Vexie Vortex
@hypercortical.bsky.social
Queer Psychology | Marxian-Liberal Eco-Communist | she/they 26 |
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Vexie Vortex
@hypercortical.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Starter Pack full of people to follow for LGBTQIA-related Psychology and Sexology!
Will expand as more people make their way over to Bluesky
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Will expand as more people make their way over to Bluesky
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🚨New Study Added🚨
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
The Evidence for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions for Transgender Adolescents
Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health. Here are the studies.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🚨New Study Added🚨
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
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the assassination of charlie kirk is just a distraction.
ICE is raiding immigrant communities, and Congress is dismantling trans healthcare.
ICE is raiding immigrant communities, and Congress is dismantling trans healthcare.
September 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
the assassination of charlie kirk is just a distraction.
ICE is raiding immigrant communities, and Congress is dismantling trans healthcare.
ICE is raiding immigrant communities, and Congress is dismantling trans healthcare.
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Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
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it's such a sign of how bad social media has fucked us over that a podcaster getting shot feels like it'll have a bigger impact than elected officials getting assassinated
so many concerned tweets about how the rubicon has been crossed
wtf are you talkin about man we've been here for years
so many concerned tweets about how the rubicon has been crossed
wtf are you talkin about man we've been here for years
September 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
it's such a sign of how bad social media has fucked us over that a podcaster getting shot feels like it'll have a bigger impact than elected officials getting assassinated
so many concerned tweets about how the rubicon has been crossed
wtf are you talkin about man we've been here for years
so many concerned tweets about how the rubicon has been crossed
wtf are you talkin about man we've been here for years
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Financial stress is a leading cause of suicide attempts.
September 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Financial stress is a leading cause of suicide attempts.
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New study on teaching in social work shows that straight, white man are perceived as the most privileged students but actually are the most reluctant to speak.
September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New study on teaching in social work shows that straight, white man are perceived as the most privileged students but actually are the most reluctant to speak.
Hi friends who are only on bsky. Long time no see
September 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hi friends who are only on bsky. Long time no see
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TLDR: if you're thinking 'how can I work this cool worldbuilding exposition into my story' instead of 'how can I develop the setting of this story to support its themes and conflicts', something has probably gone wrong
June 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
TLDR: if you're thinking 'how can I work this cool worldbuilding exposition into my story' instead of 'how can I develop the setting of this story to support its themes and conflicts', something has probably gone wrong
Friendly Counterpoint!
"Freedom is the enemy of creativity, limitations are its Saviour"
I actually love the constraints of an already existing world. I love to think about what I would do If I were tasked with writing my favorite characters in comics or like the MCU
"Freedom is the enemy of creativity, limitations are its Saviour"
I actually love the constraints of an already existing world. I love to think about what I would do If I were tasked with writing my favorite characters in comics or like the MCU
if you worldbuild first suddenly there are so many options that are not available to you because your work is constrained by a set of rules created in isolation from a story, before you could possibly know if they would make for an interesting moment or provoke interesting conflict
June 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Friendly Counterpoint!
"Freedom is the enemy of creativity, limitations are its Saviour"
I actually love the constraints of an already existing world. I love to think about what I would do If I were tasked with writing my favorite characters in comics or like the MCU
"Freedom is the enemy of creativity, limitations are its Saviour"
I actually love the constraints of an already existing world. I love to think about what I would do If I were tasked with writing my favorite characters in comics or like the MCU
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when it comes down to pieces of advice that convert dabblers into novelists, this is absolutely the most important one
the number of people I've met who think they've saving themselves work later by coming up with an exhaustive worldbuilding doc is big and honey that is a trap
the number of people I've met who think they've saving themselves work later by coming up with an exhaustive worldbuilding doc is big and honey that is a trap
The secret to writing is that readers do not actually care about worldbuilding nearly as much as authors think they do.
You know people who get obsessively wiki-brained about media? That only happens when the media has themes, characters, plot points, and emotional stakes they get invested in.
You know people who get obsessively wiki-brained about media? That only happens when the media has themes, characters, plot points, and emotional stakes they get invested in.
