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tommy in boots
@tommyinboots.bsky.social
fat, jewish, into fat politics.

very sick with severe M.E.

musicals. baseball. basketball. nail polish.

fatpol, cheapo:
https://www.patreon.com/tommywearsboots/membership
for the morning crew! i opened up a few fat politics posts for anyone to read, whether fat politics is new or old to you. you're invited. 😊
here is a lil something: i'm opening up three patreon posts, one new and two old, to the public. 💛 come take a look, and share if you feel inspired! including sharing with your people who aren't on blewski (or social media at all!).

i'll link them below:
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
if you're looking for trans joy and trans romance, i recommend two YA books, ALWAYS THE ALMOST and THIS DAY CHANGES EVERYTHING by @edwardunderhill.bsky.social
♥️😍🏳️‍⚧️

the first has classical music at its joyful heart too 🎵
the second has NYC at its joyful heart too 🌃
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
here is a lil something: i'm opening up three patreon posts, one new and two old, to the public. 💛 come take a look, and share if you feel inspired! including sharing with your people who aren't on blewski (or social media at all!).

i'll link them below:
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
@anniegirl.bsky.social you don't know me but i just need to say that i adore your profile pic.
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
it's time for me to confess, in case you need to unfollow me.

my NBA team is the thunder.
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
arlene WANTED to be a sardine!
Not me writing slightly dark poetry since at least 1996
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
shoutout to @54below.bsky.social, who's still doing HIGH QUALITY livestreams of musical theater concerts. if you're sad to be missing broadway, the west end, and local live musicals due to cost or geography or disability or chronic illness or covid caution, i highly recommend. 🎭 🎤 🎵 😍
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
a program that takes every use of the word cabal and changes it to kugel
December 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Never go to bed angry.

Stay up all night getting angrier and angrier.
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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stop trying to show me my year in review. what i did the past year is none of my business.
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
we live in a world that treats your healthiness or lack thereof as a moral issue. it's not.
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i made the mistake of reading comments on a piece about affordable housing and a commenter was upset that my city does affordable housing by lottery rather than by giving priority to firefighters and cops
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
@karaberry.bsky.social by any chance are you thinking of recapping britani's concert? (though, don't do it if that would make your experience less fun/funny!)
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
new post is up!

my patreon is only $1/month. every month you get one teeny-tiny essay, short and accessible, about something in fat politics: a cartoon, a book cover, a med, an advertisement, a skeet, a lyric. join us! 💛
noise, and the unsaid possibility | tommy
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December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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opening a fine cigar box to reveal mozzarella sticks
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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god [intelligently designing]: every year they should be incapacitated if they encounter the wrong leaf
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
should i watch the gay hockey?
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
DAMN does this make me wish i could share with you the rare times i had to write reviews like this
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
my two basketball teams are playing each other my heart is rent asunder
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
mine was never a question but a statement: "oh, i should do that!"

as if professional children's lit crit doesn't require study & learning. as if it's just fun. as if anyone who can READ a children's book (which is most people who can read) could suddenly be a professional critic on a dime.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
yertle next
franklin the turtle, welcome to the resistance
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
i won't be seeing hamnet i have seen all of upstart crow and that will fulfill me forever
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
the... money?

what money?

i started doing fat politics over 4 decades ago. no money.

my fatpol patreon charges $1/month for all content. of the people i know who claim to be interested in fatpol, almost none of them subscribe.

alice is right. and some of us could use some of that supposed money.
Ppl saying HAES/fat+ pros are “just doing it for the money” is wild when the diet industry is a $70+ billion dollar machine that survives by keeping ppl ashamed/desperate. HAES folks aren’t selling shame/repeat failures/quick fixes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
i have a longing that @bbdb2029.bsky.social will watch this stream and do a recap

(but i don't think she checks her notifs onhere and i'm not on instagram, plus it's self-centered of me bc this costs money & time!)
LIVESTREAM | WHAT ABOUT ME: An Evening with Britani Bateman | 54 Below
This event is being streamed online. To purchase tickets for the in-person event, click here. Ting ting ting – an announcement: Britani ...
54below.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM