Anya Johanna DeNiro

Trapped in my house Cannot anymore

Rgnk

He’ll run third party

it's weird how Platner's dumbassery seems to only be him doing stuff like working for Nazi mercenary companies, getting Nazi tattoos, amplifying Nazi posters, going on Nazi podcasts. No stories about him trying to deep fry a frozen turkey, just constantly flirting with white supremacy.

I'm also going to suggest a compare and contrast the softly-softly treatment of Graham Platner with the microscopic scrutiny Zohran Mamdani was subject to when from the nano-second he became a serious contender for a high-profile local government post.

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I just learned that Northside Mutual Aid (supporting North Minneapolis families impacted by ICE) is still trying to meet $80,000 in rent needs from FEBRUARY.

Can we move some funds in their direction? 🌻

(Lastly this framework presented is a good rubric for why i bounced off Terra Ignota or found it frustrating but! That is another discussion lol

Also it seems like a lot of newer writers post 2000 don’t even make these distinctions

Yeah this is kind of silly

From a critical angle I like the term Metahistorical Romance (in the old sense of romance) that binds these disparate modes of storytelling that go beyond what are, largely, marketing categories.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metahis...

Hey bro I saw you were job maxxing and that’s, like, low key problematic

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People don’t “identify as trans or queer” they ARE those things. Pronouns generally aren’t “preferred” those are just the pronouns of that person. Waffling language leads to thinking these things are optional, not factual.

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obligatory ‘they want us dead so here’s my book and please publish us more and pay us because they want us dead‘ post.
Fuck all of this.

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Every time people in the alleged center cede ground in the continued struggle for civil rights—because that’s what this is—by pretending trans people are the crazy ones or it’s just woke finger wagging over pronouns, THIS is what you’re enabling. Erasure. Pick a fucking side.

I first read this as QAnon and welp that tracked too

Accurate

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Welp. Seems like it's a good day to highlight trans books. I'll do this off and on all day, no idea how long the thread will eventually be. And if you need any trans book recommendations, post in here and I'll point you toward people who might know if I don't since I mostly do romantasy.

a man with a beard and mustache wears a cowboy hat ALT: a man with a beard and mustache wears a cowboy hat

There might be (a few) better shows of all time overall, but I can’t think of a show that flew out of the gate with such a fully realized world and dynamic characters as Deadwood.

the president of the us just said he wants to ban trans people from transitioning. it is imperative that democrats speak up loudly & fight to defend us. silence enables this very real ongoing violence.

& to those who stay quiet & roll over to focus on 'kitchen table issues': G-d sees what you are.

Fwiw the one big box store where I’ve still seen big sets of DVD and Blu Ray is Walmart, I think people have never Gotten rid of their players

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great run down--thank you!

keep seeing people talking about Hugo and Nebula nominations which means it is my professional duty to remind you that nominations for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize open on SUNDAY

congrats!

this also tracks pretty accurately for Morrissey, fwiw.