Joanna Bate
@joannabate85.bsky.social
Don’t die wondering 🏳️⚧️
I know it's cliché to say this, but if you're thinking about transitioning, just fucking do it already. You can always stop if you don't like it, but if you wait years and years and then do it and realize it was the best decision you ever made, you'll bitterly regret not having done it sooner.
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I know it's cliché to say this, but if you're thinking about transitioning, just fucking do it already. You can always stop if you don't like it, but if you wait years and years and then do it and realize it was the best decision you ever made, you'll bitterly regret not having done it sooner.
On a whim I bought a cheap(ish) rear view ticket to Queens of the Stone Age at the SF Symphony and this is my goddamn view. This is gonna be sick!
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
On a whim I bought a cheap(ish) rear view ticket to Queens of the Stone Age at the SF Symphony and this is my goddamn view. This is gonna be sick!
Golden hour in the desert 🌅
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Golden hour in the desert 🌅
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The quintessential aesthetic of fascism
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The quintessential aesthetic of fascism
Yes on 50! Last day to vote is tomorrow 🗳️
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Yes on 50! Last day to vote is tomorrow 🗳️
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go the fuck outside. find a goth club. go there on a kink / queer night. go even if you think “you won’t fit in” (cheat code: just wear black).
be friendly. give yourself time. repeat as necessary. you will make exceptional friends.
life is for the living. do it scared.
🏳️⚧️🖤🏳️🌈
be friendly. give yourself time. repeat as necessary. you will make exceptional friends.
life is for the living. do it scared.
🏳️⚧️🖤🏳️🌈
October 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
go the fuck outside. find a goth club. go there on a kink / queer night. go even if you think “you won’t fit in” (cheat code: just wear black).
be friendly. give yourself time. repeat as necessary. you will make exceptional friends.
life is for the living. do it scared.
🏳️⚧️🖤🏳️🌈
be friendly. give yourself time. repeat as necessary. you will make exceptional friends.
life is for the living. do it scared.
🏳️⚧️🖤🏳️🌈
Happy Halloween y’all 👻🎃💀
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Happy Halloween y’all 👻🎃💀
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i have no idea what the exact deal of the disco elysium guys was, but as an ancom with gender nonsense "are women bourgeois?" is like your older brother who was in the pen for a while giving you a birthday present and it's a 9mm with the serial numbers exquisitely filed off and stippled down
October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
i have no idea what the exact deal of the disco elysium guys was, but as an ancom with gender nonsense "are women bourgeois?" is like your older brother who was in the pen for a while giving you a birthday present and it's a 9mm with the serial numbers exquisitely filed off and stippled down
There's a point you get to when transitioning when you're just like, fuck it, I want and deserve everything from life I can get out of it. I'm not merely owed a living, I'm owed joy, decadence, and pleasure in unprecedented quantities, and so is everyone else.
That's why they hate us.
That's why they hate us.
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
There's a point you get to when transitioning when you're just like, fuck it, I want and deserve everything from life I can get out of it. I'm not merely owed a living, I'm owed joy, decadence, and pleasure in unprecedented quantities, and so is everyone else.
That's why they hate us.
That's why they hate us.
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To those who are planning on making a political statement on Halloween with ramen or cup mac n cheese, flyers, ect......don't.
Let the kids have a fun, magical night with as much candy, chocolate, and mild mischief as possible.
Let the kids have a fun, magical night with as much candy, chocolate, and mild mischief as possible.
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
To those who are planning on making a political statement on Halloween with ramen or cup mac n cheese, flyers, ect......don't.
Let the kids have a fun, magical night with as much candy, chocolate, and mild mischief as possible.
Let the kids have a fun, magical night with as much candy, chocolate, and mild mischief as possible.
That's the demisexual pride flag. Great job, Google.
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
That's the demisexual pride flag. Great job, Google.
Explaining to urgent care how I got a needle stick injury was all sorts of fun - I went up and hugged someone, because I was so impressed with the aftercare they were providing to someone else after a needle play scene, forgetting that they still had a row of needles stuck through their chest.
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Explaining to urgent care how I got a needle stick injury was all sorts of fun - I went up and hugged someone, because I was so impressed with the aftercare they were providing to someone else after a needle play scene, forgetting that they still had a row of needles stuck through their chest.
