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Jane MIgliara Brigham
@jane.theneedlenews.com
Managing Editor at @theneedlenews.com https://theneedlenews.com/
The Internet's Foremost Transsexual Nationalist

Signal: Janethebane.40

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So, we're looking through the @thetransfemininereview.com long list of all nominations, and noticed some cool stuff. Among others, our co-founder Artemis was 3rd for "Best Academic", our Brazil and Games reporter Roberta was tied with Gretchen Felker-Martin for Best Reviewer/Critic...
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you to the people who voted for @theneedlenews.com for Best Publication!
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.

It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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One of the hardest things about the last 12 months is just how much most people are not paying attention. At all. Even people with trans loved ones are missing huge chunks of the escalating violence against us.
December 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Our latest: 📰Academia Slaying - HRT Blocked by Red Tape in Florida, Even for People who Still Qualify 📰
📝: @artemis.theneedlenews.com
Go to theneedle.news/tgs_WdVXB to read the article!
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Highlight of my year
a nice thing that happened this year, here’s me and the gals onstage at liberation wknd (photos by bailey payne)
December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The main problem with liberal democracy is not the process itself, but what lies within the hearts of those within the process.
She helped pass a bill—which is 100% part of liberalism. Maybe you don’t like the bill. Maybe the bill will hurt some people and have bad outcomes. But that’s part of liberal democracy.
December 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The only difference between Schmitt and typical anarchist thought on the state, is that Schmitt says the state is good and anarchists say the state is bad. Their analysis of how the state operates is otherwise identical.
I appreciate how honest this is. Yes, liberal democracy will inevitably hurt people and you must accept it. There is no better way to do things, it is procedurally necessary that we sell out others and draw borders around who deserves dignity and humanity.

Carl Schmitt was right, fuck me.
She helped pass a bill—which is 100% part of liberalism. Maybe you don’t like the bill. Maybe the bill will hurt some people and have bad outcomes. But that’s part of liberal democracy.
December 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Oh fun, my representative made the list. Big surprise there...
As is end of year internet tradition, here is the top 25 most fascist friendly Dems in the House. Also included are their primary & general election opponents and links to how to run yourself, if you're so inclined.
The Most Fascist Congressional Dems of 2025
fdt.beehiiv.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Please support The Needle
December 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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You have 14 days left to pre-order my debut book, Real Girls' Talk! Real Girls' Talk is a non-fiction book centered around the experiences of 7 trans women. In it, I discuss their fears, hopes, and struggles. I also incorporate the results of a major academic study I performed on/with trans women.
Real Girls' Talk: Transfeminine Precarity Across U.S. Places and Spaces, 2024-2025 by Artemis T. Douglas
Transfeminist Social Science Research
adrhetoric.itch.io
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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the democratic frontrunner for president leaned into a eugenics-inspired manosphere meme tonight and i can’t unsee that lol
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
They feel comfortable fundraising off of us losing our healthcare.
Sarah McBride put out a fundraising post on her Instagram specifically denouncing Republicans for trying to ban gender-affirming health care for trans people. It's probably one of the most forceful statements I've read from her.
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Kamala Harris just sent me a fundraising text! She’s starting a PAC called Fight For The People PAC! THIS IS EXCITING NEWS THAT IS DEVASTATING FOR DONALD TRUMP!!!1 #stillwithher #hillary2028 #bluewave #kamalaharris let’s alldonate and make sure we win BIG in the #midterms!!!!!
December 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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katelyn’s investigation into bad actors in trans surgery is one of the most important pieces of journalism ever produced about our community. follow her and give her all your money
If you're a fan of my work, quote post this with why you appreciate it.
It's almost the end of the year and it looks like I won't hit my subscriber goal for the year, but from now until the ball drop, you can get 40% off your first month/year off a monthly or annual membership to my Patreon by using code WB2026 at checkout.

patreon.com/katelynburns
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
100% subscriptions

I hope to have a more diversified income next year
That good “writers should talk honestly about money” post inspired me to calculate how I made my income this year. I made more from writing than usual, but not enough! (I encourage others to do this and post the results!)

51% book
23% writing
11% teaching
8% speaking
7% consulting/brand work
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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guys idgaf if you think it’s distasteful or “dangerous” AI sexual companions do not need laws governing what you are allowed to discuss with them

that’s insane at best
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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So, I’ve occasionally mentioned it on occasion, but the fact that so many people that fall under the trans umbrella are acting in a way that indicates they genuinely believe binary trans people on HRT owe it to the rest of the community to prioritize their voices above our own is becoming a problem.
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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hey, at least we now know erin reed’s speeches comes at a discount
Ezra Klein is cashing in the right way
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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"This is a system of care so horribly inefficient that it would never be tolerated for a group of people that society at large actually wanted to exist." -
@theneedlenews.com

Read the whole op-ed, here:
Trans kids need rights, whether or not their parents or doctors agree
Of the approximately 300,000 trans kids in the US between the ages of 13-17, only about 1,000 of them get access to HRT in any given year.
theneedlenews.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Our Latest: 📰 Trans kids need rights, whether or not their parents or doctors agree 📰

theneedlenews.com/trans-kids-n...
Trans kids need rights, whether or not their parents or doctors agree
Of the approximately 300,000 trans kids in the US between the ages of 13-17, only about 1,000 of them get access to HRT in any given year.
theneedlenews.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One of the best things about working as a writer is that I don't have to put on makeup and a pushup bra to be taken seriously.
i didn’t realize there was legit another “pivot to video” thing happening & i want to write the 5 podcasts i listen to & assure them i will never watch them, not even if i’m stuck in an elevator for so long i have to eat the guy who was trapped with me & i had to kill him for trying to get fresh.
December 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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I've done a ton of writing this year, but this remains my favorite thing I have released this year.
The Egg Prime Directive is Bullshit
“The prime directive is bullshit in Star Trek and it’s bullshit in gender. If you have the power to minimize suffering you have a moral obligation to exercise it.”
theneedlenews.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I've done a ton of writing this year, but this remains my favorite thing I have released this year.
The Egg Prime Directive is Bullshit
“The prime directive is bullshit in Star Trek and it’s bullshit in gender. If you have the power to minimize suffering you have a moral obligation to exercise it.”
theneedlenews.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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i renounce any society that would make our integration conditional. i don't want to be a part of it. they don't deserve us.
December 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM