Maggie
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If you've got some coin, toss some in the plate of trans journalists telling trans stories from trans perspectives, because fuck jf the cis corporate media are going to do it.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If you've got some coin, toss some in the plate of trans journalists telling trans stories from trans perspectives, because fuck jf the cis corporate media are going to do it.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Ezra Klein is doing tepid centrism the right way.
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ezra Klein is doing tepid centrism the right way.
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The entire centrist establishment writing fan fiction about how Kirk's life was dedicated to building bridges while assiduously ignoring the movement-wide conservative effort to incite a pogrom against trans people.
September 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The entire centrist establishment writing fan fiction about how Kirk's life was dedicated to building bridges while assiduously ignoring the movement-wide conservative effort to incite a pogrom against trans people.
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Here it is. Please share it widely. I didn't do this because I wanted to be safe, but because I am determined not to lose my freedoms without a fight.
I'm doing this for you, America. Long live the bill of rights and fuck Charlie Kirk.
I'm doing this for you, America. Long live the bill of rights and fuck Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Kirk was a bad person and his death is cause for celebration, writes journalist Evan Urquhart.
Read our very special free speech edition of Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our very special free speech edition of Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Charlie Kirk is Dead. Here’s Why I’m Celebrating! — Assigned
It’s a wonderful thing to outlive a someone who spent his life working for your elimination. That's why I'm celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Here it is. Please share it widely. I didn't do this because I wanted to be safe, but because I am determined not to lose my freedoms without a fight.
I'm doing this for you, America. Long live the bill of rights and fuck Charlie Kirk.
I'm doing this for you, America. Long live the bill of rights and fuck Charlie Kirk.
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if youd like to get a bit more background on how young men get radicalized online but don't want to dive into hell facefirst alone i have a book about it
(it's five years old, but speaks to methods & human motivations that are still current, i think)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
(it's five years old, but speaks to methods & human motivations that are still current, i think)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
Culture Warlords
One reporter takes an immersive dive into white supremacy's explosive online presence, exploring the undercurrents of propaganda, racism, misogyny, and ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
if youd like to get a bit more background on how young men get radicalized online but don't want to dive into hell facefirst alone i have a book about it
(it's five years old, but speaks to methods & human motivations that are still current, i think)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
(it's five years old, but speaks to methods & human motivations that are still current, i think)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
"It is sometimes considered gauche, in the world of American political commentary, to give words the weight of their meaning..."
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"It is sometimes considered gauche, in the world of American political commentary, to give words the weight of their meaning..."
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History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
February 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
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If you have the resources, today is a great day to subscribe to a trans artist’s patreon or to trans journalism like @assignedmedia.org. $5 a month is great.
You can also give to local mutual aid or orgs like Fenway Health that specialize in gender-affirming care:
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You can also give to local mutual aid or orgs like Fenway Health that specialize in gender-affirming care:
fenwayhealth.org/help/ways-to...
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have the resources, today is a great day to subscribe to a trans artist’s patreon or to trans journalism like @assignedmedia.org. $5 a month is great.
You can also give to local mutual aid or orgs like Fenway Health that specialize in gender-affirming care:
fenwayhealth.org/help/ways-to...
You can also give to local mutual aid or orgs like Fenway Health that specialize in gender-affirming care:
fenwayhealth.org/help/ways-to...
I've been listening to @swordsjew.bsky.social's book "Wild Faith" and I can't stop thinking about the comparison she draws between the Greek myth of Procrustes and the way that the Christian right views anyone that steps outside the bounds of the roles they feel the Bible prescribes.
January 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I've been listening to @swordsjew.bsky.social's book "Wild Faith" and I can't stop thinking about the comparison she draws between the Greek myth of Procrustes and the way that the Christian right views anyone that steps outside the bounds of the roles they feel the Bible prescribes.
If you want to support trans journalism and articles like this great peice. Support @evanurquhart.bsky.social over at @assignedmedia.org .
My new story, going behind the scenes at the NYT is finally live!
Huge thanks to @billiejsweeney.bsky.social as well as @kellymcb.bsky.social, @petrinkae.bsky.social, and @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social for chatting with me on this.
Huge thanks to @billiejsweeney.bsky.social as well as @kellymcb.bsky.social, @petrinkae.bsky.social, and @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social for chatting with me on this.
Bias at NYT: Trans Former Employee Speaks Out — Assigned
Billie Sweeney is a trans journalist who was an editor for the New York Times until last year. Here, she recalls her losing battle for the soul of the paper of record.
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January 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This is a great article.
If I kept this in drafts until next week, I would just keep adding things until it grew to the size of the earth, so here it is: "Social constructs" and cis feminism's enduring failure to adequately reckon with transmasculinity: jude-doyle.ghost.io/terfs-trans-...
TERFs, Trans Mascs, and Two Steve Feminism
In which A Man has an Opinion about Feminism, with Mixed Results.
jude-doyle.ghost.io
January 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is a great article.
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This podcast received the Melbourne ABC podcast of the year. I spend a whole hour defending my views on trans athletes with random callers.
This podcast includes several researchers in this field including myself and Dr Cheung and Dr Ryan Storr.
www.abc.net.au/radio/melbou...
This podcast includes several researchers in this field including myself and Dr Cheung and Dr Ryan Storr.
www.abc.net.au/radio/melbou...
Trans athletes playing in single-sex sport teams - ABC listen
A common concern is that transgender women might have an advantage in single-sex teams due to their physical strength and size, but is there research to support this?
www.abc.net.au
December 31, 2024 at 12:51 AM
This podcast received the Melbourne ABC podcast of the year. I spend a whole hour defending my views on trans athletes with random callers.
