has anyone who is verified on Instagram successfully changed their name and username?? I've been trying for months and keep getting hit with these, can't even figure out if there's a specific support email to reach out to

someone challenge Newsom please please PLEASEEEE

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

they are currently playing "Don't You (Forget About Me)" at the Cuomo viewing party

Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible

Honestly there is no surer sign that politicians like Mamdani actually have a shot at reversing the massive and growing plague of income inequality than the way the billionaire class is absolutely shitting its pants right now. Their fear gives me hope change is actually possible! More Mamdanis now!

god he's good!! go vote today (@ everyone with a special election not just New Yorkers OF COURSE)

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

A redo of one of our very first couple’s costumes (but t4t now)

A killer merman and a drowned sailor for Halloween this year 🧜🏻‍♂️☠️

thank you for my fiction list for the next several years!

hit me with your recommendations for excellent trans adult fiction by trans authors? Stag Dance and RCBG have been rattling around in my head since I read them and I and want to read more trans stories that aren't memoir or aimed at young readers!

whilst watching Point Break for my birthday (as one does) I was absolutely jump scared by Keanu Reeves casually using a trans flag beach towel

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

the inherent joie de vivre of a woman over 65 with bangs

Shoutout to the four gay dudes in a small tiki bar in Hawaii who wanted an excuse to talk to me so bad they resorted to complimenting my standard issue black tevas. You made my night

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward. "We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

Editing to add that we will ALSO be signing at the HarperCollins booth at 2pm Friday!!!

limited signed copies of Dungeon Club: Final Face-off are up in my shop! mkobooks.bigcartel.com/product/dung...

You are cordially invited to see @gingerhaze.bsky.social and I at NYCC this weekend! We'll be doing our favorite thing, yapping at each other 🔥🏳️‍🌈

New CWR post: The Deep Dark by @mollyostertag.bsky.social comicsworthreading.com/2025/10/04/t... You need to read this book.

I think what’s most frustrating right now for Black and Indigneous people is waiting for the bulk of white folks to catch up. At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT? WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

Wrote a bit about the personal inspiration behind the series as well as an ode to @xanthe.bsky.social 's talent: open.substack.com/pub/ostertag...

DUNGEON CLUB 3: FINAL FACE-OFF is out today wherever books are sold! 🎲🐉🧝🏽‍♀️🌱💌In the game, our heroes battle Graz’zt for control of Waterdeep. Out of the game…was Kelly actually right about something?!

A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights! Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede... #TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia

Heidi has supported so many cartoonists just starting out, including me- please donate if you can to help her out during a series of hardships no one should have to endure.

Rest in power, Assata Shakur. "A wall is just a wall and nothing more at all. It can be broken down. I believe in living I believe in birth I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth. And i believe that a lost ship steered by tired, seasick sailors, can still be guided home to port."

My book came out yesterday!! Here are some links to buy it: lnk.to/ScarletMorning ☠️🩸

two moods (that are one mood)

really tired of having to keep tabs on what the most miserable, petty, small-minded people on this planet are doing because rather than address their own deficiencies they've decided to endanger everyone else

Scarlet Morning is out today. So I sat down with @gingerhaze.bsky.social to talk about bringing this pirate tale to life and so much more. 🏴‍☠️ www.thegamer.com/nd-stevenson...

no pain, no shame, no fear of death! I'm obsessed with this book.

I try to remember that while they were fighting the ban on gender affirming care for minors here, one of the (trans) lawyers did a thread reminding folks that they're really good at making this feel like an overwhelming groundswell, but it is one clown car of debunked experts on a road trip.

@gingerhaze.bsky.social and I are in conversation TODAY AT 3:00 at Diesel Books in LA talking about his new book!

"I may have remarked before that Holmes had, when he liked, a peculiarly ingratiating way with women, and that he very readily established terms of confidence with them." from the Golden Pince-Nez, the Return of Sherlock Holmes

life drawing of @itstoriello.bsky.social in her iconic cosplay as Beau from Critical Role! draw your hot friends it's good for everyone's health

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

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a question I often find myself asking these days: "are these the moves of a movement that feels that it's winning or one desperately afraid that it's about to lose everything?"

“we shouldnt round people up for crimes they didnt commit” seems like a fairly reasonable position to take but as of right now are there any dem electeds with the courage to say it?

the shooter was just a cis dude but even if he was the most trans person to ever trans it wouldnt justify rounding up all the trans people for crimes they didnt commit, really wish people in positions of power would be saying this

making a presentation about comics for kids, and I wanna stress that you don't need fancy tools or programs to draw comics...anyone wanna throw me some examples of comics made with nontraditional or very low cost materials?

Can’t stop thinking about the Stag Dance short story collection by @torreypeters.bsky.social !!!The titular story and The Masker have really been rattling around in my brain for weeks

got my palms read at the farmers market and the psychic told me that I will meet my soul mate in January of next year!! which is a bold swing when the person whose palms you're reading is wearing a wedding ring and honestly I have to respect it