As a features writer and “resident party girl” at New York Magazine, 20-something Brock Colyar knows the delicate ecosystem that produces a great night out better than most. With their “are u coming?” newsletter for The Cut, which started as a chronicle of New York City nightlife after lockdown, they have partied with Caroline Calloway, McKenzie Wark, and Kim Petras, not to mention the twelve hours they spent tripping on mushroom chocolates with a “sailor-mouthed, 40-something hot Brooklyn mom” whom they met a few months prior at a dive bar. Harking back to the golden age of Gotham party reporting, when people seemed less afraid of appeasing celebrity publicists and could really dish, Colyar plainly states what they’ve seen over the course of a night out, be it Ella Emhoff attempting to Dougie or Madonna “stomping and ass-shaking” in a way that recalled “an avian mating ritual you’d see on National Geographic.” When not in party mode, Colyar also writes about queer issues, such as the alienation they’ve felt using they/them pronouns as the pronoun discourse becomes a “human-resources-approved corporate product, more neutered than neutral.” For PIN–UP’s KEYWORDS, Colyar muses on the fallacies of a social scene, the problem with theory jargon, and the role of a reporter.