without someone else's analysis to go along with it I find myself getting lost,

Ha, me too. This is a bit like jumping off the high diving board, so thank you for reading and for being so supportive of the project!

I've seen a push lately for young queer people to get back in touch with art and other work that queer communities were doing before this massive loss to the culture as a way of connecting with and forming new communities now,

That's a great example! I hadn't really heard about that specifically, and I love that idea. A kind of returning to what was severed. It makes me want to take myself immediately to the archive.

increased isolation under capitalism leads to increased reliance on technologies that allow us to connect leads to increased willingness by those in power to erode the rights to free time, social spaces, and privacy leads to social media being even more necessary for people to connect, you know?

Yes! And we get used to the idea that we somehow need a layer of mediation for all of our interactions with one another.

Thank you for these insightful comments. I look forward to your thoughts on the next chapter.