Whoever it was that coined "Eve Fartlow" should feel so happy about it because I literally think of it every time I see her name 😂

Ok so I may be missing the point here but....it's not like penetration is always a bad thing.....?? Like, it can be a good time, y'know?? And it doesn't have to just be, um, penises....??

there’s not a “this you?” big enough for the Guardian publishing this

Having the pronunciation in the headline omfg

Their definition of “women” shifts to exclude women they find unacceptable: whether implicitly (some have insisted to me that I should “listen to women”, as if I’m not one) or overtly (interrogating the sexual characteristics of female athletes whose appearances they find insufficiently feminine).

I’m hardly the only woman whose views and experiences do not align with the small, select group of cis women who have pushed for the exclusion of trans women. You won’t have to look very far to find that small, select group turning viciously on women like me, who disagree with them.

Every trans-supporting cis person in the UK needs to make peace with becoming more annoying, persistent, and pedantic than they ever thought possible. EHRC guidance is full of contradictions - they're relying on transphobic compliance out of fear. DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM

This. God, this. It is such a manufactured panic and it started the moment they lost the fight over gay marriage. Support trans rights because it’s the right thing to do and also because this is all just a fascist push

No compliance. Ever. Our trans siblings, we will fight for you.

People with “gender critical beliefs” getting it included in government guidance that you can’t call them horrible transphobic bastards is so wild like I don’t have to spend billions lobbying for legal documents to get people to like me, have you tried being a nice person instead

"I have gender critical-critical beliefs which unfortunately means I believe gender critical people are unlikeable transphobic bastards who are weirdly obsessed with other people's genitals like a bunch of sex pests."

Oh, and you can see that the framed photo on wall depicts a pig and dog paw prints, inspired by the famous Sulawesi pig and human hand prints that Adam Brumm’s team dated to be the oldest ever representative art

Their main flavor guy once told me a story about how Ben had wanted a rose flavor but rose (when used correctly) is subtle and in taste tests he kept complaining about not being able to taste it and the guy eventually goes “ben it tastes like grandmas armpits”

A reminder: nothing good comes from the state mandating a fixed definition of sex/gender and policing people’s genitals.

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the trans agenda is literally just trans people asking to keep the rights trans people had without much issue until a few years ago, when Republicans started trying to take them away and a frightening amount of Democrats decided some of that was reasonable

this is what I mean when I say "don't let orgs and managers see discriminating against trans folk as the path of last resistance". transphobes are persistent and annoying. be just as annoying. show them compliance is going to be a legal nightmare

Yeah the ideology of the right has a lot of diversity like: Racist but not transphobic Transphobic but not homophobic Homophobic but not islamophobic Islamophobic but not antisemitic Antisemitic but not misogynist Misogynist but not racist Etcetera

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A friend did the maths on this and noted that in the last 5 years there has been one hostile news article for every ten trans people in the population total.

Information security in cyberpunk looks so cool and then you get to do it irl and 90% of your effort is keeping an ancient man in accounts payable from wiring $300k to a criminal running a phishing campaign.

For the record, the data have comprehensively shown that trans women in women's prisons do not pose a threat. The only reason anyone would suggest putting trans women in men's prisons is specifically to ensure as many of those trans women as possible are raped.

‘I can use it, I can abuse it’: Tony Albert spent decades collecting racist ‘Aboriginalia’. Now he wants to turn yours into art

the internet has become so puritanical it reinvented the Scunthorpe Effect

because fundamentally, a product delivers what you expect, and is considered defective if it doesn't; whereas the best art challenges you, takes you to unexpected places, and expands your mind. You might not like it - it might not be for you - and that's fine, but it doesn't mean the work failed.

"the R slur is coming back" not within slapping distance of me it's not

Her books are great, and you should read them!! I really only mention it because it's an exciting point for my particular kind of nerd, but she also has amazing nerd street cred because she clerked for SCOTUS!! (NB when they were less crap and it was still cool!)

This is so silly: a 2 year trial starting in two years' time. I live in a city with fully electric ferry transport for the Oslo fjord. This isn't a new technology anymore. Just implement it.

as the days get warmer, remember: if you’re hot, they’re hot! bring them in the pool to cool down.

I posted this before I saw Sorbo's post claiming Nolan's Oddessy was disrespecting Greece with its portrayal, but it turned out to be timely

I just don't get the appeal of Don Quixote - it just felt so *mean*.

It's incredibly funny watching Millennials demonstrating that Douglas Adams's technology adoption rules remain valid decades later

You may think the people still on Twitter are stupid for losing their shit about a black actress playing Helen of Troy. But we, the ones who know true Balkan shitposting, know the true key to the greatest shitfight conceivable: cast a Turkish actress

an excellent 🧵 When I first went on Twitter in late 2023 to go public about Alice‘s inquest and my personal story I admit I felt uncomfortable about the genocide framing I saw being discussed by trans people at the time. When I began advising parents, yes, leave the uk if you can, the penny dropped.

It might just be me, but if I didn't want people talking about really heinous, unforgivable, shit I'd been accused of, I wouldn't sue my accuser for life-ruining sums of money right when a TV show based on my work premiered, thus reminding people of her accusations and all the other ones.

Seriously, this shit is why I actively avoid anything he is associated with. I don't want a single penny of my money funding this shithouse bullying women through the courts.

Which makes it incredibly clear - anti-zionism isn't anti-semitism - the worst anti-Semites are the ones who support the right wing government of Israel* - pandering to the genocidal government of Israel helps anti-Semites *Likely either BC they're Rapture loons or just hate Muslims even more

Ok Kevin Sorbo posting this is honestly incredible bc one thing I loved about his Hercules was how accurate it was

Today is Nakba Day. You cannot understand what lies at the heart of conflict in the Middle East unless you understand what happened to 85% of Palestinians in 1948. Here Eugene Rogan explains how hundred of thousands ended up as homeless refugees in Gaza

Flappin’ into the weekend like

Lupita for James Bond. Let's fucking go.

He’s offended because The Odyssey is about something near and dear to him: being an absent father while chasing vanity for 20 years

How good is Tosca though. Perfect opera.

I laughed because what else can you do

One thing I'll mention here that is an unspoken dirty secret in journalism is how much reporting is 'I saw someone else write about this, I'd better write about it too." Which is really helpful if you're trying to manufacture consent for your personal bigotries.

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Juniper Blessing was only 19 years old when she was brutally murdered. Stabbed 40 times. Stabbed in her hands as she desperately tried to defend herself. This was a hate crime. Every person pushing anti trans rhetoric contributed to this. Shame on all of them.

"social obligations of womanhood" omfg

If you tell people there’s no artist behind a painting, it’s no surprise they don’t like the painting as much. You’re basically telling them there’s no perspective being shared. And at that point you’re just reducing it to decor. Basically asking “what do you think of these colors?”

I always find this very funny coming from the country where people are genuinely named Grover, Kermit and Randy.