Ashley Dark-Addams
@auntieashleydark.bsky.social
I'm a nonbinary trans femme cat momma who's younger than the Apollo 11 moon landing but older than Dungeons & Dragons. Dionysian animist, socialist, frustrated romantic. Dresses like Morticia, loves like Gomez. Not a Man, attracted to Not Men.
Pinned
They aren't really concerned about the children. They fear a world too diverse to control & profit from.
Live true! Love true! March in the streets, dance in basement clubs, host indie servers, pass paper 'zines by hand, keep circulating the tapes.
LIVE, IF ONLY TO SPITE THOSE WHO'D SEE YOU DEAD!
Live true! Love true! March in the streets, dance in basement clubs, host indie servers, pass paper 'zines by hand, keep circulating the tapes.
LIVE, IF ONLY TO SPITE THOSE WHO'D SEE YOU DEAD!
Merry Yule from me & mine.
Even though we were too ill to host our usual pagan ritual & slumber party, we kept a light burning through the longest night of the year.
Community is the light; hold loved ones close. Friends & family (chosen & otherwise) keep us going through the dark times.
Even though we were too ill to host our usual pagan ritual & slumber party, we kept a light burning through the longest night of the year.
Community is the light; hold loved ones close. Friends & family (chosen & otherwise) keep us going through the dark times.
a candle is lit up in the dark and the flame is bright
ALT: a candle is lit up in the dark and the flame is bright
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Merry Yule from me & mine.
Even though we were too ill to host our usual pagan ritual & slumber party, we kept a light burning through the longest night of the year.
Community is the light; hold loved ones close. Friends & family (chosen & otherwise) keep us going through the dark times.
Even though we were too ill to host our usual pagan ritual & slumber party, we kept a light burning through the longest night of the year.
Community is the light; hold loved ones close. Friends & family (chosen & otherwise) keep us going through the dark times.
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Clinging to this Le Guin quote like a life raft rn:
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Clinging to this Le Guin quote like a life raft rn:
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
Academic friends: if you or someone you know has WWII as an area of interest (in a non-fascist way), reach out if they could use these first editions.
(Tag me directly - DMs don’t work because my home state of Ohio passed oppressive laws)
(Tag me directly - DMs don’t work because my home state of Ohio passed oppressive laws)
Books left to me by my grandmother, both published in 1948
The “Theme of the Volume” page from Winston Churchill’s book hits especially hard in 2025:
The “Theme of the Volume” page from Winston Churchill’s book hits especially hard in 2025:
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Absolute legend.
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Absolute legend.
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If you need last minute gifts for Solstice or Yule #WitchSky, skip the shipping & grab some delightfully digital classes on topics ranging from psychic development, occult history, Tarot, past lives & more:
www.michellebelanger.com/class
www.michellebelanger.com/class
Online Classes — Michelle Belanger
www.michellebelanger.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you need last minute gifts for Solstice or Yule #WitchSky, skip the shipping & grab some delightfully digital classes on topics ranging from psychic development, occult history, Tarot, past lives & more:
www.michellebelanger.com/class
www.michellebelanger.com/class
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I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back “disparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
www.contrabandcamp.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
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Hey, cis friends! Want to get me a gift this year?
Share this article with the transphobes in your life.
I am deadly serious.
Every single one of you who does this and does me receipts gets a sincere, personalized “thank you” from me.
Share this article with the transphobes in your life.
I am deadly serious.
Every single one of you who does this and does me receipts gets a sincere, personalized “thank you” from me.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey, cis friends! Want to get me a gift this year?
Share this article with the transphobes in your life.
I am deadly serious.
Every single one of you who does this and does me receipts gets a sincere, personalized “thank you” from me.
Share this article with the transphobes in your life.
I am deadly serious.
Every single one of you who does this and does me receipts gets a sincere, personalized “thank you” from me.
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Mic status: dropped.
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Mic status: dropped.
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I'm genuinely surprised at how often I use the word "unbe-fucking-lieveable" in a given week in 2025.
This isn't merely obscene and cruel. It's also fucking stupid.
This regime is run by the lowest-hanging dipshit trolls ever to soil the American public sphere. And that's saying a lot.
This isn't merely obscene and cruel. It's also fucking stupid.
This regime is run by the lowest-hanging dipshit trolls ever to soil the American public sphere. And that's saying a lot.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I'm genuinely surprised at how often I use the word "unbe-fucking-lieveable" in a given week in 2025.
This isn't merely obscene and cruel. It's also fucking stupid.
