🏳️‍🌈⭐👏Newsletter Writer & Contributor @The Barbed Wire, formerly Digital Editor @Texas Observer, bylines in Teen Vogue, etc. Austin, Texas. They/Them. Home: https://kitoconnell.com/ Get Big & Bright: https://thebarbedwire.com/subscribe/https://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.com/post/3mrb2e3o4p22aDuring our interview, Caleb De Casper wryly pushed back when I suggested he was adopting “a new vampire persona now.” “Who said anything about a persona?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:fzi2miubukpfb2ppkppihfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrb2e3o4p22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.com/post/3mrdh7hzwgk2mCheck out Olivia's appearance at CJR, then go subscribe to our newsletters, we're still doing important work at what's left of @thebarbedwire.com, including my reporting on LGBTQ+ Texas: www.thebarbedwire.com/newsletters/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:fzi2miubukpfb2ppkppihfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdh7hzwgk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.com/post/3mrb2e3o4p22aDuring our interview, Caleb De Casper wryly pushed back when I suggested he was adopting “a new vampire persona now.” “Who said anything about a persona?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:fzi2miubukpfb2ppkppihfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrb2e3o4p22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.com/post/3mrards3gnk2d“There's no social safety net for anything, you know. That's implemented on purpose to keep people from joining together, being stronger together.” New @thebarbedwire.com, I interviewed Austin musician Caleb De Casper about his upcoming album, and what it's like to be queer and undead in Texas: https://www.thebarbedwire.com/interview-with-a-lone-star-vampire-caleb-de-casper-is-reborn-in-darkness/22 Jul 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:fzi2miubukpfb2ppkppihfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrards3gnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.com/post/3mraavyutvs2xImagine having a single life to live and you decide to use part of it writing a puff piece of Richard Hannania. Couldn't be me.22 Jul 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:fzi2miubukpfb2ppkppihfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraavyutvs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.com/post/3mra63tjeic2xSo sick of this nazi bull [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:fzi2miubukpfb2ppkppihfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra63tjeic2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitoconnell.com/post/3mr6ok6pnt22gResisting the urge to write 'Elliott Page,' because I'm Stardew Valley-pilled.21 Jul 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:fzi2miubukpfb2ppkppihfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ok6pnt22g