LEGAL DISCLAIMER: *This thread is about the NYT AS A WHOLE*
Feb 2, 2024:
The NYT publishes a 4,500-word exercise in literary vomit by Pamela Paul titled “As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.”
By Feb 6, this embarrassment is cited in a conservative legal brief in Idaho.
Oh, and because it will never sit right in my heart the way I occasionally see folks go to bat for their "cool guy" parasocial crush Jack Black:
If you're neurodivergent, you should know Jack Black has been a decades-long, issue-denying, critic-blasting, funding supporter of Autism Speaks. Yeah.
Jack Black just cancelled his international tour because a bandmate made the crass joke "Don't miss next time" as he blew out his birthday candle on stage. This provoked shock and outrage.
If White liberals spent 10% the energy they do avoiding looking bad to stop bad folks, we wouldn't be here.
It is scary as fuck right now for trans authors and prospects for us being able to continue telling our stories get bleaker every day. Please, buy & read as many of these folks' books as you can. I'm not exaggerating when I say you may not always be able to.
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
I think I'm doing something right now that counts as self harm. Trying to get in with a therapist to talk about it but getting nowhere fast with my clinic and I'm worried the only one available will be the one with the deathly hallows tattoo again.
🧵Why Are All The Trans Women Horny
I wanted to make this thread because it's a question I see posed all the time, basically framing trans women as sex obsessed and saying that is the problem. I'd like to address it calmly and factually because it's actually pretty interesting! And you should read
It is perfectly all right to end a sentence with a preposition. The idea that it isn't comes from John Dryden's 1672 essay "Defense of the Epilogue", in which he sneered at Ben Jonson's play "Catiline: His Conspiracy."
That's right, author drama warped the minds of centuries of English teachers.
okay it's time for a prompt post: respond to this post with a correction to a common misconception about something you know a lot about. if you feel like it, boost your response. (please use a kindly tone about it, otherwise i, your prompt curator, will get anxious.)
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel confirms that a Columbus, Ohio, police officer detailed to the RNC shot and killed a homeless Black man (earlier reported to be in his early 20s) more than half a mile from the RNC arena. The man was known by the nickname Jehovah and took care of a pit bull named Isis.
$0/$1200
with the exception of using up the last bit of goodwill i had available with any family, there has been zero movement since saturday
this is becoming dire
we're in danger of bills getting ignored for rent again soon
please help peggy and me
venmo: falsegrindmassacre
mutual aid
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$0/$1200
managed to get internet and electric handled with a combination of the money already received and some family help
still owe 2 months of car payment (past due), car insurance, renter's insurance, and cell phone
please help us survive the job hunt
venmo: falsegrindmassacre
mutual aid
💸💕
$0/$1200
managed to get internet and electric handled with a combination of the money already received and some family help
still owe 2 months of car payment (past due), car insurance, renter's insurance, and cell phone
please help us survive the job hunt
venmo: falsegrindmassacre
mutual aid
💸💕
i don't want to name any tgirls in particular, but if you are a recently-out trans woman and you're still finding your place in the world, i need you to understand that trying to be One Of The Good Ones to cis people who hate you will not end well for you. you are worth more than that. love yourself