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Farrell Johnson's avatar

Honestly, THIS is what I miss the most. The deep dives are great, but I've felt so out of the loop since the link roundups ended. THANK YOU for bringing it back!!

Matthew Rettenmund's avatar

Thanks! Once I realized I could do it without sending a daily email, which I felt could be annoying, I figured I would try to maintain both.

DAVID “Keepsie” KEEPS's avatar

Why can’t you do this twice a day? This is the best digest for this reader.

Joe Kirkendall's avatar

This is THE BEST. I've missed your round ups so much!

Matthew Rettenmund's avatar

"We did it, Joe!"

Gary Steinberg's avatar

Thank you. I enjoy your writing.

Brian Ferrari's avatar

You mentioned that gay porn star Dino DiMarco died. Did you mean Dino Phillips? He passed away in October, 2025.

Matthew Rettenmund's avatar

Oh, yes. Good catch. I was so confused because it just didn't look like him. Thank you!

Tim's avatar

Thank you for doing this. I have missed BoyCulture daily so much! It really is such a nice break from the shitshow that is the daily news of this country.

Freeman Gunter's avatar

More Matthew Rettenmund is such a good idea. I am reading the Heated Rivalry book now. Just finished the previous one, the first in the series. I love M/M romance novels and have been reading them, dozens of them, voraciously for several years now. The actuals books are so hot and graphic that I don't see how they can be transferred to the TV screen. It is always best to start with the written word.

Matthew Rettenmund's avatar

Very kind of you.

JM's avatar

OK, I need more Matt Rettenmund in my life not less, so daily stuff would be so welcome!! I cannot overestimate how much I miss waking up and logging on to Boy Culture!!!!! I thought I would die when Wicked Gay Blog went dark, but it was full on mourning when BC went ba-bye. What next, JoeMyGod?

I think Heated Rivalry is actually The Fate of Ophelia by one amazing Taylor Allison Swift. Ilya saved Shane in the same way Travis Kelce is saving TayTay. I mean, these lyrics are 100% about Shane Hollander!!!!!

I heard you calling

On the megaphone

You wanna see me all alone

As legend has it you

Are quite the pyro

You light the match to watch it blow

And if you'd never come for me

I might've drowned in the melancholy

Okay, the Timothy Busfield accusation. So weird, but he is an actor and like Joan Crawford, Woody Allen and other actors accused of abuse, he probably knows how to put on a good enough show for people not to suspect him. He did admit to touching them but said it was tickling. Oy.

Matthew Rettenmund's avatar

Thank you so much.

John's avatar

This is great - delighted to see the Boy Culture links again! Always enjoy your perspective and comments on these links - so insightful!

Ricardo's avatar

Sounds great. I'm excited.

VEGNYC's avatar

I followed Boy Culture for years and am glad to see you back, Matthew, I've missed you very much.

Sometimes we don't know how much we love something until it goes away. Cheers~

Matthew Rettenmund's avatar

Thank you. I appreciate it.