I am terrifically relieved.
20.11.2025 22:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@chrisvogel.bsky.social
He/Him. Grad student, educator, researcher, writer, editor. China and gender. A queer historian and a queer historian.
I am terrifically relieved.
20.11.2025 22:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I actually did them a disservice in my message above, because what's really happened is a huge number of guys have come out and gone "It's totally normal to be a pedophile! All men are pedophiles!" which is, uh, substantially worse.
20.11.2025 13:49 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0One of the wildest things about the last few weeks is the number of people coming out and saying "Well, if THIS person is a pedophile, that would make ME a pedophile, and obviously I'M not a pedophile, so..."
20.11.2025 13:47 β π 21 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Some really disappointing names on this list. Rhys-Davies and Cox aren't super surprising, but I'm genuinely shocked by Bell and Astin.
20.11.2025 13:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I've been watching people dunk on her all day and kind of not getting it. Like, isn't it good that she's interested?
20.11.2025 03:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"It's okay if she's being super racist if she's also being aggressively not funny!"
17.11.2025 16:07 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I used to launch Estes rockets with my dad. Wow. I haven't thought of those in *years*.
16.11.2025 23:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0These aren't Estes rockets, are they?
16.11.2025 23:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And I yours.
14.11.2025 19:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The most generic tuxedo cat ever, Riker, reclines on my generic white guy arm.
My central casting boy, who left us in July.
14.11.2025 18:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hey, I once got suspended from Twitter for suggesting that a couple of TERFs participating in a dogpile on me should go drink battery acid!
Ban-twinsies!
As the owner of Generic Fat Tuxedo Cat #547A, I want it on the record that I think Rocket is stunning and perfect.
14.11.2025 18:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0transness is a gift. i need every trans woman to understand that by nature of their existence they have been blessed with the ability to pluck the strands of fate with their hands if they choose to. it is not always easy and it is not without hardship but every trans woman is capable of greatness.
14.11.2025 01:15 β π 2202 π 507 π¬ 28 π 20Riker, the most handsome male tuxedo cat ever, is sitting on the board of Lord of the Rings: War of the Rings, because the fate of Middle-Earth is less important than his need for pets.
Riker was my big friendly friend. He left us in July.
13.11.2025 21:26 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm cis but I'd trade a lot for a rest
13.11.2025 02:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0honestly, a break would be awesome, sign me up
13.11.2025 02:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I also don't much care for Horowitz so this is just bad news all around for me. I loved one of his books, but the others I read felt very sketchy to me; I feel like he's probably #problematic
12.11.2025 01:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean, a lot of twelve years are still in the developmental phase children go through where they're kind of sociopaths, plus I found people getting hit in the nuts hilarious until I was about seventeen so...yes? Probably?
11.11.2025 15:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Pixel, a tortoiseshell cat, who is beautiful and whose brain doesn't work, stares at the camera with a piece of tinfoil stuck to her nose. She is perfect and I would die for her.
She is beauty, she is grace, she has something on her face
11.11.2025 01:42 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0She's just straight up Shitpatine
10.11.2025 15:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kim Davis giving Loser Emperor Palpatine vibes in this shot
10.11.2025 15:41 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The 'suicidal empathy' guy says someone ELSE delights in being mean? He literally thinks it's a virtue.
09.11.2025 16:08 β π 33 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Hi folks, this is again a plea for help. There still is no cleared donor. People working through the system but again-if you're at all interested in trying to help, it takes months to get cleared as a donor. There's a lot of delays/appointments.
So please consider and spread it around, thank you.
Me, standing in the middle of a crowded store, spinning in an endless circle, hand waving so fast that it's starting to fly off my wrist: heyhowareyouheydoyouneedsomehelpheyhow'sitgoingheyhowareyouhidoyouneedsomehelpheywhat'reyoulookingfortodayheyhowareyouhidoyouneedsomehelpheyhow'sitgoinghidoyounee
08.11.2025 15:41 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0It puts me in the mind of the style of book marketing that involves simply listing the easily-identifiable, easily-digestible tropes that the plot can be boiled down to and presenting those with NOTHING ELSE, though for reasons I'm having trouble articulating.
08.11.2025 15:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I too am upset that the mayor-elect of New York will not make time to meet with me
07.11.2025 22:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
05.11.2025 02:53 β π 5903 π 999 π¬ 19 π 6If Margaret Mitchell wants to consult me about my views she can get my paypal first
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