Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 2, 2024I love that Caterpillar boots were among the returned items, and in this photo an Amazon worker took, you can clearly see the "CAT" logo near the cat. Cat climbed into Amazon return box, found alive 630 miles away wapo.st/3JJ3vqT
- Untitled May 1, 2024A new cartoon for May Day! This has been an incredible year for unions in the USA - may next year be even better. Unions Have Always Done The Impossible! #PoliCartoon #Union #LaborDay2024 #MayDay2024 #May1st #UBI #LivingWage
- Untitled April 30, 2024People on reddit are fighting about a cartoon I did about why the US health care system sucks and I am enjoying this too too much. https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1ch0l0r/why_us_health_care_is_such_a_terrible_system/?sort=old
- Untitled April 30, 2024I just posted a new cartoon! It's patreon supporters only for now, but in a week or so I'll make it public. :-) https://www.patreon.com/posts/deus-ex-machina-103359912?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
- Untitled April 30, 2024Nothing against Brian, who of course needs and should make a living. But I'm increasingly frustrated by the Substackization of blogging/news writing. To read Brian's work I have to subscribe, which at the lowest price level is $75 a year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 2, 2024
Category Archives: Transsexual and Transgender related issues
Three Points Regarding The No-Platforming Of Germaine Greer
Quick summery: Germaine Greer, a second-wave feminist famous for her 1970 book The Female Eunuch, was invited to give a speech at Cardiff University. Ms. Greer’s transphobia is well-known, gross, and undeniable. Rachael Melhuish, the Women’s Officer at Cardiff Unversity … Continue reading →
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The Mint Garden- a place to discuss trans people’s gender
IMPORTANT NOTE! For technical reasons having to do with the way this web site is managed, the original thread timed out and cannot be re-opened for comments. So, we have created this page, where comments should remain open indefinitely, to … Continue reading →
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“American Reflexxx,” a short film showing mob hatred of gender ambiguity
Content warning: This short film contains extreme transmisogyny, a hostile mob, violence, and is disturbing. The film has a style of editing that makes it difficult to watch, even apart from the content; if the editing makes it hard to … Continue reading →
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Transsexual and Transgender related issues
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Malta Just Showed Us What Our Gender Identity Laws Should Be
Malta has just become the world’s leader in intersex rights, and perhaps in trans rights as well. From Feminist Newswire: Malta’s parliament just passed new legislation that allows self-determination of gender (with a simple process to legally change gender), and … Continue reading →
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Revising for Trans Inclusive Language
At some point in the past, in a comment thread where we were discussing what I was then calling “routine infant male circumcision” in the United States, Grace pointed out to me that phrases like “the routine medical circumcision of infant … Continue reading →
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Don’t Call Trans Women “men who identify as women”
I’m sure that there are a few “Alas” readers who will leap on this to say “but, Amp! You call people racists! You’re such a hypocrite!” Actually, I work to avoid calling people racists, just as I never called Yvonne … Continue reading →
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Living While Trans — Snapshots of Daily Corrosion
Not too long ago, Autumn Sandeen wrote about an experience she had trying to get a consumer discount she qualified for. Sandeen is a career Navy veteran. She’s the real deal, when it comes to standing up for herself and … Continue reading →
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My Society Almost Killed Me Because I’m Trans
Transition takes time. Everyone wishes it weren’t so. Trans people wish it were over in the time it takes you to say “knife”. So do all the people made uncomfortable by transitioning people (which is almost everyone — we do … Continue reading →
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Cartoon: Trans Bills
Thanks to Grace, who was super helpful in writing this cartoon, and also suggested the word avalanche in panel 3. :-) TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon features two characters: A woman in a striped skirt and a black sleeveless shirt, … Continue reading →
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First Approximations
I once saw a good friend of mine by chance in line at a restaurant. He was facing away, but I know him well, and I was confident from his height, the color of his hair, the set of his … Continue reading →
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