Kassandra Jo Tomaras
@raconteuse.bsky.social
Transfeminine author, literary translator, and sufferable pedant. Messenger of divine wrath and sleepy times. She/they
https://raconteuse.me
DMs open to people I follow only.
EN/ES/DE/FR/PT and sometimes Yiddish
https://raconteuse.me
DMs open to people I follow only.
EN/ES/DE/FR/PT and sometimes Yiddish
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About Kassandra Jo Tomaras
Kassandra Jo Tomaras is a New Yorker, a mother, a writer, and a literary translator. She has published literary criticism, personal essays, short speculative fiction, and translations of fantasy stori...
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@juneeee.bsky.social is an excellent web developer. You should pay her to help you do cool things.
raconteuse.me
@juneeee.bsky.social is an excellent web developer. You should pay her to help you do cool things.
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The Odessa Steps feature in the 1925 comedy JEWISH LUCK, based on the writings of Yiddish humorist Sholem Aleichem (who also wrote the basis for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF).
This film was completed before BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN and was also shot by cinematographer Eduard Tisse.
This film was completed before BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN and was also shot by cinematographer Eduard Tisse.
February 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The Odessa Steps feature in the 1925 comedy JEWISH LUCK, based on the writings of Yiddish humorist Sholem Aleichem (who also wrote the basis for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF).
This film was completed before BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN and was also shot by cinematographer Eduard Tisse.
This film was completed before BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN and was also shot by cinematographer Eduard Tisse.
Just another relaxing Sunday morning with Espose
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Just another relaxing Sunday morning with Espose
I was 13 when this movie came out. It was part of a cruel culture that pushed me into a closet so deep, it took me almost 30 years to find my way out.
If the people who made THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS can recognise it as transphobic, so can you www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
‘Silence of the Lambs’ Team Reckons With Transphobia Criticism: “There’s Regret”
As the hit movie turns 35, Ted Levine opens up to The Hollywood Reporter about complicated feelings over playing Buffalo Bill and the representation of gender: "It's unfortunate that the film vilified...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I was 13 when this movie came out. It was part of a cruel culture that pushed me into a closet so deep, it took me almost 30 years to find my way out.
Hank Hill Joins Antifa
In fact, my experience in Texas and Idaho is that for a certain type of guy the chance to feel useful with a truck and some power tools often outweighed serious political differences.
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Hank Hill Joins Antifa
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Primera promoción de españoles en los archivos Epstein.
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Primera promoción de españoles en los archivos Epstein.
1. Body count is ridiculous.
2. Also, before my transition, I had a lot of sex I was ashamed of in semi-dissociative states, so I never could keep count.
3. If I reset the count as of my first day of HRT, it's now 19.
4. And I even remember most of their names.
5. OK, I guess I am desirable.
2. Also, before my transition, I had a lot of sex I was ashamed of in semi-dissociative states, so I never could keep count.
3. If I reset the count as of my first day of HRT, it's now 19.
4. And I even remember most of their names.
5. OK, I guess I am desirable.
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
1. Body count is ridiculous.
2. Also, before my transition, I had a lot of sex I was ashamed of in semi-dissociative states, so I never could keep count.
3. If I reset the count as of my first day of HRT, it's now 19.
4. And I even remember most of their names.
5. OK, I guess I am desirable.
2. Also, before my transition, I had a lot of sex I was ashamed of in semi-dissociative states, so I never could keep count.
3. If I reset the count as of my first day of HRT, it's now 19.
4. And I even remember most of their names.
5. OK, I guess I am desirable.
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Trans kids - all kids - need to be allowed to choose their name and the way people refer to them and the way they dress and the way their body will change at puberty because kids are humans with human rights, including bodily autonomy. That’s the only line of argument you should need
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Trans kids - all kids - need to be allowed to choose their name and the way people refer to them and the way they dress and the way their body will change at puberty because kids are humans with human rights, including bodily autonomy. That’s the only line of argument you should need
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Albany, NY 7:30 AM 2/12/26
At least 5 confirmed ICE vehicles have been seen on Sherman St. the vicinity of Quail and Lark since 6:52 am.
Please bring whistles and your voices and head there ASAP to alert the neighborhood of ICE presence. Gather at corner of Sherman and Lake for further instructions.
At least 5 confirmed ICE vehicles have been seen on Sherman St. the vicinity of Quail and Lark since 6:52 am.
Please bring whistles and your voices and head there ASAP to alert the neighborhood of ICE presence. Gather at corner of Sherman and Lake for further instructions.
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Albany, NY 7:30 AM 2/12/26
At least 5 confirmed ICE vehicles have been seen on Sherman St. the vicinity of Quail and Lark since 6:52 am.
