Charlie
@berlantbro-more.bsky.social
This is kind of my alt
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Charlie
@berlantbro-more.bsky.social
· Apr 24
Forgot to skeet this lol, but I'm writing a book. It's called RAPID ONSET, and it looks at the anti-trans culture industry via the decline of US empire.
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REMINDER: I will NEVER ask you for your password. But I WILL ask you for a delightful canapé
July 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
REMINDER: I will NEVER ask you for your password. But I WILL ask you for a delightful canapé
Cis guy told me I had "upstate vibes"
July 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Cis guy told me I had "upstate vibes"
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I'm really glad the anti-trans Medicaid exclusions were removed from Trump's billionaire bailout but a bill that still kicks 20 million (largely working class) people off their health insurance is still going to have a disastrous impact including and especially on trans people. Kill the bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm really glad the anti-trans Medicaid exclusions were removed from Trump's billionaire bailout but a bill that still kicks 20 million (largely working class) people off their health insurance is still going to have a disastrous impact including and especially on trans people. Kill the bill.
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bad news for Mamdani: i just imagined him shooting at my feet with two revolvers while shouting "dance! dance, ya varmint, dance!!" and then cackling so maniacally that his cowboy hat falls off. When will he go on TV to apologize for doing this
June 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
bad news for Mamdani: i just imagined him shooting at my feet with two revolvers while shouting "dance! dance, ya varmint, dance!!" and then cackling so maniacally that his cowboy hat falls off. When will he go on TV to apologize for doing this
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NYTimes is coming out in full force against the LGBTQ community.
Returning to their roots! They only pretended to accept queer people for a few years when it was considered vogue and hip.
Returning to their roots! They only pretended to accept queer people for a few years when it was considered vogue and hip.
lol. lmao. yes, sure, the gay rights movement needs to return to its extremely quiet and historically right of center roots.
June 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
NYTimes is coming out in full force against the LGBTQ community.
Returning to their roots! They only pretended to accept queer people for a few years when it was considered vogue and hip.
Returning to their roots! They only pretended to accept queer people for a few years when it was considered vogue and hip.
Grading AP English exams rn. All essays on an excerpt of Rachel Cusk. Have graded so many responses about "the work of Rachel Cuck."
June 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Grading AP English exams rn. All essays on an excerpt of Rachel Cusk. Have graded so many responses about "the work of Rachel Cuck."
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crazy to be a fish swimming around in a lake your whole life
May 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
crazy to be a fish swimming around in a lake your whole life
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I’m at a loss for words.
** BREAKING ** UK Lesbian and Trans rights crisis (UK 2nd item today) - #lgbt #lgbtq #humanrights
UK police nationwide announce confirmation of guidance that male officers must be used to strip search trans women irrespective of anatomy:
news.npcc.police.uk/releases/new...
UK police nationwide announce confirmation of guidance that male officers must be used to strip search trans women irrespective of anatomy:
news.npcc.police.uk/releases/new...
New police search guidance following Supreme Court decision
Police chiefs have been reviewing the implications of last month’s UK Supreme Court judgment in relation to the scope of the Equality Act on sex and gender.
news.npcc.police.uk
May 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’m at a loss for words.
My shadow self replaced politics with “taste,” become nihilistically obsessed with sports betting, and won 2k off the Knicks losing
The NBA hot takers who barely even nominally pay attention to big market teams realizing they're gonna have to spend the next month primarily talking about the Pacers and Thunder
May 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My shadow self replaced politics with “taste,” become nihilistically obsessed with sports betting, and won 2k off the Knicks losing
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one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
This amounts to state-sponsored detransition for more than 152,000 people
6. According to the UCLA Williams Institute, more than 152,000 transgender Americans currently rely on Medicaid for their care. Stripping that coverage would make surgeries cost-prohibitive for many, with procedures often running into the tens of thousands of dollars.
152,000 transgender adults are enrolled in Medicaid
williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu
May 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This amounts to state-sponsored detransition for more than 152,000 people
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With cruel work requirements threatening to strip millions of Medicaid, I joined Death Panel to talk about the rise of the "working homeless"—and how policy violence, disguised as reform, masks a brutal truth: in America, grinding labor doesn't guarantee even the bare essentials of survival.
In our latest, @reallandsend.bsky.social and @city.bsky.social speak with Brian Goldstone about how we systematically, and intentionally, undercount the homeless, and Brian’s new book There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
www.patreon.com/posts/129388...
www.patreon.com/posts/129388...
There Is No Place For Us w/ Brian Goldstone (05/19/25) | The Death Panel
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May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
With cruel work requirements threatening to strip millions of Medicaid, I joined Death Panel to talk about the rise of the "working homeless"—and how policy violence, disguised as reform, masks a brutal truth: in America, grinding labor doesn't guarantee even the bare essentials of survival.
Inside me are two wolves, and their names are use-value and exchange-value
May 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Inside me are two wolves, and their names are use-value and exchange-value
So many friends getting priced out of New York 😞
May 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
So many friends getting priced out of New York 😞
“Those shoes look so cozy” these sneakers have paper thin soles, they are basically the male ballet flat
May 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Those shoes look so cozy” these sneakers have paper thin soles, they are basically the male ballet flat
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Malak. Malak was an engineering student before this started. She is trying to help her large family including her young sisters Mais and Majd. She is also trying to help Maali who has partial paralysis and needs diapers and medical care.
May 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Malak. Malak was an engineering student before this started. She is trying to help her large family including her young sisters Mais and Majd. She is also trying to help Maali who has partial paralysis and needs diapers and medical care.
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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“Male loneliness” have you tried being someone’s boyfriend. Taking out the trash. Walking the dog. Being filled with purpose and satisfaction.
May 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“Male loneliness” have you tried being someone’s boyfriend. Taking out the trash. Walking the dog. Being filled with purpose and satisfaction.
I won an award for my dissertation you guys <3
Announcing the 2025 English Department Awards! We're delighted to share this year's winners - please join us in congratulating the students who received Dissertation Year Fellowships and Dissertation Prizes!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I won an award for my dissertation you guys <3
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February 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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huge
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve picked up North American rights for @weard.moe’s epic-in-the-making CASTRATION MOVIE — and — it’ll be having its U.S. festival premiere at Frameline next month.
More info:
www.muscle-distribution.com/films/castra...
More info:
www.muscle-distribution.com/films/castra...
May 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
huge