Wrote for @thenation.com about the complicity of some liberal politicians and pundits in the conservative campaign to exterminate trans people www.thenation.com/article/poli...

So apparently I can get state level medical leave to pay for my time off from my upcoming surgery. It won't cover everything - but most of it- and I can use my sick time to "top off" the rest. All this, for less than $6 a week out of my paycheck. This #Socialism thing actually rocks hard, yo!!

@zyla.top showing me a whole bunch of #Gundam shows and I'm just sitting here unable to believe they are getting away with character names like "Balthazar Q. Flaxseed" and "Gatorade Juicebar". "Tititicia Bluecrozz-Bleusheld" "Lemony Piledriver" "Betraya X. Quisling"

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

We've learned from history that if you don't immediately and loudly counter the right's narrative, it will take hold.

I would really like #liberals to tell me how this gets fixed. For real. The POTUS and the GOP see blue states as a rebellious faction to be brought to heel, to be crushed. How is there any way the democratic process restores normality when the process is irreversibly corrupted?

"CONSUMER! YOU ARE WILLFULLY SURRENDERING UTILITY VALUE MAXIMALIZATION. THIS IS A HIGH CRIME AGAINST CAPITALISM!!"

In da grip o' Grippos! I would have also accepted: Hungry! Hungry (for) Grippos!

"Joe Biden is a bumbling, dementia-filled, Alzheimer's, corrupt tyrant who should honestly be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America." -Charlie Kirk (07/24/23)

The last 48 hours have shown why people have stopped relying on legacy journalism and have migrated to independent journalists in droves. The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.

Utoh. Gemini thinks Tyler Robinson is a #groyper as well. How long until it gets the "Grok" treatment and starts declaring itself "MetaverseMussolini".

Oh, so he was a terminally online Edgelord who was engaged in "the ultimate troll for the lulz". JFC

It's like you know me so well, random alcoholic bevvie!

@zyla.top and I going out to a back-to-school themed goth night and OMG MY EXPRESSION!

evergreen

So folks really think they can vote fascists out of power and they'll go "okay you win, send me to jail now" huh? Like what do you think the actual end game is here?

The FBI is saying they caught the shooter...but nothing else. Must have been a white guy who was apolitical and disaffected.

I would express empathy for Charlie Kirk, but he told the world that doing so is literally evil so, I'm going to respect the man's wishes in this...

"Theyrapee? Is that the Greek Muse of listening to people complain about how much of their problems are caused by modern day Capitalism?"

Talked to 23 people who suddenly have to pay huge tariffs or otherwise cannot get chainmail from Pakistan, yarn from France, retro computers from Japan, metal music from the Netherlands, DVDs from Germany, cosplay supplies, sunscreen, etc. www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...

The problem centrists have is that their ideology is ~75% an affective one. If you created a firebrand, these people would hate that on principle. Anything that inspires a mass movement is "unserious" in their eyes. It's a cult of inaction for inaction's sake

On a related notes, Ive really enjoyed the hell out of the last couple of Witch from Mercury #GunPla kits I've done

...okay look. Do extra steps like cementing the gaps between pieces, painting the parts, and sanding everything down make #GunPla look better? Yes. Absolutely. But I'm too busy crushing all the girldick to waste that much time on an otherwise enioyable hobby. #SorryNotSorry

OH LOOK! It's that thing that trans women have been saying for over a decade now, being proven true. (Looks down at the 40D boobs, the ones that increased a good cup size or more after she added proggie)

had to draw this

So what's the over/under that the treatments that Trump has obviously been receiving for congestive heart failure are doing finally starting to fail. You can only take IV diuretics for so long...

File under duh

My requirements for any Democrat running for president are simple: 1. Undo/reverse every single anti-trans policy the Trump administration has implemented. 2. Pledge not to further restrict trans people's rights. 3. Support the passage of the Equality Act and make it a priority.

Shit like this is why the DNC is doomed to constant failure, and why we are trapped on the road to ever deepening fascism.

The TL;DR is that if respectability politics was going to work, we wouldn't be here right now. I know you may have doubts about that, but the primary strategy of the major LGBTQ+ and trans groups has been respectability politics for decades.

since Bluesky is chock full of Newsom-stan-bots insisting that "Dems should compromise on trans issues", I will re-up my November essay about why this is not only immoral & unempirical, but BAD POLITICS. Dems WILL LOSE if they do this, here's why (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/should-democ...

Anyone trying to convince you that people can't make life decisions until age 25 wants to push you closer to fascism

I know a lot of mainline dems read my work, so for those of you skeptical of my argument because of my role as a trans journalist, know that I _endorsed_ Harris for president. The critiques I levy against Newsom are very particular to him and he poses a unique danger that I cannot stay silent on.

Rolling my eyes at all the liberal Dems on Bluesky feeling their oats and going "We just need to throw the damn woke tranny people people under the bus, and then we'll be winners again!" as if _that_ was actually the reason they've been losing since 2008. And not, you know, cowtowing to billionaires

Oh friendo, if this you, I got news for y'all...

I wish it wasn't too much to ask cis people to just listen to us.

Hoooooooooooooly shit. Instead of advocating for a more inclusive and supportive society, Brianna Wu calling for straight-up hardcore eugenics. What the fuck?

You and me both, restroom. You and me both...

While having lunch with @zyla.top today... Zyla: "Don't even get me started on lossless formats. People were so crazy about that during my tape trading days." Me: Would you say you...took a lot of FLAC over it? Z: ...

this video is gonna make me throw up

Every conservative accusation is, in actuality, a confession...

🚨ATTENTION EVERYBODY🚨 🚨IT IS FERAL HOGS DAY🚨

While I've been bullish about America's extreme political cowardice in the face of fascism, I have to admit that for a hot second, I actually thought #Harvard was going to take a stand. Feels like it's getting closer to the time where I'll need to flee the USA.

Wow. Just got done with Rick and Morty season 8. The show is....good again? Seriously, there is a depth of genuine emotion in the story telling that demonstrates a surprising new found maturity over its previous rank cynicism.

Fascinating survey data on the missing Biden voters by Lake Research. The voters who sat out in '24 weren't looking for a centrist or turned off by trans rights. They want a genuine economic populist agenda: take on corporate greed, lower costs, and make the wealthy pay their fair share.

I swear, I must be the only trans woman in existence starting to semi-seriously consider a breast size reduction. I don't mean to brag (bra-g?), but I think 42D is a little more than I can handle sometimes 😅