Joy Barlow 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@inscrutablejoy.bsky.social
She/her, grumpy sometimes, safe to talk to unless you're shitty
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First Annual Mira Bellwether Trans Day of Joy is on June 20 (solstice), 2025!
Please let me know if you can help organize a GRASSROOTS event in your area!
Please let me know if you can help organize a GRASSROOTS event in your area!
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"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night.
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night.
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for."
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It's a Living - Chapter Twenty-One | Helena Grace
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January 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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theres so much horrible shit about the murder of renee good, but there is something deeply terrifying about the way everyone from media to politicians have erased her wife from the story. ive seen far more mention of her late husband than her wife who was sitting next to her when she was murdered
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
theres so much horrible shit about the murder of renee good, but there is something deeply terrifying about the way everyone from media to politicians have erased her wife from the story. ive seen far more mention of her late husband than her wife who was sitting next to her when she was murdered
It's an egg
In a closet
In a closet
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
It's an egg
In a closet
In a closet
Bullies, and also bullets
dysphoria. also, one time, a firework
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
i’m decades of conversion therapy from my fundamentalist shrink parents
i’m decades of conversion therapy from my fundamentalist shrink parents
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Bullies, and also bullets
I'm sure this is highly offensive to a lot of people I care about, but is there something about feminizing HRT that significantly weakens neck muscles more than other muscles? Seems like almost every transition glow-up selfie a girlie is doing the head tilt thing like her neck's been snapped
January 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I'm sure this is highly offensive to a lot of people I care about, but is there something about feminizing HRT that significantly weakens neck muscles more than other muscles? Seems like almost every transition glow-up selfie a girlie is doing the head tilt thing like her neck's been snapped
The discord is going WILD about this one
So cliffed
Much hanging
So cliffed
Much hanging
WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN
Max moves from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.
CHAPTER 29: DON’T SPOOK THE HORSES
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Max moves from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.
CHAPTER 29: DON’T SPOOK THE HORSES
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When You Fell from Heaven — 29 — Don’t Spook the Horses (16.7k words) | Alyson Greaves
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December 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The discord is going WILD about this one
So cliffed
Much hanging
So cliffed
Much hanging
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Sharp-eyed readers may note the overlaps between “gender ideology is a leftist plot to deprave the youth and molest our womenfolk”; “human rights are a Soviet/Islamist plot to sap our martial will to dominate and destroy our enemies”, and “the volk are threatened by the taint of the lesser races”.
December 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Sharp-eyed readers may note the overlaps between “gender ideology is a leftist plot to deprave the youth and molest our womenfolk”; “human rights are a Soviet/Islamist plot to sap our martial will to dominate and destroy our enemies”, and “the volk are threatened by the taint of the lesser races”.
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Using the non-slip textured coating in the bottom of the fancy hotel bathtub for its real purpose: thoroughly exfoliating my ass cheeks
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Using the non-slip textured coating in the bottom of the fancy hotel bathtub for its real purpose: thoroughly exfoliating my ass cheeks
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when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. n.pr/4pNYnVN
U.S. regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal
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“Kale chip eating freaks”
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Kale chip eating freaks”
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Someone needs to leak this.
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Someone needs to leak this.
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like, say what you will about ronald milhous reagan but he is very dead
December 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
like, say what you will about ronald milhous reagan but he is very dead
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It's a Living - Chapter Nineteen | Helena Grace
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December 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
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when a woman wears camo: awww shes so cute! just look at her trying (and failing) to blend in with her surroundings
when a man wears camo: *air raid sirens*
when a man wears camo: *air raid sirens*
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
when a woman wears camo: awww shes so cute! just look at her trying (and failing) to blend in with her surroundings
when a man wears camo: *air raid sirens*
when a man wears camo: *air raid sirens*
If you participated in a trans joy meetup six months ago I'd love to hear your stories! I'm trying again this year for a local meetup but we'll see how it goes
First Annual Mira Bellwether Trans Day of Joy is on June 20 (solstice), 2025!
Please let me know if you can help organize a GRASSROOTS event in your area!
Please let me know if you can help organize a GRASSROOTS event in your area!
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you participated in a trans joy meetup six months ago I'd love to hear your stories! I'm trying again this year for a local meetup but we'll see how it goes
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If they have any kind of power at all—journalist, politician, healthcare commissioner—your position on DIY HRT is, “What’s that? A new kind of hammer? For DIY? Can I get it on Amazon?”
