My main rule for my life is "Handle your own shit." That doesn't mean "don't ask for help." It means "learn to ask for help in productive ways that don't make things worse for you or the people supporting you." I firmly believe that handling your own shit usually requires asking for help.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Mood

This is exacerbated by Bluesky refusing to publish guidelines as to what should be considered “adult.” We literally just have to infer what’s ok or not. But we do know that topless men is ok, but clothed women are sexual.

i swear to fucking god i live in a bizarro universe where i never casually run into other trans people but still end up having regular HRT conversations because every cis woman i meet is going through menopause & YES, HRT IS GOOD, YOUR ENDOCRINOLOGIST & AMERICA JUST HATE WOMEN, HERE IS WHAT YOU WANT

Good evening, lesbians.

Target managed to expand to their current size by being (perceived as) more progressive, a better employer, friendlier to minorities, stocking higher quality of goods, etc compared to Walmart. It’s wild that they’ve forgotten their core values/audience so much.

Literally the same person. Just as the baby became a toddler became a boy became a man, I’ve now become my best self. Stagnation is death, the self is always growing and changing. There’s a sharper delineation, for sure, but I can see me in “him,” and “him” in me.

@faineg.bsky.social Jigsaw Big Naturals?

FWIW, birthplace is a historical fact. AGAB is a doctor’s best guess. Even aside from sex changes, intersex conditions would dictate that sometimes the doctor gets it wrong, even if we concede a binary. This is just an assertion of their bigotry as fact.

the demiurge? is that what my kinda asexual friends feel when they idk want to hold a hot bitch's hand or something idk im too horny to know about all that im sorry

Winsor McCay on tariffs

for every weirdo right wing crypto finance dude who flees NYC, three trans women will move there and engage in actually productive economic activities, like ranked competitive bloodborne speedruns

Especially because a lot of us are raised to be self-sacrificing, people-pleasers in a medical system that already treats only “needs,” and not QOL improvements. Don’t ask if you “need” to transition. Just ask if it might be nice.

We were always supposed to assume pronouns. The "don't assume pronouns" advice was about *unknown* people. For example, if you're streaming and playing against an opponent, use "they" instead of "he," because assuming all players are men is sexist. When you see a person IRL, you have context.

This is the first speech that isn’t for white people. He reflected the actual population of NYC and didn’t cater to a consultant‘s vision of who is worthy. Yet, he clearly spoke about “kitchen table,” issues. It’s just that he included other people’s kitchens, too.

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

2026 Primary Woke Wave

Haha unless

The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?

being a trans woman online is so cool. people either jerk off to how hot you are or they jerk off to how much they hate you, but either way they don't tip

It was!

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

breathtaking

It's a filter. There are already WAY too many people here, and "opinions are like assholes." So what if people use simple heuristics like "follows Jesse Singal = red flag"? On the balance, they're certainly blocking more transphobes than not, so it's a good heuristic.

Humans should not need jobs either. Half the problem with all of this is that the benefit is not shared equally with all. The other half is that the benefit is smoke and mirrors. But to the former point - the Jetsons imagined an easier life for the working class too. Why do we still work 40/wk?

The Democratic Party has many faults but alleging that the party’s declining popularity or success is rooted in some sort of global leftward ideological drift is pretty funny.

Go fuck yourself

"Threads on Bluesky should feel like IRL conversations!" Except the loudest piece of feedback they've gotten about unwanted replies is being able to opt out of the Discover feed. It's the default interaction here for strangers to walk up to your IRL conversation with friends and start screaming.

I would actually like the state to take care of residents by dipping into the $8.6 billion rainy day fund.

There's literally old-timey IWW materials about this racist, bigoted nonsense- this comic is from 1912! The idea that what makes us different denies us solidarity is pernicious nonsense that must be thrown back in the face of Vance and every other enemy of humanity!

Essentially every straight trans woman I’ve met has reported having difficulty finding community and meeting other het trans women, so if that’s you I want you to know I started a small community specifically for us and our friends and you’re very welcome to join if you want 🩷

live feed of me every time i eat ice cream

I've been feeling this way for a while (years!) but this video really was a kick in the pants to shift my habits.

The amount of pressure you'll actually get is very little! Like, if you *want* to do something, people will provide you support, but if you're in a place where you cannot (or just don't want to), people will meet you where you are and just be happy to hang.

Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for. Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.

Probably operating at a 7-8 till I open my mouth, then a 3-4.

In case anyone's genuinely unsure: Regular skull and bones ("Jolly Roger") has a forward-facing skull, bones below. Nazi skull and bones ("Totenkopf") has a leftward-facing skull, bones behind. It's *very* distinct, and feigning ignorance like MattY here is carrying water for Nazis.

"We should be forcefemming bad men!" My sister in estrogen, you aren't even forcefemming your friends who need it. You can't be a fan of Dorley *and* the Egg Prime Directive.

This is not getting nearly the attention it deserves from a website that supposedly likes trans muscle mommies.

I use both, because they mean different things to my experience. I'm transgender because I'm nonbinary, and not male as socially expected/assigned. I'm transsexual because I've changed my sex, my physical body. People who oppose the latter erase our medical needs and lived experience.

10x270 lbs deadlift on the high hex bar. My biggest full set yet, and best 1RME. The bar maxes out at ~300, so I’m gonna be swapping over to the straight bar really soon.

NYC Mayoral Debate MAMDANI: I want to make NYC a better place to live CUOMO: I want Mandala over here to admit he can't do anything, because I can't do anything SLIWA: I would drink a $27 Moscow mule from Andrew Cuomo's skull

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government. She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her. So I confronted him.

the day that society at large understands that testosterone and estrogen are necessary hormones in your body regardless of your sex, and that hormone supplementation is a health question rather than a loaded emotional question, will be one of the greatest days in human history.

I know it's almost not the point, but what is it with these men having not just objectionable tattoos, but objectively shitty ones? Why do they always look like blobs? They want RETVRN, but can't spend more than $50 on art? (I know, I know, *talented* artists aren't gonna do Nazi shit)