Bronwyn Douwsma

maybe i am going insane

6 days, a creepy voice tells me over the phone 😂

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I’m out of toilet paper and don’t get paid until Thursday! Help an Indigenous trans dude out etransfer PayPal tjcuthand@gmail.com

New Point in Time count just dropped for Halifax.

A podcast app interface displaying an episode of The Daily from The New York Times titled “The Autism Diagnosis Problem.” The screen shows the podcast artwork in blue and yellow gradients, the episode date (11/24/25), duration (29:23), and file size (34 MB). Below is text summarizing how autism diagnoses have broadened over time, mentions of public figures like Elon Musk and Bill Gates, and comments from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about rising autism rates. The description states that reporter Azeen Ghorayshi explains what is driving the increase in diagnoses.

It's absolutely disgusting what the New York Times, and particularly Azeen Ghorayshi, is doing with its coverage of autism. It's so deeply irresponsible.

It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.

SNL quote that comes to mind today: "It is the opinion of this court that you are a boob."

Wake me up when bad people actually face consequences.

Kate Beaton on a stamp! What a world to live in!

A playlist All of the songs featured on Bald Alien Babe so far...

I'm curious about what people think of my song selection.
baldalienbabe.substack.com/p/a-playlist

The way trans issues and trans lives are discussed in contemporary culture is the ultimate example of talking about people like they're not in the room *while we're in the room* begging to speak.

Yes.

No real history education + limited access to books + dependence on algorithms + the rise of AI = an easily manipulated and controlled citizenry

As someone who's job has been entertaining men for 8 years now:

They're, in most cases, so so much worse than I thought they were before doing this job.

As a feminist I used to think getting along with them was just a matter of better communication and helping them to process their emotions. No.

The 138 never showed up to my stop. Not sure if it's related to the accident at Lacewood and Willett.

Reports of a collision on Lacewood Drive

Not exactly sure where that is - but we've got slowdowns near Willet and Dunbrack atm #HFXTraffic

Autumn, a grey and white tuxedo cat, lies on top of a crumpled up comforter and looks up at the camera.

Glad to have Autumn here, especially these last few weeks.

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

Saw some post somewhere earlier about people “not getting” transness or whatever

You don’t have to get it.

If you believe in bodily autonomy for all, then no one needs you to understand their personal situation to earn being seen as a person by you.

You just treat every human being as a person.

fight for the right to culture

hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...

As much as I loathe to draw attention to the National Post, I think it's important to keep an eye on what they're up to. In this case, it's writing a piece that can be summed up with, "The stupid libs keep fear mongering about their bodily rights being taken away. Here's why we should do that."

Just a reminder that until 1974, US women could be refused bank accounts because they were not men.

Seems like pointing out now that payment processors are deciding who gets to have access to money based on puritanical fascist values, and will also share anything they want with authorities.

I heard there was a Cohen song,

And all the Christians got it wrong,

But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?

‘Cause you see its about getting laid,

It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,

But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”

All of this. And even past this, "I would rather potentially have a child dead from a painful and preventable disease than potentially one with neurodivergence" is one HELL of a take.

The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"

You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences

Classic SNL Review: December 10, 1988: Kevin Kline / Bobby McFerrin (S14E08) — Bronwyn Douwsma Sketches include “A Trump Christmas”, “Game Breakers”, “Plug Away”, “The Big Chill”, “Executive Island”, and “Breakfast Table”. Bobby McFerrin performs “Drive” and “The Star-Spangled Banner”.

New SNL review is up.
bronwynjoan.com/blog/2025/11...

I'm struggling to find work due to multiple disabilities including long covid, I'm broke, my fridge is empty, and I don't know how I'm going to pay my bills.

If you feel like making an old trans lesbian's life a little better, my Paypal/cashapp/venmo info is in my bio.

So very tired.

They are EXACTLY the same as “fugitive slave patrols” in 1855– the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 permitted armed, unidentified men to grab people off the street and send them South into slavery.

EXACTLY the same; and at some point someone’s going to take Frederick Douglass’s advice about them.

A tumblr post from telltaletypist: "one particularly sinister way that cop shows use propaganda is portraying defense lawyers as sleazy, opportunistic scumbags for committing the heinous sin of making sure their clients' rights aren't trampled over. cop shows are designed to make you hate your own rights and perpetuate the disgusting idea that only the guilty would try to defend themselves."

Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum

(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED – MISSING PERSON, KITCHENER, ON Waterloo Regional Police have determined that the fire that destroyed a rear unit of a home on Major Street in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada on October 19 was deliberately set. The resident of that unit, 25-year-old Eli Wood, has not been seen since. Investigators now believe Eli’s disappearance is the result of targeted foul play. The fire remains under active investigation as an arson, and police are pursuing all leads in hopes of determining what happened and where Eli may be. Eli is described as approximately 4’10”, 85–95 lbs, with green eyes, noticeable white patches in hair, and partially white eyebrows and eyelashes with distinctive tattoos — a flower and seahorse on a forearm and a rainbow tattoo on an upper right arm. Eli had recently moved from Nova Scotia after graduating from university to pursue further education in Ontario. Eli’s family is desperate for answers. Police are urging anyone who may have information — no matter how small — to come forward. Information can be shared with Waterloo Regional Police or anonymously through Crime Stoppers

I didn't know missing person Eli Wood much but we were mutuals on FB, likely via shared activism. I hope he's found soon and safe. He seemed a good egg full of potential.💜His last messages he seemed to be struggling a bit with funds for college

If in Kitchener, ON, please keep an eye out especially

Meme: Straight ahead: Pausing to consider the meaning of Cohen's lyrics Everyone, for some reason, takes the exit towards Singing "Hallelujah" again in religious contexts

hey guys i made a seasonal meme