The Pantomime of a Southern Chameleon out June 5th
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The Pantomime of a Southern Chameleon out June 5th ---
Who is Cartie Whitelaw?
Cartie is a multidisciplinary writer based in Austin, Texas. His work primarily composes of memoir, cultural critique essays, and men’s health articles.
His memoir work focuses on personal introspection in environments with oppressive forces. It explores intimacy, ambition, and the uneasy process of self creation and definition as a young adult. His forthcoming memoir, The Pantomime of a Southern Chameleon, set to be published in June, 2026, with Ybernia Books in Madrid, explores these topics.
His cultural critique essays take on an analytical angle alongside an unmistakable narrative voice. Leveraging both his robust research experience and academic background, Cartie creates essays that explore systems of power and how they perpetuate challenges on an interpersonal level. From sexual assault to everyday challenges of queer people, Cartie isn’t afraid to dig into profound and thought provoking topics. However instead of creating work that is deeply clinical or overly academic in tone, Cartie aims to create work that is digestible to larger audience and increase accessibility to his work.
His Men’s health articles can be found on Pure for Men’s website on their blog. Here Cartie jumps into topics that promote the overall sexual health of men in the LGBTQ+ community. From topics such as consent, to keen recommendations, Cartie leverages an SEO friendly writing style with a an engaging voice to create articles that are entertaining and e-commerce optimized.
To keep up with Cartie’s work you can follow him on his Instagram @cartiereece or his Substack @cartiewhitelaw