Please bring whistles and your voices and head there ASAP to alert the neighborhood of ICE presence. Gather at corner of Sherman and Lake for further instructions.
At least 5 confirmed ICE vehicles have been seen on Sherman St. the vicinity of Quail and Lark since 6:52 am.
Please bring whistles and your voices and head there ASAP to alert the neighborhood of ICE presence. Gather at corner of Sherman and Lake for further instructions.
I have never owned a Blahaj.
My girlfriend does, and I love her.
That is all I can contribute to Today's Trans Discourse.
My girlfriend does, and I love her.
That is all I can contribute to Today's Trans Discourse.
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I have never owned a Blahaj.
My girlfriend does, and I love her.
That is all I can contribute to Today's Trans Discourse.
My girlfriend does, and I love her.
That is all I can contribute to Today's Trans Discourse.
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trans ppl often refer to ourselves as 'trannies' that doesn't mean cis pp can.
Black ppl often refer to themselves using a racial slur that doesn't mean we can.
Black ppl often refer to themselves using a racial slur that doesn't mean we can.
February 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
trans ppl often refer to ourselves as 'trannies' that doesn't mean cis pp can.
Black ppl often refer to themselves using a racial slur that doesn't mean we can.
Black ppl often refer to themselves using a racial slur that doesn't mean we can.
"«Lo personal es político» dejó de ser únicamente un lema feminista porque la repolitización de cuestiones de carácter privado pasó a ser una consigna política central de la Nueva derecha." - Nuria Alabao, «Las guerras de género»
February 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
"«Lo personal es político» dejó de ser únicamente un lema feminista porque la repolitización de cuestiones de carácter privado pasó a ser una consigna política central de la Nueva derecha." - Nuria Alabao, «Las guerras de género»
As a bisexual woman, the thing I now find most implausible about the novels of Julio Cortázar is the existence of men who engage the women in their lives in intellectual conversations.
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
As a bisexual woman, the thing I now find most implausible about the novels of Julio Cortázar is the existence of men who engage the women in their lives in intellectual conversations.
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Fun fact: in French queer slang 67 is used to say "cishet" (because 6-7 is said "six-sept")
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Fun fact: in French queer slang 67 is used to say "cishet" (because 6-7 is said "six-sept")
Fuck I left out a key word from that post, and it would have been a good one if I hadn't.
February 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Fuck I left out a key word from that post, and it would have been a good one if I hadn't.
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One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM
One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
At age 48, baby's first triad?
February 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
At age 48, baby's first triad?
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The first Bandcamp Friday of 2026 is this Friday, February 6th. From midnight to midnight PDT, we'll be waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready. daily.bandcamp.com/features/ban...
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The first Bandcamp Friday of 2026 is this Friday, February 6th. From midnight to midnight PDT, we'll be waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready. daily.bandcamp.com/features/ban...
There's no way in hell I am going back to X, and Bluesky is not yet bad enough for me to quit microblogging entirely. But I do miss being able to hear from Palestinians.
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
There's no way in hell I am going back to X, and Bluesky is not yet bad enough for me to quit microblogging entirely. But I do miss being able to hear from Palestinians.
How did you know you were a little fruity?
George Michael's ass
George Michael's ass
how did you know you were a lil fruity ??
As a teenager I had a crush on kd lang
As a teenager I had a crush on kd lang
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
How did you know you were a little fruity?
George Michael's ass
George Michael's ass
"El liberalismo y las derechas radicales son expresiones igualmente constitutivas del capitalismo moderno." - Nuria Alabao, «Las guerras de género»
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"El liberalismo y las derechas radicales son expresiones igualmente constitutivas del capitalismo moderno." - Nuria Alabao, «Las guerras de género»
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Every destroyed homein gaza was a place of weddings, birthdays, and quiet family dinners. These are not just buildings; they are the containers of human life.
February 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Every destroyed homein gaza was a place of weddings, birthdays, and quiet family dinners. These are not just buildings; they are the containers of human life.
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it/its not like a doll but like the word that comes before “complicated” when someone asks you why you stopped talking to me
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
it/its not like a doll but like the word that comes before “complicated” when someone asks you why you stopped talking to me
I'm not sure how to function in a world that feels like a Mariana Enriquez novel.
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I'm not sure how to function in a world that feels like a Mariana Enriquez novel.
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"A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool"
Actual historical photo of Italian men between the age of 15 and 50 who did not pass on their genes circa 1914-1918
Actual historical photo of Italian men between the age of 15 and 50 who did not pass on their genes circa 1914-1918
February 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
"A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool"
Actual historical photo of Italian men between the age of 15 and 50 who did not pass on their genes circa 1914-1918
Actual historical photo of Italian men between the age of 15 and 50 who did not pass on their genes circa 1914-1918