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emma, she/her. detrans NB lesbian, transfeminist. writing about detransition for trans liberation, bodily autonomy, and informed consent.
co-host of @crackedivorypod.bsky.social
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links: dolphindiaries.carrd.co
fiction: @mzakharuk.bsky.social
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An autobiographical essay about anti-trans child conversion therapy and the place of queer children under patriarchy.
open.substack.com/pub/dolphind...
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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PLEASE SPREAD THIS, THE US HAS STARTED BOMBING INSIDE VENEZUELA, I LIVE NEAR A MILITARY AIR BASE AND FIVE EARTH SHAKING EXPLOSIONS WERE JUST HEARD
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 AM
PLEASE SPREAD THIS, THE US HAS STARTED BOMBING INSIDE VENEZUELA, I LIVE NEAR A MILITARY AIR BASE AND FIVE EARTH SHAKING EXPLOSIONS WERE JUST HEARD
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The sheer cognitive dissonance it takes for USians to shriek "ACAB but the poor widdle imperial goons had no choice and respect the troops and and and" always belied such a rank, foul hypocrisy.
Cops are bad because they hurt USians, who are people, but soldiers hurt foreigners, so who cares.
Cops are bad because they hurt USians, who are people, but soldiers hurt foreigners, so who cares.
'Cops are pigs but US soldiers are just poor little birthday blorbos who had no other choice but to join the genocide machine uwu'
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The sheer cognitive dissonance it takes for USians to shriek "ACAB but the poor widdle imperial goons had no choice and respect the troops and and and" always belied such a rank, foul hypocrisy.
Cops are bad because they hurt USians, who are people, but soldiers hurt foreigners, so who cares.
Cops are bad because they hurt USians, who are people, but soldiers hurt foreigners, so who cares.
ICYMI during the holidays!
An autobiographical essay about anti-trans child conversion therapy and the place of queer children under patriarchy.
open.substack.com/pub/dolphind...
open.substack.com/pub/dolphind...
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
ICYMI during the holidays!
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January 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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please help emma out!
Due to being a refugee, I only get invited to interviews for menial and service jobs. Because of my disability, I can't work those. I live on modest and sporadic freelance earnings and can't afford surgical expenses. Please help if you can 🙏
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
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January 2, 2026 at 1:31 PM
please help emma out!
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The book is "Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India" by Maya Sharma, pubbed in 2006, and it's slowly killing me.
December 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The book is "Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India" by Maya Sharma, pubbed in 2006, and it's slowly killing me.
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There is no forgiveness possible for the sins committed against my sisters and may your gods be damned for the atrocities you commit in their name.
December 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There is no forgiveness possible for the sins committed against my sisters and may your gods be damned for the atrocities you commit in their name.
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I talk a lot about how buried India's lesbian history is.
A friend actially found a book that's basically an ethnography of various unprivileged (working-class) lesbians in India, and is reading it with me.
It deserves to be witnessed but now I almost wish it stayed buried.
A friend actially found a book that's basically an ethnography of various unprivileged (working-class) lesbians in India, and is reading it with me.
It deserves to be witnessed but now I almost wish it stayed buried.
December 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I talk a lot about how buried India's lesbian history is.
A friend actially found a book that's basically an ethnography of various unprivileged (working-class) lesbians in India, and is reading it with me.
It deserves to be witnessed but now I almost wish it stayed buried.
A friend actially found a book that's basically an ethnography of various unprivileged (working-class) lesbians in India, and is reading it with me.
It deserves to be witnessed but now I almost wish it stayed buried.
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think I'm gonna get angrier and dykier in 2026, mainly
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
think I'm gonna get angrier and dykier in 2026, mainly
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Jess is an absolute titan. They're one of the best people I know and I am proud and humbled to know them. We are all fortunate that they're a part of our community and a tireless champion of our rights <3
So. 2025 has been the most significant year of my life so far. And it's not even particularly close.
Trans rights came under attack this year in the UK. I have been trying my best to help fight back.
I've been a little busy. Here's a thread of some of what I have been up to 🧵
Trans rights came under attack this year in the UK. I have been trying my best to help fight back.
I've been a little busy. Here's a thread of some of what I have been up to 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Jess is an absolute titan. They're one of the best people I know and I am proud and humbled to know them. We are all fortunate that they're a part of our community and a tireless champion of our rights <3
2025 was kind of a rough year for me, tho I am proud I got to publish the pieces that I did and give public talks on trans refugees at a university and on detransition for Trans* Research Association Ireland
December 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2025 was kind of a rough year for me, tho I am proud I got to publish the pieces that I did and give public talks on trans refugees at a university and on detransition for Trans* Research Association Ireland
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"should I engage with art by and about marginalised people" ideally yes
pushing back against epistemicide is. kind of a big transfeminist thing
pushing back against epistemicide is. kind of a big transfeminist thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"should I engage with art by and about marginalised people" ideally yes
pushing back against epistemicide is. kind of a big transfeminist thing
pushing back against epistemicide is. kind of a big transfeminist thing
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As a holiday treat, our Patreon bonus episode has been made publicly available!
