If I came to NYC the weekend before + night of the WNBA draft, are there offsite events happening? HMU and lmk if there are parties or events worth checking out. I’m considering coming down!

yet another reason to leave substack (before they make it even harder to leave):

Today, my fellow founding worker-owners and I are launching a subscription drive to @feedravenous.bsky.social. We are a group of experienced and award-winning food journalists here to publish thoughtful writing and incisive reporting from around the food world. www.weareravenous.com

NEW: I interviewed Boston Fleet star Zoe Boyd about taking on the lesbian internet. "The PWHL has been a great space for the queer community, and the queer community has been huge in promoting our league and creating a sustainable fan base."

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Me, joking: I can’t believe we chose “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally” Conservatives, dead serious: it was a tough choice, but I’m glad we picked “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally”

Agree; it’s heartening to see @inquirer.com meeting the moment while serving the best city in the world. I’m really excited to share that Made by History is partnering with @inquirer.com & will be publishing again soon. Historians, pitch us at [email protected].

I’ve started watching Bridgerton to prep for the lesbian season & idk if I’m really gay or just an Aquarius Venus bc every time something “romantic” happens I’m very audibly like “ughhhh” or “ewwww” lol

Come for Lauren Betts and UCLA joining Alyssa Liu and a generation of athletes turning joy into a competitive advantage … stay for Andrew Haubner’s incredible Geno-Drake comparison. @nocapspacewbb.com open.spotify.com/episode/0glI...

April’s book club is HOT GIRLS WITH BALLS by @xbennyboo.bsky.social!!! I’m so excited!! Join us!! Register here:

Today would be a great day to watch the new Pat Summit documentary.

Since Geno is making news for all the wrong reasons, here’s an article that I wrote a decade ago about the GOAT Pat Summitt & what she meant for queer Black women. www.jezebel.com/pat-summitt-...

April’s book club is HOT GIRLS WITH BALLS by @xbennyboo.bsky.social!!! I’m so excited!! Join us!! Register here:

Watching Real Housewives of Rhode Island. a) I’m obsessed with them trying to convince us that this woman lives in Cranston & also on the water, b) I want the version of this show where the old money neighbors share their opinions on these new money people

I just don't think men should be allowed to coach women's sports. We can grandfather in the guys that are already here, but no new man hires.

This is Tommy! I was able to get photos of the Legacy shirt he custom made for himself to work their games at Gillette. He’s been in the food services department for three years & takes care of the food & beverages for press.

women are so beautiful and i mean that in a lesbian way not a friendship way

Reminder: I'm the vibes reporter here at the Legacy games. Follow me for ~vibes~ not soccer analysis!

Gillette Stadium is lit up hot pink for Boston Legacy FC’s first night game at home!

I just realized that I’m gonna be in Toronto in May when the Tempo play the Fire! 🤩

New at Media Nation: The @bostonglobe.com ends its use of the AI tool Nota after @poynterinstitute.bsky.social reports that it plagiarizes, although the Globe says it wasn't using *that* part of Nota. #journalism dankennedy.net/2026/04/03/t...

Mother Jones draws on historians to describe the true nature of right-wing transphobia. Elite media like the nyt do something entirely different 🧵

Tapping the sign

Was honored to talk to Reo for this very good and very important piece.

I wrote for @slate.com about the new IOC sex testing policy and the intersex women directly targeted by it

Justin is a drag queen, a screenwriter, & a clothing designer. He is a pillar of the Toronto drag scene. He loves Drop Dead Gorgeous, AbFab, & anything trashy. He is a light in this world.

My very dear friend Justin has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer. Justin is the funniest & most talented person I know. We are crowdfunding to help with his bills while he undergoes treatment. Anything helps.

This is something tech people don't grasp about nonfiction writing: the process of deep research, of deciding which little details are interesting or which obscure anecdotes have historical value, is all part of the creative work of writing. It's not grunt work. It can't just be automated.

I don't need a summary of what's available online, in biographies, or even in my own notes. I need to comb through and find the great details, decide what interests ME. No, it's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing. /

“We just want what everyone else has, which is just regular, mundane lives.” From me @texasobserver.org: Fathers of trans and nonbinary kids gather to share their pride, and fight for a better future in this doc that premiered at SXSW, as a feature length expansion of an Emmy-winning short film:

Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write

Featured story: "It didn’t take long before Tammy Fogle, the leader of our local Moms for Liberty group, issued 27 book challenges. She had no children attending our schools, but SB 13 had opened the door for her."

Never trust the algorithm, religious observation division

Well that won’t work

At of 4pm ET, here's which NWSL teams have posted about TDOV, as far as I can tell. (Gotham is not on bsky)

Could I buy someone a subscription please? Anyone? @ me!

It's been a while since I've had a link roundup with news from the queer sports front. Happy Trans Day of Visibility, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to support an independent trans journalist tysm

It’s Trans Day of Visibility, and this year it feels absolutely absurd to ask trans people to be more visible when we’re being put on lists by people who want us dead. @reveleth.com’s latest is a must-read fo anyone who feels kind of weird about TDOV. www.coyotemedia.org/im-supposed-...

happy tdov, "visibility" without protection is a threat

Texas is getting away with A LOT of fouls and physicality. Michigan needs to slow down tho, they’re letting Texas speed them up and they’re frantic.

couldn't come up with better PR for transgenders than "underground transgender mafia successfully heisted 12 tonnes of Kitkats"

I feel much more justified in my petty grievance against PROJECT HAIL MARY, whose release the same year as my book, HAIL MARY, completely tanked our SEO lol

I've spent the last two days talking to Connecticut Sun fans (story TK) and *every single one* has mentioned how depressing it is for this team to go from independent, women-centered tribal ownership to a Trump-supporting billionaire white man.

Hi! Another source request: are you an NWSL fan who has had accessibility issues at games due to strobes/light shows? Please get in touch: DM or email frankie at britnidlc dot com

The thing that upsets me about this argument is that the right has been crystal clear that winning on sports is their first step towards winning on all their other legislation that eventually legislates away trans people. When we concede on sports we concede on the entire genocidal project.

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

“Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she thinks attacking transgender people via the legal system is a worthwhile cause and a good use of her vast personal fortune…there’s no way to watch this show without supporting Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting…”

Tell me you're a Boston sports team without telling me you're a Boston sports team 🦢

Here's a piece: www.nytimes.com/athletic/710.... But the short of it is that she's a walk-on, now a senior, rarely sees the court but is a HUGE hype person on the bench and for the team. Has won over the fans' hearts.