Lee Cicuta
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Lee Cicuta
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Butch Anarchism
This essay is written as both a development and a correction of my essay Butch Anarchy, written and published just over four years ago at…
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New Essay!
Butch Anarchism
"Butchness is serious about everything and takes nothing very seriously; anarchism calls for the same approach.“
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Butch Anarchism
"Butchness is serious about everything and takes nothing very seriously; anarchism calls for the same approach.“
butchanarchy.medium.com/butch-anarch...
Been about a week now of not being able to sleep much more than 3 hours at a stretch. Woke up at 3am covered in sweat and threw up for reasons unknown. Most of the time it really does feel like my body is just breaking down. How much time do I really have with it when it’s so deeply unwell? 😞
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Been about a week now of not being able to sleep much more than 3 hours at a stretch. Woke up at 3am covered in sweat and threw up for reasons unknown. Most of the time it really does feel like my body is just breaking down. How much time do I really have with it when it’s so deeply unwell? 😞
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I genuinely think that trans people need to fight a bigger fight about research ethics governing our treatment. "Trans rights are human rights" is vague.
No research without consent is specific.
No research without consent is specific.
It's right that trans people should be able to refuse to be subjects in research being conducted with an aim of reducing their options in life, reducing their comfort and wellbeing.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I genuinely think that trans people need to fight a bigger fight about research ethics governing our treatment. "Trans rights are human rights" is vague.
No research without consent is specific.
No research without consent is specific.
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Are you genuinely too thick to be aware of how many trans people's families misgender and dishonor us in death, or are you just vile and craven enough to pretend you don't know even when talking to queer people?
Do you not think it's bizarre to have strangers on the internet decide they know better than Brianna's own loved ones on what is or isn't insulting to her memory?
I've got no time for Rosie Duffield, but she turned up at a drop-in event in Parliament and that's been the limit of her involvement.
I've got no time for Rosie Duffield, but she turned up at a drop-in event in Parliament and that's been the limit of her involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Are you genuinely too thick to be aware of how many trans people's families misgender and dishonor us in death, or are you just vile and craven enough to pretend you don't know even when talking to queer people?
After focusing so much of my work on intimate violence
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
After focusing so much of my work on intimate violence
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
“It’s bad faith to call out an observable pattern of behavior even I recognize as real” is not a position I’m ever surprised to come across but there is something strangely refreshing about folks without the art to conceal it.
Always relevant!
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Always relevant!
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Remember when Biden dropped the COVID isolation guidelines down to just 5 days, not because of any actual medical science, but because the Delta CEO asked him to?
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
It just makes it look like they said, oh, shit, I had to scrap my weekend at the lake house because my flight was canceled. Or worse, the airlines called and I sold out my constituents at the order of the Delta CEO. I’m no Senate whisperer but when people look at the math it isn’t great.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Remember when Biden dropped the COVID isolation guidelines down to just 5 days, not because of any actual medical science, but because the Delta CEO asked him to?
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
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every time one of these wastrel losers opens their mouth to whine and wheedle that men simply naturally "need" to be the boss of women and fathers simply "need" to be the masters of the home it only further convinces me that capital-F Fathers and Fatherhood must be totally abolished as a concept.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
every time one of these wastrel losers opens their mouth to whine and wheedle that men simply naturally "need" to be the boss of women and fathers simply "need" to be the masters of the home it only further convinces me that capital-F Fathers and Fatherhood must be totally abolished as a concept.
Insurance companies make their profits by creating barriers to care. The more barriers there are, the more money they make. It’s a business run on the bureaucratic nightmare of administrative labor that keeps people from accessing healthcare.
Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees.
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Insurance companies make their profits by creating barriers to care. The more barriers there are, the more money they make. It’s a business run on the bureaucratic nightmare of administrative labor that keeps people from accessing healthcare.
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Advocates say some tactics used by officers to target Latinos in Trump’s deportation effort draw from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s playbook.
“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
With @azluminaria.org
“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
With @azluminaria.org
This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.
Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County was one of the first testing grounds for ICE’s 287(g) program, which lets local police enforce immigration laws. Many Arizonans say those abuses parallel…
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Advocates say some tactics used by officers to target Latinos in Trump’s deportation effort draw from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s playbook.
“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
With @azluminaria.org
“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
With @azluminaria.org
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whenever I see ableds rolling their carts around while I'm shopping, my first thought is "accessibility benefits literally everyone"
my second thought is "infrastructure designers who don't give a shit about disabled folks don't give a shit about anyone"
my second thought is "infrastructure designers who don't give a shit about disabled folks don't give a shit about anyone"
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
whenever I see ableds rolling their carts around while I'm shopping, my first thought is "accessibility benefits literally everyone"
my second thought is "infrastructure designers who don't give a shit about disabled folks don't give a shit about anyone"
my second thought is "infrastructure designers who don't give a shit about disabled folks don't give a shit about anyone"
I went to the grocery store for the first time in a wheelchair and at the beginning I was marveling at the fact that it’s the most accessible place I’ve been to in my chair so far, until I realized that I was just benefiting from an accident of a building being made *shopping cart* accessible.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I went to the grocery store for the first time in a wheelchair and at the beginning I was marveling at the fact that it’s the most accessible place I’ve been to in my chair so far, until I realized that I was just benefiting from an accident of a building being made *shopping cart* accessible.
Finally taught myself how to read sheet music omg 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Finally taught myself how to read sheet music omg 🤩
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I think we all understand what it means when "minority has any sort of facial expression" becomes evidence of guilt right?
"And then she looked at me! With her transgender eyes! It was terrifying :("
Absolutely pathetic, desperate shit from obvious bigots.
Absolutely pathetic, desperate shit from obvious bigots.
![Several nurses alleged Rose gave them "evil looks" or "hard stares", which Rose denied, telling the tribunal she did not know who the nurses were.
"I'm not in the business of levelling evil looks at anyone or hard staring," Rose said, adding people could think whatever they wanted about her but that did not influence her view of colleagues "as professionals".
One of the lead nurses, Bethany Hutchison, said Rose had smirked at her as they passed in a corridor, which she took to be an attempt at intimidation.
Mr Fetto asked Rose if she had "displayed amusement" towards nurse Bethany Hutchison.
Rose said she was talking to another colleague at the time about something they found funny, "but it wasn't [Ms Hutchison's] presence which I found amusing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cau5eglmhacxw6jpnxtbvpgz/bafkreig7pvrv2m7cfxkxllicenzp5jsdsi3lamqhigkhf7a4eepsfsirj4@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I think we all understand what it means when "minority has any sort of facial expression" becomes evidence of guilt right?
Called around and confirmed that the *earliest* I will be able to get my hip labrum tear and dysplasia treated will be Spring or Summer of next year 😵💫
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Called around and confirmed that the *earliest* I will be able to get my hip labrum tear and dysplasia treated will be Spring or Summer of next year 😵💫
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women can do anything
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
women can do anything
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"Asked Thursday about Tisch’s communications with the feds before the Canal St. raid, Mamdani spokeswoman Dora Pekec said the mayoral-elect believes she acted appropriately and wishes she would do the same thing if a similar situation arises in the future"
"NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch received advance notice from the Trump administration last month that ICE agents were about to conduct a controversial immigration enforcement raid along Canal Street... In response, sources say Tisch directed NYPD officers to stay away from the ICE agents"
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
www.nydailynews.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Asked Thursday about Tisch’s communications with the feds before the Canal St. raid, Mamdani spokeswoman Dora Pekec said the mayoral-elect believes she acted appropriately and wishes she would do the same thing if a similar situation arises in the future"
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These are slave catchers. Their model is directly from slave catching .
They are following the blueprint America BUILT for attacking racialized property
They are following the blueprint America BUILT for attacking racialized property
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
These are slave catchers. Their model is directly from slave catching .
