For your consideration, Hugo Awards folks: my JUDGEMENT OF MAGNETO essay, a piece digging into the ambiguities and anxieties of American Judaism -- and the fraught question of what "never again" actually means -- through the lens of Marvel's most magnetic mutant

Happy Birthday to Wendy Carlos, a Hollywood pioneer who came out as trans in 1972 and wrote the music for The Shining, A Clockwork Orange and Tron

I did not have Henry Kissinger outliving Friends cast members on my bingo card honestly

movies shouldn't be rated R, NR-17, PG or PG13 anymore. these are useless these days. movies should only be rated 'WOKE' or 'ANTI-WOKE'

officially spooky season at the gym

I was informed this morning that my weekly Xtra column is getting cut back from weekly to bi-weekly. This is a dramatic cut in my income and I can no longer cover my regular bills. If you like my work, support me on Patreon. I need the help now more than ever. Patreon.com/katelynburns

I remember the guys who called me a "fag," roughed me up, and spit on me many mornings a week as I walked to high school. Now apparently they have "media outlets."

“The initial data leak was… 1 million lines of data for Ashkenazi people.”

“The information… includes full names, usernames, profile photos, sex, date of birth, genetic ancestry results, and geographical location.”

Well, that’s surely not going to be a fucking problem. (sarcastically)

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Cis allies: your trans friends need you to step up. Yes, even in the UK.

The transphobic rhetoric coming out the Conservative conference will probably never make it into law, but the damage it does is huge.

Please. Push back against friends with "reasonable concerns". Make transphobia unacceptable

Indeed. I have a niche view of trans healthcare:

I have litigated medical malpractice for 15+ years. Pharmaceutical & medical device injuries for 10+.

If someone shows zero interest in patient safety apart from objecting to trans healthcare, they are arguing in bad faith and deserve my contempt.

A deep, guttural and violent FUCK LANDLORDS!!

Wish I was shocked by Russell Brand. 00’s Brit pop culture was this. Just look at what he was doing when the cameras were rolling and how everyone laughed.

i don’t know how to explain this but this shirt is bluesky coded

You’re fighting another sweaty man stripped to the waist for money and your first thought is to attack the gays™️?

Sun Tzu in the making right here.

Standing in the rain this morning after this heatwave is so good.

England is upside down.