The fact that I feel more acknowledged as a woman training in a 400+ year old school of fencing from a feudal culture with strict gendered norms than when I look at most Online Trans Discourse™ is indicative of something I've had a few too many drinks to parse… but I'm just saying, it's not great.

...oof.

See also "can a woman be a feminist AND a submissive?" *dives into bomb shelter, locks blast door behind her*

Cringe is made up. Become the vinyl record guy. Collect ceramic figurines of cats. Hike mountains while only speaking Finnish. Life is a lot more fun when you let yourself be weird and follow your whims.

Home from the second session of the HEART: THE CITY BENEATH game I'm playing at my FLGS. I had so much fun, it'll probably be declared illegal tomorrow. @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social, you folks make some damn fine games.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Have done, can confirm.

Any elected official who doesn't vow to prosecute every single one of these Mickey Mouse militia motherfuckers needs to be shoved in the same jail cell with them. "Abolish ICE and try them for terrorism" isn't even a moderate position anymore. It's the starting point.

Having the kind of day that makes me long to be barefoot in a freezing room having a stick swung at my head. At least there, I know the other person isn’t trying to actually hurt me, and any head trauma I might sustain is my own damn fault. 😓

Buy this comp coming out on Friday. Raising money for the PCRF. £3 = music + raffle ticket. Pay multiples of base price for more raffle tickets for stuff donated by bands. I put up this Black Axe hoodie with @markjarrellart.bsky.social ‘s rad art a the new tape. hungercompuk.bandcamp.com

me: looks at image, is practically knocked unconscious by the hotness also me: looks at comments, sees women all pledging their undying thirst while men say awful things about her and the dress hey, younger self, good news! available evidence suggests you’re an absolute lesbian.

This disgusting creature is commenting on posts about anti-trans bigotry with a video suggesting we need to "make peace with our God-given gender." Fun fact: I did! It's called "transition," and my Goddess approves of it. What she doesn't care for, however, is your bullshit. Fix your heart or die.

Realising that the world is literally being destroyed by the evil fucks in the Sisters of Dorley is doing my head in a bit, ngl.

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2 years ago, I came out publicly by posting a comic on the same day I started HRT. It resonated with a lot of people, and since I deleted my twitter I'd like for it to have a place here on bsky instead. (1/3)

Are you excited about Nameless, my new queer near-future cyberpunk novel set in Minneapolis? I sure as heck am! And preorders for the ebook are now LIVE! It'll also be available on Kindle Unlimited at launch, if you're a subscriber. Nobody survives winter alone. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKGYZ2S8

Hey, gang! Wanna see some witchy queerdos talking about magic, queerness, and offending fascists? Wanna catch me doing my "witchy genderfeels author" schtick live and in person? Come to @sacredspaceconf.bsky.social and you can have all that AND a guaranteed awkward social interaction with me!

If you've only gotten to know me in the past few years, you might think my personality is being a trans woman, or a TTRPG player, or a prog-rock fan. I understand why, but the thing is, you're all wrong. Most of my personality is my undying love for David Cronenberg's THE DEAD ZONE (1983).

LISTEN CHUDLEY IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOUR ADVICE WASN'T MORE SPECIFIC

Women will literally go to therapy instead of punching a hole in the wall

Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.

Everybody told me to be the change I wanted to see in the world, then got mad at me when I got a better name and grew boobs.

Shit is fucking *dire* for a lot of authors Yes, including a lot of authors whose works you know and love, authors who you think MUST be doing well because their books are so good I know shit's dire for a lot of other folks too but please, if you can, support authors & books

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

This literally could not be more My Kind Of Thing if you printed my name in its liner notes. 🤭

I've just downloaded and printed this solo TTRPG from @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social, who apparently looked at #HOUSE OF LEAVES and said, "Pfft, hold my ergodicity." So, uh, let's see how this goes? 😅

A songwriting technique I love beyond reason is when the meaning of a passage, even an entire song, hinges on a single word. One of my favorite examples is “Another World” by @kallaipdx.com. I won’t spoil it, but you’ll know it when you hear it. (Reading the lyrics while listening may help.)

My unapologetically queer, transsexual books are written in the shadowy, poetic tradition of sword & sorcery and dying earth fantasy. You can find them in print or ebook from whatever stores you like best on my linktree: linktr.ee/aemiliavind

On reflection, I could’ve left off “trans community.” I just hate Discourse™.

Tamsin’s hot take for the day: I don’t want to have opinions about Trans Community Discourse™ and the drama associated with it, and I resent every single thing I’ve been forced to learn about it.

The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.

“Why are you so angry, Tamsin?” Because I was taken unawares by someone recommending the work of an acclaimed, much-beloved author who participated in the mob that socially murdered Isabel Fall, then offered a weak-ass apology before dodging the question completely. You know, the usual.

Rodney Taylor needs to go free. And ICE needs to be fucking destroyed.

Oh, this doesn't seem terrible at all.

Hey, #PDX friends, be sure to not give these quisling fucks a single bent cent of your money.

I will be accepting apologies from every single cis person who told me I was "being dramatic" now. But I won't hold my breath waiting for them.

Giving up on writing an open letter to family and friends who can’t get with the whole I’m-a-woman-now program, because what’s the point? I’ve been out, publicly, for more than five years. If they still don’t have it by now, that’s intentional. That hurts, but there’s nothing I can do about it.

Okay, this actually looks fun. 😅

gee bros that sucks for you and i’m just thinking out loud here but if your job is so hateful that you feel like you need to wear a mask to do it maybe you could i dunno just spitballing here but maybe you could FUCKING QUIT BEING A NAZI THUG

For those who are interested in buying my debut album w/ @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social and I's band "THE RECREANT" on vinyl -- it is now available for order -- digital release is 2/20, and these do take some time to ship so order now if you want vinyl :) elasticstage.com/aliciacordis...

These can be fun. So, hit me.

I can’t even have words for this. Well, okay, I do, but they all include phrases like “batshit crazy” and “anti-feminist” and “are you fucking stupid?”

I am SO EXCITED about this. 😍

As I said the other day, "Abolish ICE, CBP, and the entire Republican Party, then try every single member of those organizations for crimes against humanity" is the moderate position. That’s not to say it’s not a good position! Just, y’know, understand where the vibe is. Read the goddamn room.

Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...

This is the realest reaction ever. Luke speaks for us all.

Sometimes people ask me where I got my name, or how I chose it. The short answer is, I didn't. The longer answer is this.

This hit so fucking hard today.

Things my brain throws out at me, apropos of nothing: “Things are icy right now, but something tells me this summer’s gonna be fire.”