Thankfully we have made it to Friday. Welcome to the first weekly recap of the year, and the first one behind the paywall. What I'm thinking about today: I had originally planned to write about how George W. Bush's presidency laid the groundwork for the authoritarianism
X, the child sexual abuse material company formerly known as Twitter, is now removing the clothes of women and children with photos on the site on behalf of its users. I first joined Twitter in December 2015. Deeply closeted at the time, I originally started my account, then called @closettransgirl,
Millennials have been sacrificed on the altar of capitalist boomer greed, we must not let Gen Z get used for this as well. I'm so sick of fucking war. I turned 18 in 2000, graduated high school the following summer, and 3 months later, the US entered its
Three Democrats crossed the aisle to join Republicans in passing a nationwide ban on gender affirming care for youth Wednesday evening Well, it happened finally. After a vote swapping deal by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a bill that would criminalize doctors and health care providers that provide gender affirming care
In the war between written words and video, I worry about writing as a profession This is by far not the most important thing happening in the world right now (look to the recent passage of the NDAA which contains a definition of sex that erases trans people and requires
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic. (Note for free subscribers: TODAY ONLY, you can get 20% off the first year of annual subscription to my Patreon. For as
I'll be back tomorrow with a longer post and then a recap post Wednesday this week. I wish you all safe travels this Thanksgiving week. I just wanted to make sure you all saw the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale going on right now on my Patreon. From
I was an early critic of the Delaware Representative, I've since come around on her actions defending trans rights. Yes, I know this won't be a popular take. This week, 213 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson condemning "the use of anti-transgender
She seamlessly landed a plum role at Vanity Fair and got a sweetheart book deal after breaking a fundamental journalistic ethics rule. When my co-host Christine Grimaldi and I recorded our October 2024 episode of Cancel Me, Daddy titled "Sexting with Mr. Brainworms," I had hoped it would
Content Warning: This post will have light discussion of trans-related suicide, please take care of yourself. Here is a recap of my last two weeks! Apologies again for not getting out a recap last week. Every time there is an election, the week after election day is my busiest of
The trans girl murder victim's mom has turned her death into an unrelated political crusade against teenage phone use. Note: I want to be clear upfront that I have no issue with Esther Ghey, mother of murdered UK trans girl Brianna Ghey. Brianna Ghey's brutal murder
Democrats asked voters to weather short term pain from the shutdown to get long term gains in extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. Then they threw it all away. So, what was the point of all that? This morning we find ourselves on the cusp of the end to the