For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...

okay i finished the first draft. just gotta do revisions and trim it down

kinda crazy that hoyo not only gave amphoreus two ultra-doomed yuri plots but also two gay headmate plots

anyone else watch godzilla 1998 as a kid and have a deep emotional response when the giant city-destroying lizard they assumed to be a boy was actually a girl

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

> follow meangirls posters > look inside > nice girls

Mamdani's line that billionaires spent more to oppose his candidacy than he proposed to tax them really says it all. Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.

10/10 take. No notes.

the cis urge to consider yourself personally injured by basic civility

matrilineists: yeah we just write down who comes out of who judge: simple & ea— patrilineists: their system will make men feel cucked! we propose a vast surveillance system enforced with physical & sexual violence j: and that will make men feel less cucked? p: no it will make us feel more cucked

facial feminization surgery is essential medicine and we all deserve to have it without needing to scrounge together tens of thousands of dollars or justify our needs to doctors, bureaucrats, and insurance agents

its so cool how lesbians are real

Incredible

‘Biological pronouns’, now part of a decision in the US courts, was workshopped in plain sight by British GCs. British GCs have been ascendant in large part due to US funding of their associated fake charities and activist orgs. Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.

but the bigot mind can't comprehend any reality where they aren't the victim so has decided to rewrite this memory as Rose was basically looking at her with murderous intent, licking her lips, and saying phrases from horror movies in a creepy child voice. Tldr my source is I made it up.

not having flared nostrils anymore feels so good

tired: you cant have trans health care bc a doctor thinks you wont be fuckable enough wired: you cant have trans health care bc a doctor thinks youre already too fuckable

The Myth Of Coverage Doctor: I'm in network! Hospital: I'm in network! Insurance: I DISAGREE

when progressives win elections, the centrist expectation is that they will spend their entire term apologizing to their opponents for winning

gotta say, being raised in a house where parental authority was paramount (and thus i could not be permitted to question rules or the fairness of their application), even when my parents were plainly full of shit and everyone knew it, did a great job preparing me for contemporary scotus rulings

one of the things that always makes me see red when depp v heard comes up is heard was like the perfect victim—she was pretty, white, well-off, and *had the mental wherewithal to extensively document the abuse she was subjected to as it was happening*—and people trot out She’s No Angel anyway!!

It was infuriating to me how many people gave up on "Believe Women" as soon as a celeb they had a crush on was credibly accused of being an abuser

People who’ve come forward about it are the only ones who actually get “cancelled”.

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.

when i was a 16yo studying abroad in china my host mother once asked me about an article i was reading in the nytimes. she first asked what it said, then she asked what it actually meant. i was very confused and she explained that obvi you have to read btwn the lines bc the newspaper lies

havent finished the most recent star rail patch yet but i did get to the part where kafka homosexualed at me so im basically on top of the world rn

kinda crazy that a guy cut out pieces of my nose and cauterized it back together twelve hours ago and now im going to bed like nothing happened

[NYT Opinion Writer voice] One Day Into Mamdani’s New York City, He’s Already Transing Our Teams

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Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it

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.

Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo

wait a minute, should i—a woman who has fantasized about living in new york just about every day since i left it, often goes to sleep listening to music that reminds me of new york, and has yearned for real fall and winter every single year ive lived in california—actually move to new york?

mamdani won, cheneys dead, the guy at social security apologized for being unable to change my sex marker even tho i didnt even ask to update it, my nostril reduction is tomorrow morning, and im pretty sure my laundry day bra was tighter than it was last time today was a pretty damn good day

Please check all that apply

“whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community…” it is not difficult to just say

actually tearing up seeing a win this historic in nyc and seeing the winner actively take time to thank and acknowledge trans members of his community explicitly. like we aren't coasting along as an afterthought we're part of the coalition. 🥹

woag maybe i should immigrate to new york

Well folks it turns out the bold strategy of saying you hate everyone and the city they live in is not optimal when running for mayor

making my doctor laugh is gender affirming care bc women are funnier than men

can’t count the amount of times my endo tried to slow roll me out of clotting “concern.” so many trans women made go without e for weeks before and after surgery for the same reason even though it’s exceptionally unhealthy esp for those who’ve had orchis or bottom surgery

oooo eu5 lets check it out [2 hours later] call me back when women

i confess: i do want cis people (lesbians) to think im one of the good ones (a hot woman)

“new yorkers cannot have nice things and must elect a lifelong corrupt serial sex pest or else people in michigan wont elect the geriatric democrats we need to sit in congress and do nothing except moan about being criticized for doing nothing”

its really funny how rich white dudes venerate rome then turn around and funnel vast amounts of money to the police. i know they dont understand jack about shit bc theyve used their money to rot their own brains, but fr how do you worship rome while handing hoards of cash to modern praetorians?

i should have a kid so i remember to eat regularly

an angel loses its wings every time a man gets praised for doing something the average woman does every day