Welcome to Zed’s Substack.

Sub - as in subscribe, but also submit.
Stack - because this is a layering of ideas over time, one on top of another.

Follow along, as I walk you through what and how I think. Hear observations, ideas, and critical theory braid together, repeat, and evolve. Let me take you on an auto-ethnographic exploration of queer pleasure, gay pornography, and its intersections with representation and rope bondage as practice.

This is the exigent sadism1 of aesthetic experience: an encounter with the unexpected, an invitation to be overwhelmed. You never know what might land in your inbox. It may challenge you, unsettle you - and even bring you pleasure.

Ready for the experience? Take a deep breath, type in your email, surrender, and you just might be rewarded.