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Tal B. Lavin
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich

buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/

contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
but coming out as trans THIS year feels ... a little like deciding to punch the world in the face and wait to see what happens. the support here has been awesome. and i appreciate it more than you know. im just a happy lil dork, as best as i can be.
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
one thing ive found since upping my dose of T is uh my compliments have gotten more aggressive
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
got my first yarmulkes today and im feeling. A Lot about it. im in my yeshiva bocher era. gonna roll up to the kollel and dominate this chavrusa. pilpul game unmatched. googling "trans bar mitzvah"
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
im on long island and this is the most long island thing ive ever seen. and i kind of want one
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
listen this is a cool ass waistcoat Okay
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
i'm tal
he/him

i write books and read way too much and i love drawing badly and im new to being trans but to be honest its the freest ive ever felt in my whole life

and i make really good soups
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Why Not A Bomber Jacket And Khakis. Sure. Figuring Out How To Man
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
i also own a green waistcoat and since i am very shory am taking sartorial inspiration from hobbits. here i am moisturized, flourishing, in my meriadoc brandybuck era
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
at any rate i now own this ridiculous garment. it's quite warm
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
also when he casually roasted the british so hard john franklin read it and died again
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
good night bluesky.........
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Frankenstein (2025)
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
thanks to @flaminghydra.com and @mariabustillos.com for letting me ramble on about the absurdities of figuring out Myself As A Man
flaminghydra.com/issue-442/#n...
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
hell yeah it's frankenstein time

<chanting> polar exploration hell yes
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
i already have garlic and onion (on my thigh). the next one is gonna be a stylized chicken and then i have a full soup goin' :)
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
my hands are unremarkable but check out my sick dill frond tattoo
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
today's sketch is i stealthily drew my bf while he was busy murking orcs in shadow of mordor (trying out oil pastels, badly)
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
total leona dare vibes
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
hear me out: victorian strongwomen are an entire beautiful vibe
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
today's 10 minute sketch is me freestyling based on a postcard of a victorian trapeze artist
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
i think it is very masc of me to get a comically oversized leather jacket and then immediately stain it with paint
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
the name: Tal (male form of Talia, which means "dew of god"; i simply dethroned god to make a new name)

pronouns: he/him, not they/them

hair: short

arms: gettin swole
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
today's 10 minute sketch is a musk ox, a glorious fuzzy citizen of the far north
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🎶the sooouuund .... of silence 🎶
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
today's 10 minute sketch is an extremely disappointed looking harp seal
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM