Maki Ashe Pendergast

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Don't counter conservative fearmongering by pointing out how small our population is—"less than 1%," they say, as if that's supposed to reassure everyone.

I'm not looking for tolerance that's based on how few of us there are. I want justice that holds, even if we were half the population.

Trans Visibility, Creative Survival, and the Power of Story Today is Trans Day of Visibility, a time to honor the beauty, resilience, and truth of trans lives—especially in a world that so often tries to silence or erase us.

On this Trans Day of Visibility, I’m inviting you into a different kind of visibility. Starting April 7, I’ll be sharing weekly chapters from 3 WIPs—queer fantasy, anarchist poo, and mystical memoir. Paid subs only.

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Musk calls empathy “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.” A growing movement even argues that empathy is a sin.

But why now? Why has empathy become the scapegoat?
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#Empathy #Solidarity #TheCuriousCaseOfEmpathy

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Between Heresy and Apostasy Beyond Mere Christianity, Part One

"I find the Spirit flowing most freely outside church walls, among those Christianity has rejected. She moves wherever new possibilities break through seemingly fixed structures, wherever deviant joy challenges normative power..."

I just learned that the stylized section break in chapters (* * *) is called a "dinkus." You're welcome.

Sweet Sovereign Lord Baby Jesus, may you use your vast weather powers to freeze oppression. May Trump's tiny fingers and shriveled member turn gangrenous from frostbite. And may fascism drive over a patch of black ice, lose control of the vehicle of power, hit the telephone pole of justice, and die.

Our vulnerability is not a wound. It is an open door.

Our vulnerability is not a wound. It is an open door. For more: open.substack.com/pub/propheticimagination/p/shitting-with-the-bathroom-door-open

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I'm trying not to despair. I'd appreciate loving vibes.

Got locked out of FB. Waiting for them to verify my identity. But this makes me consider myself #blessed.

Long COVID update.

Friends and comrades, I'm asking y'all to step up accordingly and aggressively create safer spaces for everyone...help resource communities of mutual aid and show up for your people. 4/4

And this sort of shit is getting worse for trans women everywhere. And it will get worse—everywhere—for the foreseeable future. 3/4

All the while, I've got like lingering medical debt and don't know what my healthcare will look like in the future. Meanwhile, I also recognize that I have it better than so many. That doesn't minimize my challenges; it just frames things. 2/4

Sitting in a clinic waiting room while two women joke between themselves about me...how I'm Mrs Doubtfire and speculating whether or not I have a d*ck. The staff aren't helping. I can't really advocate for myself because it plays into the narrative of the aggressive crossdressing predator. 1/4

Wow. This just reveals the core of the rot. Way to embolden fascism instead of confronting it, you tottering neoliberal shit.

JK Rowling demonstrates how terfiness intersects with racism, reinforces patriarchy, and energizes fascism.

So much this.

It sure is!

The altar for (some of) my spiritual ancestors.