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@dolphindiaries.bsky.social
emma, she/her or ze/zir. detrans NB lesbian, transfeminist. writing about detransition for trans liberation, bodily autonomy, and informed consent.

co-host of @crackedivorypod.bsky.social

links: dolphindiaries.carrd.co
fiction: @mzakharuk.bsky.social
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An autobiographical essay about anti-trans child conversion therapy and the place of queer children under patriarchy.

open.substack.com/pub/dolphind...
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I have 3k left to raise on my GFM until June 18th. The overall goal is over halfway there, and it would suck to get stuck close to the end. Please help out if you can, it would mean a lot

gofund.me/48e9f91bd
Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
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February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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yea sorry, but this paragraph is also shit, because it reduces “the ruling class” to “capitalists”, and omitting what chomsky himself said about the abuse of women. this is not only about capitalism, it is also about patriarchy. chomsky wasn’t just seduced by the ruling class, he is a man.
This is the definitive point by Chris Hedges, re: Noam Chomsky and Epstein. Chomsky's entire value as a public intellectual is to know what people like Epstein are up to and why. Him feigning ignorance is absurd, and if it were true it would undermine the rest of his career.
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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I actually wrote this as an erotically-charged moment in "Estro Junkies" btw
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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NEW STUDY!

@juliahusar.bsky.social and I have a grant to build trans health and wellbeing tech, and we need input from other trans women and transfems to make sure it serves us all well. This is research BY transfems FOR transfems and we're inviting y'all to be part of it. Also, we're paying!
Hi all, I'm leading a study! We're looking to understand transfem experiences searching for information related to transitioning online, setting transition-related goals, and making decisions based on the information acquired in these searches.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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dropped a @dolphindiaries.bsky.social link in a campaign email to cite how detrans people share some of the challenges and needs that trans people have, largely imposed by the anti-trans regime
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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very excited to have my response included in the latest Boston Review forum against Democratic moderation! here it is, my best argument for why Dems shouldn't "moderate" on transgender rights & LGBTQ issues more generally (as they are inextricably linked): www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Trans rights aren’t tanking the Democrats.
Julia Serano responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Me: Is America the world's most misogynist country?

France: tiens ma bière
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Holding up a document containing GDPR like it's a religious symbol and Discord is a vampire
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Help Emma, she is cool and deserves many things including gender-affirming care
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I have 3k left to raise on my GFM until June 18th. The overall goal is over halfway there, and it would suck to get stuck close to the end. Please help out if you can, it would mean a lot

gofund.me/48e9f91bd
Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
gofund.me
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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i fly out for revision in 8 days and could really use the help to get me through the 2-3 week recovery afterwards <3
Good News: On my last follow up, my FFS surgeon was confident things were okay.

Bad News: The whole process was way more expensive than I anticipated and all the money I had set aside to help me get through my revision next month is now gone.

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February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"transition regret blah blah" okay well my actual regret is missing out on living as myself for 15 years. if i wasn't put in conversion therapy and met NB lesbians sooner, maybe i could've had those years, but womp womp
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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very close to 5k on this! please help if you can
Due to being a refugee, I only get invited to interviews for menial and service jobs. Because of my disability, I can't work those. I live on modest and sporadic freelance earnings and can't afford surgical expenses. Please help if you can 🙏

#HelpSky #MutualAid

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Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
gofund.me
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Good News: On my last follow up, my FFS surgeon was confident things were okay.

Bad News: The whole process was way more expensive than I anticipated and all the money I had set aside to help me get through my revision next month is now gone.

ko-fi.com/faerynn/goal...
Buy Fae'rynn a Coffee
Become a supporter of Fae'rynn today!
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January 27, 2026 at 8:28 AM
My detractors: WHY CANT U JUST CALL URSELF CIS

My girlfriend:
February 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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pretty much no one has ever earned their victory lap as thoroughly as rebecca watson has earned this one imo
It's interesting just how joined up the network of celebrity misogynists is. I don't think it makes sense to cast Epstein as, like, the sinister puppetmaster behind it all. I think that flatters him far more than he deserves. What it does show, as in this video, is how...

youtu.be/ZoO9FZXUgv4?...
Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins & Other Men Are
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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this was basically the 80s yes
February 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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A bunch of women and girls get abused and all the discussion is about the political manoeuvrings of the men involved. You have to laugh, don't you?
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
It hurts to cut jokes from a new @crackedivorypod.bsky.social episode but sometimes they're part of a tangent and needs must
February 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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THIS IS SUCH A COOL EDIT
Great clip of @taliabhatt.itch.io on "Gender Ideology," fascist conspiracies, and the danger trans people pose to the far right.

No, we promise she's not going full Pepe Silvia.

Listen to the full episode now on your Workers' Lit feed!

#podcast #politics #feminism #transgender #transrights
February 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Help out M if you can!
very close to 5k on this! please help if you can
Due to being a refugee, I only get invited to interviews for menial and service jobs. Because of my disability, I can't work those. I live on modest and sporadic freelance earnings and can't afford surgical expenses. Please help if you can 🙏

#HelpSky #MutualAid

gofund.me/25003d6e4
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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After a century of siring new girlfriends, the vampire Olya has given up on love. Except messy relationships leave long traces, and one of them is about to bite back.

Read the preview chapter by subscribing to my newsletter - mzakharuk.com#newsletter
Preorder now - mzakharuk.com#appetite
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM