Cathy she/they 🏳️🌈🧠✊🏻😷🦄🇦🇪🏳️⚧️
@cathusmax.bsky.social
Walker and talker. Cis bi small fat woman. Sun sign ADHD rising sign autism. DTC. Dogs sit next to me at parties
Pinned
Bring me people who are:
Pun addicts
Against genocide
Rejectors of diet culture
Near Yorkshire UK
Leftists
Understanding that none of us are free till all of us are free
Loving dogs
Travelling for food
Neurodivergent
If you're a dude please be the kind who wears nail polish.
Pun addicts
Against genocide
Rejectors of diet culture
Near Yorkshire UK
Leftists
Understanding that none of us are free till all of us are free
Loving dogs
Travelling for food
Neurodivergent
If you're a dude please be the kind who wears nail polish.
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Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
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I missed this and enjoyed Jimmy Carr's face being described as "well ironed"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia
What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdom’s future
www.theatlantic.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I missed this and enjoyed Jimmy Carr's face being described as "well ironed"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
So if the Rapture's Tuesday I don't need to do my compliance docs tomorrow right?
a shark is swimming in a tank with the words rapture me now lord written on the bottom .
ALT: a shark is swimming in a tank with the words rapture me now lord written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So if the Rapture's Tuesday I don't need to do my compliance docs tomorrow right?
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#OtD 20 Sep 2015 the #piggate scandal broke when claims from Tory donor Lord Ashcroft were published in a right-wing newspaper that UK Prime Minister David Cameron had sex with a dead pig's head while at university stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9335...
September 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#OtD 20 Sep 2015 the #piggate scandal broke when claims from Tory donor Lord Ashcroft were published in a right-wing newspaper that UK Prime Minister David Cameron had sex with a dead pig's head while at university stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9335...
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The Green party now has over 76,000 members 🔥
The Green Revolution is coming, but we need you 🫵
Step 1: Join the Greens 👇 join.greenparty.org.uk
Step 2: Repost this message! 🔄
Step 3: Get one friend or family member to pledge to vote Green! 💚
The Green Revolution is coming, but we need you 🫵
Step 1: Join the Greens 👇 join.greenparty.org.uk
Step 2: Repost this message! 🔄
Step 3: Get one friend or family member to pledge to vote Green! 💚
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Green party now has over 76,000 members 🔥
The Green Revolution is coming, but we need you 🫵
Step 1: Join the Greens 👇 join.greenparty.org.uk
Step 2: Repost this message! 🔄
Step 3: Get one friend or family member to pledge to vote Green! 💚
The Green Revolution is coming, but we need you 🫵
Step 1: Join the Greens 👇 join.greenparty.org.uk
Step 2: Repost this message! 🔄
Step 3: Get one friend or family member to pledge to vote Green! 💚
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I do wish people would treat transphobia as the serious red flag it is, because if someone is repeating bullshit pseudoscience talking points from right wing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to anti-vax nonsense and undermining trust in science and medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
August 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I do wish people would treat transphobia as the serious red flag it is, because if someone is repeating bullshit pseudoscience talking points from right wing cranks, that's just as bad as conceding to anti-vax nonsense and undermining trust in science and medicine, alarm bells should be sounding!
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God damn I would have taken your word for it, you didn’t need to show me this
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
God damn I would have taken your word for it, you didn’t need to show me this
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
This is the equivalent of shitting on the birthday cake and complaining when others say they're leaving the party
August 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This is the equivalent of shitting on the birthday cake and complaining when others say they're leaving the party
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The moment of horrified dissonance in a transphobe's mind when the question "DO YOU NEED HELP?" cuts a little too deep.
August 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The moment of horrified dissonance in a transphobe's mind when the question "DO YOU NEED HELP?" cuts a little too deep.
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“the protection of not being approached by him"
Either you’re discriminating against trans people, or your argument is that ALL men are inherently dangerous to women and must be banned from this part of the store. Pick. If you are discriminating, call it what it is.
Either you’re discriminating against trans people, or your argument is that ALL men are inherently dangerous to women and must be banned from this part of the store. Pick. If you are discriminating, call it what it is.
August 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“the protection of not being approached by him"
Either you’re discriminating against trans people, or your argument is that ALL men are inherently dangerous to women and must be banned from this part of the store. Pick. If you are discriminating, call it what it is.
Either you’re discriminating against trans people, or your argument is that ALL men are inherently dangerous to women and must be banned from this part of the store. Pick. If you are discriminating, call it what it is.
JKFacho as the french translation of JKMoldemort is 🙌🏻
Une nouvelle fournée de personnes qui n'en ont rien à battre des personnes trans et préfèrent faire de la thunes pour eux et JKFacho
Welp. That's Dr. House in the bin...
August 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
JKFacho as the french translation of JKMoldemort is 🙌🏻
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I'm backing @zackpolanski.bsky.social precisely *because* the Greens need to reach a genuinely broad appeal. For too long has the Green Party only spoken to middle class affluents who can afford to make their lifestyles greener, it needs to start talking to everyone who wants a fairer greener world.
August 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I'm backing @zackpolanski.bsky.social precisely *because* the Greens need to reach a genuinely broad appeal. For too long has the Green Party only spoken to middle class affluents who can afford to make their lifestyles greener, it needs to start talking to everyone who wants a fairer greener world.
