Rhea Ewing 🏳️⚧️
@rheaewing.bsky.social
Artist, graphic author, and science communicator. Author of "FINE: a comic about gender" website: rheaewing.com
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This is a great book by @rheaewing.bsky.social. It’s really thought provoking. It’s about the authors journey asking others about gender as a way to learn about themselves. It’s respectful and shows many people and views. I really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to share it.
May 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is a great book by @rheaewing.bsky.social. It’s really thought provoking. It’s about the authors journey asking others about gender as a way to learn about themselves. It’s respectful and shows many people and views. I really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to share it.
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Everybody check on your group chats. It’s rough out here.
January 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everybody check on your group chats. It’s rough out here.
It's funny to think that when I made these, just under a month ago, I genuinely didn't think I'd make my money back. I just really wanted them to exist. I'm blown away that orders are still coming in.
"It's Dr, Actually" - Now available as trans and non-binary pins!
I think a lot of people need a reminder right now that experts know gender isn't binary, and a lot of us need a reminder we're not alone. So please share widely!
canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...
I think a lot of people need a reminder right now that experts know gender isn't binary, and a lot of us need a reminder we're not alone. So please share widely!
canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...
January 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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As this "pause" hits you and your project, institution, workplace, etc:
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
January 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
As this "pause" hits you and your project, institution, workplace, etc:
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
Here's where to find your electeds. Maybe put those numbers in your speed dial. Call, email, write. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Fuck.
Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Fuck.
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VERY SELDOM do politicians tell constituents to call other politicians to pressure them to do the right thing. So I very much appreciate this. If you're in Michigan, this is a thread worth looking at.
What can you do? If you’re a Michigander, contact Speaker Hall and tell him to do his job in sending these bills to the Governor. The Constitution is clear.
517-373-1784
MattHall@house.mi.gov
If he doesn’t, we in the Michigan Senate are prepared to commence legal action.
517-373-1784
MattHall@house.mi.gov
If he doesn’t, we in the Michigan Senate are prepared to commence legal action.
January 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
VERY SELDOM do politicians tell constituents to call other politicians to pressure them to do the right thing. So I very much appreciate this. If you're in Michigan, this is a thread worth looking at.
I'm contractually obligated to regularly post this picture of the smallest known jumping spider species in the world (Neonella camillae) on the head of a pin; so, here we are.
#EmotionalSupportSpood
Goodnight y'all 🖤
#EmotionalSupportSpood
Goodnight y'all 🖤
January 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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this is my most-cited paper and honestly i hope that doesn't mean my career peaked already lmao
but this is the big one, a deep dive into the complex nature of sexual phenotypes and what it means for our understandings of animal evolution
academic.oup.com/icb/article/...
but this is the big one, a deep dive into the complex nature of sexual phenotypes and what it means for our understandings of animal evolution
academic.oup.com/icb/article/...
Multivariate Models of Animal Sex: Breaking Binaries Leads to a Better Understanding of Ecology and Evolution
Synopsis. “Sex” is often used to describe a suite of phenotypic and genotypic traits of an organism related to reproduction. However, these traits—gamete t
academic.oup.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
this is my most-cited paper and honestly i hope that doesn't mean my career peaked already lmao
but this is the big one, a deep dive into the complex nature of sexual phenotypes and what it means for our understandings of animal evolution
academic.oup.com/icb/article/...
but this is the big one, a deep dive into the complex nature of sexual phenotypes and what it means for our understandings of animal evolution
academic.oup.com/icb/article/...
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The little Tiktaalik wants YOU to go to the Paleontological Research Institute’s website, buy a bunch of plushies of Paleozoic life, and help them out in their time of dire financial need!
pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com
pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The little Tiktaalik wants YOU to go to the Paleontological Research Institute’s website, buy a bunch of plushies of Paleozoic life, and help them out in their time of dire financial need!
pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com
pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com
now is the time to call your Senators, again, and ask them not to vote for this horrifying attack on trans people
Republicans need seven Dem votes to get this through the Senate - they got TWO in the House, which has many more members
they can block this, and they must
Republicans need seven Dem votes to get this through the Senate - they got TWO in the House, which has many more members
they can block this, and they must
Transgender sports ban passes the US House of Representatives.
It is on a fairly party line vote, with only 2 dem defectors voting Y, 1 pres, 6 NVs.
While Republicans are likely happy to get this across the House, Dems holding strong means it may face a huge hurdle in the Senate.
It is on a fairly party line vote, with only 2 dem defectors voting Y, 1 pres, 6 NVs.
While Republicans are likely happy to get this across the House, Dems holding strong means it may face a huge hurdle in the Senate.
January 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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My husband just helped me understand how awful people who create good art:
"Neil Gaiman is a character created by Neil Gaiman."
His public personna was convincing. He might have thought it would be labeled non-fiction forever. His art and his facade contain good characters. But he isn't one.
"Neil Gaiman is a character created by Neil Gaiman."
His public personna was convincing. He might have thought it would be labeled non-fiction forever. His art and his facade contain good characters. But he isn't one.
January 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My husband just helped me understand how awful people who create good art:
"Neil Gaiman is a character created by Neil Gaiman."
His public personna was convincing. He might have thought it would be labeled non-fiction forever. His art and his facade contain good characters. But he isn't one.
"Neil Gaiman is a character created by Neil Gaiman."
