There are a lot of great trans writers out there with book recs, so how about a slightly different angle. Are you an apparently cis guy who's maybe questioning that assumption, or maybe you've just found a bunch of cool folk on this site and want to understand the memes. Either way, go read this 🧵

More people should know Jemma’s name and read her books so, you know, get on it.

ahhh ahhh I have been outdone and i am so proud of a friend who replied elsewhere. "we have puppygirl at home..."

I'm Tess & I just finished the first draft of my neurospicy transgender romance meets magical girl fantasy novel TODAY, just in time for #Bookvember! I'll be honest: it's hard for me to share my "origin story". Much of the truth sounds like fiction. This is partially due to dissociative amnesia... 🧵

So I'm not exactly suprised about how much I enjoyed the-character-known-for-a-while-as-Aaron's arc from little shit (derogatory) to little shit (affectionate). But after swearing I never would like them, why am I not only doing that but also finding her kinda relatable.

New gender euphoria unlocked

Sometimes I just really need to remind myself of a time of year that isn't cold and dark, and a place that isn't England.

"any sufficiently marginalized man is basically a kind of woman"—Elle Lambert, thinking about how best to marginalize men and shoot them up with estrogen, deliriously horny

Love how the timeliness is all about some guy in America and his nazi tattoos, and the British news poking through is somehow way worse

Elle Lambert you horrible bitch you will always be famous

Turns out cross-stitch is a good way to drag ones hands away from the computer while still being a terminally online nerd.

Me: "I'm loving all of these serialised novels I'm reading, but I now have about 8 books on the go, I should finish some of the published ebooks I'm partway through now that I'm mostly caught up." Also me: immediately give in to the urge to start Sisters of Dorley

Is a "A Rotten Girl" as cringe-inducing as the summary implies? Yes absolutely. But also as someone incredibly susceptible to second hand embarrassment I still read the entire thing in a day, giggling the entire time, 10/10.

Stretched too greedily and too big.

Garden squirrel is back

According to my partner this is the face I pull if someone asks me a question too early in the morning. Also this is a lovely thread and well worth a read.

Not only am I pro-VPN, I think in an ideal world there would be a way any time you log into anything that will automatically answer any question about where you're connecting from with, "None of your fucking business."

Had a visitor in garden yesterday

Traditional author: "He's a billionaire which is hot, but also kinky which is also kinda hot bit mostly dark and scary but I can fix him!" Indie transfem author: "She's a pervert which is hot, but also a billionaire which is weird and creepy. You cannot fix her, she can only make you worse."

Didn't really go anywhere on my last France visit given both my partner and I got ill, so I mostly ended up with photos of dramatic skies.

I had to take a break in the middle of the final book 2 chapter to mentally prepare myself (and do another 300k word scribblehub binge). I was not prepared.

This is an amazing thread which it looks like not enough people have seen, at least if you're in the Venn diagram of people who like Physics and polycule jokes.

Played a couple of hours of Hades 2 and still getting used to the gameplay, but can already confirm the vibes are perfect and ai would die for Dora. Also kitties!!

To oppose trans people's rights and freedoms you break so many social contracts. We keep saying that trans rights are human rights, but conversely, human rights are trans rights, because the second you decide some people don't deserve the same rights and freedoms as others? You start to lose it all.

The PM making statement on the killing of some random American fascist podcaster is weird enough on its own, but considering he's also the founder of a propaganda outfit that hates this governmentand is waging a hostile influence campaign against the UK...

Well I'm back home, back to work tomorrow, news is cursed today, and I've finished my fever-induced Scribblehub binge, so time to catch-up one one of my favourite books... oh, OH

You can't be an anti-fascist party if you're not going to defend the people that this era of fascists have decided they're going to persecute. I though we all learnt about this in primary school, or were tiny rural schools in the south of France a weird outlier?

the left and centre-left Big Tent is for housing under one broad coalition people who have differing policy positions on transport or budget allocation or clean energy or where to build a library, not for including people who believe other people shouldn’t be allowed human rights :)

Less than 24 hours before - and I can't stress this enough - these books will be delisted and some will not be purchasable or downloadable. One day. Last chance.

Help a trans woman get out of the US et aidez à recruter une nouvelle francophone.

I should probably post some more of these given I'm going to France again tomorrow and will inevitably come back with a few hundred more photos. Time for more gratuitous waterfall! (You can see some people for scale at the bottom of the second picture)

And some more

VTubers! Are you a slovenly trull or a brazen strumpet? Drop your PNGs to find out! On Friday the 29th (6:00 PM CDT), @phoebebane.bsky.social and I will be deciding what kind of harlot best fits you - according to the Dungeons & Dragons First Edition DMG's "Harlot Encounter" chart, of course!

Taking a bit of a liberty with definitions, but I just found out about #StandingStoneSunday and I feel like this picture from the same walk was thematically appropriate.

When we were only half joking about Canada joining the EU, I didn't expect them to also be joining the "uncomfortably long border with Russia" club.

Slightly diminish a board game: Epidemic

What I find so absurd about the "anti-adult-art" thing is that like... Okay, I can get feeling skeevy about mainstream porn and the way it chews people up and spits them out, primarily women. But like... erotica can not possibly have a victim? Nobody to coerce?? Who are we protecting???

Nick Clegg is shit at everything he does

Finally posting some photos from our trip up to the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees from when I was visiting my parents in the spring. Starting with some atmospheric low cloud on the way up.

"He, him" pronoun badge, never worn. (Not for sale, I still have some male friends)

the best character in #kpopdemonhunters !! (for me!)

In order too fool myself into thinking I like the sunshine, some lizards from my parent's house. From when I visited in spring with a lens which can catch them outside of "run and hide" range.

A quick revenge on @cornergoblin.bsky.social ⚔️

I'm a French vegetarian, the possible answers are basically infinite.

Finished the bloody consultation with minutes to spare, at this might teach me not to forget about things until the last minute then do them while I'm ill (it absolutely won't).

Less than a day to: (a) make sure you don't miss out on the best bundle! (b) erase that darn .69 from existence, restoring the glorious integer. itch.io/b/3065/queer...

Budapest Pride thread, from the ground

I try not to post about American politics, but wow has this been a fun day on this site. Well done New York for reminding me that sometimes we can have nice things.

I'm not gonna ask for your generosity today just because there are a lot of people who need it more right now, but if you want to support trans people in media doing cool stuff and get some neat perks, check out the @3ma.bsky.social Patreon: patreon.com/3ma Even a dollar helps keep the signal on.

I'm still only halfway through it but I have my first recommendation from this bundle, The Brute of Greengrave @jemma.bsky.social . The gothic vibes implied by the title are definitely strong, but it's it's also incredibly funny, cute, sexy, and got some pretty withering social commentary.