For me it's the conflating of personal preference with guidelines for ethical behavior. It's fine and cool to not like to watch sex scenes; it does not follow that filmmakers should be creating fewer of them. See also, "kink at Pride"

Speaking of not meeting the historical moment, psychotherapy as a field is really faltering. There’s not even an emerging consensus on how to address MAGA clients. Is it within the normal range of cultural + values difference, a delusional state created by cult-like politics, or antisocial behavior?

Genuinely shocking levels of institutional rot going on in the US. The push to 'both sides' every question has left fucking National Public Radio to say "hey maybe tylenol really does cause autism, many people are asking questions"

In Nepal, protests earlier this month culminated with the toppling of the government. To get a clearer understanding of the background of the insurrection and the dynamics within it, we interviewed Black Book Distro, an anarchist collective and library in Kathmandu. crimethinc.com/Nepal2025

A delightful paradox imagining 2002 Me finding out this knowledge from 2025 Me and immediately unaliving herself, as the kids that age now say

I know it’s hard to tell given the baseline level of derangement among fascists, but that man is literally, genuinely not well. He doesn’t have those needs, because he’s a man with a personality disorder that’s been enabled to a historically unprecedented degree, also now experiencing dementia.

Can’t sleep and this comment on a post about low birth rates is hitting way harder than it has any right to

What happened with BStox is not my story to share (I left quite a bit before any of this went down), but I can confirm it’s quite a bit more complicated and largely comes down to finances and who was left holding the debt. A lot of grief all around, to lose such a beloved space and community

Everyone, I wanted to let you know about the sad news that despite everyone's best efforts Bluestockings will close at the end of the year: www.bluestockings.com - I want to thank every single person who sent books to them through my book drive [will share more later]. A tremendous loss to NYC.

1. Does Food Not Bombs really serve food, not bombs, or is it an obvious ruse? 2. Does Emily have to change her Bluesky handle? 3. How often can each of us expect to explain what antifa *isn't* to a Boomer?

I have a theory that the psychology of rich people who commit CSA is qualitatively different from most abusers but good luck ever funding research into this 🧵

Monochrome infomercial of a woman struggling to operate a basic kitchen appliance, but it’s Kamala Harris trying to speak when it could matter

To @prisonculture.bsky.social’s point, imagine if you could do your work without constant threats of imprisonment, deportation, harassment, policing, and surveillance. That’s what the so-called Right has. Then add funders who don’t hem them up.

Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'

Slamming Tylenol like tic tacs so my children will be gods

Joke’s on them because my polycule has BEEN a terrorist organization

Not the therapy business getting hit in the same ways as the escort business!!! Truly unhinged behavior from these venture capital mental healthcare start-ups that you only used to see from sketchy sites called, like, Sex Monkey.CZ

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity. "To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

The propaganda just isn’t hitting like it used to, and I fear it’s because it’s slopaganda

Shoutout to the twink i met at the Yukio Mishima event last night who was unsure whether Mishima was a fascist. He definitely was, girl.

These people are really running low on normal behavior to pathologize

Inside you there are 2 cats: Foot-of-the-bed Cat and Nightcap Cat. Please do not move. It disturbs them.

we owe an apology to all the Just Read Theory bros

Betting literal money on Zohran winning by re-signing my rent stabilized lease for one year instead of two 🤞🏻 🎲 🎲

Cold Spark cannons are the most bitchass form of pyro and if your pyro guy only brings Cold Sparks he hates you. Like ordering a steak and the waiter brings you a plate of parsley sprigs and nothing else

Bluesky, I need your assistance for an essay I’m writing. Who said, “It takes two minutes to radicalize a hooker”? Margot St James? Was it “five minutes” or “prostitute”? I can’t find this quote online or in my trove of sex work history books, and I SWEAR I didn’t completely make it up!

I installed a shelf so my cats can look down on me judgementally any time I try to relax

So ~*interesting*~ how different liability is for cops vs medical professionals!

The cost of living crisis is rapidly approaching a point where only some kind of domestic partnership will allow you to survive it, and I think that’s part of the reason our government doesn’t see any need to address it: they want women’s financial independence to be impossible

When you buy plants that are pet safe, but not, like, *pet safe*

Big Elizabeth Taylor energy.

My mom: Oh, how is dating going? How dating is going:

You’ve gotta be a real piece of shit to get into the healthcare field just to work doing claims denial for insurance companies

I will say one thing for this historical moment: it’s remarkably easy to tell whether you’ll get along with someone just based on like the first 20 minutes of a conversation. Basically everything people do and don’t talk now signifies their values and cultural milieu

This regime is really determined to destroy every sector of the economy, huh (never mind the human costs, of course)

This is how you look to me when you part your hair down the middle

Resharing with ALT text because YEP.

Hey are you ever going to call for the abolition of ICE again after they fucking murdered a father two days after Kirk was shot or is the only life that matters white supremacist life? Was that Abolish ICE stuff from 2018 just bullshit to get you elected? Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

These idiots better realize those are load-bearing furries (pun legitimately not intended) and the entire website would collapse without them

i've invented another way out other than through. i call it "under"

No way they’re bringing back Karl Rove for this season

I would actually need to look up whether it’s a joke that Marco Rubio is the new host, and I really, really don’t like that and refuse to actually do it

Today, remembering the Italian anti fascist resistance, whom made sure to look cool and sexy as fuck while overthrowing the Mussolini regime

I really didn’t expect all of our media institutions to cave this quickly and totally, which in retrospect is pretty naïve

Gender studies scholars and experts on domestic violence have long known that gender-based bigotry is a gateway to violent extremism. It’s time for national security officials to catch up.

Choosing to believe this means he’s disliked by 17% more people than are currently alive. More than 100% of people hate you bro!!!

bringing back marco polo just to show him this

Oh hey it’s me!