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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

Thank you, Nick, for this generous & fun interview!!

When we talk about how "Magneto was right," this is why -- here he is, correctly predicting how this is going to go. It starts with dehumanizing; then that leads to tracking; tracking leads to arrests; arrests lead to camps; camps lead to genocide.

Because structural thinking offers inoculation against authoritarianism, the Right has vilified terms that nod to structure (privilege, patriarchy, critical theory), and attacked the institutions trying to help people understand systemic problems. Refusing to use the terms emboldens further attacks.

This includes people with visible eating disorders and self-injury scars btw!!!!!!!! Including those who can’t or don’t want to “recover.” And always will!!!!

Everyone seemed to be looking for the Magic Shortcut and everyone got mad at me when I said "If there is one, I haven't found it yet." You have to do the work. You cannot skip the work. "Nooooo!" GET BACK TO WORK "NoooOOOOoooOOOo!" YES BACK TO WORK

We can't thank you enough for supporting us for 2 years (and counting). This is a labor of love between @cavar.bsky.social and @joyce.fyi, something we do in our spare time but which brings us –– and tons of other creatives –– together. We love you and can't wait to bring you even more issues.

read issue 9 of manywor(l)ds - two years in and I'm honored to keep publishing innovative queercrip & transMad work with @joyce.fyi <3

Incredible things happening at airport security in toronto

#journorequest I'm writing a story for @rewirenewsgroup.com on disability justice + radical access beyond institutional accommodations on university campuses, and the students and faculty that make this access magic happen. if this is you, dm me! if you'd prefer to chat on signal, happy to do so.

Once more for the day crowd！

#journorequest I'm writing a story for @rewirenewsgroup.com on disability justice + radical access beyond institutional accommodations on university campuses, and the students and faculty that make this access magic happen. if this is you, dm me! if you'd prefer to chat on signal, happy to do so.

Happening at Barnes and Noble Smithfield Rhode Island!!!! 2pm today AKA in half an hour!!!!!

Moving off Substack definitely posed some technical challenges — they really don't want you to and they're making it harder every day. But I wouldn't go back. Even ignoring the perpetual edgelord drama over there, it's simply not a good enough platform to run a business. And it's way too expensive.

This is an international, anonymized survey taking the pulse of nonbinary ppl worldwide. This is....I think my 6th year taking it? And now, as a PhDoctor™ engaging with gender noncompliance + identity self-determination, I can say that this work is so helpful for scholarship & personal edification.

when attempting to take action on a problem, you may be tempted to treat anyone you speak to at a company like the enemy but sometimes, the reality is that you have allies everywhere, and you are empowering them to act raise your troubles; they are ammunition for good people

@sundresspub.bsky.social's latest anthology is now out! I had the opportunity to read this wonderful anthology early and can't recommend it enough. www.sundresspublications.com/e-anthologie...

3 more days left to submit!!

very pleased to announce that my tribute to the dolls, "mushroom girls in love: redux", was nominated for @sundresspub.bsky.social Best of the Net by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social ! <333

"Who in the future is going to listen to a Jewish perspective on environmentalism or social justice when the bodies that espouse them did not speak up when thousands of people were being starved to death in the name of Jewish safety and security?"

Freaks keep our creative communities alive. Call, email, scream at the wind, do whatever you need to do to resist corporate censorship. when we talk about many wor(l)ds, that includes & prioritizes the worlds of sex workers, erotica writers/artists, and perverts of all stripes.

IF you decide to contact these companies, be it phone, email, or whatever, be polite and friendly. The customer service people are not responsible for their business' policies, and they deal with enough shit as is.

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it's time to start enjoying bullying credit card companies into submission. carnally.

It's apt that corporations/governments divided the internet into SFW and NSFW & are now making it all Safe For Work, because that is the defining frame they want to place on the world--everywhere you go is for Work, not pleasure or art or love or culture. You must always Work for Them, or die.

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very pleased to announce that my tribute to the dolls, "mushroom girls in love: redux", was nominated for @sundresspub.bsky.social Best of the Net by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social ! <333

Alan Cumming on bathroom bills: "Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."

I'm a small press author and love leaving genuine, fantastic reviews of small press titles I'm passionate about. If you want small presses to stay alive and thrive in today's landscape, I urge you to do the same!!!

– and patriarchal practices. Instead, I mean “girling” as a series of nonconsensual practices and social violations seeking to put targets in their “place”. " You can grab a copy here: www.knighterrantpress.com/shop 3/4

"I have never encountered a piece of fiction that so accurately captured the emotional terrorism that is growing up “girled”. I don’t mean the spurious language of “female socialization”, a term that fails in pretty much every way to capture the specificity of gendered experiences – 2/4

Digging through some book reviews. Which, by the way, are the gold good vibes we micro queer publishers run on. There ain't no money (or wage) for me in this game pals. Thank you, @cavar.bsky.social About "The False Sister" novella by @flameswallower.bsky.social 1/4

I just realized I only mentioned trans man MCs, so here are 5 more books with transmasculine MCs: Rotgut by @wolfehorror.itch.io Prokaryote Season by Leo Fox Junker Seven by @olivejkelley.bsky.social Failure to Comply by @cavar.bsky.social An Unkindness of Ghosts by @riverssolomon.bsky.social

it is not lost on me that the people who want to kill gender studies and critical race theory also want to talk about gender and race in the most unsophisticated way possible

They finally made the milk from that hotel

YOUTH RABBI: I’ve got an ‘endless scroll’ for ya!

all i'm going to say is that those of us in the literary community have been screaming about this Type Of Guy for YEARS and thank g-d someone is finally writing abt it in a big outlet.

REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.

1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use 2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use 3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them

I know there's going to be an urge to stay online to stay connected to the news, because this is scary. Try to temper that instinct right now, unless that's absolutely how you're wired. Give your brain and heart the space to rest right now. Others will hold the line. Then we continue fighting.

All, I know today is a tremendous blow. Please know that everything you're feeling right now is completely valid. I really, really want to urge all of you to get off social media (if possible), and focus on you right now. As I've said before: find your people. Commiserate. Plan. Feel grounded.

we're still open, though july 31! hit us up.

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Zohran the Destroyer was my favorite What We Do in the Shadows character