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@knowinggrapefruit.bsky.social
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Don't mind me, I'm just here for a lurk and a good old moan about the state of the world.

She/her cis het just doin' her best
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Beth @knowinggrapefruit.bsky.social · May 11
I've always been tall, large, deep-voiced and broad-shouldered. When I was in school, I was bullied mercilessly for 'looking like a man.'

It was typical late-oughts misogynistic body-shaming, and no matter how hard I tried to fit within the narrow window of femininity expected, I couldn't.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I don't skeet much, but it's clear so telling about this situation when police are dragging off your favourite English teacher rocking an M&S sweatshirt and a disapproving look.
Arrests made at rally against Palestine Action ban in London
Hundreds of people have gathered in Parliament Square to oppose the group's ban under anti-terrorism legislation.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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theserfstv.bsky.social
Hans Zimmer speaks out against the genocide of Palestinians
Hans: Palestine is the story. Not Glastonbury. Mass starvation is the story. Not Glastonbury. IOF members admitting to intentionally shooting civilians that pose no risk seeking aid is the story. Not Glastonbury. Addictive opiods in bags of flour to a starved population is the story. Not Glastonbury. Genocide is the story. Not Glastonbury. Palestine is the story. Not Glastonbury.
July 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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transactualuk.bsky.social
If you have been stopped, challenged or harassed when using a single-sex space (such as toilets or changing rooms) since the UK's Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act. We need to hear from you. Let us know at: tinyurl.com/ReportALoo25
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQ #TransAlly
Accessibility: Has it happened to you? Have you been questioned, stopped or challenged using a single-sex space since the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act? Let us know: tinyurl.com/ReportALoo25 Illustration of a toilet
July 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
Seen this going around but I’m
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
A Twitter reply from Boy George to JKR. JKR said something predictably terfy. Boy George’s reply: This is your obsession and it's pretty relentless and for no reason. You don't get to decided who or what anyone is except when you write. In the real world people can and always will be what they want to be. You can't stop it but you can continue to make young kids lives more difficult. You are cruel JK, you have started to look cruel in pictures. All this obsession is wearing on your expression. The pictures of you mocking 'trans' people like Winston Churchill after the Supreme Court ruling. Your endless comments about how rich you are. It's depressing and tacky and proves you are desperate to mean something but sadly you are just being mean. As my hilarious friend David Hoyle always says. 'Ladies & gentlemen and those of you still deciding. There are two type of people, nice people and c***s. I do not expect any positive response and you will continue to be supported by women who see you as some kind of gender hero. Women are not better than men and men are not better than women. As a man, a biological one, rah, rah, I have no issue with a girl becoming a boy or the other way around. As a gay man who has worn make-up since 14 l had lived my entire life feeling awkward and afraid using male public toilets. It's not easy being different and you are only making it harder. Why don't you buy a nice Scottish island or a farm and start a JK commune for traumatised Terfs. Or listen to your fellow Scott Sydney Banks and he will hopefully help you understand that this is all in your head.
June 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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zoewithasword.bsky.social
I just know the part where he calls her tacky for constantly bragging about how wealthy she is is going to activate Kill Bill Sirens in her head for a solid month
June 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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carlnyberg312.bsky.social
The injustices of the current regime will fall.
Picture of book cover Orange, dark colored bomb falling on a child Sticker "Signed First Edition " ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS Omar El Akkad Author of American War
June 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
The same people criticizing the protestors who protect their neighbors from violent abduction will ask “Why isn’t anyone doing anything?” This is doing something. And resistance isn’t palatable or polite. When you are resisting violence, there aren’t always nonviolent solutions
June 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Giiiirrrrllls pleeease yeeeessss
June 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I am loving Trump and Musk's very public breakup. It's handbags at dawn and the girls are going OFF.
June 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Top teir content.
foxylustygrover.bsky.social Fucking Bitch Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · Jun 2
I broke the Woolworths site by trying to purchase too much cheese
June 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Lying awake at 4am on the morning of my grandmother's funeral thinking about how much I fucking hate Wild deodorant.
June 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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abeewords.bsky.social
I didn’t know about this petition! Girlies, get it signed to show your support for our trans pals chng.it/YWWrwqY645
Sign the Petition
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
chng.it
May 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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alexarrelia.bsky.social
He’s right and he should say it
Threads screencap from Instagram: @davidattenborough: “There are more empty homes than homeless people. There is enough food to feed everyone. There is enough money to fund healthcare and education. Scarcity isn't real. It's manufactured to keep profits high.”
May 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I've always been tall, large, deep-voiced and broad-shouldered. When I was in school, I was bullied mercilessly for 'looking like a man.'

It was typical late-oughts misogynistic body-shaming, and no matter how hard I tried to fit within the narrow window of femininity expected, I couldn't.
May 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Wakefield of our time you say? 🤔

Someone fetch @briandeer.com!
May 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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chris-noone.bsky.social
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
Things are getting much scarier much faster than I think people realize
May 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So sad to hear about Ian Danskin, aka Innuendo Studios having to put his videos on indefinite hiatus. His video 'The South Bank of the Rubicon' is a poignant must-watch for any progressive, as is his series 'The Alt Right Playbook'.

youtu.be/0YFdwfNh5vs?...
The Alt-Right Playbook: The South Bank of the Rubicon
YouTube video by Innuendo Studios
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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mxscottkernest.bsky.social
Transgender people’s lives at risk of being made ‘unliveable’, says Nicola Sturgeon
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Transgender people’s lives at risk of being made ‘unliveable’, says Nicola Sturgeon
Former Scottish first minister expresses concern about interim advice from EHRC
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social
Here, I made a bingo sheet for the slop.
Anti-trans concern slop bingo. Five by five grid, from left to right, top to bottom: Author has undisclosed ties to far right groups. Every time I meet a new person I fear not knowing what genitals they have. I am suddenly very concerned on behalf of people with DSDs. Nobody dares to say anything. I am being silenced. All trans people are evil men. Hormones don't do anything important. This infographic I found is the foundation of Queer Theory. It is impossible to change your sex. Metaphysics is a word I definitely know the meaning of. Transition care will permanently damage your sex characteristics. Conversion therapy is fine for trans people. For the duration of this paragraph I will pretend to tolerate gay people. There are only two genders (free space). Children deserve traditional families. It is my solemn duty as a heterosexual conservative to protect lesbians. What if a man in a dress exists somewhere. Transition is really just reifying gender roles somehow. Gender isn't real, only sex is real. As a feminist: Women are defined by having babies. If girl climb tree then drag queen steal uterus now. John Money invented gender. Actually gender identity can be influenced by social pressure. Intersex? Why are you making up so many new genders. In all caps: "Porn Scary." Think of the confused young girls. Several of the possible bingo lines contain contradictory statements. This is a feature rather than a bug.
May 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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gamepsychologe.bsky.social
The real reason for the focus on biology in this debate is that it helps with discrimination.

We wear glasses and all kinds of prosthetics, drive around in cars and cut away cancer out of our bodies. We are totally fine with ignoring „biology“ and „nature“ in other areas of our lives.
May 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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shaunvids.bsky.social
sorry but if you're in a movie adaptation of a book as a child you are duty-bound to support all of the author's political opinions forever
2damntrans.bsky.social sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · May 5
So apparently Rowling is attacking the cast of the Harry Potter films again and calling them “back-stabbing colleagues.” To call her egomaniacal is putting it mildly.
May 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
No one tell the manosphere influencers about "sperm vitality"
academic.oup.com/hropen/artic...
May 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM