EXCLUSIVE: How one racist tweet about a hotel housing asylum seekers set in motion fascist protests, a government crackdown on couriers, and the eviction of the hotel's residents. www.vashtimedia.com/fascists-v-t...

it’s my birthday!

have been reading some of a really fantastic trauma studies book from 1996 (one of the foundational texts for the field) that ALSO has the author self-disclose her entire field of personal data - ethnicity, sexuality, CSA history - at the start because she thinks that's the ethical thing to do lol

was ill yesterday so double billed bridget jones’ diary and pride and prejudice (2005). happy for straight people honestly

saw some nothing account say this re the platner stuff and it so neatly encapsulates the masculinist fantasy that stops people believing rape survivors. oh well i’d have responded instantly and the cops would have fully cooperated, and since she didn’t then it must not have been real!

working on a book-length project for the first time ever is making me insane. 'oh you can just cut that section and disseminate its material into the other sections' How. Fucking How

i turn 29 this week. i am compiling a list of fun, minor projects (things to watch, read, play; natural events to see; stuff to do) to attempt before i turn 30. if you have any ideas you can contribute them here. forms.gle/WHEFCWtxeGA9...

local man saw fun home and remembered he’s traumatised

🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?

told gf and bf that i watched jackass 1 and they both brought up the same jackass skit unprompted despite neither knowing that it was from jackass 1 (golf course air horn). i am dating the pluribus hivemind

have talked about hard launching enough times that i remembered to actually do it

i really appreciated this @emilystjams.bsky.social interview on "trans panic media" – why it happens, why it's a suboptimal way of engaging with the moment, how to respond to the very real horrors without freaking out and shutting down and disengaging. episodes.ghost.io/trans-media-...

i talked to the wonderful Shon Faye about the state of trans politics in the UK, strategy & resistance, for the 5th anniversary of The Transgender Issue: www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...

it’s my wife’s birthday!!

have loathed starmer since he was elected party leader and am feeling a mixture of elation and deep sadness for the things i hoped could happen after the tories collapsed, and were ruined by craven, soulless labour rightists

so i watched toy story 5 and i am feeling Pretty Damn Good about that analysis i wrote of recent pixar and their treatment of the child LMAO

I was quoted in this TBIJ piece about a damning Amnesty International report that showed how consistently anti-trans the UK newspaper landscape is, and how said landscape proceeded to ignore the report www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

took the risk of going ‘i’m picking the film’ to discerning cinephile boyfriend and we both first watched the cook the thief his wife and her lover and i’m gonna be dining out on that for WEEKS

guy got crazy mad at me for calling myself a prettyboy and look man it’s not my fault that this is the material i’m working with

Brianna Ghey found safety online. She found acceptance and support, and reasons to go on living. She was murdered by her actual classmates, who hated her for existing in her own body. Anything else is a lie.

back on feeld. everyone on my feeld can be divided into five categories -cis unicorn hunters -bisexual guy with a janky moustache who looks like he’d give me an STI -mean looking gay guy -bi goth woman (she is not swiping right on me) -they/them juggalo

@bbcdomc.bsky.social do you think this is a reasonable and non-obfuscatory way to characterise Palestine Action’s targets, given that literally all of them have been targeted because of their involvement in the Israeli destruction of Gaza?

evil fucking stitch up

Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.

i know multiple people who live on newtonards road in belfast, where the racists just set fire to a bus and burned down several houses. it’s a peaceful residential area. anyone who classifies this terroristic violence as Legitimate Concerns About Immigration is pro-fascist

who has to know?

My colleague @hannahalothman.bsky.social is in Belfast tonight. This is what she’s seen. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Thank you to every Member of Parliament who has signed EDM 240, we are now at 106 signatories against the EHRC code ❤️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

people responding to the debate about labour and Obsession with ‘well bosses who pay you $30/hr are risking that they won’t receive $30/hr’s worth of labour 🥺’ bro we need the purge

maybe bluesky does have the juice

have had a really noticeable spike in guys hitting on me the last month or so, probably because i changed how i dress a bit and also got more facial hair. unfortunately i am struggling to enjoy it because i get paranoid that they don’t know i’m a guy

just told wife i wanted to replace my clacky keyboard and she was immediately like 'oh thank god it's so loud' not realising that i meant getting a better functioning, equally clacky keyboard

GILES NO

years of accumulated sexual harassment have really made me a killjoy about polyamory jokes. the polycule application form was funny but 75% of the people who saw it thought it was real. that one webcomic is on thin ice

i think obsession is such a frustratingly mid film with such mixed execution of a fascinating premise/world that i have wanted to talk about basically nothing else since i saw it

just finished this up and it ruled i love my comrades and my discipline

We're so proud to have @fruitypy.bsky.social, as a trans woman of colour, speaking for us here. The abuse directed at her for this has been awful. Though anti-trans activists claim they are silenced, they deliberately put a huge cost on speaking up while trans. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

bar quiz team did too well at bar quiz and now we're getting cheating allegations

so nobody told me that if i text someone new from this phone it will imessage them via an email address i last used in 2012

so excited to be moderating a panel at this University of Leeds symposium on friday :) abolition and literary studies is so overdue a specific academic treatment and we have such amazing speakers coming www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...

autumn used to be my favourite season but now it’s summer because i can wear tank top all day

wrote about the ehrc guidance hitting during wedding season

i do find it quite funny how conspicuous it is that my credentials would cash in if i was cis and right-wing. gonna go get that doctorate that magically becomes a fake doctorate if you’re trans

@suchmayer.bsky.social saw you’re at the SSS next week, are you just coming for the session or are you going to be around manchester for a bit? :)

the entire basis of the EHRC code is that specific kinds of cis discomfort - even imagined discomfort, fantasised-about potential discomfort - outrank the rights of trans people to public life within the eyes of the law

i went through the ballots of the guardian’s 100 best novels of all time list, found the most obscure novels that were recommended once, and made a goodreads list to counter the ubiquity of the official list: www.goodreads.com/list/show/41...

have been stoked for this to come out for some time. this and night night fawn are gonna be my special treats this summer

i was like 'where do i know this guy's name from' and then i remembered

feedback so far essentially amounts to 'this is great also why would you do this to me' so if you enjoy that vibe in your games, consider playing. it's free with an optional donation button and its playtime is only like 5-10 minutes