TL Wright
@tlinwright.com
Autodidact, book blogger, writer, fan, photographer, liberal/democratic socialist intersectional feminist. Cat herder.
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TL Wright
@tlinwright.com
· Feb 19
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I'm Theresa, and I'm a book blogger, writer, photographer, and gardener. I'm also the herder & servant of three cats. You can find me elsewhere here: www.tlinwright.com/social-media/
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For the fifty billionth time: I don't want society to shut down. I want you to mask at the fucking hospital, bus, airport, school, and grocery store, if you can.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
For the fifty billionth time: I don't want society to shut down. I want you to mask at the fucking hospital, bus, airport, school, and grocery store, if you can.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.
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Yep. We’re fools if we think the greatest radicalization machine ever rigged isn’t radicalizing people (men) beyond comprehension. Inflicting more damage in years than Rush and Fox did in decades.
I know that it’s a very Bluesky thing to assess the problems as being from overexposure to X, The Everything App, but I really do think a major driver of this is the young men that are most visible to Dem policy elites and podcasters are from there, or swim in those waters as well.
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Yep. We’re fools if we think the greatest radicalization machine ever rigged isn’t radicalizing people (men) beyond comprehension. Inflicting more damage in years than Rush and Fox did in decades.
CW: Pet Death. June 2013 to Oct 2025, Miss Cookie Dough Ice Cream, Cookie for short. A mighty huntress who landed like she was twice her weight and yet was a petite seven pounds. She was a former feral who was endlessly spoiled as an indoor princess. It was cancer.
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
CW: Pet Death. June 2013 to Oct 2025, Miss Cookie Dough Ice Cream, Cookie for short. A mighty huntress who landed like she was twice her weight and yet was a petite seven pounds. She was a former feral who was endlessly spoiled as an indoor princess. It was cancer.
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"That's why your kids don't like you and your wife is fucking on you" is so good
She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"That's why your kids don't like you and your wife is fucking on you" is so good
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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They’re scared of protest, they’re scared of humor, they’re scared of ridicule. They’re just plain scared.
They’re not doing this because they’re strong. They’re doing it because they’re weak.
They’re not doing this because they’re strong. They’re doing it because they’re weak.
"Who’s assaulting who is the real question?” said Oriana Korol's dad. “She was on the sidewalk playing music when the federal officers just bumrushed the band.”
Band member accused of interfering with federal arrest of another, feds allege
"Who’s assaulting who is the real question?” said Oriana Korol's dad. “She was on the sidewalk playing music when the federal officers just bumrushed the band.”
www.oregonlive.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
They’re scared of protest, they’re scared of humor, they’re scared of ridicule. They’re just plain scared.
They’re not doing this because they’re strong. They’re doing it because they’re weak.
They’re not doing this because they’re strong. They’re doing it because they’re weak.
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He remains a horrible human with an above average social media manager.
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
October 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
He remains a horrible human with an above average social media manager.
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Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!
October 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!
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There is nothing under international law that prevents people attempting to break an illegal siege of an illegally-occupied territory by a country committing genocide.
It is the other way around.
These governments are breaking their own public commitments to stop a genocide.
It is the other way around.
These governments are breaking their own public commitments to stop a genocide.
October 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There is nothing under international law that prevents people attempting to break an illegal siege of an illegally-occupied territory by a country committing genocide.
It is the other way around.
These governments are breaking their own public commitments to stop a genocide.
It is the other way around.
These governments are breaking their own public commitments to stop a genocide.
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And Poland could only lie here because
1- citizens in international waters are not in the places where travel is not advisable
2- if they’re in Palestinian waters - Poland recognises Gaza as part of Palestine - then Poland would have to support Israeli troops abducting citizens in another country
1- citizens in international waters are not in the places where travel is not advisable
2- if they’re in Palestinian waters - Poland recognises Gaza as part of Palestine - then Poland would have to support Israeli troops abducting citizens in another country
Poland’s foreign affairs minister had possibly the most cynical response: he said his office is working to return the Poles but also that his ministry publishes advisory on places where travel is not advisable and suggested a new law that burdens citizens with cost of rescue, should they disobey.
And the countries that pride themselves in being apparent democracies have abandoned their own citizens, including elected representatives, to the whims of a government currently committing an internationally-recognised genocide
October 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And Poland could only lie here because
1- citizens in international waters are not in the places where travel is not advisable
2- if they’re in Palestinian waters - Poland recognises Gaza as part of Palestine - then Poland would have to support Israeli troops abducting citizens in another country
1- citizens in international waters are not in the places where travel is not advisable
2- if they’re in Palestinian waters - Poland recognises Gaza as part of Palestine - then Poland would have to support Israeli troops abducting citizens in another country
The main breaker at my mom's house has decided to retire after 42 years of service. At least it's October and it's not nearly as hot as it was a month ago. Plus i saved the groceries in the fridge.
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The main breaker at my mom's house has decided to retire after 42 years of service. At least it's October and it's not nearly as hot as it was a month ago. Plus i saved the groceries in the fridge.
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With The Possession of Alba Díaz's study of demonic hauntings and old mining families, Isabel Cañas once again proves she's leading the Gothic literary renaissance:
reactormag.com/book-review-...
reactormag.com/book-review-...
