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and even that has its own issues if you Really Wanna Be Pedantic. here’s the bottom line—we actually have bigger things to worry about than etymological debates. we just do. and trust me when i say those who use one or the other isn’t actually indicative of who has good politics 😭

I appreciate the energy behind the No Kings protest—it’s a net positive. But it feels a lot like the Women’s March, channeling and containing people’s activism instead of expanding it. What comes after? Does No Kings offer a path forward, or just a release valve that drains our energy?

Every day I have a moment where I go "I need to fuck or I'll die" and I open bluesky to post about it for some reason, see some story about like, ICE agents firebombing an elementary school or something, and then I'm like "actually skip the fuck, I'll go ahead and just die"

everyone is leaving bluesky, getting a public library card, and making healthier decisions about how to spend their time online

Many of us with chronic illness are stuck in survival mode. It’s a vicious cycle that can make you sicker, but then the sicker you get the harder it is to get out of survival mode. It’s one of the reasons we must learn to pace, to rest and to unplug. It’s ok to take breaks. Rest is resistance!

If you’ve got a chronic illness and you’re struggling right now… Be gentle with yourself. The “October Slide” is real and can have devastating effects on your baseline. Remember it’s ok to rest. To take breaks. To prioritize self care. There’s no prize for playing through the pain.

Buy / download / save your favorite queer media in a form that can't be deleted against your will.

Yes, for trans men like me, our HRT is scheduled and therefore legally under even greater threat, to note. I wish some (cis) editor would let me write about this. I have tried to sell this pitch for ... years.

For anyone having a bad night tonight, or feeling like they don’t “deserve” an accommodation they need…. You do deserve it. Don’t feel guilty. Living with chronic illness is hard and we should feel empowered to do whatever we need to in order to make life a bit easier.

I've been guilty of feeling this way but honestly, I don't think I'm ever gonna be fully "done" healing & I think we need to be kinder to ourselves & admit that we do deserve romance & intimacy even if we're struggling. You gotta let people make that decision for themselves instead of for them 💜

NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING: SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book. In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…

“machines that convert trauma into hotness” would be a banger title for a gallery show of photos centered on trans girl kink

The main systems most of us engage with are designed to drain us and keep us complacent. They're extractive, parasitic. It's extremely important to understand these systems and either refuse them or work to counter them.

DEAR FLOWERS THAT BLOOMED IN DAYS OF YORE HELLO?? I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH YOUR GAME

so many of my friends are the happiest with themselves theyve ever been and the unhappiest with the world at the same time

Making a difference in the world doesn't mean instant gratification. "Plant trees under which you'll never sit" If you're digging in your heels in your community; if you're engaged in a long term project that might take years to complete; if you're writing a book - we need your work too.

Look I expected the Right and the center to spend all of its time focusing on Charlie Kirk instead of the fucking ethnic cleansing ICE and Border Patrol are carrying out in Chicago but I didn't expect that shit from the left Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

To all the people canceling their Disney+ subscriptions, please think about taking that money and supporting some SWers and artist. Like $15 can be spread to multiple artists which honestly goes a long way for small creators.

Unclench your jaw. Relax your brow. Go get a drink of water. See if you've taken your meds Eat something. Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing. Because you do. You're a wonderful person. And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through

There is a hole in the world, a void, an emptiness, shaped like the art you haven't made yet.

Like yeah, trans folks need community and we all need to stay informed, but this app can meet maybe one-fifth of that need for you. You need to find those things somewhere else too, preferably somewhere that people who rely on fear to push substack subscriptions cannot reach you.

There are over a 1000 copies of Love in a F*cked-Up World available for people inside prisons and jails! Request a book for someone through this link: airtable.com/app87WhX08mp... Prisoners can request a book by writing to: 1977 Books 1468 Woodley Road Montgomery, Alabama 36106

I’m in a mood Fucking use alt text on pictures

No matter what happens I’m so glad I got to be trans. I’m so proud that I figured out what was wrong with me and was brave enough to fix it. I’m so grateful I got to share myself with so many amazing people. I’m so blessed I got to look in the mirror and feel love for the person staring back.

The Zapatistas have solved literally every single issue mentioned in this thread by staying AWAY from the operatives of the Mexican nation state and while avoiding forming a centralized government or authority of their own.

The right wing media is straight up trying to incite a pogrom against us and much of what was once "legacy media" is trying to help them. But they're going to fail. They're going to fail because everyone fucking hates them, because the legacy media is a hollow shell Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

Is this doing politics the right way? Or am I supposed to just calmly thank and debate the people calling my community terrorists and mass murderers?

Many of the things you love about our modern age, from technology to film and music would not be the same without trans women.

if you can, i strongly recommend spending some time watching someone you care about do something they love to do

im so gay,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

This is in part how you beat the fascists and their big money messaging apparatus. Lean into their criticism and make it into farce. It will Literally destroy their propaganda apparatus and damage the unreality state they require to hold power.

So a group of trans folks in Portland are trying to secure funds for a property they can use to house homeless bipoc trans women and femmes as well as providing meals to the growing homeless population. Literally anything helps so please donate or spread the word! Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

being transgender is about making a hobby and/or career out of topping a piece of machinery. oh you're a barista? oh you're a DJ? how does it feel to be a machine fucker, pal

i wish trans women could summon a pre-transition version of their body to fight for them, like a stand yknow?

Repeatedly exposing yourself to traumatic news that you can't do anything about isn't caring, it's self harm.

It also creates creates what's called "cognitive load." Instilling and spreading that animus means we're thinking about the animus, and those we have it toward, instead of putting that time and energy into thinking about creative solutions to the problems, which also serves the opposition. 22/22

OK nerds, I have a challenge for you. @tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.

Something I maybe need to accept about myself is that I'm kind of an intense person and I just don't really have a lot of normal friendships. If we hang out more than once a week for a couple months our relationship will asymptotically approach dating or I'll adopt you into my family or both

hey guys check this out A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FEMINIZING HRT (15.9k words) pghrt.diy

Stop giving them the benefit of doubt. The purpose of a system is what it does. This system supports fascism. Let's all stop pretending they intend anything other than pursuing a "polite" world where any dissent gets sanded down into dust.

Pre-transition, when someone asked me how I imagined the perfect afterlife I would describe solitude: sitting on a beach at night, watching waves roll in from perfect darkness. Something made me think about it today and I realized I now imagine nighttime walks with people I love in places we share.

i love being hot

Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button

Today you should send love to your trans friends. Tomorrow, too. Maybe every day for a while.

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