The backlash against MeToo was always rich white men who wanted to avoid accountability and ensure their place in the social hierarchy.

www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...

For my newsletter, I wrote about Dr. Ting's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the trans talk in the Epstein files, and how hard it is for trans people to talk about abuse.

(Dr. Ting is not implicated in any malfeasance or criminal activity) www.burnsnotice.com/we-have-to-t...

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ON BECOMING AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE MONSTER
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A essay / manifesto / novella, told via the films of Andrzej Źuławski.

A tale about God, disease, and art.

About madness.

About being treated like a monster for so long, that eventually, you become one.

horse-jeans.ghost.io/on-becoming-...

Here's a little demo of the loop!

(it's a blank video cuz Bluesky doesn't let you upload audio)

Chords are:
Dmaj7
B over F (the Petrushka chord)
Cmaj7
Abmaj9

It's all played by me except the drums, which are programmed by me and sent through Superior Drummer.

Can you use the Petrushka chord in a four chord pop/rock loop???

Dmaj7
B over F
Cmaj7
Abmaj9

AND I wrote a cool guitar part for it! AND it basically ended up sounding like Foo Fighters? I am ambivalent about that last part (and ambivalent about Foo Fighters). It's Learn To Fly's awkward cousin?

The rampant sexual violence, the rape apologia in response to MeToo, and the fostering of misogynistic hatred under the guise of "populism" are all part and parcel with the Epstein Class's fear of democracy. It's an abhorrence for the very notion of consent, be it of the raped or the governed

...& for those who prefer the written word, here is the text of my "Prejudice and the Unmarked/Marked Mindset" video in essay form. please give it "likes" & share widely!
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/prejudice-an...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/prejudice-...

🧵NEW VIDEO ESSAY: much of the focus of my post-Whipping Girl work (especially my books Sexed Up & Excluded) has been on understanding prejudice more generally & the role that "markedness" plays in how we (mis)perceive & (mis)interpret others. this video summarizes all that work! youtu.be/xiU-G0mTYVY

I interviewed @laurajedeed.bsky.social for @longlead.com's Depth Perception newsletter about her recent piece for Slate about applying for a job with ICE. Check it out: depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/journalist...

New chord progression:

Amaj7 E6 Cmaj7 F#maj7

Bb7#9/D E6 Cmaj7 F#maj7

I love this kind of modified four chord loop. Like, it functions like a classic four chord loop but with a little twist sometimes.

Shuli offers us a fabulous prose poem!

She said: "there’s too much to say, and i can’t say it now. but let this stand for something."

www.cawshinythings.com/the-christma...

Today's newsletter: The administration's narrative about Renee Good was collapsing. The video was everywhere. They needed something to change the conversation. A week later, CBS gave them "internal bleeding." www.readtpa.com/p/what-the-t...

For @wired.com, I wrote about how misogyny and homophobia have been used by the right to wage a campaign to destroy Renee Good www.wired.com/story/the-ca...

Coming Soon!

I'm in the middle of REMASTERING and RE-RECORDING my 2023 album VANITAS. The original version is still up on Bandcamp but this is going to be the definitive version!

Three albums I listened to a fuckshitton last year:
"UNKILLABLE ANGEL" - Ada Rook
"my teeth will free you" - sixwing
"the pink sunset over you" - angel apricot

cuz last year I pretty much only listened to music by trans people.

I screamed along to BURY YOURSELF a lot during March and April....

So, when are we going to talk about the fact that all of the anti-trans supposed "women's rights" activists do the vast majority of their political organising on the CSAM and nudification app?

Hello Bluesky!! I want a nonprofessional social media profile where I can post about music (and probably trans stuff). But mostly music.

Last year I learned how to use limiters, continued detoxing from prog metal, wrote some awesome chord progressions and lyrics, and want to start sharing stuff!!

Here's my Rahm Emanuel takedown piece from last year. I'll be posting this in response to DC media trying to push Emanuel for President www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...