This regime is run by the lowest-hanging dipshit trolls ever to soil the American public sphere. And that's saying a lot.
This isn't merely obscene and cruel. It's also fucking stupid.
This regime is run by the lowest-hanging dipshit trolls ever to soil the American public sphere. And that's saying a lot.
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Revolutionary optimism is the disciplined confidence that because trans lives are forced to invent ways of surviving capitalism, we also possess the skills needed to abolish it.
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
fascism seeks to convince its victims they have been defeated in advance. stay aware of the state’s behavior, but remember it’s motivations.
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Revolutionary optimism is the disciplined confidence that because trans lives are forced to invent ways of surviving capitalism, we also possess the skills needed to abolish it.
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
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meanwhile, the US attorney general also wants to categorize trans equality activists as belonging to “designated terrorist organizations”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
meanwhile, the US attorney general also wants to categorize trans equality activists as belonging to “designated terrorist organizations”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
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We are led to believe there are two teams: Ds and Rs, but in reality the two teams are those beholden to corporate special interests (which is like 90+% of both parties) and the ones that aren't. Following politics is like watching a Super Bowl where 90% of both teams owe a ton of money to a bookie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We are led to believe there are two teams: Ds and Rs, but in reality the two teams are those beholden to corporate special interests (which is like 90+% of both parties) and the ones that aren't. Following politics is like watching a Super Bowl where 90% of both teams owe a ton of money to a bookie.
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Two German sociologists just wrote a book on that joy of destruction: "Zerstörungslust". Their publisher writes:
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Two German sociologists just wrote a book on that joy of destruction: "Zerstörungslust". Their publisher writes:
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
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buy indie books. leave nice reviews for them. spread the word.
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
buy indie books. leave nice reviews for them. spread the word.
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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Learning Nicki Minaj is transphobic is very disappointing.
December 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Learning Nicki Minaj is transphobic is very disappointing.
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(You know the tune)
🎶 Oh, the profiling sure is awful
No way the raids are lawful
And even if that weren’t so🎶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
🎶 Oh, the profiling sure is awful
No way the raids are lawful
And even if that weren’t so🎶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
December 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
(You know the tune)
🎶 Oh, the profiling sure is awful
No way the raids are lawful
And even if that weren’t so🎶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
🎶 Oh, the profiling sure is awful
No way the raids are lawful
And even if that weren’t so🎶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
ICE must go 🥶
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
I just finished watching Serial Experiments Lain, a beautiful, heartbreaking anime about community, identity, and losing the ability to see the difference between life online and life in the world.
If you're into that, see it.
If you're into that, see it.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I just finished watching Serial Experiments Lain, a beautiful, heartbreaking anime about community, identity, and losing the ability to see the difference between life online and life in the world.
If you're into that, see it.
If you're into that, see it.
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Blame the people in power not the people who the people in power want you to blame.
December 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Blame the people in power not the people who the people in power want you to blame.
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Enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill” draws challenges as colleges, cities implement new policies
www.texastribune.org...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.texastribune.org...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill” draws challenges as colleges, cities implement new policies
www.texastribune.org...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.texastribune.org...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Now do all the other people who have been detained, tortured, trafficked, disappeared, and otherwise harassed by this lawless regime.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Now do all the other people who have been detained, tortured, trafficked, disappeared, and otherwise harassed by this lawless regime.
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You have often heard me repeat the founding phrase of Hookland: re-enchantment is resistance. This is the county’s core truth. However, I will point out that that sometimes re-enchantment is also an act of intentional sabotage.
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
You have often heard me repeat the founding phrase of Hookland: re-enchantment is resistance. This is the county’s core truth. However, I will point out that that sometimes re-enchantment is also an act of intentional sabotage.
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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
gofund.me
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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
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Disabled people do not owe you their medical history or an explanation as to why they receive certain benefits
The idea that people must humiliate themselves for a meagre benefit that forces them into legislative poverty is another part of eugenics
We deserve a living wage.
We are not expendable.
The idea that people must humiliate themselves for a meagre benefit that forces them into legislative poverty is another part of eugenics
We deserve a living wage.
We are not expendable.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Disabled people do not owe you their medical history or an explanation as to why they receive certain benefits
The idea that people must humiliate themselves for a meagre benefit that forces them into legislative poverty is another part of eugenics
We deserve a living wage.
We are not expendable.
The idea that people must humiliate themselves for a meagre benefit that forces them into legislative poverty is another part of eugenics
We deserve a living wage.
We are not expendable.