K Allison
@kallison.bsky.social
Film nerd, non-binary scholar, professor, cultural critic, wordsmith, artist. New book MASCULINITY IN TRANSITION, tracks the history of white toxic masculinity in the US. Looking for unruly alliances: educators, activists, creators, journalists.
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K Allison
@kallison.bsky.social
· Feb 9
The time is now.
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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this is going to sound crass but my main opinion on the recent vile, bigoted, deliberately anti-medical supreme court decision on trans care is that in the immediate term blue states have to rapidly build more housing and help people get here
June 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
this is going to sound crass but my main opinion on the recent vile, bigoted, deliberately anti-medical supreme court decision on trans care is that in the immediate term blue states have to rapidly build more housing and help people get here
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Bodily autonomy is a human right.
Transness isn't a disease that needs to be cured. We're a normal part of the spectrum that is the human condition. And we deserve to have the final say over our own bodies - not just because of the harm if we don't, but because they belong to us and not the state.
Transness isn't a disease that needs to be cured. We're a normal part of the spectrum that is the human condition. And we deserve to have the final say over our own bodies - not just because of the harm if we don't, but because they belong to us and not the state.
June 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Bodily autonomy is a human right.
Transness isn't a disease that needs to be cured. We're a normal part of the spectrum that is the human condition. And we deserve to have the final say over our own bodies - not just because of the harm if we don't, but because they belong to us and not the state.
Transness isn't a disease that needs to be cured. We're a normal part of the spectrum that is the human condition. And we deserve to have the final say over our own bodies - not just because of the harm if we don't, but because they belong to us and not the state.
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1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning.
- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
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- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Largest Trans Survey Ever: Top Reason Trans People Stop Transitioning Is Transphobia
“In almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to ‘detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community.”
www.erininthemorning.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning.
- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
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- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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This is a pinnable post for the Book Bans & Libraries feed. See this Info Page to see if you can post to feed. If not (check first, thx), reply w/ "I agree with the terms" & I'll add you to the list.
Feed looks for hashtags like #BannedBooks & #Freadom
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Feed looks for hashtags like #BannedBooks & #Freadom
bsky.app/profile/debb... #BookSky
January 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is a pinnable post for the Book Bans & Libraries feed. See this Info Page to see if you can post to feed. If not (check first, thx), reply w/ "I agree with the terms" & I'll add you to the list.
Feed looks for hashtags like #BannedBooks & #Freadom
bsky.app/profile/debb... #BookSky
Feed looks for hashtags like #BannedBooks & #Freadom
bsky.app/profile/debb... #BookSky
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the mainstream media has been steadily buying into the idea that science and academia are somehow "captured" by left and liberal ideologues, rather than the more obvious explanation that measured analysis leads people away from reactionary thought
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Yesss
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Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine, has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration for nearly eight weeks. She fears arrest if she is deported.
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine, has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration for nearly eight weeks. She fears arrest if she is deported.
There is no limit to their cruelty.
April 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There is no limit to their cruelty.
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hiring a University Archives and Special Collections librarian. This is a great chance to work at a student-centered academic library and with a collection that has some incredible hidden gems.
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www.siue.edu/employment/l...
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www.siue.edu/employment/l...
www.siue.edu
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hiring a University Archives and Special Collections librarian. This is a great chance to work at a student-centered academic library and with a collection that has some incredible hidden gems.
🗃️
www.siue.edu/employment/l...
🗃️
www.siue.edu/employment/l...
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"If people like Mahmoud and me cannot express dissent on campus about matters of life and death without fear of reprisal, then university campuses are less than useless; they are the front lines of fascism."
My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...
March 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"If people like Mahmoud and me cannot express dissent on campus about matters of life and death without fear of reprisal, then university campuses are less than useless; they are the front lines of fascism."
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After relentless attacks from the Trump administration on the transgender community, trans Americans and allies from across the country will convene in Washington DC to show we’re not going anywhere.
Join us at transdayofvisibility.com.
Join us at transdayofvisibility.com.
March 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
After relentless attacks from the Trump administration on the transgender community, trans Americans and allies from across the country will convene in Washington DC to show we’re not going anywhere.
