Laura Petto

This is a recurring theme of transphobes -- the insistence that the *only* possible reason anyone else would object to their degradation and marginalization is that they desperately crave the approval of "their tribe."

No, ma'am. It's much simpler.

Some of us just don't like bullies and bigots.

Yes, it’s all over Zohrans ig posts with her. They’re even bringing back the 🐍

Folks, the fact that Warren has been stumping for Mamdani should be a very clear indicator that the 2020 Democratic presidential primary is over. Another clear indicator should be that it is literally 2025.

I wasn’t a delegate but was Bernie 16 voter to Warren 20 voter + volunteer and I encountered similar vitriol among organizers & volunteers in nh I knew from 16. So many men talked down to me, as if I hadn’t made my decision with lots of research. The specific proposals sealed the deal for me

the amount of imperfection people are willing to put up with from Bernie (and I like him!) compared to the amount of imperfection they are willing to put up with Warren is so obviously gendered. she's one of the best Dems in the Senate and one of the few that understands the aesthetics of fighting.

Everyone should watch “grave of the fireflies” at least once. And maybe only once. Absolutely devastating and one of the greatest films ever made. A message for the ages, but particularly resonant now given the starvation of Gaza.

Teen Hannah Cairo's Mathematical Discovery Sends Ripples through Harmonic Analysis When she was just 17 years old, Hannah Cairo disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, breaking a four-decade-old mathematical assumption

I had an enlightening conversation with mathematician Hannah Cairo about how she broke a huge conjecture in Harmonic Analysis at just 17 years old, what being a transgender mathematician means to her and how math has supported her along her journey! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌊 ✨

Read the Q&A here:

I didn’t realize that she’s trans - I hope she can get out too 💔

She did but she’s going all out with opinion pieces, interviews defending him on cnbc, joint interviews, etc.

I will run outdoors in rain and snow and zero degree weather but nothing has me considering buying a treadmill like AQIs above 100 and summer humidity.

Oh my god Melissa 🩷💔😭 this is brilliant

Criticizing TERF-ery and fetal personhood arguments and how the primary queer media rep is cis white skinny gays ugh it was too good to be true. The season 3 ep where the conservative senator crashes dawn’s obgyn appt to argue for fetal personhood and their concert was so unhinged and so perfect

"JK Rowling just tweeted in support of you"

"Shut it all down, I'm going to France"

Girls5eva, gone far too soon

Had a dream that I applied to get a second PhD in math and had to do it all over again (prelims, oral quals, defense) and woke up in a cold sweat

Critics claim gender clinics are seeing an excess of trans boys. But new data suggest otherwise Some claim ‘social contagion’ is driving teenagers who were assigned female at birth to identify as transgender and seek medical care.

In The Anxious Generation, Haidt falsely claims 1) gender dysphoria is like eating disorders 2) "social contagion" can be blamed for the 2010 rise in gender clinic referrals and 3) trans boys are overrepresented at these clinics when, as shown here, there is an underrepresentation of trans girls

Please post this when you wake up bc I need to be brought back in the Gaylor loop - I’ve been having such a hard time with her maga lite antics lately

a man in a suit and tie says i like you just the way you are ALT: a man in a suit and tie says i like you just the way you are

Actually crying over the defunding of cpb/pbs. PBS was the only channel I was allowed to watch til I was 10/11 and it fundamentally shaped me. 💔💔💔

Thanks! That makes sense. I wish the pbs foundation (national) let you set up recurring donations. Guess I’ll just have to put a note on my calendar

Why is pbs passport so complicated? I wanted to sign up and support them but apparently I already have a pbs passport because I am an annual member of Vermont public? I wanted to support state and national

Inside Out 2 plot really is “Riley decides to try out for girls hockey and enters puberty. she struggles with new emotions from puberty when she meets a girl on the team and a Big Dark Secret.” And Pixar thought they would be able to make this not gay.

this can’t possibly be comfortable

August 💚

What strikes me the most about the Buttigieg interview is that he CHOSE to answer a broad question of dem policy on broad trans issues with a response on trans kids in sports.

He could have talked about how trans civil rights are under attack and we need to defend them vigorously.

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

Yes until you start HRT, you are considered medically pretransition.

Pete specifically answered a question about ~general trans issues~ with a response about trans kids in sports. this is a minor issue but it takes up a huge part of the discourse. We should address trans peoples’ fundamental rights to healthcare, public facilities, etc. first

Puberty blockers are well known to have a negative impact on bone density. It’s one of the reasons people have concerns about kids on them for too long (cis and trans). It makes sense

Failing to respect of a trans girl as a girl makes me think this isn’t a good faith concern.

I would push back on the idea that there’s established science showing trans people on hrt or puberty blockers have an advantage. But why are we centering this Q now, instead of trans rights being lost?

*her

If Girls5eva had come out in the mid-aughts, it would have had 6-8 seasons of wild celeb guest stars/cameos and emmy noms and a cult following like 30 rock.

Paula Pell is a god damn national treasure and comedic genius and I’m once again mad at Netflix.