I hate that I still look over when someone calls my deadname in a waiting room
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I hate that I still look over when someone calls my deadname in a waiting room
Pro-tip: if you're at a party and someone tells you their playa name is "Flatline", don't laugh and ask them why
October 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Pro-tip: if you're at a party and someone tells you their playa name is "Flatline", don't laugh and ask them why
This was like, all my cis girlfriends.
…almost. A few good ones saw me for who I am and are still in my life 💜
…almost. A few good ones saw me for who I am and are still in my life 💜
your old cis friends in your first year of transition: hurray! a fruity man! how fun!
2nd year, after it becomes clear you're just becoming a woman: boo, this sucks. fuck this
2nd year, after it becomes clear you're just becoming a woman: boo, this sucks. fuck this
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This was like, all my cis girlfriends.
…almost. A few good ones saw me for who I am and are still in my life 💜
…almost. A few good ones saw me for who I am and are still in my life 💜
Somehow I did not realize that last night was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s final show. Holy shit, so glad I got to see them play one last time.
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Somehow I did not realize that last night was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s final show. Holy shit, so glad I got to see them play one last time.
Garbage were so hi-tech that they didn’t even have any speakers onstage, pure amp modeling all the way. BRMC look like they’ve never bought a new amp or instrument in their lives.
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Garbage were so hi-tech that they didn’t even have any speakers onstage, pure amp modeling all the way. BRMC look like they’ve never bought a new amp or instrument in their lives.
Garbage absolutely killed it at the Warfield tonight. Heading back tomorrow to see BMRC!
October 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Garbage absolutely killed it at the Warfield tonight. Heading back tomorrow to see BMRC!
Define your music taste in eight artists:
Manic Street Preachers
Cheap Girls
Tool
Biffy Clyro
Against Me
Into It Over It
Lemuria
Iron Maiden
Manic Street Preachers
Cheap Girls
Tool
Biffy Clyro
Against Me
Into It Over It
Lemuria
Iron Maiden
Define your music taste in eight artists:
Suicide
Talking Heads
The Slits
Nine Inch Nails
100 Gecs
Funkadelic
Sonic Youth
Mazzy Star
Suicide
Talking Heads
The Slits
Nine Inch Nails
100 Gecs
Funkadelic
Sonic Youth
Mazzy Star
Define your music taste in eight artists:
the mountain goats
jeff rosenstock (and associated projects)
100 gecs
underscores
lady gaga
david bowie
sophie
guns n' roses
the mountain goats
jeff rosenstock (and associated projects)
100 gecs
underscores
lady gaga
david bowie
sophie
guns n' roses
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Define your music taste in eight artists:
Manic Street Preachers
Cheap Girls
Tool
Biffy Clyro
Against Me
Into It Over It
Lemuria
Iron Maiden
Manic Street Preachers
Cheap Girls
Tool
Biffy Clyro
Against Me
Into It Over It
Lemuria
Iron Maiden
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One reason I can never run for any office: can you imagine my campaign.
“Fighting to save the bus while going under it”
“Fighting to save the bus while going under it”
October 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One reason I can never run for any office: can you imagine my campaign.
“Fighting to save the bus while going under it”
“Fighting to save the bus while going under it”
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I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.
Goddamn I forgot how stressful interviewing is. On to round two though 💪
October 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Goddamn I forgot how stressful interviewing is. On to round two though 💪
I’ve been pretty down recently (hence not posting much) but new things are in the works and I’m excited. Been thinking hard about how to build a play party organization that’s resilient and sustainable, and that means accountability for everyone, including myself.
October 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’ve been pretty down recently (hence not posting much) but new things are in the works and I’m excited. Been thinking hard about how to build a play party organization that’s resilient and sustainable, and that means accountability for everyone, including myself.
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Not long ago -- in my lifetime -- all trans people faced unspeakable violence, including state-sponsored violence, for simply existing
And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition.
Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back
And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition.
Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Not long ago -- in my lifetime -- all trans people faced unspeakable violence, including state-sponsored violence, for simply existing
And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition.
Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back
And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition.
Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back