Magsmorris
@magsmorris.bsky.social
She/Her. Queer aunt. Solidarity forever. Black Lives Matter.
Atlanta
Atlanta
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She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
YESSSSSSSSS
BREAKING: The NWSL is awarding its 17th franchise to Atlanta and will join the league for a record expansion fee of $165 million, sources tell The Athletic.
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
YESSSSSSSSS
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For those that haven’t seen it, from Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy’s Instagram: Part 1
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
For those that haven’t seen it, from Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy’s Instagram: Part 1
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July 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine
June 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine
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Every time you buy a Harry Potter product, you are financing the dismantling of trans rights
!["About the fund. The J.K. Rowling Women's Fund (JKRWF) offers legal funding support to individuals and organisations fighting to retain women's sex-based rights [...]. It provides women with the means and confidence to bring to justice cases that make legal precedents, force policy change, and make positive contributions to women's lives in the future."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjkl4nmqbvelhqr3jzm2bm63/bafkreigkfhjbyner5wkm2x4by7xh6utgzhcirktzrci524sifypbpeimjm@jpeg)
May 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Every time you buy a Harry Potter product, you are financing the dismantling of trans rights
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What To Know About ‘Sinners’
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May 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Sinners’
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theonion.com/what-to...
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You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
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this is a great blog—about how "something as simple as masking can continue to make a world of difference."
Why I Keep Masking | Defector
One of the earliest photos of me features my grandfather, a doctor from the Philippines, cradling me as a newborn while wearing a face mask. He had a cold at the time and I was as vulnerable as a huma...
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April 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
this is a great blog—about how "something as simple as masking can continue to make a world of difference."
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this is as true as thing as can be said. the worth of a person and the right of that person to all the same things everybody else has access to is prior to, separate from, and unrelated to any measures of "productivity."
disabled people deserve to live fulfilling lives no matter their productivity to society
April 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
this is as true as thing as can be said. the worth of a person and the right of that person to all the same things everybody else has access to is prior to, separate from, and unrelated to any measures of "productivity."
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THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson is easily one of the best books in all of American literature.
12. What is a book that once you finished, you just sat there in awe of what you just read?
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson is easily one of the best books in all of American literature.
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The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
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if all athletes can't come to a country to participate in a global competition then that competition shouldn't take place in that country
We should lose the WC and Olympics over this
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February 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
if all athletes can't come to a country to participate in a global competition then that competition shouldn't take place in that country
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no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
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This is really good. A lot of you will be looking for something tangible you can do to protect those who are targeted by state kidnappers. I really like the idea of neighborhood ICE watches.
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This is really good. A lot of you will be looking for something tangible you can do to protect those who are targeted by state kidnappers. I really like the idea of neighborhood ICE watches.
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Your annual reminder that Dr. King believed in guaranteed universal basic income that gave all people a dignified life, guaranteed housing for all, guaranteed access to a high quality education, and said that “no one should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury.”
January 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Your annual reminder that Dr. King believed in guaranteed universal basic income that gave all people a dignified life, guaranteed housing for all, guaranteed access to a high quality education, and said that “no one should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury.”
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really important to emphasize as much as possible that there was no great popular mandate for trump. these results were as close to an even split as possible.
“The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory
The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM
really important to emphasize as much as possible that there was no great popular mandate for trump. these results were as close to an even split as possible.
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“It is important to remember that the Republicans in power do not hate the Democrats in power. They hate us—the electorate, the people.” -@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social from the top rope defector.com/the-american...
The American Nightmare Is A Rerun | Defector
The week before the election, for two nights in a row, I dreamt about the moon. The dreams were in sequence: two parts of a single story that were braided together. A single day of my life became the ...
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November 22, 2024 at 12:01 AM
“It is important to remember that the Republicans in power do not hate the Democrats in power. They hate us—the electorate, the people.” -@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social from the top rope defector.com/the-american...
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AOC comes out swinging against a Nancy Mace for targeting Sarah McBride.
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
November 21, 2024 at 2:48 AM
AOC comes out swinging against a Nancy Mace for targeting Sarah McBride.
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
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He’s not a good man; he will never be a good man, but he has an opportunity to do a little more good before he goes.
So much of the good he did while in office is about to be undone because he wasn’t good enough to realize sometimes the good thing for good men to do is to leave quickly.
So much of the good he did while in office is about to be undone because he wasn’t good enough to realize sometimes the good thing for good men to do is to leave quickly.
Biden urged to use clemency powers to tackle ‘crisis’ of US mass incarceration
Members of Congress call on president to pardon or commute sentences before he leaves White House
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
He’s not a good man; he will never be a good man, but he has an opportunity to do a little more good before he goes.
So much of the good he did while in office is about to be undone because he wasn’t good enough to realize sometimes the good thing for good men to do is to leave quickly.
So much of the good he did while in office is about to be undone because he wasn’t good enough to realize sometimes the good thing for good men to do is to leave quickly.
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Over on Kedits, my substack, I write about how in order to build the best economic future, we need to go after all beneficial policies, large and small.
My latest entry is on the benefits of free, universal school meals.
kedseconomist.substack.com/p/solutions-...
My latest entry is on the benefits of free, universal school meals.
kedseconomist.substack.com/p/solutions-...
Solutions: Free School Meals
Want to build a better economy? Feed kids.
kedseconomist.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Over on Kedits, my substack, I write about how in order to build the best economic future, we need to go after all beneficial policies, large and small.
My latest entry is on the benefits of free, universal school meals.
kedseconomist.substack.com/p/solutions-...
My latest entry is on the benefits of free, universal school meals.
kedseconomist.substack.com/p/solutions-...
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Ed Yong you legend
Adding ALT text so more people, particularly those in the disability community who love Ed's work, can appreciate what's in the screenshot.
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Ed Yong you legend
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For most of us it's better to just block these people on sight, BUT I get how some of their dogwhistles seem reasonable to cis people who don't already have a good understanding of what's happening, in which case this is extremely useful.
since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share!
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
A “Gender Critical” and “TERF” Primer
for readers trying to make sense of “feminists versus transgender activists” debates
juliaserano.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:44 PM
For most of us it's better to just block these people on sight, BUT I get how some of their dogwhistles seem reasonable to cis people who don't already have a good understanding of what's happening, in which case this is extremely useful.