Vesper Henry
@newsrepertoire.bsky.social
LGBTQ Researcher at Media Matters for America | They/Them | Queer Witch
bringing you what the liberal media won't
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
bringing you what the liberal media won't
right-wing media hates starbucks until its time to be anti-union.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
right-wing media hates starbucks until its time to be anti-union.
"You ought to know who's writing to you" -- the new host of NYT's The Morning defended the paper's coverage of trans people last year.
www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"You ought to know who's writing to you" -- the new host of NYT's The Morning defended the paper's coverage of trans people last year.
www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...
www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...
In reading about the tragic death of Lia Smith I was surprised that Fox News wrote anything at all. It was milquetoast, but what I find sickening is the comment section: what Fox's readers really think after years of the network's belligerent anti-trans agenda. (TW)
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In reading about the tragic death of Lia Smith I was surprised that Fox News wrote anything at all. It was milquetoast, but what I find sickening is the comment section: what Fox's readers really think after years of the network's belligerent anti-trans agenda. (TW)
Gen Z's "avocado toast"
Right-wing outlet The Federalist believes that "little treats" are a big contributor to the nation's collective debt
Right-wing outlet The Federalist believes that "little treats" are a big contributor to the nation's collective debt
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Gen Z's "avocado toast"
Right-wing outlet The Federalist believes that "little treats" are a big contributor to the nation's collective debt
Right-wing outlet The Federalist believes that "little treats" are a big contributor to the nation's collective debt
Senator Ted Cruz misquotes one of the bullet engravings in the Kirk shooting and then misattributes it as a meme from the trans community.
(TW for Ted Cruz saying "do you see my bulge")
(TW for Ted Cruz saying "do you see my bulge")
September 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Senator Ted Cruz misquotes one of the bullet engravings in the Kirk shooting and then misattributes it as a meme from the trans community.
(TW for Ted Cruz saying "do you see my bulge")
(TW for Ted Cruz saying "do you see my bulge")
salt ghost looks like pepper bat just told him some juicy gossip
September 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
salt ghost looks like pepper bat just told him some juicy gossip
went to the vet today
August 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
went to the vet today
We’re packing the whole house while he sits around doing NOTHING and he has the audacity to look like this
August 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We’re packing the whole house while he sits around doing NOTHING and he has the audacity to look like this
we really are just their redheaded stepchildren aren't we
August 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
we really are just their redheaded stepchildren aren't we
Outkick's Clay Travis -- among the many mocking the WNBA for demanding pay increases -- just a month ago offered $250,000 to a man who could join the league to own the transgenders. Top players Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark make only about $75-$78k currently.
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Outkick's Clay Travis -- among the many mocking the WNBA for demanding pay increases -- just a month ago offered $250,000 to a man who could join the league to own the transgenders. Top players Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark make only about $75-$78k currently.
conservatives truly do hate fun and whimsy
July 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
conservatives truly do hate fun and whimsy
quick, guess how many trans people are listed in this
June 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
quick, guess how many trans people are listed in this
"vice president such a cringe loser everyone blocks him"
June 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"vice president such a cringe loser everyone blocks him"
WATCH: On MSNBC, @translash.org's Imara Jones details the relationships between anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, violence, and rising authoritarianism.
June 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
WATCH: On MSNBC, @translash.org's Imara Jones details the relationships between anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, violence, and rising authoritarianism.
he doesn’t know what a tariff is
April 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
he doesn’t know what a tariff is
At the same time, pundits are also using gay marriage to bolster their attacks on no-fault divorce. The concept of a "covenant marriage" -- a special designation for heterosexual couples with a much higher bar for divorce -- is becoming increasingly popular.
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
At the same time, pundits are also using gay marriage to bolster their attacks on no-fault divorce. The concept of a "covenant marriage" -- a special designation for heterosexual couples with a much higher bar for divorce -- is becoming increasingly popular.
Throughout 2023 and 2024, right-wing media fully evolved into outright denying existence of gay marriage.
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Throughout 2023 and 2024, right-wing media fully evolved into outright denying existence of gay marriage.
August-November 2022: Onslaughts against gay marriage began to crystallize in response to the Respect for Marriage Act.
Proposed in response to Roe v. Wade being overturned, the RFMA to preserve same-sex marriage should Obergefell fall too. Right-wing media blasted the bipartisan effort.
Proposed in response to Roe v. Wade being overturned, the RFMA to preserve same-sex marriage should Obergefell fall too. Right-wing media blasted the bipartisan effort.
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
August-November 2022: Onslaughts against gay marriage began to crystallize in response to the Respect for Marriage Act.
Proposed in response to Roe v. Wade being overturned, the RFMA to preserve same-sex marriage should Obergefell fall too. Right-wing media blasted the bipartisan effort.
Proposed in response to Roe v. Wade being overturned, the RFMA to preserve same-sex marriage should Obergefell fall too. Right-wing media blasted the bipartisan effort.
May-June 2022: SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade, claiming the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion was “not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history.” Right-wing pundits can't decide between maintaining their denials, or outright calling for the 7-year-old Obergefell ruling to be overturned as well.
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
May-June 2022: SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade, claiming the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion was “not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history.” Right-wing pundits can't decide between maintaining their denials, or outright calling for the 7-year-old Obergefell ruling to be overturned as well.
What may come as a surprise is that anti-LGBTQ televangelist Pat Robertson said in 2013 that he didn't believe being transgender was a sin. But he changed his tune just months after the Obergefell ruling, calling transgender people "frauds."
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What may come as a surprise is that anti-LGBTQ televangelist Pat Robertson said in 2013 that he didn't believe being transgender was a sin. But he changed his tune just months after the Obergefell ruling, calling transgender people "frauds."
With this decision, conservatives were in need of a new scapegoat.
At the same time, transgender people had already begun to enter the cultural spotlight.
At the same time, transgender people had already begun to enter the cultural spotlight.
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
With this decision, conservatives were in need of a new scapegoat.
At the same time, transgender people had already begun to enter the cultural spotlight.
At the same time, transgender people had already begun to enter the cultural spotlight.
After the Supreme Court handed down the decision on Obergefell v. Hodges -- which codified gay marriage at the federal level -- right-wing media were hysterical. It was billed as “the greatest, most historic, landmark blunder in the history of the United States Supreme Court.”
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
After the Supreme Court handed down the decision on Obergefell v. Hodges -- which codified gay marriage at the federal level -- right-wing media were hysterical. It was billed as “the greatest, most historic, landmark blunder in the history of the United States Supreme Court.”
Right-wing media and conservative lawmakers alike are now gunning for gay marriage. This comes as pundits are taking victory laps over the backslide on trans equality.
How did we get here? 🧵
How did we get here? 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Right-wing media and conservative lawmakers alike are now gunning for gay marriage. This comes as pundits are taking victory laps over the backslide on trans equality.
How did we get here? 🧵
How did we get here? 🧵