I complained about harassment to my dean. He said he couldn’t do anything but directed me where to go to get a complaint on the (secret) record. Prof was eventually forced to resign but it took HUNDREDS of complaints made over many YEARS and all in secret so no other consequences.

I can’t believe it’s the end of November. Where did this year go?

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later. Remembering us is not enough.

Watching Zenimation with my cat feels very wholesome.

Post something random or you’ll have an awful December.

Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶

I also kinda think old people in general but old men absolutely do not understand how much watching what was done to Monica Lewinsky radicalized a lot of younger Gen X/older millennial women. I don’t think I know a single person under like 55 who would save his ass. Take them all down.

38 year old white men are still children, but 15 year old girls are adults, I guess?

Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).

Feel like I’m gonna be using this one a lot.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

The Morning Show went full spy opera this season and I’m delighted. Lean into the absurdity!

Everyone everday since 2016:

Just cuz I suspect it's gonna be relevant: "underage women" is a contradiction in terms. There are adults and there are minors, who are children. Ditto "nonconsensual sex." That's rape. The only reason to play semantic games is because you benefit from obscuring the simplicity of these terms.

Epistemic violence against sexual abuse accusers—smearing them as deluded, crazy, or incompetent—is something rapists know works, and they conspire to do it.

turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT

So, today is a lot.

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

omg this interview is incredible

I have set up a gofundme to cover my medical bills, prescriptions and current expenses. The first goal is $900. I would appreciate sharing it around on social media. I will try to update as i get insurance sorted out. gofund.me/6dfb97116

Not all Star Trek will be for everyone but everyone should get a Star Trek for them.

I once again wrote a post about why writing posts is hard for me right now. manicpixiedust.substack.com/p/i-hate-nov...

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Important update. SNAP is FULLY FUNDED in Connecticut as of today. The state has given assurance that it will backstop payment should the Trump administration persist in its callous effort to starve American families for political leverage.

I have too many WIPs but I keep coming up with more ideas.

The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control. A partial list: Ansonia Bethany Branford Bristol Brooklyn East Granby Ellington Enfield Farmington Milford New Britain New Fairfield Norwich Plymouth Rocky Hill

The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.

this genuinely feels like a moment history books will look back on where the Democratic Party was forced to either fix its hearts or die

Dick Cheney dying to steal attention from Election Day is more proof our timeline is being written by a trickster god.

I woke up and briefly thought it was tomorrow morning, reminding me why I hate November.

I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote: "To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace." No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.

And Threepio is so neurotic because he understands his position Meanwhile R2 is just “hey farm boy, how about you take off that restraining bolt AHAHAHA NO GODS NO MASTERS”

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“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

If you're in NYC, I've got a fantastic author event tonight at P&T Knitwear! F*cked Up Fairy Tales, in conversation with the wonderful Beth Hicks! Doors at 6:30, a costume contest, book reading and signing, woo!

#nutmegsky FYI all of this is organized through an existing mutual aid network in Hartford—no scams!

I love that people are still finding The Pitt! It’s delightful to experience its greatness through new eyes.

Saturday's the weekend thanks to collective action—when we work together, we win! And we can use stories to get there. Explore more at the link in the quoted post⬇️

America has the highest health care costs, by far. And the poorest life expectancy among developed nations, by far. We are victims of the deadly for-profit healthcare and insurance industries who don't care if you suffer and die prematurely, as long as it's profitable for them.

ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.

The second post in my series on using fandom in activism is up! An exploration of story as messaging with Dickens, Marvel comics, A Bug's Life, and Andor. manicpixiedust.substack.com/p/using-fand...

Midway through this week’s Slow Horses I thought, I miss River’s grandpa, and almost immediately he popped up with intel for the audience and I love that for me. #chaospowers

This isn’t a focus in the Discourse because the loudest voices with the biggest platforms are people who have never worried about their next meal. I’ve needed SNAP; I’ve used SNAP; I’ve lost it when it mattered. This is going to be a wave of mass starvation beyond living memory in this country.

I’m going to be crying about this for a decade.

free Ben Solo

New post! First of five in a series on using fandom as a tool in activism. Presented with @allegrosolutionsllc.com and @ajoconnell.bsky.social

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.