sex needs to be more difficult

The Abject Horror of the Transfeminine Gaze that Shatters the Screen My Essay (too long to be a review) of I Saw the TV Glow: letterboxd.com/auriblooms/f...

The Abject Horror of the Transfeminine Gaze that Shatters the Screen My Essay (too long to be a review) of I Saw the TV Glow: letterboxd.com/auriblooms/f...

My Obsessions with Challengers: a mini essay about the personal dimension of my love for the film letterboxd.com/auriblooms/f...

1. Major exclusive breaking news: Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas with correct gender markers from US Entry. A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Some swirling ruminations around La La Land letterboxd.com/auriblooms/f...

Thoughts about the garbage-fire that is Emilia Pérez: "And because the stalker cannot penetrate her, she must die...the film will never escape the (misunderstood) bones of the dead trans woman it builds itself upon" More: letterboxd.com/auriblooms/f...

I'm always thinking about this poster that my old roommate and I made when we were writing our master's theses

y'all I can upload music to my kindle-like device that I use for academic work. PLEASE feel free to throw in some silly/fun suggestions for songs that would be funny to have ready to blast from this otherwise serious device

horror

my friend bought me knives

cool colors on a warm day

One of my best sunset pictures, featuring a lovely weave of fish scale clouds

I'm going to start posting my theory threads here and linking them beneath this post for my own reference (and anyone who wants to see)

Realizing that the emotional labor men expect from women (to sort out men's mental problems in a one-way, parasitic relationship) is a typical of heteronormative misogyny really clarified how trans women—in extension of this—are excessively seen as an emotional dumping ground...

next ttrpg character I play needs to have a character class that absolutely does not match their job. I need a druid that's an accountant; I need a barbarian that's a therapist; I need warlock who's a line cook

As soon as you understand this is a masturbation scene where they're "definitely thinking about a girl and not each other" then you're REALLY starting to watch Challengers It parallels the story of their first time masturbating together where they "thought about Kat Zimmerman"

i don't like updating my instagram so this is now my selfish space to post photos. We'll get into theory posting once I properly finish my finals week Sunset at my PhD advisor's home, smile brimming with a meal made by her and her wife

to cap off my selfie dumping for the day: the power of a simple white t-shirt

mirror selfie wrapped 2024!!

When I actually keep my eyes open smiling, you can appreciate the color! What a concept

I get to do a little photo dump of pictures from the other website as a treat today (and to try to move over here again)

Every time my students tell me "there's nothing else left to write" I want to force them to watch this video

Dash posting continued

Coffee shop ready!!

I can't prove it yet but HRT cured my lactose intolerance if you have lactose intolerance, you have to transition NOW. it is a Sign

A simple dress for a day of grading

Challengers (2024) starring Lady Gaga

sent without context

i'm about to be moving in ways no one has ever seen, i'm about to change the game

My friend is teaching me how to get girls on dating apps

Drinking coffee has the same effect on me that drinking alcohol has on others. Suddenly I want to tell everyone I love them and feel the strong desire to do silly little dances

Being trans is a prayer for something better. Transness is belief in a better world.

If you’re “queer” but you don’t have any trans friends, in 20-fucking-24, you’re basically straight.

The other earring says "be gay." Neither should be metaphors

My American Studies Dept met to discuss the post-election and I wanted to share one key point from the meeting: we need hope, but we cannot be optimistic Optimism stifles action America is already brutally violent to vulnerable groups and it will get worse. Optimism that it will be okay obscures..

Having plushy from an ex is the strangest thing. Sometimes I want to get rid of them or put them away but then I know I'd feel bad for the plushy

They had a fun mirror at the AirBnB

Now that I'm home from the conference, Dash the cat posting can resume. Thank you for your patience

Yuri between two dumb bitches telling each other "exactlyyy"

I love doing queer praxis at the conference

Me after going to my third conference panel at ASA with arguments premised on the marginalization or destruction of transfeminine subjectivity

A famous feminist-anarchist scholar just told me she'd be honored to be on my dissertation committee today so I guess that means I really gotta finish this thing huh

One more picture of the boy today

I’ve started playing around with film

Putting the call out here too: if anyone lives in or near Baltimore, this is your chance to say hi to me!! I'll be here until Sunday!

healing moment: in class my professor was asking what brings us joy in these hard times and the straightest girl you can imagine, so straight its camp, said, "Arcane season 2 came out and the girls kissed!"

The scene just outside my door (his name is Dash)

Two days ago my friend at NYU found out I was going to a conference in Baltimore so she applied for funding AND SHE GOT IT I haven't seen her in so long. This is seriously one of the kindest gestures someone has done for me

I just had an old friend come out as trans to me and she told me that seeing my transition cracked her egg 😭😭 I've only been on HRT for a year and 2 months though so I feel like I'm about to become a teen (trans) mom LMAO