Happy New Year's Eve from Cracked Ivory <3
Happy New Year's Eve from Cracked Ivory <3
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
As a holiday treat, our Patreon bonus episode has been made publicly available!
Happy New Year's Eve from Cracked Ivory <3
Happy New Year's Eve from Cracked Ivory <3
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Like I don't really want to hear it until we no longer live in a world that punishes apostates pretty violently. The fact that religious minorities are persecuted in places where their religion isn't hegemonic has been exploited by every religion to shield against criticism.
Enough. Grow a spine.
Enough. Grow a spine.
December 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Like I don't really want to hear it until we no longer live in a world that punishes apostates pretty violently. The fact that religious minorities are persecuted in places where their religion isn't hegemonic has been exploited by every religion to shield against criticism.
Enough. Grow a spine.
Enough. Grow a spine.
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You'll notice similar cultural relativist arguments were deployed to antifeminist ends but I'm kind of tired of pretending that acting like atheism is Western and cringe and conservative by default had no effect on the cultural normalisation of refusing to criticise religious fundamentalism.
December 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM
You'll notice similar cultural relativist arguments were deployed to antifeminist ends but I'm kind of tired of pretending that acting like atheism is Western and cringe and conservative by default had no effect on the cultural normalisation of refusing to criticise religious fundamentalism.
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When the New Atheists went full misogynist and Islamophobic, the sins of Western conservatism as a whole were laid at their feet while I saw leftists adopt positions about religion like "ah, but the noble third world savages are religious too! will you, a white person, tell them religion is bad?"
December 31, 2025 at 7:22 AM
When the New Atheists went full misogynist and Islamophobic, the sins of Western conservatism as a whole were laid at their feet while I saw leftists adopt positions about religion like "ah, but the noble third world savages are religious too! will you, a white person, tell them religion is bad?"
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"The United States is basically devolving into a fundie Christian theocracy whose conservatives are mainstreaming opposition to democracy, multiculturalism and women's independence! How could this have happened!"
There is no one reason. Killing feminism is a big one. But also, "lol reddit atheism".
There is no one reason. Killing feminism is a big one. But also, "lol reddit atheism".
Fun fact: Adultery laws are primarily a thing in heavily patriarchal and explicitly theocratic nations. India only declared its adultery law illegal in 2018.
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
I’ll never forget when I saw a TikTok of a zoomer saying there should be laws against cheating that send people to jail and all the comments were agreeing and I was like what the hell is going on
December 31, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"The United States is basically devolving into a fundie Christian theocracy whose conservatives are mainstreaming opposition to democracy, multiculturalism and women's independence! How could this have happened!"
There is no one reason. Killing feminism is a big one. But also, "lol reddit atheism".
There is no one reason. Killing feminism is a big one. But also, "lol reddit atheism".
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The irony is a bit less rich given the geopolitical relations between the West and the Saudi regime I guess
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The irony is a bit less rich given the geopolitical relations between the West and the Saudi regime I guess
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One of the richest ironies of the West has always been juxtaposing its rampant Islamophobia with just how much its right wing's ideal society is basically Saudi Arabia.
December 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
One of the richest ironies of the West has always been juxtaposing its rampant Islamophobia with just how much its right wing's ideal society is basically Saudi Arabia.
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Fun fact: Adultery laws are primarily a thing in heavily patriarchal and explicitly theocratic nations. India only declared its adultery law illegal in 2018.
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
I’ll never forget when I saw a TikTok of a zoomer saying there should be laws against cheating that send people to jail and all the comments were agreeing and I was like what the hell is going on
The way people have started to speak about infidelity as a crime akin to physical or sexual abuse is wild. You can’t send the whole of France to jail.
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Fun fact: Adultery laws are primarily a thing in heavily patriarchal and explicitly theocratic nations. India only declared its adultery law illegal in 2018.
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
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There is no possible iteration of adultery laws that do not ultimately amount to handing abusers more tools to control their victims and of you think there is it's because you're a dipshit tbh.
December 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
There is no possible iteration of adultery laws that do not ultimately amount to handing abusers more tools to control their victims and of you think there is it's because you're a dipshit tbh.
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Much like pseudofeminist arguments for criminalising abortion, this latest nonsense about legally enforcing monogamy to protect women from abusive men is just an apprortiation of feminist framing for patriarchal ends.
Fun fact: Adultery laws are primarily a thing in heavily patriarchal and explicitly theocratic nations. India only declared its adultery law illegal in 2018.
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
I’ll never forget when I saw a TikTok of a zoomer saying there should be laws against cheating that send people to jail and all the comments were agreeing and I was like what the hell is going on
December 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Much like pseudofeminist arguments for criminalising abortion, this latest nonsense about legally enforcing monogamy to protect women from abusive men is just an apprortiation of feminist framing for patriarchal ends.
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This one. This is the piece I hope I'm remembered for. www.jezebel.com/when-surgeon...
December 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This one. This is the piece I hope I'm remembered for. www.jezebel.com/when-surgeon...
Astigmatism is a superpower that makes Christmas lights prettier
December 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Astigmatism is a superpower that makes Christmas lights prettier