They are following the blueprint America BUILT for attacking racialized property
They are following the blueprint America BUILT for attacking racialized property
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not always, actually.
fat and thin people need food. chosen food, tasty food, food nutritious for your particular body, food of plenty.
a dearth of food does not always cause weight loss.
i've studied fatness for over 4 decades. glib comments about fatness are often wrong.
fat and thin people need food. chosen food, tasty food, food nutritious for your particular body, food of plenty.
a dearth of food does not always cause weight loss.
i've studied fatness for over 4 decades. glib comments about fatness are often wrong.
Dr Oz: "Americans will lose 135 million pounds by the midterms.”
Yeah, that tends to happen when people can't afford to eat.
Yeah, that tends to happen when people can't afford to eat.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
not always, actually.
fat and thin people need food. chosen food, tasty food, food nutritious for your particular body, food of plenty.
a dearth of food does not always cause weight loss.
i've studied fatness for over 4 decades. glib comments about fatness are often wrong.
fat and thin people need food. chosen food, tasty food, food nutritious for your particular body, food of plenty.
a dearth of food does not always cause weight loss.
i've studied fatness for over 4 decades. glib comments about fatness are often wrong.
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"[W]histles have become a popular tool to alert neighbors of federal agents. ... Blow in short bursts if you see an agent, and blow in a long, continuous pattern if they're detaining someone."
"[O]nly the people can save themselves."
"I've seen communities organize here in ways that I haven't seen in all my years of organizing."
"It has to be an entire village to take [ICE] on, and LA is a massive village."
#California #Illinois #USA #Protest #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"I've seen communities organize here in ways that I haven't seen in all my years of organizing."
"It has to be an entire village to take [ICE] on, and LA is a massive village."
#California #Illinois #USA #Protest #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
From Chicago to LA, neighborly solidarity fuels resistance to ICE
Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders drive the anti-fascist movement against ICE and counter the "crime-ridden" fear narratives about their cities.
lapublicpress.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
"[W]histles have become a popular tool to alert neighbors of federal agents. ... Blow in short bursts if you see an agent, and blow in a long, continuous pattern if they're detaining someone."
Oopsie said the quite thing too loudly 😬
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Oopsie said the quite thing too loudly 😬
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As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
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People love to say that the use of rape as racial slur by conservatives against whole classes of people should delegitimize women’s anti-rape organizing. Very few people seem to see the racist “rapists” smear for what it is: a cynical undermining of feminism that claims to women as racial property.
trump's current extrajudicial deportations are constantly justified on the idea that they're going after rapists or domestic abusers and why even bother giving them a trial. her problem is courts taking *women making complaints for themselves* too seriously
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
People love to say that the use of rape as racial slur by conservatives against whole classes of people should delegitimize women’s anti-rape organizing. Very few people seem to see the racist “rapists” smear for what it is: a cynical undermining of feminism that claims to women as racial property.
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That dog sure is whistling
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That dog sure is whistling
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I'm trans and have been a journalist for over two decades.
Absolutely do not ever, under any circumstances, for any reason talk to a journalist about DIY HRT.
Absolutely do not ever, under any circumstances, for any reason talk to a journalist about DIY HRT.
I have the same advice today that I’ve had for years: never talk to a journalist about DIY HRT
January 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm trans and have been a journalist for over two decades.
Absolutely do not ever, under any circumstances, for any reason talk to a journalist about DIY HRT.
Absolutely do not ever, under any circumstances, for any reason talk to a journalist about DIY HRT.
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"Antifa materials" is intended to sound sinister but the government is talking about ESSAYS. If you read literature the regime disapproves of, you might be a terrorist, too.
The Federal government, along with the state of Texas, continue their crusade against the Prairieland Defendants. Des is only one of the 18 protesters that the Trump administration is attempting to paint as an “antifa” terrorist group.
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Antifa materials" is intended to sound sinister but the government is talking about ESSAYS. If you read literature the regime disapproves of, you might be a terrorist, too.