This podcast includes several researchers in this field including myself and Dr Cheung and Dr Ryan Storr.
www.abc.net.au/radio/melbou...
This podcast includes several researchers in this field including myself and Dr Cheung and Dr Ryan Storr.
www.abc.net.au/radio/melbou...
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BAPTIST NEWS [Dec 26] -- Publisher Mark Wingfield: "Taking away their rights & health care, shaming & scapegoating them—this is a death sentence. If you gave a damn you would speak up...If Jesus were among us today, he would be eating dinner with some trans folks..."
[@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
What will it take for you to care about transgender people?
Of all the people justifiably living in fear of the incoming Trump administration, there is one group that stands out for its vulnerability and, to quote the late Tony Campolo, you don’t give a damn. ...
baptistnews.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:55 AM
BAPTIST NEWS [Dec 26] -- Publisher Mark Wingfield: "Taking away their rights & health care, shaming & scapegoating them—this is a death sentence. If you gave a damn you would speak up...If Jesus were among us today, he would be eating dinner with some trans folks..."
[@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
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POLITICO [Dec 24] -- GWU law prof Naomi Schoenbaum argues that Skrmetti is not just about trans but it "strikes at the heart of sex equality [law]" and states' right "to ensure we all keep in our gender lanes"--including discouraging "women from rejecting motherhood." [by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
Opinion | The Supreme Court Case Over Trans Youth Could Also Decimate Women’s Equality
The principle of sex equality itself is at stake.
www.politico.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:50 PM
POLITICO [Dec 24] -- GWU law prof Naomi Schoenbaum argues that Skrmetti is not just about trans but it "strikes at the heart of sex equality [law]" and states' right "to ensure we all keep in our gender lanes"--including discouraging "women from rejecting motherhood." [by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
December 16, 2024 at 11:09 AM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
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Pundits keep pretending that RFK Jr is "anti Big Pharma" but that is just what anti-vaxxers say to make their ideas seem palatable. He constantly promotes Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine, both of which are produced by pharma companies.
When you normalize totally deranged ideas that could kill millions as if it's "being tough on big pharma" you do in fact pave the way for millions to die. This is a direct cause and effect relationship.
December 13, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Pundits keep pretending that RFK Jr is "anti Big Pharma" but that is just what anti-vaxxers say to make their ideas seem palatable. He constantly promotes Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine, both of which are produced by pharma companies.
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The normalization of misgendering trans youth with non-affirming parents has been slow and insidious.
This story is about a trans boy. He is a "daughter" to no one. But his mother's transphobia has been adopted by the reporter as the frame for the story.
This story is about a trans boy. He is a "daughter" to no one. But his mother's transphobia has been adopted by the reporter as the frame for the story.
The Times talking about this parent's 'ordeal'. They show no interest in what the child is going through. Paul Conrathe is the mother's solicitor.
December 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
The normalization of misgendering trans youth with non-affirming parents has been slow and insidious.
This story is about a trans boy. He is a "daughter" to no one. But his mother's transphobia has been adopted by the reporter as the frame for the story.
This story is about a trans boy. He is a "daughter" to no one. But his mother's transphobia has been adopted by the reporter as the frame for the story.
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NOBODY KNOWS just how many Americans per year are killed off by health insurance companies delaying and denying coverage because they DON’T SHARE THE DATA.
December 10, 2024 at 8:38 PM
NOBODY KNOWS just how many Americans per year are killed off by health insurance companies delaying and denying coverage because they DON’T SHARE THE DATA.
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People are disappointed that the guy was just doing it for weirdo reasons and not because of class consciousness but the class consciousness was literally the friends we made along the way. It was everyone in america saying that dickhead deserved it. It was us all along.
December 9, 2024 at 10:51 PM
People are disappointed that the guy was just doing it for weirdo reasons and not because of class consciousness but the class consciousness was literally the friends we made along the way. It was everyone in america saying that dickhead deserved it. It was us all along.
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i think it is important to clarify that this — the exclusionary distribution of benefits on some sort of ethnic or national basis — isn’t socialism. it’s, you know, something else.
After years of talking to Trump supporters my view of them has become very simple: They want socialist, even sometimes progressive reforms but they want them from someone who makes those reforms feel powerful and masculine and they want to make sure the people they don't like don't benefit from them
we're cooked
December 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
i think it is important to clarify that this — the exclusionary distribution of benefits on some sort of ethnic or national basis — isn’t socialism. it’s, you know, something else.
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What was up with Justice Amy Comey Barrett? Did Justice Ketanji Brown's passionate defense of Loving have any special meaning? Does Justice Alito have a Fox News chyron in his brain? And what to make of all the headlines suggesting trans youth's access to gender-affirming care is already lost?
Chris Geidner Doesn’t Think We Should Pretend to Know Where Justice Barrett Stands — Assigned
An interview with Chris Geidner of Law Dork about what he thinks happened at oral arguments in US vs Skrmetti and whether journalists should smooth the way for the high court to uphold bans on gender-...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:55 PM
What was up with Justice Amy Comey Barrett? Did Justice Ketanji Brown's passionate defense of Loving have any special meaning? Does Justice Alito have a Fox News chyron in his brain? And what to make of all the headlines suggesting trans youth's access to gender-affirming care is already lost?
Learned that the gunman bought a water bottle from the Starbucks before the shooting
All I can think about is this...iykyk
All I can think about is this...iykyk
December 5, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Learned that the gunman bought a water bottle from the Starbucks before the shooting
All I can think about is this...iykyk
All I can think about is this...iykyk