Join us at transdayofvisibility.com.
Join us at transdayofvisibility.com.
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Moving a detainee around to evade judicial review is classic authoritarian behavior.
The government claims Mahmoud Khalil was already in NJ on his way to Louisiana by the time his habeas petition was filed—an argument that the NY federal court lacks jurisdiction.
But Khalil's lawyer checked the ICE locator when she filed and even 4 hrs after, and he was listed as still being in NY.
But Khalil's lawyer checked the ICE locator when she filed and even 4 hrs after, and he was listed as still being in NY.
March 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Moving a detainee around to evade judicial review is classic authoritarian behavior.
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Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
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Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
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Whenever anti-trans panic gets whipped up, more of these stories happen.
Walmart called the police on a cis-woman using the women's bathroom.
Even after proving she's a woman, "one deputy continued to question her appearance, insisting she 'looked like a man.'"
😡 😡 😡
Even after proving she's a woman, "one deputy continued to question her appearance, insisting she 'looked like a man.'"
😡 😡 😡
Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out (exclusive)
“The only men in the women’s restroom were the cops,” Kalaya Morton said.
www.advocate.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Whenever anti-trans panic gets whipped up, more of these stories happen.
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"When Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality framework is banned, when Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 1619 Project is deemed dangerous, when Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and other literary masterpieces are labeled “inappropriate,” the message is clear: our full humanity threatens the established order."
First Person: 'They ban books by Black authors. Then they tell us to celebrate Black History Month.' - Open Campus
As state legislatures and boards of regents debate whose histories deserve telling, those of us behind bars have long faced explicit bans on texts that challenge dominant narratives or examine racial ...
www.opencampus.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"When Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality framework is banned, when Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 1619 Project is deemed dangerous, when Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and other literary masterpieces are labeled “inappropriate,” the message is clear: our full humanity threatens the established order."
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Elon Musk runs DOGE but also doesn't run DOGE. Schrödinger's bureaucrat
March 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Elon Musk runs DOGE but also doesn't run DOGE. Schrödinger's bureaucrat
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Amazing starred review for Abortion Stories from @libraryjournal.bsky.social! They write: "It’s hard to imagine a public library that shouldn’t have a copy." I couldn't imagine a better endorsement! Read their blurb here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/abort...
Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe v. Wade
www.libraryjournal.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Amazing starred review for Abortion Stories from @libraryjournal.bsky.social! They write: "It’s hard to imagine a public library that shouldn’t have a copy." I couldn't imagine a better endorsement! Read their blurb here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/abort...
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It's not subtle. It's not dog whistles. It's pure blood and soil ethnonationalism will multiple calls for wars of expansion and extermination of undesirables.
March 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It's not subtle. It's not dog whistles. It's pure blood and soil ethnonationalism will multiple calls for wars of expansion and extermination of undesirables.
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Donald Trump wants all trans people dead.
Trump just called for criminalizing transness and called transness "a big lie."
This is really bad.
This is really bad.
March 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Donald Trump wants all trans people dead.
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Trump: "A few years ago, January Littlejohn discovered their school had secretly transitioned their little girl"
January Littlejohn is responsible for most "Don't Say Gay" laws around the country and book bans.
January Littlejohn is responsible for most "Don't Say Gay" laws around the country and book bans.
March 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Trump: "A few years ago, January Littlejohn discovered their school had secretly transitioned their little girl"
January Littlejohn is responsible for most "Don't Say Gay" laws around the country and book bans.
January Littlejohn is responsible for most "Don't Say Gay" laws around the country and book bans.
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Trump just called for criminalizing transness and called transness "a big lie."
This is really bad.
This is really bad.
March 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump just called for criminalizing transness and called transness "a big lie."
This is really bad.
This is really bad.
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It's really a shame we never got to see the radical socialist open borders trans friendly US that Trump keeps saying Biden was creating. It really sounds lovely.
March 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It's really a shame we never got to see the radical socialist open borders trans friendly US that Trump keeps saying Biden was creating. It really sounds lovely.
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"Our country will be woke no longer" says Donald Trump about literally the United States of America, a country that has never been woke ever
March 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"Our country will be woke no longer" says Donald Trump about literally the United States of America, a country that has never been woke ever