Billie
@billieiswriting.bsky.social
🌗 She/Her I am a history teacher, philosophy student, Jesus obsessive, AnarchoPacifist, wife, and father. I am also a writer and blogger.
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Billie
@billieiswriting.bsky.social
· Aug 1
Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life is out now!
Our book is available now!
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"Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life", the book I wrote with @paulhoard.bsky.social is out now!
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I know this was a couple of weeks ago at this point, but this is genuinely one of the best articles I read that day on it. I tried looking for services locally and was certainly disappointed, so finding things online is sometimes the best we can do.
Tomorrow is #TransDayofRemembrance. For a while I thought I didn't have anything to say about it that I haven't already said but then I started thinking about why we do this and what it means. So here is a short essay about that.
We say their names.
#TDoR
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We say their names.
#TDoR
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We Say Their Names
On the Death, Dignity, and Liberation of Transgender People
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December 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I know this was a couple of weeks ago at this point, but this is genuinely one of the best articles I read that day on it. I tried looking for services locally and was certainly disappointed, so finding things online is sometimes the best we can do.
NGL I like how the ridiculous threats from Hegseth have prompted Kelly to start treating this fascist regime with the disdain it deserved all along.
They will come for the rest of you and it will be better to act together now.
They will come for the rest of you and it will be better to act together now.
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
NGL I like how the ridiculous threats from Hegseth have prompted Kelly to start treating this fascist regime with the disdain it deserved all along.
They will come for the rest of you and it will be better to act together now.
They will come for the rest of you and it will be better to act together now.
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One thing I've always tried to make clear to other journalists is that I reserve my criticisms of legacy media's trans coverage for times when their coverage falls far short of the basic professional standards in our industry.
I think it's important to distinguish between biased reporting with an agenda and good reporting by a cis journalist who may not know everything I know or share every opinion I hold.
I am asking my colleagues to get these stories right and fairly include trans perspectives. Nothing special.
I am asking my colleagues to get these stories right and fairly include trans perspectives. Nothing special.
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One thing I've always tried to make clear to other journalists is that I reserve my criticisms of legacy media's trans coverage for times when their coverage falls far short of the basic professional standards in our industry.
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Great work by @billieiswriting.bsky.social, as always. Very useful as a primer for anyone who wants to know more or wants to inform others.
This essay is a resource for all the times people ask you to demonstrate that MAGA is fascist. I explain, using high school level concepts, why it is accurate to say that MAGA is American fascism.
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
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I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
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Yes MAGA is American Fascism
A post for the trolls - with slides
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December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Great work by @billieiswriting.bsky.social, as always. Very useful as a primer for anyone who wants to know more or wants to inform others.
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This essay is a resource for all the times people ask you to demonstrate that MAGA is fascist. I explain, using high school level concepts, why it is accurate to say that MAGA is American fascism.
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
Yes MAGA is American Fascism
A post for the trolls - with slides
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November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This essay is a resource for all the times people ask you to demonstrate that MAGA is fascist. I explain, using high school level concepts, why it is accurate to say that MAGA is American fascism.
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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I can't wait until this chest-beating imbecile is brought up on murder charges.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I can't wait until this chest-beating imbecile is brought up on murder charges.
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I find this encouraging not because JPMC is in any way heroic but because corporate hesitancy to support Trump is a positive bellwether for MAGA losing power.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I find this encouraging not because JPMC is in any way heroic but because corporate hesitancy to support Trump is a positive bellwether for MAGA losing power.
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
This essay is a resource for all the times people ask you to demonstrate that MAGA is fascist. I explain, using high school level concepts, why it is accurate to say that MAGA is American fascism.
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
Yes MAGA is American Fascism
A post for the trolls - with slides
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This essay is a resource for all the times people ask you to demonstrate that MAGA is fascist. I explain, using high school level concepts, why it is accurate to say that MAGA is American fascism.
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
I also explain why horseshoe theory is popular & dead wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...
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Murder by any legal (or Biblical) definition. Although I don’t think they have offered any proof that any of these boats had drugs in them. We may be straight up killing innocent people. Also if they had drugs in the boat, still against rules of engagement and…a war crime.
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Murder by any legal (or Biblical) definition. Although I don’t think they have offered any proof that any of these boats had drugs in them. We may be straight up killing innocent people. Also if they had drugs in the boat, still against rules of engagement and…a war crime.
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
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Maybe if we weren’t wasting 1,000 FBI agents scrubbing Epstein files and an insane number going after political enemies, we’d be able to vet properly.
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Maybe if we weren’t wasting 1,000 FBI agents scrubbing Epstein files and an insane number going after political enemies, we’d be able to vet properly.
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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Probably not good for my mental health how many people are making me WANT Hell To exist.
Now I am not a lawyer but I am pretty sure "kill the survivors clinging to wreckage" is an order so blatantly illegal that the people who gave the order *and* the people who carried it out are guilty as sin and should be brought up for murder and/or war crimes.
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Probably not good for my mental health how many people are making me WANT Hell To exist.
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
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November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Impeach and remove. Indict and convict.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Impeach and remove. Indict and convict.
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal,
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal,
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They certainly aren't beating the White Supremacy/Nazi allegations. Holy hell. The government is just straight up posting bigoted, hateful, racist propaganda on social media.
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
They certainly aren't beating the White Supremacy/Nazi allegations. Holy hell. The government is just straight up posting bigoted, hateful, racist propaganda on social media.
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
Conservatives: "Stop calling us Nazis!"
Also Conservatives: "We want to deport every non-white person from our homeland!"
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.