Dr. Drew Donna Folk
@drdrewfolk1.bsky.social
Ph.D., History, Oklahoma State University
Independent Scholar/Nebraska Sandhills Historian/Historian of the American West
Amateur Agriculturalist
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Swiftie
NE Colorado
#TransLivesMatter
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Independent Scholar/Nebraska Sandhills Historian/Historian of the American West
Amateur Agriculturalist
She/Her
Belongs to @StephanieFolk.bsky.social
Swiftie
NE Colorado
#TransLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter
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This is excellent and lines up entirely with what we found in performing the ancient secret rite called “asking voters stuff.” The people who said the they/them ad killed Harris were wrong. She took vastly more lasting, salient damage from the ads amplifying her saying “nothing will change.”
"When we look at opinion polls about what actually motivates voters and their choices at the ballot box, trans issues are often dead last. And it’s worth noting that much of that polling makes no distinction between positive or negative views of trans rights." www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is excellent and lines up entirely with what we found in performing the ancient secret rite called “asking voters stuff.” The people who said the they/them ad killed Harris were wrong. She took vastly more lasting, salient damage from the ads amplifying her saying “nothing will change.”
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Her mom's a right wing radio host and lawyer. That's. Well.
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Her mom's a right wing radio host and lawyer. That's. Well.
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trans people have a a biological advantage at making pundits insane
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
trans people have a a biological advantage at making pundits insane
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This is the right answer to that "one actor" game. He's even in stupid Sandler comedies and a ton of 90s indie shit when they were running hot and mainstream stuff. You get Desperado. You get Trees Lounge. Boardwalk. Con Air. Monsters Inc. Armageddon. Millers Crossing. Lonesome Dove!
Steve Buscemi: you get Fargo, Lebowski, Pulp Fiction but also 30 Rock, The Studio, Curb, The Simpsons, Sopranos, and soooo much more. Its all you ever need
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is the right answer to that "one actor" game. He's even in stupid Sandler comedies and a ton of 90s indie shit when they were running hot and mainstream stuff. You get Desperado. You get Trees Lounge. Boardwalk. Con Air. Monsters Inc. Armageddon. Millers Crossing. Lonesome Dove!
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1) Yes, obviously this is what this is actually about.
2) Academic freedom and, more to the point, standards are supposed to render this approach ineffective. Their abandonment in order to throw trans people under the bus is catastrophic.
2) Academic freedom and, more to the point, standards are supposed to render this approach ineffective. Their abandonment in order to throw trans people under the bus is catastrophic.
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1) Yes, obviously this is what this is actually about.
2) Academic freedom and, more to the point, standards are supposed to render this approach ineffective. Their abandonment in order to throw trans people under the bus is catastrophic.
2) Academic freedom and, more to the point, standards are supposed to render this approach ineffective. Their abandonment in order to throw trans people under the bus is catastrophic.
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Cis people, even our allies, by and large are uncomfortable thinking about their gender and sex as changeable things you choose, and bigots will continue to take advantage of that discomfort until youre able to get over it
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Cis people, even our allies, by and large are uncomfortable thinking about their gender and sex as changeable things you choose, and bigots will continue to take advantage of that discomfort until youre able to get over it
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The OU thing kinda illustrates that a lot of our cis allies will go to great lengths to avoid having to talk about trans people and actually have to defend us directly and aggressively
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The OU thing kinda illustrates that a lot of our cis allies will go to great lengths to avoid having to talk about trans people and actually have to defend us directly and aggressively
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[trans people fired from all federal jobs]
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
[trans people fired from all federal jobs]
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
[trans people fired from all military jobs]
[trans people fired from jobs everywhere]
[cis people fired for being accused of being trans]
[cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist]
[trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi]
liberal:
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1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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9. But increasingly, we’re watching the language of “inclusivity” get twisted into a justification for excluding LGBTQ+ people—and the so-called “big tent” shrink to accommodate only those who believe transgender rights belong outside it.
Gallego is a part of that increasing problem.
Gallego is a part of that increasing problem.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
9. But increasingly, we’re watching the language of “inclusivity” get twisted into a justification for excluding LGBTQ+ people—and the so-called “big tent” shrink to accommodate only those who believe transgender rights belong outside it.
Gallego is a part of that increasing problem.
Gallego is a part of that increasing problem.
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If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
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Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
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It's truly amazing the lengths people will go to defend an effort to purge trans people from society, which is exactly what this whole controversy is about.
This won’t be a popular opinion, but I don’t think the instructor was right here. The assignment said that the goal was for students to demonstrate they completed the readings *and* they could do so by reflecting on, among other things, their personal experiences. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's truly amazing the lengths people will go to defend an effort to purge trans people from society, which is exactly what this whole controversy is about.
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For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
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Maybe it's my gender queer arse, but... Was this not blindingly obvious??
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Maybe it's my gender queer arse, but... Was this not blindingly obvious??
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be proud of who you are and be unapologetically yourself. confidence grows when you stop shrinking for people who were never going to celebrate you anyway. honor your own truth and never shame others for theirs. we rise higher when we let each other simply be.
💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍❤️🔥
💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍❤️🔥
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
be proud of who you are and be unapologetically yourself. confidence grows when you stop shrinking for people who were never going to celebrate you anyway. honor your own truth and never shame others for theirs. we rise higher when we let each other simply be.
💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍❤️🔥
💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍❤️🔥
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The thing about the Oklahoma University student's shitty paper that I keep thinking about is how much it reminds me of when Bari Weiss's sister got national media attention for writing an open letter to all the schools she didn't get into.
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The thing about the Oklahoma University student's shitty paper that I keep thinking about is how much it reminds me of when Bari Weiss's sister got national media attention for writing an open letter to all the schools she didn't get into.
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be my ny when hollywood HATES ME 😤
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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tired: still getting invited to bachelor parties post-transition
wired: getting *hired* by bachelor parties post-transition
wired: getting *hired* by bachelor parties post-transition
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
tired: still getting invited to bachelor parties post-transition
wired: getting *hired* by bachelor parties post-transition
wired: getting *hired* by bachelor parties post-transition
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This stunt had nothing to do with the Bible, it was entirely about pushing the envelope to see how easy it would be to get a public university to fire an instructor for not living according to Christian nationalist beliefs. Turns out it was really easy.
The TPUSA-OU student’s mother has been arguing with people on X about her daughter’s essay and here she is agreeing with anti-LGBTQ+ bigot Billboard Chris saying transgender people should be barred from becoming teachers or professors. Really fishing for that media gig.
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This stunt had nothing to do with the Bible, it was entirely about pushing the envelope to see how easy it would be to get a public university to fire an instructor for not living according to Christian nationalist beliefs. Turns out it was really easy.
<SNORT> 🤭🤭🤣🤣
I drew a clock and they’re saying that I came up with times that nobody else has ever even thought of before, Wednesday 35 AM, half past seventeen, 56 o’clock. They say it’s incredible. Almost terrifying.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
<SNORT> 🤭🤭🤣🤣
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades