For folks unfamiliar with the general vibe of Australian states, think of Queensland as like a combo Florida-Texas for Australia

The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.

Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.

Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird

Media: trans activist criticizes media

Today for @theverge.com, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.

The new Aussie critique of the Cass Review does not pull its punches about its failures, & makes the point that "gender-critical beliefs" should be declared.

Since transphobes have made so much of having these protected by law, they should be required to declare them.

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WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN

Max moves with his family from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.

CHAPTER 27: CHEERLEADERS CAN DO ANYTHING

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World going brr a bit around me, so the best thing to do is get made up, and read a book. Just finished @paigemaylott.bsky.social's memoir today, and absolutely loved it.

Welp, someone left a lovely comment on the very trans fanfic I haven't touched since December, and goddam, my writing motivation is reborn... Now what was the plot again 😅

Really feeling for trans folks in both the US and UK right now.

For the aussies reading this post, I urge you to spread this government petition around.

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

People need safe spaces to seek asylum. Australia seems like its a great candidate. Lets bring them home.

Happy Egg Day.

There is still time.

Had a bit of a hard week, but honestly felt good about how I looked here

Welp, in the aftermath of the cyclone that gave up before it hit, methinks it's time to reread WYFFH by @badambulist.bsky.social. Literally my favourite comfort read right now

Playing with outfits while I wait for the cyclone, and hey, don't mind this one

Queer art expo finally giving me an excuse to up my fashion vibes

In the last week of my current job, massive build times in progress, and goddam I just need a nap at this point.

I was originally going to call this post “What makes a programming language real?” because I saw some people picking a fight on the internet about this type of topic, yet again, and it got me thinking as to why we even broach the topic in the first place.

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Hiya, finally deciding to give this bluesky thing a go - I'm Ophelia, a trans software engineer from Australia. Outside of coding, I tend to like dance, heavy music, social philosophy, and free-form poetry. Looking forward to getting to know y'all!

I’m in for this @juliaserano.bsky.social #LGBTQNotGoingBack

And here it is. This is the
C.S. Lewis paper that the Christian Nationalist Theobro crowd are going to absolutely hate and want you to never read.

Here is my (I hope the first of several) paper on C.S. Lewis and the sex/gender distinction:
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