Kit Stubbs, Ph.D. (they/them)
@kitstubbsphd.bsky.social
Boston-area non-binary/transgender/queer nerd
Past co-chair, WisCon (wiscon.net), the world's first feminist SFF con
Founder, The Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity (effing.org)
Avatar by @reelrollsweat on tumblr, https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2069970
Past co-chair, WisCon (wiscon.net), the world's first feminist SFF con
Founder, The Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity (effing.org)
Avatar by @reelrollsweat on tumblr, https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2069970
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Not everyone is born trans; for some people, being trans is an expressive, deeply personal choice. Being trans is like being Jewish. Whether or not you're born that way or choose to become that way, it's a basic sacred freedom and human right.
Having regrets about being born trans is about as useful as having regrets about being born with red hair. You can dye your hair black, but you will always still be a redhead. And you can “detrans,” but you will always still be trans. We are born this way.
Yes! Thank you for this! I was a girl, and then a young woman, and then after a while, "woman" just didn't feel right. And "man" didn't feel right either. And I refused to cram myself into either box. So, ten years ago I came out as trans & non-binary. (Yep, I'm one of the dreaded "they/thems".) 1/6
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
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Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
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June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
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There’s a very surreal conversation I keep having on here where people seem unable to hold two ideas at the same time, and I’m not sure why. It’s simply true that the Big AI platforms like ChatGPT are:
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There’s a very surreal conversation I keep having on here where people seem unable to hold two ideas at the same time, and I’m not sure why. It’s simply true that the Big AI platforms like ChatGPT are:
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
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Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
Two Hundred Years to Flatten the Curve
How generations of meddlesome public health campaigns changed everyday life — and made life twice as long as it used to be
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
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#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
I was just asked for my phone (to swipe the outside for whatever) for the 1st time during a “random” TSA extra screening for a domestic flight - i told them i didn’t consent to a search of the phone, made sure there were no notifications visible & it was locked and didn’t let it out of my sight…
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
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billboard seen in London.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
billboard seen in London.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Every accusation was always a confession.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Every accusation was always a confession.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
They’re actually conducting a war on Christmas.
This is amazing and awesome and also explains a surprising amount of my childhood 😆
Tonight I learned that the voice behind the Robin Hood Fox was ONE OF US
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is amazing and awesome and also explains a surprising amount of my childhood 😆
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Tonight I learned that the voice behind the Robin Hood Fox was ONE OF US
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Tonight I learned that the voice behind the Robin Hood Fox was ONE OF US
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I forget the exact phrasing from the post that originally said this, but whoever said "If you're allyship falls apart when you find out a trans girl likes diapers, you aren't actually a good ally" was fully on the money
Remember two years ago when Patreon did a blanket ban of all ageplay related content and those creators raised the alarm then only to get soundly ignored because of people’s personal “ick” around the kink?
The truth is, way too many journalists & content creators sat there and said nothing when SESTA-FOSTA passed, when OSA passed, when OF nearly lost porn due to paypros, even during this summer’s Collective Shout situation. A slow apocalypse for the free and open internet has been unfolding for years
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I forget the exact phrasing from the post that originally said this, but whoever said "If you're allyship falls apart when you find out a trans girl likes diapers, you aren't actually a good ally" was fully on the money
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100% what happened. The history of anti-trans politics is trying to design a legitimizing study around a conclusion, massaging the data when that doesn't work, and then just giving up and raw-dogging what they were going to do anyway.
Kind of feels like the IOC expected for the study to say "yeah trans women are like the hulk somehow" and when it completely undercut the reasoning behind banning us. They have simply elected to ignore their own work.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
100% what happened. The history of anti-trans politics is trying to design a legitimizing study around a conclusion, massaging the data when that doesn't work, and then just giving up and raw-dogging what they were going to do anyway.
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I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
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The entire backlash against trans women existing in society was based on the notion that boys would be boys, even if they went through extraordinary pains to NOT be boys in literally every way possible.
It was an inherently anti-feminist take.
It was an inherently anti-feminist take.
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The entire backlash against trans women existing in society was based on the notion that boys would be boys, even if they went through extraordinary pains to NOT be boys in literally every way possible.
It was an inherently anti-feminist take.
It was an inherently anti-feminist take.
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i'm going back in time and making fun of print-makers for using f instead of s. they're so mad they burn an effigy of me. i retaliate by inventing the jerk off motion two centuries before people are ready for it, forever altering the timeline
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
i'm going back in time and making fun of print-makers for using f instead of s. they're so mad they burn an effigy of me. i retaliate by inventing the jerk off motion two centuries before people are ready for it, forever altering the timeline
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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The "she does not own a car..." part is so telling. They just can't conceive of a politician who isn't already rich. She's not poor, just not one of the wealthy class of people who are allowed to be 'serious' political candidates.
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The "she does not own a car..." part is so telling. They just can't conceive of a politician who isn't already rich. She's not poor, just not one of the wealthy class of people who are allowed to be 'serious' political candidates.
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we've been able to participate in the olympics for 20 fucking years and none of us have even won a medal. only two have ever even made it to the big show.
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
we've been able to participate in the olympics for 20 fucking years and none of us have even won a medal. only two have ever even made it to the big show.
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You can see it too because people who post regularly who you used to see are just fully gone from your feed now and if you manually search from them it’s clear they’re still just as active as they ever were and people who used to give at least a courtesy like for replies now aren’t seeing/reacting
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
You can see it too because people who post regularly who you used to see are just fully gone from your feed now and if you manually search from them it’s clear they’re still just as active as they ever were and people who used to give at least a courtesy like for replies now aren’t seeing/reacting
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This black-crowned night heron knows what you did
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This black-crowned night heron knows what you did
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buckaroos know this classic way
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
buckaroos know this classic way