesn't require comprehension! via @aspenideas

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

a reminder! see you on tour.

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

my preferred pronouns are hehe-haha! see you on tour!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Book Report: Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences by Dr. Rebecca Jordan-Young (Harvard University Press 2011) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads to keep up with what I'm reading and for 980+ book recommendations

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i want straight rights in america!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i'm working on it!! what are you working on?

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

men disappointing us once again!! see you on my standup tour + watch my comedy special biology! at the link in bio

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

love sews us back together.

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i can't imagine how difficult that must be 😂

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Book Report: Manliness and Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880-1917 by Dr. Gail Bederman (University of chicago Press 1995) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads to keep up with what I'm reading and for 980+ book recommendations

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

heal anyways. healing is about self-belonging.

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

art is the most advanced technology

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

a bit of a dilemma 😂 see you on tour this year!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

it's fashion month! time for style tips! hatred is love that's lost its way #degenderfashion

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

~they can't even see color~ see you on my standup tour!! and watch my comedy special biology! at the link in bio

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Book Report: Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in teh Human Genome by Dr. Sarah S. Richardson (University of Chicago Press 2015) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads to keep up with what I'm reading and for 980+ book recommendations

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

how i think about style v. fashion via @pam_cut

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

the alien invasion has already happened! 😂 see you on tour

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

learning how to hold simultaneity has changed my life

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"ridiculous" as an opportunity to go somewhere else

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

imagine how vast and incredible your life without hatred would be

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Book Report: Testosterone: An Unathorized Biography by Dr. Katrina Karkazis and Dr. Rebecca Jordan-Young (Harvard University Press 2019) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads to keep up with what I'm reading and for 980+ book recommendations

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

love is the most transformative energy we have. why limit it?

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

there is no such thing as a pain free life via @habitsandhustlepodcast

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

from the perspective of death, all living is standup comedy

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

thinking through the fear of death in convo with my sister @cheshire_v_ got the quote "death is not the elephant in the room, it is the room" from @kiko_kaiser

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

let's interrupt the cycle of trauma!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Could you do me a favor and help me spread the word about my standup tour dates? All tix are available at the link in bio! I can't wait to see you on the road!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Book Report: Book Report: The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power: Pan-African Embodiment and Erotic Schemes of Empire by Dr. Greg Thomas (Indiana University Press 2007) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads for 950+ book recommendations (link in bio)

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

humanity as a verb. discussing @alokshortfilm with executive producer jodie foster

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

always trying to make comedic material that men can see themselves in 😂 see you on tour!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

gay for play? groundbreaking! 😂 see you on tour!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

few things more serious than silliness via @raceforward

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

dark comedy is the only way i'm getting through this! 😂 watch gender agenda on @netflix + see you on tour!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

a compassion practice asks us to provide context to everyone

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Book Report: American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism (University of Minnesota Press 2003) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads to keep up with what I’m reading and for 950+ book recommendations

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

guilty as charged! 😂 see you on tour.

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

when projection is prioritized over reality

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

the suspense is killing me... 😂 see you on tour!

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

loving love! filmed at the castro theater with @apeconcerts

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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Book Report: Peoples on Parade: Exhibitions, Empires, and Anthropology to Nineteenth-Century Britain by Dr. Sadiah Qureshi (The University of Chicago Press 2011) 1. Please share this important history 2. Follow me on Goodreads to keep up with what I’m reading and for 950+ book recommendations

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