His public personna was convincing. He might have thought it would be labeled non-fiction forever. His art and his facade contain good characters. But he isn't one.
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Now imagine how tiny the pool of competitive trans athletes are…
The MAGA movement has convinced many that fleets of trans kids are being subjected to woke medical barbarism.
The real numbers?
0.017% of youth are coded as trans and receive puberty blockers.
0.037% access hormone therapy.
That's 1/20th of one percent.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The real numbers?
0.017% of youth are coded as trans and receive puberty blockers.
0.037% access hormone therapy.
That's 1/20th of one percent.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s the real number of children receiving gender-affirming medical treatment
New research reveals it's a fraction of a fraction.
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Now imagine how tiny the pool of competitive trans athletes are…
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I would like this comic I drew in 2017 to stop being relevant pleeeaaaaase
January 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I would like this comic I drew in 2017 to stop being relevant pleeeaaaaase
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This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
January 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪
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for anyone who needs an accessible new year’s resolution:
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
January 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
for anyone who needs an accessible new year’s resolution:
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
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Hey fat friends and fam, it's that time of year again. This month is especially unkind to us, and I want to remind you of a few things:
• your body is YOURS, and no one else's
• movement should be joyful, not punitive or penitent
• you do not have to "earn" food you enioy, or food in general
• your body is YOURS, and no one else's
• movement should be joyful, not punitive or penitent
• you do not have to "earn" food you enioy, or food in general
January 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hey fat friends and fam, it's that time of year again. This month is especially unkind to us, and I want to remind you of a few things:
• your body is YOURS, and no one else's
• movement should be joyful, not punitive or penitent
• you do not have to "earn" food you enioy, or food in general
• your body is YOURS, and no one else's
• movement should be joyful, not punitive or penitent
• you do not have to "earn" food you enioy, or food in general
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I enjoy reading Julia Serano's work about gender, because she's nuanced and precise in her arguments, without being impenetrably academic.
The two links in the quoted post are a good "sampler" of her style. If you like them, you'll probably enjoy her longer work.
The two links in the quoted post are a good "sampler" of her style. If you like them, you'll probably enjoy her longer work.
it's often weird to find out what ppl take from my work. use the word "empowering" a few times in specific contexts & ppl imagine you think that being female or feminine is non-stop joy. anyway, just gonna leave these links here:
msmagazine.com/2014/07/28/e...
juliaserano.medium.com/sexed-up-a-c...
msmagazine.com/2014/07/28/e...
juliaserano.medium.com/sexed-up-a-c...
Sexed Up: a chapter-by-chapter preview of my new book
My latest book, Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back, is primarily about sexualization — when we nonconsensually…
juliaserano.medium.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:42 PM
I enjoy reading Julia Serano's work about gender, because she's nuanced and precise in her arguments, without being impenetrably academic.
The two links in the quoted post are a good "sampler" of her style. If you like them, you'll probably enjoy her longer work.
The two links in the quoted post are a good "sampler" of her style. If you like them, you'll probably enjoy her longer work.
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Compared to the same period in 2023, solar output in California is up 31%, wind power is up 8%, and batteries are up a staggering 105%. Batteries supplied up to 12% of nighttime demand by storing and redistributing excess solar energy. 🔌💡
electrek.co/2024/12/31/c...
electrek.co/2024/12/31/c...
The California grid ran on 100% renewables with no blackouts or cost rises for a record 98 days
No blackouts occurred when renewable electricity supply exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for parts of 98 of 116 days.
electrek.co
January 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Compared to the same period in 2023, solar output in California is up 31%, wind power is up 8%, and batteries are up a staggering 105%. Batteries supplied up to 12% of nighttime demand by storing and redistributing excess solar energy. 🔌💡
electrek.co/2024/12/31/c...
electrek.co/2024/12/31/c...
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Tell an artist/writer/podcaster/maker that what they’re doing matters to you. They want to hear it. Making shit is lonely work most of the time and it helps to know that the circuit is being completed somewhere.
December 29, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Tell an artist/writer/podcaster/maker that what they’re doing matters to you. They want to hear it. Making shit is lonely work most of the time and it helps to know that the circuit is being completed somewhere.
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I'm not asking full-time motorists to bike. I'm demanding cities equitably use tax dollars to build high-quality mobility options for those who can't or don't want to drive. If people ditch their cars later, great, but this is about giving real choices, not mandates.
December 28, 2024 at 11:59 PM
I'm not asking full-time motorists to bike. I'm demanding cities equitably use tax dollars to build high-quality mobility options for those who can't or don't want to drive. If people ditch their cars later, great, but this is about giving real choices, not mandates.
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Doing a periodic reread of @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social if anyone needs it. Little shot of hope/action caffeine.
‘Hope is an embrace of the unknown’: Rebecca Solnit on living in dark times
We may be living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future. Now is not the time to despair, but to act
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Doing a periodic reread of @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social if anyone needs it. Little shot of hope/action caffeine.
🏳️⚧️ Where are all the trans men? - by Toni Oisin H.C.
This Queer Gaze was published in January 2024 and was one of the MOST loved Queer Gazes of 2024! 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/where-are-th...
This Queer Gaze was published in January 2024 and was one of the MOST loved Queer Gazes of 2024! 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/where-are-th...
Where are the films about trans men-loving-men?
It’s demoralising to spend so long searching to see yourself. When a pattern of invisibility forms, it can feel lonely
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 29, 2024 at 4:12 PM