Chose your path, aspiring writer:
-Worldbuilding paralysis where your notes are too full of minutiae to make room for an actual story, which you'll definitely get around to
-Shitpost that sneaks up on you and becomes a novel-length story without any initial planning
-Worldbuilding paralysis where your notes are too full of minutiae to make room for an actual story, which you'll definitely get around to
-Shitpost that sneaks up on you and becomes a novel-length story without any initial planning
June 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
when it comes down to pieces of advice that convert dabblers into novelists, this is absolutely the most important one
the number of people I've met who think they've saving themselves work later by coming up with an exhaustive worldbuilding doc is big and honey that is a trap
the number of people I've met who think they've saving themselves work later by coming up with an exhaustive worldbuilding doc is big and honey that is a trap
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I've felt for a while that a mainstream method, reverse engineering, in cognitive science & AI is incompatible w computationalism‼️ So I wrote "Modern Alchemy: Neurocognitive Reverse Engineering" w the wonderful Natalia S. & @irisvanrooij.bsky.social to elaborate: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25289/
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May 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I've felt for a while that a mainstream method, reverse engineering, in cognitive science & AI is incompatible w computationalism‼️ So I wrote "Modern Alchemy: Neurocognitive Reverse Engineering" w the wonderful Natalia S. & @irisvanrooij.bsky.social to elaborate: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/25289/
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In my Substack post this morning: "Does anyone doubt that when inflation rises, [Trump will] dismiss it as “fake news”?"
I only got to be prescient for a few hours ...
I only got to be prescient for a few hours ...
Trump: "Prices are coming down, not going up. Only the fake news says they're going up. The only thing that's even are interest rates and if we had a Fed chairman that understood what he was doing, interest rates would be coming down. He should bring them down."
April 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In my Substack post this morning: "Does anyone doubt that when inflation rises, [Trump will] dismiss it as “fake news”?"
I only got to be prescient for a few hours ...
I only got to be prescient for a few hours ...
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⚠️ HEY MAGICAL GIRL FANS⚠️
My Sailor Moon meets Roller Derby coming of age story WHEELS & ROSES, is now in production, BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO FINISH!!!
PLEASE SHARE THIS POST🛼
DONATE TO OUR FUNDRAISING LINK‼️
donorbox.org/wheels-roses
Pls help this Black and Queer magical girl show happen!
My Sailor Moon meets Roller Derby coming of age story WHEELS & ROSES, is now in production, BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO FINISH!!!
PLEASE SHARE THIS POST🛼
DONATE TO OUR FUNDRAISING LINK‼️
donorbox.org/wheels-roses
Pls help this Black and Queer magical girl show happen!
March 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
⚠️ HEY MAGICAL GIRL FANS⚠️
My Sailor Moon meets Roller Derby coming of age story WHEELS & ROSES, is now in production, BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO FINISH!!!
PLEASE SHARE THIS POST🛼
DONATE TO OUR FUNDRAISING LINK‼️
donorbox.org/wheels-roses
Pls help this Black and Queer magical girl show happen!
My Sailor Moon meets Roller Derby coming of age story WHEELS & ROSES, is now in production, BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO FINISH!!!
PLEASE SHARE THIS POST🛼
DONATE TO OUR FUNDRAISING LINK‼️
donorbox.org/wheels-roses
Pls help this Black and Queer magical girl show happen!
It was all an act
March 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It was all an act
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"Everything I don't like is a cult: a book for basic dickheads."
February 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Everything I don't like is a cult: a book for basic dickheads."
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It's so explicitly clear that this is propaganda to manufacture consent to purge all trans employees from the federal government.
This is a campaign of eradication.
This is a campaign of eradication.
February 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It's so explicitly clear that this is propaganda to manufacture consent to purge all trans employees from the federal government.
This is a campaign of eradication.
This is a campaign of eradication.
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Since Psychology Today no longer lets you update articles, people have been asking for a new live list of the studies examining the impact of gender-affirming medical interventions for adolescent gender dysphoria on mental health.
Here you go in my latest subtack!
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
Here you go in my latest subtack!
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
The Evidence for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions for Adolescent Gender Dysphoria
Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health. Here are the studies.
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Since Psychology Today no longer lets you update articles, people have been asking for a new live list of the studies examining the impact of gender-affirming medical interventions for adolescent gender dysphoria on mental health.
Here you go in my latest subtack!
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
Here you go in my latest subtack!
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...