Cassandra
@cassieclearly.bsky.social
Transgender nerd of no notable notoriety
Prone to long threads
Exvangelical, Ex-IBLP
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈(She/her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Prone to long threads
Exvangelical, Ex-IBLP
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈(She/her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Pinned
Cassandra
@cassieclearly.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Bsky handle has officially changed.
I loved the pun, but I don't love hearing twitch streamers call me by the first half of it. Too close to my deadname.
I'll keep the profile pic the same for now to minimize confusion.
Have some cute pictures as penance
Much love! 💜
I loved the pun, but I don't love hearing twitch streamers call me by the first half of it. Too close to my deadname.
I'll keep the profile pic the same for now to minimize confusion.
Have some cute pictures as penance
Much love! 💜
While waiting for my flight to Seattle last month, I met some delightful older liberals, and we talked about how things got to where they stand right now.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
While waiting for my flight to Seattle last month, I met some delightful older liberals, and we talked about how things got to where they stand right now.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
They told me I should write a book about growing up a deeply closeted trans girl in Christian Nationalism.
I've got about 50 pages so far.
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Modern Republicans: No chicken in your pot, no car in your backyard, and a grand ballroom up your ass
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Modern Republicans: No chicken in your pot, no car in your backyard, and a grand ballroom up your ass
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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That was fast!
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
That was fast!
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
Transphobia DID NOT play in Virginia
I feel like Sci Show has gone click-bait.
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I feel like Sci Show has gone click-bait.
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
First a "We don't understand why knitting works" video that people who knit immediately and resoundingly criticized, now a "We've lost control of AI, it's too powerful" video that just seems like pointless fear mongering
A wonderful thing about @maigheach.bsky.social's writing is that their books are "one more chapter" reads.
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
So happy my copy of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky came, even if it's going to be a few hours before trick or treating lets me start reading.
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A wonderful thing about @maigheach.bsky.social's writing is that their books are "one more chapter" reads.
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
Just stood in the kitchen grabbing one more chapter while waiting for my kiddo to brush xyr teeth, and if xe hadn't just finished, I would have read another.
Absolute delight 💖
"Seat belts, everyone!"
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Seat belts, everyone!"
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
I don't know how many people actually recognized my Miss Frizzle without being told, but it was a fun look and a great way to compliment my wife's fabulous demon librarian.
She was wearing a pin that says "Read Banned Books," but her hand is covering it here
So happy my copy of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky came, even if it's going to be a few hours before trick or treating lets me start reading.
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So happy my copy of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky came, even if it's going to be a few hours before trick or treating lets me start reading.
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
If y'all are sleeping on @maigheach.bsky.social, you're missing out on a phenomenal author!
I visited two of my favorite professors for the first time in 20 years today.
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I visited two of my favorite professors for the first time in 20 years today.
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
It's not often that I get to introduce myself to people who were once authority figures in my life, so to be welcomed with so much joy was an incredibly healing experience 🥹🫶🏼
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Good morning! We are only 392 total subscribers away from hitting out subscription drive goal. It's so close to being over!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
Ok folks, we're in the second half of @theflytrapmedia.com's membership drive! You have 5 days left to get the discount below on a new subscription!
REMINDER: If you were a Kickstarter supporter, your comped membership WILL EXPIRE soon and WILL NOT be auto-renewed.
Check your email for details!
REMINDER: If you were a Kickstarter supporter, your comped membership WILL EXPIRE soon and WILL NOT be auto-renewed.
Check your email for details!
It's @theflytrapmedia.com's FIRST BIRTHDAY and we're offering a 15% discount to new subscribers! Join us as a Friend of the Flytrap for two delightful pieces of feminist criticism every week!
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Good morning! We are only 392 total subscribers away from hitting out subscription drive goal. It's so close to being over!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
What would this mean for the 8 of us who make The Flytrap? Right now we can afford to give ourselves a small holiday bonus.
But hitting the goal would mean a monthly stipend!
She's giving autumn on this chilly October day 🍂
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
She's giving autumn on this chilly October day 🍂
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This is why I loathe American doomers who tell their fellow American trans people to just flee to another country. The fight is global, and you're best positioned to win that fight in your own home.
QLD Health Minister has just issued a ministerial direction banning puberty blockers after the QLD Supreme Court today declared a different direction to be unlawful.
Ministerial Direction – Treatment of gender dysphoria in children and adolescents with hormone therapy
This direction implements a restriction on the provision of Stage 1 Treatment and Stage 2 Treatment to children and adolescents under 18 years of age with Gender Dysphoria.
www.health.qld.gov.au
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is why I loathe American doomers who tell their fellow American trans people to just flee to another country. The fight is global, and you're best positioned to win that fight in your own home.
Pre-ordered my copy because I know it's going to be amazing 😍
Your invitation to the Otherworld awaits, just in time for Samhain and the OG Gaelic spooky season.
