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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
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Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
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One of the founding acts of Rome was to create a space in the most visible and sacred part of the city where refugees from neighboring states could seek asylum, gain citizenship, and receive property, no questions asked; everyone welcomed and benefited from it. Dionysius of Halicarnassus 2.15.3-4:
January 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
One of the founding acts of Rome was to create a space in the most visible and sacred part of the city where refugees from neighboring states could seek asylum, gain citizenship, and receive property, no questions asked; everyone welcomed and benefited from it. Dionysius of Halicarnassus 2.15.3-4:
This is one of my favorite poems. I have a funny story of moving to a new town & reading it in a book store then going back home & the book randomly sitting in an old coffee shop I used to work at. I visited on poetry night too, so I was obligated to read it. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57630/...
In Defense of Small Towns
And the smells of fall were boiled-down beets and potatoes or the farmhands’ breeches smeared with oil and diesel as they rode into town, dusty and pissed. The town left no room for novelty or change....
www.poetryfoundation.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is one of my favorite poems. I have a funny story of moving to a new town & reading it in a book store then going back home & the book randomly sitting in an old coffee shop I used to work at. I visited on poetry night too, so I was obligated to read it. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57630/...
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Transgender Law Center and @reprolegalfund.bsky.social’s Trans Health Legal Fund offers financial support for trans people facing investigation, arrest, or prosecution for seeking gender-affirming care. Share with your community, and apply here: reprolegaldefensefund.org/trans-health...
Trans Health Legal Fund - Repro Legal Defense Fund
Our judicial system has tried to convince us that we don’t have ownership over our bodies. We know better. In partnership with the Transgender Law Center, we are launching the Trans Health Legal Fund....
reprolegaldefensefund.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Transgender Law Center and @reprolegalfund.bsky.social’s Trans Health Legal Fund offers financial support for trans people facing investigation, arrest, or prosecution for seeking gender-affirming care. Share with your community, and apply here: reprolegaldefensefund.org/trans-health...
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Trans people do not need another reminder that we're valid. We need not to be quietly purged (even from lefty orgs) under one thin excuse or another. We need cis people to fight their bigoted relatives. We need to not be met with screaming, smears and blacklisting when we demonstrate a backbone...
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trans people do not need another reminder that we're valid. We need not to be quietly purged (even from lefty orgs) under one thin excuse or another. We need cis people to fight their bigoted relatives. We need to not be met with screaming, smears and blacklisting when we demonstrate a backbone...
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If the situation was hopeless, their propaganda would be unnecessary.
January 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If the situation was hopeless, their propaganda would be unnecessary.
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Today I honor Martin Luther King’s eloquence, wisdom and bravery. I see you Dr. King — your fire will never diminish. Your light will never ever be put out.
January 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today I honor Martin Luther King’s eloquence, wisdom and bravery. I see you Dr. King — your fire will never diminish. Your light will never ever be put out.
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Mothers, teach your daughters about Judith beheading Holofernes.
#themoreyouknow
#themoreyouknow
November 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Mothers, teach your daughters about Judith beheading Holofernes.
#themoreyouknow
#themoreyouknow