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Jessie Gender

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Director & Writer | IDENTITEAZE film | YouTuber | former writer/video producer at Gamespot, The Advocate, Microsoft, Out Magazine, Rotten Tomatoes, & Skybound | Trekkie by birth https://www.jessieearl.com/

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Erin and I had an amazing time on the Star Trek Cruise. We’re so damn adorable together.

04.03.2026 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 495    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

But they can’t even be bothered to treat their employees… excuse me, contract workers with basic respect. I doubt they’ll start with trans people.

04.03.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 237    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All it shows is the Lyft is trying to get in early on the eventual cultural backswing post-the current political pendulum swing. Tell me when Lyft says it’ll give all trans people free rides until we have all our basic human rights, then maybe I’ll buy their earnestness.

04.03.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rainbow capitalism will not save us. Absolutely driving me bonkers that some LGBTQ orgs are celebrating Lyft giving a $10 discount for β€œtrans joy” in the face of Kansas’ human rights abuses as some sort of magnanimous positive and not just meaningless culture war corporate performativity.

04.03.2026 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 678    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3
Trans Representation in 2025 Media, part 4: TV part 3
YouTube video by Tilly Bridges Trans Representation in 2025 Media, part 4: TV part 3

Tilly's Trans Tuesdays episode 147:

Time to wrap our discussion of trans rep in media from last year, with discussion on Resident Alien, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, The Studio, Survival of the Thickest, Upload, Wayward, and more!

@jessiegender.bsky.social joins us to discuss!

03.03.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The hell are they talking about? She’s in essentially a slightly modified Jem’Hadar look.

04.03.2026 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
TILLY BRIDGES & SUSAN BRIDGES
LONG AWAY
SPACETIME PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
GRIFFIN KELLY 
JUSTIN LAWRENCE BARNES 
JEWEL CAVAZOS 
"LONG AWAY"
MUSIC AMY SUMMERS 
COSTUME MARY-MADISON BALDO 
EDITED BY JESSIE EARL 
PRODUCTION DESIGNER AARON LOSS 
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ILANA IPES
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ERIN MACDONALD JOHN HARDIN KIT ISAMAN 
PRODUCED BY ERIN MACDONALD AARON LOSS JESSIE EARL
over two hands reaching toward each other and touching fingertips while bathed in pink light. One hand holds an enamel pin.

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TILLY BRIDGES & SUSAN BRIDGES LONG AWAY SPACETIME PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS GRIFFIN KELLY JUSTIN LAWRENCE BARNES JEWEL CAVAZOS "LONG AWAY" MUSIC AMY SUMMERS COSTUME MARY-MADISON BALDO EDITED BY JESSIE EARL PRODUCTION DESIGNER AARON LOSS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ILANA IPES EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ERIN MACDONALD JOHN HARDIN KIT ISAMAN PRODUCED BY ERIN MACDONALD AARON LOSS JESSIE EARL over two hands reaching toward each other and touching fingertips while bathed in pink light. One hand holds an enamel pin.

HEY LOS ANGELES

our trans sci-fi short film set in a comic shop, LONG AWAY, is coming to WONDERCON!

we’ll have a screening and panel with me, @susanlbridges.bsky.social, @jessiegender.bsky.social, and more!

full details forthcoming! COME SEE OUR MOVIE

04.03.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Shards of Reflection A newly made vampire searches for the vampire who made her while unable to trust her new senses and memories.

My amazing friend Kel McDonald has a kickstarter for their new futuristic vampire comic book. I adore Kel's work (if you're a sicko werewolf fan, you'll love them) so I'm pumped for this new one and if you can send some support, it'd be really appreciated. www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...

03.03.2026 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Shards of Reflection A newly made vampire searches for the vampire who made her while unable to trust her new senses and memories.

My amazing friend Kel McDonald has a kickstarter for their new futuristic vampire comic book. I adore Kel's work (if you're a sicko werewolf fan, you'll love them) so I'm pumped for this new one and if you can send some support, it'd be really appreciated. www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...

03.03.2026 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The new Scary Movie trailer starting off with a lazy enbyphobic joke? Yep, def feels like the Scary Movie franchise.

02.03.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 360    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 3

Sounds like certain Dune fans thinking Paul is a hero.

