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Yours truly, sincerely, this bitch
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Political Heterosexuality, or: The Tragedy of Feminism
On the specter that is haunting feminism.
taliabhattwrites.substack.com
Today, I would like to present a deep dive into feminist history that got away from me.
Like, really got away from me.
It is about the futility of a politics of appeasement. It is about the unburial of a neglected feminist history. But most of all, it's about lesbian feminism, and sins unforgiven.
Like, really got away from me.
It is about the futility of a politics of appeasement. It is about the unburial of a neglected feminist history. But most of all, it's about lesbian feminism, and sins unforgiven.
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So Emma Hilton is now the interim chair of Sex Matters.
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
So Emma Hilton is now the interim chair of Sex Matters.
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
Let’s check out some of the Sex Science that she’s famous for
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"No they weren't remotely affected in any way by a trans woman getting change in there, not even a tiny amount, no....but they were harassed" fucking stupid era it's not even 100 years since the Nazis fucking hell
January 17, 2026 at 9:53 AM
"No they weren't remotely affected in any way by a trans woman getting change in there, not even a tiny amount, no....but they were harassed" fucking stupid era it's not even 100 years since the Nazis fucking hell
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It's disturbing in the extreme to hear the Today programme presenter move from enabling a Tory shadow minister's Islamophobic conspiracy theories to asking him leading questions about whether Kemi Badenoch's Tory party is transphobic and by implication homophobic enough?
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
It's disturbing in the extreme to hear the Today programme presenter move from enabling a Tory shadow minister's Islamophobic conspiracy theories to asking him leading questions about whether Kemi Badenoch's Tory party is transphobic and by implication homophobic enough?
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When the fact that Tories used to attend Stonewall Award ceremonies and other LGBTQIA+ is being used by the BBC as a stick with which to beat them, I think we need to worry.
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
When the fact that Tories used to attend Stonewall Award ceremonies and other LGBTQIA+ is being used by the BBC as a stick with which to beat them, I think we need to worry.
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remember when the idea that trans women using single sex spaces was a problem was the domain of the far right?
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
January 17, 2026 at 9:53 AM
remember when the idea that trans women using single sex spaces was a problem was the domain of the far right?
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
it was about 5 years ago
ppl ranting about trans women in changing rooms and bathrooms was considered a crazy person thing
now thanks to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social it's government policy
I'm somewhat tired of pretending that trans women using women's changing rooms and bathrooms has ever been a problem, as entire legal systems contradict their own precedent specifically to deny trans women dignity and serve up sacrifices to gender-conservatives and bigoted religious groups.
The court ruled the NHS trust did indirectly discriminate against and harass the nurses by allowing Trans+ people to use single sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com/darlington-n...
www.wearequeeraf.com/darlington-n...
Darlington Nurses not harassed by trans colleague but trans women in single-sex spaces "violates dignity", court rules
The court ruled the NHS trust did indirectly discriminate against and harass the nurses by allowing Trans+ people to use single sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I'm somewhat tired of pretending that trans women using women's changing rooms and bathrooms has ever been a problem, as entire legal systems contradict their own precedent specifically to deny trans women dignity and serve up sacrifices to gender-conservatives and bigoted religious groups.
You know he was having a nice chat and agreeing with Ben Shapiro like this week, right?
This gentleman is spot-fucking-on. This is why I am currently 100% behind Gavin Newsom. No one politician has had the balls to go after the pedophile führer with ZERO fucks to give. NOT ONE. 🙌💪👏✊👇
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM
You know he was having a nice chat and agreeing with Ben Shapiro like this week, right?
The thing about the enforcement of a hierarchy is that there have to be harsh punitive measures to make examples of anyone who treats those on the lower rungs too much like an equal.
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The thing about the enforcement of a hierarchy is that there have to be harsh punitive measures to make examples of anyone who treats those on the lower rungs too much like an equal.
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I'm not here to defend white people - many of whom were perfectly happy to participate in the oppression of Black people and other POC.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
January 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
I'm not here to defend white people - many of whom were perfectly happy to participate in the oppression of Black people and other POC.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
I'm just... it's not hard to see the parallels between Renee Good and Viola Liuzzo.
All whiteness is conditional.
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
This came up on my wife's feed and she immediately sent it to me. I have been stunlocked. I may need a minute to prepare myself.
Taking deep breaths.
Taking deep breaths.
What are the transfeminist implications of Ranked Competitive Breasy Growth? #transfeminism #rankedcompetitivebreastgrowth #rcbg #transgirl
TikTok video by the_whipping_girl
www.tiktok.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 AM
This came up on my wife's feed and she immediately sent it to me. I have been stunlocked. I may need a minute to prepare myself.
Taking deep breaths.
Taking deep breaths.
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“Like, it was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening." www.thehandbasket.co/p/queer-tran...
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM
“Like, it was the most miserable day of my whole life. But I would do it again because I think that people need to know how evil ICE is and that this is happening." www.thehandbasket.co/p/queer-tran...
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"perhaps men are not merely morally corrupted into misogyny, but materially incentivized to uphold it"
"Are you going to wait forever for men to love you back?"
great read that slaps you in the face at the end lol as a bi enby idk how to feel other than angry and frustrated in all directions
"Are you going to wait forever for men to love you back?"
great read that slaps you in the face at the end lol as a bi enby idk how to feel other than angry and frustrated in all directions
Today, I would like to present a deep dive into feminist history that got away from me.
Like, really got away from me.
It is about the futility of a politics of appeasement. It is about the unburial of a neglected feminist history. But most of all, it's about lesbian feminism, and sins unforgiven.
Like, really got away from me.
It is about the futility of a politics of appeasement. It is about the unburial of a neglected feminist history. But most of all, it's about lesbian feminism, and sins unforgiven.
Political Heterosexuality, or: The Tragedy of Feminism
On the specter that is haunting feminism.
taliabhattwrites.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM
"perhaps men are not merely morally corrupted into misogyny, but materially incentivized to uphold it"
"Are you going to wait forever for men to love you back?"
great read that slaps you in the face at the end lol as a bi enby idk how to feel other than angry and frustrated in all directions
"Are you going to wait forever for men to love you back?"
great read that slaps you in the face at the end lol as a bi enby idk how to feel other than angry and frustrated in all directions
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genuinely hilariously that, having briefly skimmed through Jamison Green's Becoming a Visible Man, there was a section where some trans women said trans men don't really exist. Actually reading through the book, the woman who said that turned out to be..... Virginia Prince!
Had to unfortunately namedrop Virginia Prince in the next essay, without having the time or space to get into her whole deal.
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 AM
genuinely hilariously that, having briefly skimmed through Jamison Green's Becoming a Visible Man, there was a section where some trans women said trans men don't really exist. Actually reading through the book, the woman who said that turned out to be..... Virginia Prince!
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I keep saying: what if Vegeta was a democratic wonk in the Twin Cities
That's him
That's him
January 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I keep saying: what if Vegeta was a democratic wonk in the Twin Cities
That's him
That's him
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WHERE IS YOUR LIBERAL PRIDE, DEMOCRATTO
January 17, 2026 at 2:06 AM
WHERE IS YOUR LIBERAL PRIDE, DEMOCRATTO
PolHet was like the hardest thing I've ever had to write because of how bluntly I had to speak about the hatred of lesbians even amongst supposed allies.
Current essay is even harder
and I'm writing it within a week of PolHet
Current essay is even harder
and I'm writing it within a week of PolHet
Had to unfortunately namedrop Virginia Prince in the next essay, without having the time or space to get into her whole deal.
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
PolHet was like the hardest thing I've ever had to write because of how bluntly I had to speak about the hatred of lesbians even amongst supposed allies.
Current essay is even harder
and I'm writing it within a week of PolHet
Current essay is even harder
and I'm writing it within a week of PolHet
Had to unfortunately namedrop Virginia Prince in the next essay, without having the time or space to get into her whole deal.
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Had to unfortunately namedrop Virginia Prince in the next essay, without having the time or space to get into her whole deal.
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
When it comes out, just imagine a post-credits stringer when you're done reading that says "Virginia Prince will return...."
What if we had a word for the specific form of violence, exclusion, and dehumanisation directed at trans women... hmm... makes you think
"It's not transphobic if we allow trans boys to play on boys' teams but ban trans girls from girls' teams" has the same bouquet as "General Motors can't have discriminated against Black women on the basis of race if they hire Black men, or on the basis of sex if they hire white women."
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
What if we had a word for the specific form of violence, exclusion, and dehumanisation directed at trans women... hmm... makes you think
"It's not transphobic if we allow trans boys to play on boys' teams but ban trans girls from girls' teams" has the same bouquet as "General Motors can't have discriminated against Black women on the basis of race if they hire Black men, or on the basis of sex if they hire white women."
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"It's not transphobic if we allow trans boys to play on boys' teams but ban trans girls from girls' teams" has the same bouquet as "General Motors can't have discriminated against Black women on the basis of race if they hire Black men, or on the basis of sex if they hire white women."
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One of the rare times I'll praise a cishet woman's work about lesbian characters so highly.
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
One of the rare times I'll praise a cishet woman's work about lesbian characters so highly.
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New at Lesbians With Teeth: FATAL WOMEN by Tanith Lee, a collection of stories about toxic lesbians, variously realist and magic-realist, set in an alt-history France. Quite recommended.
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/r...
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/r...
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
New at Lesbians With Teeth: FATAL WOMEN by Tanith Lee, a collection of stories about toxic lesbians, variously realist and magic-realist, set in an alt-history France. Quite recommended.
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/r...
lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/r...
Me, sketching out my writing plans for 2026: "What if I gave some love to the loyal readers of my one-dollar short story 'Attack Dog'"
January 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Me, sketching out my writing plans for 2026: "What if I gave some love to the loyal readers of my one-dollar short story 'Attack Dog'"