We can go farther. “Sexual orientation has nothing to do with the gender/s of the people you’re attracted to, it is a social concept that is discrete from attraction”
Bracket theory bb, that straight guy who keeps having sex with men and those straight women who experimented vigorously in college really are straight, because sexual orientation is primarily a group identifier
Tbc this is entirely earnest (I am not saying that everyone is really bi though so don’t get on my ass about that)
The best thing about problematic dead writers is that theyre dead and don’t benefit from you critically enjoying their work
bell hooks writings are still valuable but like, yeah, not so great as a person