02.03.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Frak This Podcast - A Battlestar Galactica journey: Frak this Podcast #54 - Maelstrom Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 17: An episode of prophecies and trauma... the latter being ...

Frak this Podcast! continues with an episode of prophecies and trauma... the latter being handled with all the delicacy of a bulldozer in a church. Plenty for @jessiegender.bsky.social and me to tear into.

Podcast feed: councilofgeeks.libsyn.com/frak-this-po...

YouTube: youtu.be/sSYel6BQNL0

02.03.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes it’s year into a relationship that you discover a friend’s superpower and @jessiegender.bsky.social’s is recommending ABSOLUTELY DOPE BOOKS that are exactly what I want to read. Not a miss not one and I’m a picky reader 🫠

01.03.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry to focus on these assholes, this’ll be the last one - but β€œgay theater kids larping” basically describes most of Star Trek… hell most of sci-fi television before the streaming era.

01.03.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1003    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 16
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Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom We have seen this song and dance before.

...if you're a trans person who speaks out about how horrible Newsom is on trans issues, you get *flooded* with ppl telling you to "vote blue no matter who". to which I say: fuck you! would you vote for a politician who says he wants to roll back your rights? www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transg...

17.02.2026 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1256    πŸ” 276    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 30
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So how long after they acquire Warner Bros is Paramount also going to bring back Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor?

27.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 333    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1
News article that says β€œPete Hegseth declares that Scouting America (the org formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America) will eliminate transgender tolerance and diversity programs”

News article that says β€œPete Hegseth declares that Scouting America (the org formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America) will eliminate transgender tolerance and diversity programs”

As a proud transgender Eagle Scout, Pete Hegseth can go fuck himself. Also, he’s wrong about this and he can fuck himself for that too.

27.02.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 769    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 8

When I’m back from vacation and haven’t used the internet in a week. What drama did I miss?

27.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 0

Rewatching a bunch of @jessiegender.bsky.social videos for my cyberpunk book. If you haven’t already seen β€˜Dreaming of a Queer Internet’ it’s one of the best video essays I’ve ever seen. By a long stretch.

19.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Trans Representation in 2025 Media, part 2: TV part 1
YouTube video by Tilly Bridges Trans Representation in 2025 Media, part 2: TV part 1

Tilly's Trans Tuesdays episode 145:

Let's dig in to complete seasons of television I watched in 2025, and have some in depth discussions about trans rep in "Clean Slate," "Doctor Who," "Hacks," "Heated Rivalry," "Ironheart," "Last of Us," and more!

@jessiegender.bsky.social returns to discuss!

17.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah him and Vash was fun. A much better match then him and Crusher (tho I was never a big fan of Crusher. I loved Pulaski a lot more).

17.02.2026 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what I meant. And SFA was renewed pre-release.

17.02.2026 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Arguably if anything with this power dynamic can ever truly be consensual. Even Picard/Crusher is questionable tho a bit better considering she as CMO can outrank the captain in certain situations.

17.02.2026 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m mainly being facetious, but yes the power dynamic is borked and the ending of the episode is… not good. But I’ve talked about it in my video essays before.

17.02.2026 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well…

17.02.2026 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A Star Trek show with with men wearing dress, an atypical Klingon in Starfleet, a person with a disability visible and atypical women in positions they typically haven’t had in Trek before?!?!? How dare they?!? How woke!

The Next Generation is wildly woke.

17.02.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1178    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 3

If the internet had been around back then, Star Trek The Next Generation would have been the campaigned and cancelled after only 3 episodes. I mean Code of Honor alone…

17.02.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 389    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 3
Frak this Podcast! Episode 52 - A Day in the Life
YouTube video by Break Room of Geeks Frak this Podcast! Episode 52 - A Day in the Life

Frak this Podcast! continues, and brings family squabbles, pseudo-flashbacks, and explosive decompression. Just another day on the Galactica for @jessiegender.bsky.social and me to sort through.

YouTube: youtu.be/i3yeoupUYhw?...
Podcast: councilofgeeks.libsyn.com/frak-this-po...

16.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure if this was meant as a pun but it made me laugh haha

16.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do they fly now?

16.02.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0