the thing about incarcerated trans people is that virtually no one will stand up for them & that’s fucking horrific because i literally cannot think of a worse place to be a trans person in america than prison. if you’re cis you should read this. trans people, keep on scrolling; you already know.

“I admire this story for its deftness and compassion. It covers so much of the stuff of life: marriage, aging, love, desire—but never reductively, and always with deep understanding.” Rumpus Prize fiction judge Rachel Khong on Josie Tolin’s story, “Fucking Illinois People.” ➡️ buff.ly/lHNTyb9

One Battle After Another is essential viewing in 2025. It feels like Paul Thomas Anderson channeled his typical blend of comedy and then blended it with How to Blow Up a Pipeline. It’s a stirring rallying cry and really fucking fun.

I cannot over state how nice going to the movies alone can be.

lots that hits home in this (been thinking a lot lately about the lack of Big Press for any of the trans authors who put out work in the last year) and found myself especially sad at the lamentation for the now gone Catapult Magazine, which was a vital space for so many of us

every trans person I've spoken to is feeling the Drag Down right now. not everybody has fallen into despair but we're all feeling it creeping in around the edges, doing our best to fight it. things are bad. if you know a trans person, look after them.

This is tragic and awful and as perfect an illustration of [gestures at our modern world] as you could ever need.

Fifteen years later the scene from Inception that I think about the most is that part when Leo gets stuck trying to run through that really tight alleyway.

This is bad, but also vital to remember: it’s an EO. It’s not a new law. It’s just instructions to his appointees. Who remain constrained by the Fed criminal code. And, to preempt the doomers: Those. Laws. Are. Holding. That’s why Trump’s losing it over Comey in EDVA.

this is why we need to bring back shame there need to be consequences for being a huge asshole, there need to be standards for how you behave in a decent society the rules cannot be set by the worst of us

No, people aren’t whining about the kids not being horny enough. That’s a malicious misrepresentation and you know it. People are whining about the kids echoing socially conservative and toxic views on depictions of sexuality in media, because the ability to publicly discuss sexuality is crucial.

HUUUUUGE congratulations to Lit House Associate Director Roy Kesey for winning this prestigious prize for his new book, LORE, out from Sarabande in May 2027.

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

I would love to see change to address climate disaster, whether that's with making a wish at a carnival's Zoltar machine or decarbonization policies.

Okay but hear me out, an all trans pop vocal group called: “The Puppygirl Dolls.”

I like desperately want to vent about this exhausting and mind numbing work issue I'm dealing with. Like single handily ruining this job for me bad.

the FBI doesn’t even try anymore

What was incredible to me about this press conference is that nowhere did anyone mention that the victims were all detainees. Even if it turns out the suspect intended to target ICE employees, which we still don’t know is true, doesn’t that seem like important information?

Rise of Skywalker mulligan, please

If you are in or have been in a trans person's life, you should come to terms with the fact that they've mentally evaluated how likely you are to rat on them to the cops if the government starts cracking down harder on us.

You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.

The fundamental truth about AI is that nobody likes interacting with the output. It’s barely functional and paints its users as lazy, disinterested, or careless. It only feels “productive”from one end of the equation because it lets people shit out low effort fixes for tasks they don’t care about.

in which i have sold some books & now must write them

"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism." @readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom): reactormag.com/with-the-ser...

I love that scene in The Godfather when Marlon Brando is teasing that little kid with that weird orange peel smile thing and then he just fucking dies and the kid just silently waddles away, new core memory in tow.

i think america would be a better place if everyone just stopped paying attention to politico til they went out of business. there’s no “autism problem” just like there’s no “trans debate.” both of those things are eugenics. both questions are really “should these subhumans be allowed to exist?”

Big day for guys named Joaquin

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Wasn’t prepared for the governor of Illinois to be posting Andor quotes.

1. A federal judge has blocked a Trump policy that says the National Endowment for the Arts will disfavor LGBTQ+ performances, ruling it violates their 1A rights. NEA funding is a significant for theatres. Their ban helped stop plays with trans themes. Subscribe to support our journalism.

super! now we know pressure from people who aren’t convinced “transsexual holds bud light for 00:47 is a civilizational threat” can work! so don’t stop! remember when disney yanked an cartoon that helped trans kids see they have a place in the world? or when washington post chucked karen attiah?

We should not care or reward Disney for this. We must make their bottom line hurt for even considering doing something like this. Don't let up. Other companies need to see that bowing to fascism is not something you can do without consequence.

Cool! I'm still not giving The Mouse a fucking cent.

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Calling all horror authors, saw this and had to share. @sgj.bsky.social is choosing the winner. Anyone have an unpublished #horror #novella lying around? Seems like a great opportunity. #horrorwriter #booksky

I really fucking hope that I'm not still this tired because five days ago I was out at a Hozier concert until 2am. I'm not ready for my body to be that low on stamina.

dudes rock

signed this. easy to do. support independent press. support artists. give trans people money. fuck nazis. fuck ICE. free Palestine.

if any magazine defines the new trans fiction and poetry of the 2020s so far it’s Imposter. if you’re smart you’ll submit to them

Okay even if I hadn’t sworn off any new Star Wars for political reasons, that “Mandalorian and Grogu” trailer isn’t exactly inspiring confidence.

The funny thing about Brian Kilmeade being forced to apologize for wanting to kill homeless people is that many of the people aghast at his comments have functionally the same beliefs; they just may not consciously realize it.

One of the most pernicious cissexual myths is that **trans ppl** are obsessed w gender when the average cis woman would never think of wearing a bow tie and the average cis man gets angry if he has to drink out of a coffee cup w too many dainty flowers glazed on it.

The reaction Disney fans are having makes think maybe the Harry Potter fans are just bigots who don’t care after all.

it’s very not new & surprise is not a prerequisite to disgust & i welcome folks telling them “eat shit” over the latest thing & love cancelled subscriptions but i *do* think if you cancel you should also bring up the time they yanked a cartoon about anti trans bigotry before trump even took office.

That silly little picture you generated is cranking up energy costs, hurting artists, and adding absolutely nothing to the world.

it is not lost on me that the democratic party proudly activated in unison against fascism for the first time with real threats of investigations and repercussions when a single rich famous white dude was the one impacted

something something political violence