Don't talk to journalists about DIY HRT.
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If they have any kind of power at all—journalist, politician, healthcare commissioner—your position on DIY HRT is, “What’s that? A new kind of hammer? For DIY? Can I get it on Amazon?”
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Think about this. Did you hear trans panic headlines in the 2000s? No.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
I’m rewatching Mad About You & theres a joke where Ursula the ditzy waitress mistakes a recurring character for a post-op trans woman and immediately talks about how great she looks now, then deadnames her as part of a running joke at Ursula’s expense. In 1995. The great trans scare is manufactured.
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Think about this. Did you hear trans panic headlines in the 2000s? No.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
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Barbara Walters did a whole segment on transgender kids and teens in 2007 and, outside of the usual pearl-clutching suspects, there was none of the mass hysteria like RW media has successfully manufactured.
It really wasn’t until they lost Obergefell that they turned up the heat on trans issues.
It really wasn’t until they lost Obergefell that they turned up the heat on trans issues.
Think about this. Did you hear trans panic headlines in the 2000s? No.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
I’m rewatching Mad About You & theres a joke where Ursula the ditzy waitress mistakes a recurring character for a post-op trans woman and immediately talks about how great she looks now, then deadnames her as part of a running joke at Ursula’s expense. In 1995. The great trans scare is manufactured.
December 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Barbara Walters did a whole segment on transgender kids and teens in 2007 and, outside of the usual pearl-clutching suspects, there was none of the mass hysteria like RW media has successfully manufactured.
It really wasn’t until they lost Obergefell that they turned up the heat on trans issues.
It really wasn’t until they lost Obergefell that they turned up the heat on trans issues.
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WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN is my trans/cis lesbian cheerleader series!
In HOW TO FLY, we meet Max and Taylor, and we discover just how much a suitably determined cheer captain can change someone’s life.
mybook.to/HOWTOFLY
alysongreaves.itch.io
books2read.com/u/47LXBN
In HOW TO FLY, we meet Max and Taylor, and we discover just how much a suitably determined cheer captain can change someone’s life.
mybook.to/HOWTOFLY
alysongreaves.itch.io
books2read.com/u/47LXBN
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN is my trans/cis lesbian cheerleader series!
In HOW TO FLY, we meet Max and Taylor, and we discover just how much a suitably determined cheer captain can change someone’s life.
mybook.to/HOWTOFLY
alysongreaves.itch.io
books2read.com/u/47LXBN
In HOW TO FLY, we meet Max and Taylor, and we discover just how much a suitably determined cheer captain can change someone’s life.
mybook.to/HOWTOFLY
alysongreaves.itch.io
books2read.com/u/47LXBN
Hot take but I don't believe in sending every terrible parent to a terrible nursing home
Some people don't deserve to have someone else wipe their butt, plus that stuff's expensive - there'll be nothing left if they forgot to remove you from the will
Some people don't deserve to have someone else wipe their butt, plus that stuff's expensive - there'll be nothing left if they forgot to remove you from the will
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hot take but I don't believe in sending every terrible parent to a terrible nursing home
Some people don't deserve to have someone else wipe their butt, plus that stuff's expensive - there'll be nothing left if they forgot to remove you from the will
Some people don't deserve to have someone else wipe their butt, plus that stuff's expensive - there'll be nothing left if they forgot to remove you from the will
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WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN
Max moves from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.
CHAPTER 28: WITH THE DEVIL ON YOUR BACK
Now live on Patreon for all $5 members!
www.patreon.com/posts/when-y...
Max moves from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.
CHAPTER 28: WITH THE DEVIL ON YOUR BACK
Now live on Patreon for all $5 members!
www.patreon.com/posts/when-y...
When You Fell from Heaven — 28 — With the Devil on your Back (15.5k words) | Alyson Greaves
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December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN
Max moves from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.
CHAPTER 28: WITH THE DEVIL ON YOUR BACK
Now live on Patreon for all $5 members!
www.patreon.com/posts/when-y...
Max moves from New York to California to start again. And Taylor, newly crowned captain of the cheer squad, sees someone with potential.
CHAPTER 28: WITH THE DEVIL ON YOUR BACK
Now live on Patreon for all $5 members!
www.patreon.com/posts/when-y...