Too Long at the Culture Wars?
by Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine:
More is the pity that you did not know, but April 6 is National Twinkie Day, a day to celebrate that scrumptious little cake that, left uneaten and alone, will likely last until the end of days.
Frankly, I did not know when National Twinkie day was either, but when someone mentioned it on Facebook, my first thought was not the cake itself but rather to the fact that Twinkie is the word used by older homosexuals for teens and other weak men entering the gay life.
The great advocate for reformed homosexuality, Joseph Sciambra, speaks openly about how he was a Twinkie when he entered that world and how the older and stronger men took advantage of him. They did more than introduce him to their way; they helped him understand his submissive role. He says it is a common occurrence—strong older men and young Twink—and part and parcel of the homosexual milieu.
Putting all that aside, what made me chuckle and perhaps blanche a little bit was that my mind would go so quickly from something so sweet, to something so dark; from cakes to unnatural predatory sex. I suspect this is because I have been so long at the culture wars. To describe my vocation as a writer and reporter, I like to quote T.S. Elliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, come back to tell you all. I shall tell you all.”
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