Exploring the Potential for Evil in The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas - Reactor
Isabel Cañas' wonderfully creepy third novel is another great recent example of Gothic horror.
reactormag.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
With The Possession of Alba Díaz's study of demonic hauntings and old mining families, Isabel Cañas once again proves she's leading the Gothic literary renaissance:
reactormag.com/book-review-...
reactormag.com/book-review-...
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In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective.
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
Exploring Gender and Trans Identity in the Worlds of C.J. Cherryh - Reactor
The Chanur series poses key questions about gender roles, expression, and identity.
reactormag.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective.
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
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The fact Republicans want you to pray for the shooter’s soul to be saved, but also want to kill ever trans person if there’s even a possibility that one trans person might commit a crime, really does bring into sharp focus just how much they think being transgender is worse than being a murderer
September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The fact Republicans want you to pray for the shooter’s soul to be saved, but also want to kill ever trans person if there’s even a possibility that one trans person might commit a crime, really does bring into sharp focus just how much they think being transgender is worse than being a murderer
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Fascists do not believe in free speech as a universal principle. Free speech is a tool they'll happily use, but they don't think everyone should have it. They don't believe in universal moral principles at all. Rights and privileges are for the in-group, obligations are for everyone else.
When you support Free Speech but only for your self what you're for is your own untrammeled power.
September 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Fascists do not believe in free speech as a universal principle. Free speech is a tool they'll happily use, but they don't think everyone should have it. They don't believe in universal moral principles at all. Rights and privileges are for the in-group, obligations are for everyone else.
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“Klein’s interest here isn’t honesty but flattery. It shows Klein isn’t writing about Kirk at all. He’s writing about himself and saying, ‘I’m doing politics the right way because I’m lauding someone who disagrees with me.’”
I told myself I wouldn't do a snap reaction to Ezra Klein's noxious editorial. I said, "If you're still mad about it on Monday, then you can write about it."
I'm still mad about it!
I'm still mad about it!
Ezra Klein Is Doing Politics the Wrong Way
The NYT columnist is more interested in flattering his ego than telling the truth.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Klein’s interest here isn’t honesty but flattery. It shows Klein isn’t writing about Kirk at all. He’s writing about himself and saying, ‘I’m doing politics the right way because I’m lauding someone who disagrees with me.’”
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This is also just a straight up lie! Kirk did NOT support free speech or persuasion, his entire political project was based around using organized harassment and threats of violence against people who spoke in ways he disagreed with!
These people have smarted themselves into the dumbest fucking arguments.
Determining whether someone is "doing politics the right way" depends almost entirely on the content of their speech! If someone lies constantly and endorses authoritarians that's not practicing good politics.
Determining whether someone is "doing politics the right way" depends almost entirely on the content of their speech! If someone lies constantly and endorses authoritarians that's not practicing good politics.
September 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is also just a straight up lie! Kirk did NOT support free speech or persuasion, his entire political project was based around using organized harassment and threats of violence against people who spoke in ways he disagreed with!
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if they maintain this claim, they will absolutely turn me into a conspiracy theorist in that I 100% don’t put it past Patel’s intensely MAGA, increasingly humiliated FBI to forge something like that.
Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say.
Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources
Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.
The older-model
on.wsj.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
if they maintain this claim, they will absolutely turn me into a conspiracy theorist in that I 100% don’t put it past Patel’s intensely MAGA, increasingly humiliated FBI to forge something like that.
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In a long list of extraordinary things that have happened today, this strength of this statement by Andy Burnham's new movement is something else. A proper shot across the bows.
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In a long list of extraordinary things that have happened today, this strength of this statement by Andy Burnham's new movement is something else. A proper shot across the bows.
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You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care:
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
September 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care:
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
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This + increasingly, I think it's important to note who doesn't want these spaces (public schools, universities, parades, etc) to exist and who benefits from them feeling unsafe.
I think it's terrible that Gen Z and Gen Alpha continue to live in a world where K-12 and college campus shootings are a normal part of life and that's all they've ever known and I think we should arrange things so that any kind of school or university shooting is impossible
September 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This + increasingly, I think it's important to note who doesn't want these spaces (public schools, universities, parades, etc) to exist and who benefits from them feeling unsafe.
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Congress plans a vote Thurs on HR3486, a dangerously overbroad bill that may subject #immigrantsurvivors of gender-based violence to harsh new penalties even if they're eligible for survivor-based immigration status. Tell your Reps TODAY to vote no! 🚨 www.immigrantsurvivors.org/take-action%...
https://www.immigrantsurvivors.org/take-action
September 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Congress plans a vote Thurs on HR3486, a dangerously overbroad bill that may subject #immigrantsurvivors of gender-based violence to harsh new penalties even if they're eligible for survivor-based immigration status. Tell your Reps TODAY to vote no! 🚨 www.immigrantsurvivors.org/take-action%...
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I wrote this short piece on mainstream efforts to hide the relationship of white conservatism to state & vigilante violence in the U.S. & why—esp in these moments—we have to push back against that impulse to whitewash & preserve the systems of violence we claim to oppose.
Why We Pretend
When the truth is unthinkable, we lie to ourselves and one another.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I wrote this short piece on mainstream efforts to hide the relationship of white conservatism to state & vigilante violence in the U.S. & why—esp in these moments—we have to push back against that impulse to whitewash & preserve the systems of violence we claim to oppose.
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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.