Olimara
@olimara.bsky.social
Spicy brained nerd obsessed with games of all kinds
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NEW ESSAY about Helen Lewis debating AI hallucinations of my work & Victoria Smith inventing vile lies about me. Why? Because that's what "gender critical" activists do:
on Substack (no paywall)
juliaserano.substack.com/p/why-do-hel...
& Medium (friend link)
juliaserano.medium.com/why-do-helen...
on Substack (no paywall)
juliaserano.substack.com/p/why-do-hel...
& Medium (friend link)
juliaserano.medium.com/why-do-helen...
Why Do Helen Lewis, Victoria Smith, and Other “Gender Critical” Activists Lie About My Work?
I have been writing about feminism (and other topics related to sex, gender, sexuality, sexism, and social justice) for about 25 years now.
juliaserano.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW ESSAY about Helen Lewis debating AI hallucinations of my work & Victoria Smith inventing vile lies about me. Why? Because that's what "gender critical" activists do:
on Substack (no paywall)
juliaserano.substack.com/p/why-do-hel...
& Medium (friend link)
juliaserano.medium.com/why-do-helen...
on Substack (no paywall)
juliaserano.substack.com/p/why-do-hel...
& Medium (friend link)
juliaserano.medium.com/why-do-helen...
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Marvel could afford to just randomly send out a million dollar check to any one of the creators of multi-billion dollar franchises. And these artists deserve so much more than that.
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Marvel could afford to just randomly send out a million dollar check to any one of the creators of multi-billion dollar franchises. And these artists deserve so much more than that.
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I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
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"when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them."
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” - Robert Jones, Jr. (Son of Baldwin)
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” - Robert Jones, Jr. (Son of Baldwin)
"“My hope is that the message that the transgender community gets from this is not one of betrayal, but is one of our desire to continue to maintain those friendships and that support,...when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them."
Nope, it's betrayal.
Nope, it's betrayal.
“I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them."
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” - Robert Jones, Jr. (Son of Baldwin)
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” - Robert Jones, Jr. (Son of Baldwin)
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"The only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them. Anti-trans campaigners have been making legal threats, trying to force trans people out of public life. They thought after the SC decision the whole world would suddenly agree with them. But they've misunderstood the law, as well as human nature"
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive:
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them. Anti-trans campaigners have been making legal threats, trying to force trans people out of public life. They thought after the SC decision the whole world would suddenly agree with them. But they've misunderstood the law, as well as human nature"
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If I was head of the WI and an 80 year old trans woman told me it was the only place she'd ever felt respected as a woman, and the British State told me she wasn't allowed to bebin the WI any more, I'd be putting out a public statement declaring the WI to now be an armed guerilla organisation.
This part is *infuriating*. This cis woman heard an 80 year old trans woman say, 'This is the only place I've been respected as a woman IN MY LIFE.'
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If I was head of the WI and an 80 year old trans woman told me it was the only place she'd ever felt respected as a woman, and the British State told me she wasn't allowed to bebin the WI any more, I'd be putting out a public statement declaring the WI to now be an armed guerilla organisation.
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Bullying works: aftermath.site/prime-video-ai...
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Bullying works: aftermath.site/prime-video-ai...
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It just makes me feel so empty inside. These are CHILDREN. Girls who just want to have a fun childhood - being denied it by miserable activists and a cowardly organisation that won’t stick up for them. How have we, as a society, allowed this to happen?
Trans children denied participation in society because of the Supreme Court and EHRC. To attack us adults is one thing but to attack children is another. The UK needs to lose its GANHRI A accreditation.
#LeaveTransKidsAlone
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
#LeaveTransKidsAlone
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
Statement for members on our equality and diversity policy
An update on our equality and diversity policy following the Supreme Court decision of April 2025
www.girlguiding.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It just makes me feel so empty inside. These are CHILDREN. Girls who just want to have a fun childhood - being denied it by miserable activists and a cowardly organisation that won’t stick up for them. How have we, as a society, allowed this to happen?