Just a few days before All the Stars in the Daylight Sky arrives! If you’re wondering what queer rep you can expect in this new YA romantasy, I’ve got you covered! 🫶🏻✨
Just a few days before All the Stars in the Daylight Sky arrives! If you’re wondering what queer rep you can expect in this new YA romantasy, I’ve got you covered! 🫶🏻✨
![A quote from the Publishers Weekly review of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky: “This atmospheric, otherworldly fantasy by MacGregor (The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will) deploys Scottish mythology to touch on themes of grief and trauma brought about by past experiences with mass shootings and Covid-19….[An] empathic and accessible tale of belonging.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ra5fowzg2p6xebdg72iyvxur/bafkreicjol3cac7hyagtragd5rj5cvb3tcnr25twcmxbcqhs6sj2s6ebqe@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Pre-ordered my copy because I know it's going to be amazing 😍
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The Chinese are windmill dunking on us now lmao
the American century of humiliation is in full swing
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Chinese are windmill dunking on us now lmao
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Everything Bernie doesn't understand about race and gender in one doubling-down, holy guac
(as a young man, Bernie published an essay fantasizing about women who dream of SA + abuse while they work for the revolution sooooo)
what if it weren't all about flattened out class interests, my man
(as a young man, Bernie published an essay fantasizing about women who dream of SA + abuse while they work for the revolution sooooo)
what if it weren't all about flattened out class interests, my man
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Everything Bernie doesn't understand about race and gender in one doubling-down, holy guac
(as a young man, Bernie published an essay fantasizing about women who dream of SA + abuse while they work for the revolution sooooo)
what if it weren't all about flattened out class interests, my man
(as a young man, Bernie published an essay fantasizing about women who dream of SA + abuse while they work for the revolution sooooo)
what if it weren't all about flattened out class interests, my man
Y'all, sometimes I can serve a damn look, that's all I'm saying
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Y'all, sometimes I can serve a damn look, that's all I'm saying
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Yes, neighbor who works for ICE, I am cooking your family a meal. I cannot imagine how you could think that this would be suspicious in any way at all.
Please consume it liberally and do not share this particular portion with your family. You're the earner, so you get the big kid plate.
EAT. UP.
Please consume it liberally and do not share this particular portion with your family. You're the earner, so you get the big kid plate.
EAT. UP.
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Yes, neighbor who works for ICE, I am cooking your family a meal. I cannot imagine how you could think that this would be suspicious in any way at all.
Please consume it liberally and do not share this particular portion with your family. You're the earner, so you get the big kid plate.
EAT. UP.
Please consume it liberally and do not share this particular portion with your family. You're the earner, so you get the big kid plate.
EAT. UP.
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People used to have to put effort into faking vacations and travel for Instagram. Tech clearly wants to deprive us of even that much pleasure.
It's legit just going to end up with an app serving you so many retouched and photoshopped versions of yourself that you just get more depressed, isn't it?
It's legit just going to end up with an app serving you so many retouched and photoshopped versions of yourself that you just get more depressed, isn't it?
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you | TechCrunch
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
People used to have to put effort into faking vacations and travel for Instagram. Tech clearly wants to deprive us of even that much pleasure.
It's legit just going to end up with an app serving you so many retouched and photoshopped versions of yourself that you just get more depressed, isn't it?
It's legit just going to end up with an app serving you so many retouched and photoshopped versions of yourself that you just get more depressed, isn't it?
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Oh man this is good analysis.
Everyone is saying protect the dolls and I wonder when we'll say protect the bricks
Everyone is saying protect the dolls and I wonder when we'll say protect the bricks
transwrites.world/who-are-the-...
Who are the dolls which must be protected?
by @theabigailthorn.bsky.social
Who are the dolls which must be protected?
by @theabigailthorn.bsky.social
Who are the dolls which must be protected? - Trans Writes
Ari Drennan, journalist and LGBTQ+ director at Media Matters, tweeted the above on 14/10/25. There are three ways I can think of to analyse her comments:
transwrites.world
October 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Oh man this is good analysis.
Everyone is saying protect the dolls and I wonder when we'll say protect the bricks
Everyone is saying protect the dolls and I wonder when we'll say protect the bricks
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
www.pbump.net
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
My entire trip to Seattle was an absolutely amazing time, but it was positively nonstop.
I started my visit by seeing my beloved cousin, who I don't get to see NEARLY enough, and then the Out & Equal conference was absolutely incredible.
I'm so happy to be home now, but what an amazing week 💖
I started my visit by seeing my beloved cousin, who I don't get to see NEARLY enough, and then the Out & Equal conference was absolutely incredible.
I'm so happy to be home now, but what an amazing week 💖
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My entire trip to Seattle was an absolutely amazing time, but it was positively nonstop.
I started my visit by seeing my beloved cousin, who I don't get to see NEARLY enough, and then the Out & Equal conference was absolutely incredible.
I'm so happy to be home now, but what an amazing week 💖
I started my visit by seeing my beloved cousin, who I don't get to see NEARLY enough, and then the Out & Equal conference was absolutely incredible.
I'm so happy to be home now, but what an amazing week 💖
I'm away on my first business trip in a 9 years and my first business conference ever.
Once I'm out of tubes, a proper selfie will be forthcoming
Once I'm out of tubes, a proper selfie will be forthcoming
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I'm away on my first business trip in a 9 years and my first business conference ever.
Once I'm out of tubes, a proper selfie will be forthcoming
Once I'm out of tubes, a proper selfie will be forthcoming
Pride is for celebration, and today was no different.
Not a lot of pictures to post because my company logo is visible in most of them, and I value my privacy.
Not a lot of pictures to post because my company logo is visible in most of them, and I value my privacy.
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Pride is for celebration, and today was no different.
Not a lot of pictures to post because my company logo is visible in most of them, and I value my privacy.
Not a lot of pictures to post because my company logo is visible in most of them, and I value my privacy.
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This has officially become my most read self-produced piece this year. Thank you all.
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This has officially become my most read self-produced piece this year. Thank you all.
This is leadership I want to see 💖
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is leadership I want to see 💖