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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 59m

If you grew up as a boy (cis or trans) who never really fit in with other boys and were both mystified and intrigued by their habits because they almost felt like these strange, untouchable, exotic creatures to you, I see you and I love you and you make me so proud to be me 💜

Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 1h

There's this version of early blooming gayness that makes you relate more to girls and socialize primarily with girls (in a way that feels homosocial even though it isn't) and essentially makes you have a "girl" childhood despite being a boy, and I just relate so much to that.

Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 9h

Similarly, when the world expects you to "prove" your maleness by shedding everything feminine and emotional and vulnerable about you, seeing men who unapologtically refuse to play by those rules can be incredibly healing.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1d

things are bad, but at least the celebrities aren't singing Imagine into their phones again

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 3h

Celebrating Martin Luther King Day by disrespecting WASPs (seasoning your food).

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 5h

These puppies are shar-peis, if you know what I mean.

Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 5h

Some people are saying it might just be tape and make-up, and if that's true, I want an in-depth tutorial stat because my sad little breasteses and I need to know those secrets.

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Skellyton 💀🦇 @infinitefinite.bsky.social · 7h

Oversharing! On the Internet

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Thought Slime @slimemildred.bsky.social · 5h

Frogs naturally tend to align with the interests of the left, given that the chemicals in the friggin' water turned them gay.

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Thought Slime @slimemildred.bsky.social · 5h

The far right rose to prominence on the back of Pepe, but now the left has discovered the power of frog magic and given itself a fighting chance.

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 7h

Mother Nature gave me severe executive dysfunction because she knew I'd be too powerful without it.

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

Explain to me why “conversion therapy” is banned in 28 countries and ABA is not, when they have the same creator (O. Ivar Lovaas) and utilize similar if not identical principles, techniques, and goals (forced assimilation).

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 8h

Bat For Lashes covering Bruce Springsteen's "I'm On Fire".

Changing "edgy and dull" to "edgy and blunt" to do that cheeky little fake-out was an inspired choice.

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 8h

Currently watching a bunch of homosexuals try to figure out a very convincing breast plate like they're true crime fans trying to solve a murder, and it's the funniest thing I've ever seen.

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 8h

I propose an apron that you can tie around your neck to use as a kitty hammock.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 9h

First Orgy After Brian's Death Very Solemn https://theonion.com/first-orgy-after-brians-death-very-solemn-1819569410/

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 9h

I just love it. I wouldn't trade my genders for anything, I wouldn't trade my sexuality for anything, and I wouldn't trade my people for anything - cis queers, trans queers, trans hets, and every shade and nuance in between.

Fuck everyone who tells us we're in opposition somehow.

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 9h

Similarly, when the world expects you to "prove" your maleness by shedding everything feminine and emotional and vulnerable about you, seeing men who unapologtically refuse to play by those rules can be incredibly healing.

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 9h

It's not unusual for transmascs (even binary, 100% gay trans men) to feel drawn to butch lesbians because they are also perceived as moving away from womanhood, regardless of how they identity.
Butches are the ones who teach us that there's no shame in being considered an "un-woman".

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 9h

Efforts to separate gender, gender expression, and sexuality aren't wrong, per se, because it's important to give people a more accurate understanding of trans identity, but as a trans person myself, the bull daggers and queens of the world mean everything to me.

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 9h

I'm only half joking.
Transbians often talk about the transformative power and affirmation found in being not just a woman, but a woman who loves women, and the same thing is true for being a man who loves men. It can be magical.

Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 18h

Having a nice femme guy to watch horror movies and adopt birds with would fix me.

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Staatsfeind @staatsfeind.bsky.social · 15h

es ist immer noch so absurd, dass wir in gaza von Opferzahlen von 100.000 und mehr sprechen und Menschen immer noch versuchen das Schicksal der 20 israelischen Geiseln in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen. Noch mehr kann man nicht offenbaren, wessen Leben man als mehr wertig ansieht

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ThinlyVeiledPanda @thinlyveiledpanda.bsky.social · 4d

Dental X-rays? You mean tooth pics?

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 10h

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 13h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · Oct 31

Book cover for Pet Cemetery featuring an angry cat’s face hissing as a silhouette of a man stares off. Text and title read:

I just
FED YOU
Stop yelling at me...

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Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 11h

You could say ... we should have WAPped things up right then and there.

Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir) @magerightsactivist.bsky.social · 11h

The internet peaked when WAP came out and people were making mash-ups like Bohemian WAPsody and Phantom of The WAPera.
We should have all packed it in and left after that.

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