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I posted this the day after my birthday last year and I still bring it back whenever I can! #trans #transrightsarehumanrights
Repost as many times as possible!!! #trans #transrightsarehumanrights
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I posted this the day after my birthday last year and I still bring it back whenever I can! #trans #transrightsarehumanrights
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“I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us”
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us”
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
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Not a single major news outlet has covered this story. There is such a blatant, obvious attempt to suppress any and all news that deals with the actual facts about transgender life and experience. As the government rolls back our rights on an unprecedented scale, we have been left out to dry.
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Not a single major news outlet has covered this story. There is such a blatant, obvious attempt to suppress any and all news that deals with the actual facts about transgender life and experience. As the government rolls back our rights on an unprecedented scale, we have been left out to dry.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social you have grown in popularity not in spite of your support of trans rights but because of it. This is a really important story that needs a politician to take a principled stance and speak out against the tragedy occurring.
"Minutes leaked to North West Bylines confirm that NHSE has “no provision” to continue prescribing puberty blocking medicaction to U16 trans patients currenty at WellBN."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Is NHSE forcing young people to detransition?
The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social you have grown in popularity not in spite of your support of trans rights but because of it. This is a really important story that needs a politician to take a principled stance and speak out against the tragedy occurring.
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he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
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It's my sincere belief that Wes Streeting should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and held accountable for the harm he directly caused.
This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Evidence has now emerged of the adverse consequences of the laws banning GAHT for trans youth in both the US and UK. This includes sharp declines in mental health and increased suicide attempts among transgender young people.
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's my sincere belief that Wes Streeting should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and held accountable for the harm he directly caused.
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Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
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NEW: Indie studio Santa Ragione is facing closure after its surreal horror title, Horses, was barred from Steam ahead of its upcoming December release
The studio behind Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia said Valve has yet to adequately explain why an early version of Horses was blacklisted in 2023.
The studio behind Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia said Valve has yet to adequately explain why an early version of Horses was blacklisted in 2023.
Indie dev Santa Ragione facing closure after Steam ban
The Italian studio's upcoming horror title, Horses, has been barred from Steam ahead of its release in December.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Indie studio Santa Ragione is facing closure after its surreal horror title, Horses, was barred from Steam ahead of its upcoming December release
The studio behind Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia said Valve has yet to adequately explain why an early version of Horses was blacklisted in 2023.
The studio behind Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia said Valve has yet to adequately explain why an early version of Horses was blacklisted in 2023.
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In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
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Graham Linehan has been given the green light to stalk and sexually harass as many children as he likes as long as he doesn't break their phones - the uk is a pedo colony.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Graham Linehan has been given the green light to stalk and sexually harass as many children as he likes as long as he doesn't break their phones - the uk is a pedo colony.
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Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
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New Zealand bans puberty blockers for trans youth to 'align approach with UK'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/new-zealand-puberty-blockers-trans-ban/?utm_content=1763929200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/new-zealand-puberty-blockers-trans-ban/?utm_content=1763929200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
New Zealand bans puberty blockers for trans youth to 'align approach with UK'
New Zealand's government announced it is banning puberty blockers for trans youth as it awaits the results of a major UK clinical trial.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New Zealand bans puberty blockers for trans youth to 'align approach with UK'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/new-zealand-puberty-blockers-trans-ban/?utm_content=1763929200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/new-zealand-puberty-blockers-trans-ban/?utm_content=1763929200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again | Mick Channon
The Camber Sands bio-beads disaster
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
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An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
Hague. Now. Every last fucking one of them.
Harming trans kids - using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation on trans adolescents and families.
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Harming trans kids – Using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation
When puberty blockers were banned in June 2024, the legislation included a clause stating that those currently on blockers would not be medically detransitioned, and could continue care if adopted …
growinguptransgender.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hague. Now. Every last fucking one of them.
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