Ophelia Indigo

For folks unfamiliar with the general vibe of Australian states, think of Queensland as like a combo Florida-Texas for Australia

The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.

Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.

Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird

Media: trans activist criticizes media

Trans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threat Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.

Today for @theverge.com, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.

Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident. Clinician and researcher self‐awareness of personal values is essential for evidence‐based medicine practice. Non‐financial conflicts of interest should be disclosed; for example, religious, cultural, and so‐called “gender‐critical” beliefs. The Review acknowledges no such considerations, and does not disclose the positionality of authors.

The new Aussie critique of the Cass Review does not pull its punches about its failures, & makes the point that "gender-critical beliefs" should be declared.

Since transphobes have made so much of having these protected by law, they should be required to declare them.

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When You Fell from Heaven — 27 — Cheerleaders Can Do Anything (24k words) | Alyson Greaves Get more from Alyson Greaves on Patreon

WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN

Max moves with his family from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.

CHAPTER 27: CHEERLEADERS CAN DO ANYTHING

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Mirror selfie of woman with brown/grey lipstick in a crop top and ripped jeans

Selfie of woman with brown/grey lipstick, and the sun shining behind

Book cover of "My Body Is Distant" - Paige Maylott

World going brr a bit around me, so the best thing to do is get made up, and read a book. Just finished @paigemaylott.bsky.social's memoir today, and absolutely loved it.

Welp, someone left a lovely comment on the very trans fanfic I haven't touched since December, and goddam, my writing motivation is reborn... Now what was the plot again 😅

e-petitions e-petitions

Really feeling for trans folks in both the US and UK right now.

For the aussies reading this post, I urge you to spread this government petition around.

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

People need safe spaces to seek asylum. Australia seems like its a great candidate. Lets bring them home.

Happy Egg Day.

There is still time.

I cannot overstate how hyped I am for this. So beyond keen 🖤

Woman with tattoos and wavy dark hair outside next to a house

Woman with tattoos and wavy dark hair outside next to a house

Had a bit of a hard week, but honestly felt good about how I looked here

Welp, in the aftermath of the cyclone that gave up before it hit, methinks it's time to reread WYFFH by @badambulist.bsky.social. Literally my favourite comfort read right now

Woman wearing a cropped top with sheer sleeves, a black skirt with green flowers, and strappy Mary Jane's

Woman wearing a cropped top with sheer sleeves, a black skirt with green flowers.

Playing with outfits while I wait for the cyclone, and hey, don't mind this one

- it helped, but definitely without the aspect of it allowing me to express things where I couldn't otherwise, not super comfy with reading the dubious consent aspects of it. It just... Often gets a bit much very quickly

Hey understandable. Can totally see how one would have that reaction to it.

Honestly, now that I'm where I am, I don't really find myself as drawn to or attached to the genre (with a few exceptions), as I don't really need that balm for repression any longer. I'm thankful for it though, back then

At least in my case, I always found it was able to give words and actions to something I was too scared or repressed to acknowledge in my own life at the time.

Yes, it imagined taking the agency away, but for for someone who saw no other way to express those things at the time, it was a balm

There are no words for how hype I am for new wyffh

Aaaaa honestly read it as soon as you uploaded it, and holy hell I love all of this so much. On my third reread (of the whole thing) in the past week, because I just can't get enough of all of this.

Selfie of girl, with black lipstick, a faux leather harness and tattoos

Photo of girl in a mirror with sizable boots, a skirt, crop, and faux leather harness.

Queer art expo finally giving me an excuse to up my fashion vibes

On the other hand, been listening to the Change, Technically podcast by @grimalkina.bsky.social and @analog-ashley.bsky.social and finding it super interesting to learn about the psychological side of all of these tech/people/software/innovation/other various related things

In the last week of my current job, massive build times in progress, and goddam I just need a nap at this point.

Yesss, I love this for you. My copy is due to be delivered tomorrow, and am really keen to read

Anakin and Padme meme, with Anakin labeled as Brain and Padme labeled as writer, for the sake of the joke and definitely not a reflection of their characters Brain: I have new ideas. Writer, smiling: For the current work in progress, right? Brain: silent Writer, not smiling: For the current work in progress. Right?

You Have One Voice | Hazel Weakly I was originally going to call this post “What makes a programming language real?” because I saw some people picking a fight on the internet about this type of...

I was originally going to call this post “What makes a programming language real?” because I saw some people picking a fight on the internet about this type of topic, yet again, and it got me thinking as to why we even broach the topic in the first place.

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Hiya, finally deciding to give this bluesky thing a go - I'm Ophelia, a trans software engineer from Australia. Outside of coding, I tend to like dance, heavy music, social philosophy, and free-form poetry. Looking forward to getting to know y'all!

I’m in for this @juliaserano.bsky.social #LGBTQNotGoingBack

C.S. Lewis and the Sex/Gender Distinction A Paper Presented at the 2024 Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference

And here it is. This is the
C.S. Lewis paper that the Christian Nationalist Theobro crowd are going to absolutely hate and want you to never read.

Here is my (I hope the first of several) paper on C.S. Lewis and the sex/gender distinction:
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La Dispute - First Reactions After Falling Through the Ice, Letlive - Day 54, and other copious amounts of screamy music. Oh, have also heard good things about the latest Fever 333 album - very 2000's nu metal vibes.