Rachel Martin
@racheljo.myatproto.social
Child in the 60’s, teen in the 70’s, I'm heartbroken we've fallen so far short of the dream. A queer person on a lifetime quest to find someplace I belong, always wondering if I should just keep on moving. Thanks for letting me be here for a while.
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A lawyer who helped lead Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election was also heavily involved in lawsuits seeking to ban trans women from sports.
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social took a deep look at the strategies and coordination behind sports bans in one of our most read pieces this year.
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social took a deep look at the strategies and coordination behind sports bans in one of our most read pieces this year.
Behind the Right’s Attacks on Trans Girls in Sports — Assigned
Conservative media, legal, political, and business leaders came together in a breathtaking assault on human rights.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A lawyer who helped lead Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election was also heavily involved in lawsuits seeking to ban trans women from sports.
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social took a deep look at the strategies and coordination behind sports bans in one of our most read pieces this year.
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social took a deep look at the strategies and coordination behind sports bans in one of our most read pieces this year.
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In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
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You know that Oklahoma student showed up for the first day of class and was like “holy shit I just won the right-wing grifter lottery!”
POV a right wing Christian sees that they have a trans college professor.
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You know that Oklahoma student showed up for the first day of class and was like “holy shit I just won the right-wing grifter lottery!”
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These are two grown men.
But you want us to wonder about the crisis of men and boys. What examples are you putting before them? Is this manhood?
But you want us to wonder about the crisis of men and boys. What examples are you putting before them? Is this manhood?
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
These are two grown men.
But you want us to wonder about the crisis of men and boys. What examples are you putting before them? Is this manhood?
But you want us to wonder about the crisis of men and boys. What examples are you putting before them? Is this manhood?
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It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Next Monday, 11/24, two celebrated writers and scholars explore the craft and influence of Octavia E. Butler. Join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an evening dedicated to the revered SFF author’s luminous imagination. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
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So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
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Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
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1. Will Bunch’s recent column in the Philadelphia Inquirer has stayed with me, because it weaves various threads of history and politics into a clear and compelling tapestry with which ordinary people can act.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
From autism to beards, the Trump regime wages war on ‘the different’ | Will Bunch
The Trump regime's disturbing views on everything from autism to transgender people have a scary "master race" vibe.
www.inquirer.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
1. Will Bunch’s recent column in the Philadelphia Inquirer has stayed with me, because it weaves various threads of history and politics into a clear and compelling tapestry with which ordinary people can act.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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In the latest Moviegoer, contributor Kat Sachs discusses Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala (1991) and the 2025 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series. https://bit.ly/4oEYJgQ
The Moviegoer: Eye works - Chicago Reader
The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
In the latest Moviegoer, contributor Kat Sachs discusses Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala (1991) and the 2025 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series. https://bit.ly/4oEYJgQ
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All the ink spilled on the crisis of young men and meanwhile young women are like 'yeah, I'd love to ditch this popsicle stand' and it's crickets.
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
All the ink spilled on the crisis of young men and meanwhile young women are like 'yeah, I'd love to ditch this popsicle stand' and it's crickets.
I'm nine years late to the party, but loving this Queen Alone album from Lady Wray! First time in a while I've just listened from end to end.
Lady Wray - Guilty
YouTube video by Big Crown Records
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November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm nine years late to the party, but loving this Queen Alone album from Lady Wray! First time in a while I've just listened from end to end.
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When MeToo happened it was cool to come out of the silence society enforces on survivors & wake everybody up to how many of us are out there & how endemic sexual abuse is. But focus was abuse by the powerful, not us who get raped by a nobody. And we saw only the smallest ripple, abusers still win.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
When MeToo happened it was cool to come out of the silence society enforces on survivors & wake everybody up to how many of us are out there & how endemic sexual abuse is. But focus was abuse by the powerful, not us who get raped by a nobody. And we saw only the smallest ripple, abusers still win.
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White kids aren’t playing rock and indie music in their garages anymore and we’re all worse off for it. The manosphere would’ve never had a chance
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
White kids aren’t playing rock and indie music in their garages anymore and we’re all worse off for it. The manosphere would’ve never had a chance
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I forgot that Bill Clinton endorsed Andrew Cuomo. They need to keep this man in the basement
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I forgot that Bill Clinton endorsed Andrew Cuomo. They need to keep this man in the basement
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Trump's not sleeping in public. The old folks say they're just resting their eyes for a second when you catch them.
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Trump's not sleeping in public. The old folks say they're just resting their eyes for a second when you catch them.
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The guy has FOUR names, there's no way he isn 't a supervillain
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The guy has FOUR names, there's no way he isn 't a supervillain
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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9 Nov 2025 --Heartbreaking op-ed in Teen Vogue by Katelyn Burns --"Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better" @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
9 Nov 2025 --Heartbreaking op-ed in Teen Vogue by Katelyn Burns --"Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better" @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
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Since we mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living, I’m bumping my thread about how from my perspective as a former Junior Olympic level track runner, this “fairness” transphobia is fucking bullshit blacksky.community/profile/did:...
As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Since we mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living, I’m bumping my thread about how from my perspective as a former Junior Olympic level track runner, this “fairness” transphobia is fucking bullshit blacksky.community/profile/did:...
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As an educator, as a fellow woman in science, I’m fucking horrified that Lia Smith who was just a year from
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
As an educator, as a fellow woman in science, I’m fucking horrified that Lia Smith who was just a year from
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.
I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters