Niko Stratis
@nikostratis.com
Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
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Niko Stratis
@nikostratis.com
· May 23
hell of a time to be promoting a book about being trans, the damage done to the body/spirit in the decades spent fighting it, and how you can’t fight city hall (Big Transgender) but here we are. utpress.utexas.edu/978147733148...
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Yeah I agree here. MJL can certainly deliver emotion, and he's often kind of goofy, but he's decidedly not corny.
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Most of the covers lean into the longing, and that is important, but they can't capture the corniness. The song's load-bearing corniness is so important.
I am usually not precious about covers, the opposite in fact, but every time I hear a cover of A Long December -and there are so many!- I just want to hear the original.
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Yeah I agree here. MJL can certainly deliver emotion, and he's often kind of goofy, but he's decidedly not corny.
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This is such a trap designed for me, but what keeps taking me out of it is that MJ Lenderman's shambolic charm lacks the yearning, overwrought sincerity the song needs to work. It feels like he's winking at the parts where he's supposed to cry.
MJ Lenderman (Solo) - A Long December - Chateau Marmont - 11/13/25
YouTube video by Don Dante
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November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is such a trap designed for me, but what keeps taking me out of it is that MJ Lenderman's shambolic charm lacks the yearning, overwrought sincerity the song needs to work. It feels like he's winking at the parts where he's supposed to cry.
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"Trans people are often told that ‘we have always been here’, but it's rare to see that laid out in a way where we feel lifelike. It's one thing to show idealized images of past figures; it's another to make them feel real."
For real @theneedlenews.com (thank you!!)
For real @theneedlenews.com (thank you!!)
Review: 'Gendertrash from Hell' Makes Trans History Feel Brand New
Gendertrash from Hell manages to take the words of the past and make them feel as if they were written yesterday.
theneedlenews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Trans people are often told that ‘we have always been here’, but it's rare to see that laid out in a way where we feel lifelike. It's one thing to show idealized images of past figures; it's another to make them feel real."
For real @theneedlenews.com (thank you!!)
For real @theneedlenews.com (thank you!!)
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we've got quite a lot featured in the current issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, especially in the gift guide where i recommend professional earplugs for shows and @nikostratis.com' excellent memoir.
toronno! there's a new issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social out, which means more music coverage from us, including show listings, contributions to the annual gift guide, and "what we're listening to"! check it out online and across the city. www.thegrindmag.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
we've got quite a lot featured in the current issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, especially in the gift guide where i recommend professional earplugs for shows and @nikostratis.com' excellent memoir.
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I love Winona Ryder on hot ones in her big Tom Waits shirt taking large sloppy spoonfulls from her gigantic bowl of ice cream soup.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I love Winona Ryder on hot ones in her big Tom Waits shirt taking large sloppy spoonfulls from her gigantic bowl of ice cream soup.
wild that the book in review talks about the rise of the Proud Boys from Vice's early days of rampant racism, sexism, and homophobia and then says "the real problem is poptimism", as if every man hasn't already tried to make annoying Swifties the real problem for the last infinite expanse of time
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
wild that the book in review talks about the rise of the Proud Boys from Vice's early days of rampant racism, sexism, and homophobia and then says "the real problem is poptimism", as if every man hasn't already tried to make annoying Swifties the real problem for the last infinite expanse of time
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actually my thing is the best thing you could read about her because it knows what a memoir is
www.patreon.com/posts/144031...
www.patreon.com/posts/144031...
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
actually my thing is the best thing you could read about her because it knows what a memoir is
www.patreon.com/posts/144031...
www.patreon.com/posts/144031...
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essay pitch: "'am i sexual?' how 'backstreet's back' normalized healthy sexual discourse in male friendships"
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
essay pitch: "'am i sexual?' how 'backstreet's back' normalized healthy sexual discourse in male friendships"
the end of the year delivers new, beautiful, surprises like the words "new De La Soul record just dropped"
music.apple.com/ca/album/cab...
music.apple.com/ca/album/cab...
Cabin In The Sky by De La Soul on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 20 Songs
music.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
the end of the year delivers new, beautiful, surprises like the words "new De La Soul record just dropped"
music.apple.com/ca/album/cab...
music.apple.com/ca/album/cab...
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Poet, musician, and software engineer nori li, here as @nori.gay, has died. She was phenomenally talented and dearly loved
💜 🏳️⚧️ 💜
💜 🏳️⚧️ 💜
honoring the life of nori li
A celebration of nori li, an American poet, musician and software engineer, who was passionate about the arts and trans liberation.
honoringnori.gay
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Poet, musician, and software engineer nori li, here as @nori.gay, has died. She was phenomenally talented and dearly loved
💜 🏳️⚧️ 💜
💜 🏳️⚧️ 💜
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Accountability thread: trying to read more books slash reduce my screen time slash go to the library more! Second: The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by @nikostratis.com, so psyched about this one
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Accountability thread: trying to read more books slash reduce my screen time slash go to the library more! Second: The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by @nikostratis.com, so psyched about this one
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Holy heck, Mani from the Stone Roses has died.
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Holy heck, Mani from the Stone Roses has died.
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lil update: today's my last day at paste but i'm happy to share that i'll be contributing to vice under munchies and comedy! my email there is [email protected]. i'm still looking for a full-time role but i'm very excited to work with @danielkohn.bsky.social again
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
lil update: today's my last day at paste but i'm happy to share that i'll be contributing to vice under munchies and comedy! my email there is [email protected]. i'm still looking for a full-time role but i'm very excited to work with @danielkohn.bsky.social again
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I wrote about the anti-vax conference that was taking place at my hotel during the Texas Book Festival. lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival
When I walked into the hotel lobby the first person I saw was a woman with enormous lips wearing a T-shirt that said BAN ASSAULT VACCINES. Wow, Austin really has changed, I thought. I used to come …
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I wrote about the anti-vax conference that was taking place at my hotel during the Texas Book Festival. lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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when the fuck is this gonna end
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
when the fuck is this gonna end
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finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
TDOR is a day I've had complicated feelings on for many years, and this year it feels especially hollow. To have people only celebrate our names on the day we remember the dead. There has been little to silence of any of our triumphs and joys, and many feel all too eager to lay flags in memorial.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
TDOR is a day I've had complicated feelings on for many years, and this year it feels especially hollow. To have people only celebrate our names on the day we remember the dead. There has been little to silence of any of our triumphs and joys, and many feel all too eager to lay flags in memorial.
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came out of my critic/journalist hibernation to provide a very small contextual part of this documentary on survivorship, sexual assault, and pop music + their fans www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
No longer anonymous. Survivor of Jacob Hoggard sexual assault speaks publicly for the first time | CBC The Passionate Eye
Documentary Breaking Idol reveals the identity of the woman whose testimony led to a conviction against Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. But she says coming forward came at a cost.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
came out of my critic/journalist hibernation to provide a very small contextual part of this documentary on survivorship, sexual assault, and pop music + their fans www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
"Kristen Bell as Mary Magdalene"
A lot of actors in here making terrible choices but I have the most noise for Sean Astin who is the sitting SAG-AFTRA president and has a fiduciary duty to not fuck around with fascists
He should watch the Lord of the Rings. It has lessons!
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He should watch the Lord of the Rings. It has lessons!
www.avclub.com/fox-news-nat...
Fox News decides it was being insufficiently Jesus-y
Fox News decides it was being insufficiently Jesus-y
www.avclub.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"Kristen Bell as Mary Magdalene"
In the interest of transparency, and trying to intentionally celebrate my wins, deposited my first ever royalties check for my debut book (The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman) today.
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In the interest of transparency, and trying to intentionally celebrate my wins, deposited my first ever royalties check for my debut book (The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman) today.
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We were thrilled to hear @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social acknowledge @carynrose.bsky.social's great work, calling WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS "a wonderful book" in his terrific conversation with THE Patti Smith. Read or listen here:
Opinion | Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We were thrilled to hear @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social acknowledge @carynrose.bsky.social's great work, calling WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS "a wonderful book" in his terrific conversation with THE Patti Smith. Read or listen here:
People don’t talk about it, but The Long Goodbye is the benchmark for “proper use of a grocery store in a movie”
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
People don’t talk about it, but The Long Goodbye is the benchmark for “proper use of a grocery store in a movie”