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Tl;dr: "This law breaks the internet, destroys online privacy, kills independent websites, wrecks accessibility, trains users to routinely bypass government blocks of genuinely illegal content, and offers less protection to kids than the tools that are already freely available from every major ISP."
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Tl;dr: "This law breaks the internet, destroys online privacy, kills independent websites, wrecks accessibility, trains users to routinely bypass government blocks of genuinely illegal content, and offers less protection to kids than the tools that are already freely available from every major ISP."
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#AgeVerification: what's the harm?
In which I distill a lot of casual pub chats I've had with friends into a layperson's guide to the #OnlineSafetyAct. What it is, the problems it causes, and why you should definitely care.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
In which I distill a lot of casual pub chats I've had with friends into a layperson's guide to the #OnlineSafetyAct. What it is, the problems it causes, and why you should definitely care.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
Age verification: what's the harm? | Girl on the Net explains
Age verification has hit the UK, people need to upload ID to see 'adult' content. What's the harm in laws like this, if they protect children? Let's see.
www.girlonthenet.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#AgeVerification: what's the harm?
In which I distill a lot of casual pub chats I've had with friends into a layperson's guide to the #OnlineSafetyAct. What it is, the problems it causes, and why you should definitely care.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
In which I distill a lot of casual pub chats I've had with friends into a layperson's guide to the #OnlineSafetyAct. What it is, the problems it causes, and why you should definitely care.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-ver...
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The number of English youth centres run by local authorities almost halved between 2012 and 2023.
Youth centres are vital for young people's life chances, especially in the poorest areas. Reversing this damaging legacy of 2010s austerity can't come soon enough!
Youth centres are vital for young people's life chances, especially in the poorest areas. Reversing this damaging legacy of 2010s austerity can't come soon enough!
Funding for English youth clubs aims to keep children off smartphones | The Guardian
Funding for English youth clubs aims to keep children off smartphones
Keir Starmer says £88m package will help tackle trend of young people becoming ‘disconnected from their communities’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The number of English youth centres run by local authorities almost halved between 2012 and 2023.
Youth centres are vital for young people's life chances, especially in the poorest areas. Reversing this damaging legacy of 2010s austerity can't come soon enough!
Youth centres are vital for young people's life chances, especially in the poorest areas. Reversing this damaging legacy of 2010s austerity can't come soon enough!
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If you're wondering about the evidence base for the Online Safety Act in relationship to porn and young people, here you go. bishtraining.com/does-porn-ha...
Does Porn Harm Young People?
Most young people watch porn? Porn harms young people? They’re having non-consensual, unsafe sex as a result? No. The evidence points to a more inconclusive and also complicated picture. Does Porn Hav...
bishtraining.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
If you're wondering about the evidence base for the Online Safety Act in relationship to porn and young people, here you go. bishtraining.com/does-porn-ha...
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I visited Hiroshima in 2008, and I cried the whole time I was there.
It’s the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing today www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/english/1037...
It’s the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing today www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/english/1037...
Initiatives commemorating 80 years since the atomic bombing｜広島市公式ウェブサイト
Information on the City of Hiroshima initiatives to commemorate 80 years since the atomic bombing.
www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp
August 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I visited Hiroshima in 2008, and I cried the whole time I was there.
It’s the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing today www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/english/1037...
It’s the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing today www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/english/1037...
Watching the "Do You Have ADHD" and disappointed they're only profiling white people with no other visible disabilities.
August 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Watching the "Do You Have ADHD" and disappointed they're only profiling white people with no other visible disabilities.
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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costs £6* to join the party for a year and vote against this Tory-lite transphobe. Do it before August 1st and you're eligible to vote.
*just select concessions rate on the sign up form.
*just select concessions rate on the sign up form.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE | Green leader candidate Ellie Chowns PRAISED Supreme Court ruling that gutted trans rights.
Chowns welcomed the ruling, saying its critics "do not speak for all trans people". She called for "open conversation" about "contested issue" of trans rights.
See follow up post for video link
Chowns welcomed the ruling, saying its critics "do not speak for all trans people". She called for "open conversation" about "contested issue" of trans rights.
See follow up post for video link
July 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
costs £6* to join the party for a year and vote against this Tory-lite transphobe. Do it before August 1st and you're eligible to vote.
*just select concessions rate on the sign up form.
*just select concessions rate on the sign up form.
Brian O Halloran aka Dante from Clerks got kicked out of my hotel room.
I once tried to sell a cardboard tram to Terry Nutkins from the Really Wild Show.
July 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Brian O Halloran aka Dante from Clerks got kicked out of my hotel room.
So @lgbtfdn.bsky.social have doubled down on prioritising canapés and knighthoods over solidarity and integrity. What actual LGBTQ+ orgs do people recommend? Akt? @genderedintelligence.co.uk Mermaids? Kite Trust?
July 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So @lgbtfdn.bsky.social have doubled down on prioritising canapés and knighthoods over solidarity and integrity. What actual LGBTQ+ orgs do people recommend? Akt? @genderedintelligence.co.uk Mermaids? Kite Trust?
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Apparently a dichotomy isn’t the process of lesbians breaking up
July 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Apparently a dichotomy isn’t the process of lesbians breaking up