Sandy Ernest Allen
@sandyernestallen.bsky.social
author & journalist, covering mental health/gender. trans guy. tired.
📝: Believer, Eater, Esquire, The Cut, TAL, 99PI ...
📖: akomp.info (Scribner)
https://whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/
https://www.sandyernestallen.com
https://linktr.ee/hellosandyallen
📝: Believer, Eater, Esquire, The Cut, TAL, 99PI ...
📖: akomp.info (Scribner)
https://whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/
https://www.sandyernestallen.com
https://linktr.ee/hellosandyallen
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cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want:
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
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(when my book makes a list) haha fucking check THIS out. perfect meritocracy....very cool. vERy cool.
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
(when my book makes a list) haha fucking check THIS out. perfect meritocracy....very cool. vERy cool.
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
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My friend is taking corporate-mandated sexual harassment training
May 7, 2024 at 3:31 PM
My friend is taking corporate-mandated sexual harassment training
*chuckles in the used-to-work-for-Ben-Smith way*
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
*chuckles in the used-to-work-for-Ben-Smith way*
alas I do agree with them here ... cabbage rules ...
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
alas I do agree with them here ... cabbage rules ...
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An important thread about new research involving trans youth.
Just to emphasize, as ever: The *point* of the transphobia is to kill trans people, including trans kids ...
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
An important thread about new research involving trans youth.
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Tapping the sign again
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tapping the sign again
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The most vicious satirist of our stupid media leadership couldn’t have invented someone dumber than Bari Weiss.
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The most vicious satirist of our stupid media leadership couldn’t have invented someone dumber than Bari Weiss.
New!!! Sandy's Recipe Club post ... focused on hosting larger, colder weather gatherings ...
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/hosting-ad...
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/hosting-ad...
Hosting Advice for Colder Seasons
Sandy's Recipe Club #3, advice for Friendsgivings and such ...
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New!!! Sandy's Recipe Club post ... focused on hosting larger, colder weather gatherings ...
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/hosting-ad...
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/hosting-ad...
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Discussion #Stories #Ally
The reposts in my feed today are from this thread. If you are not already a trans ally and you follow me, I highly encourage you to read through the stories in the comments.
Please join countless allies in speaking up for transgender rights globally.
The reposts in my feed today are from this thread. If you are not already a trans ally and you follow me, I highly encourage you to read through the stories in the comments.
Please join countless allies in speaking up for transgender rights globally.
cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want:
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#LGBTQ #Transgender #Discussion #Stories #Ally
The reposts in my feed today are from this thread. If you are not already a trans ally and you follow me, I highly encourage you to read through the stories in the comments.
Please join countless allies in speaking up for transgender rights globally.
The reposts in my feed today are from this thread. If you are not already a trans ally and you follow me, I highly encourage you to read through the stories in the comments.
Please join countless allies in speaking up for transgender rights globally.
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
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Why does she want Epstein's lawyer to be the face of what's acceptable? Oh...
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Why does she want Epstein's lawyer to be the face of what's acceptable? Oh...
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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I love this so much. Macaulay Culkin carried that movie on his back. Remarkable for a child actor. Plus it still holds up!
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I love this so much. Macaulay Culkin carried that movie on his back. Remarkable for a child actor. Plus it still holds up!
Yup. As a trans person can verify: Just trying to live.
It really is staggering how trans people are just trying to live and these people are just like "absolutely not"
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yup. As a trans person can verify: Just trying to live.
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I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
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We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
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substack has been trying to create a platform that makes it hard for writers to leave and incentivizes readers to just stay in their substack app, which i am opposed to on principle!!!
Full disclosure: I’ve lost nearly 40 paid subscribers since leaving Substack and this newsletter is 2/3 of my income. If you want to support an independent trans journalist, this is a great way to do so. bit.ly/ooylsagseaso...
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
substack has been trying to create a platform that makes it hard for writers to leave and incentivizes readers to just stay in their substack app, which i am opposed to on principle!!!
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"Activist" is being purposely used by Sky News here to obscure the fact that Linehan had a violent outburst with a teenager.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Activist" is being purposely used by Sky News here to obscure the fact that Linehan had a violent outburst with a teenager.
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As soon as this new information was unleashed, people began looking at the location data for accounts that primarily serve to stoke political tensions in the U.S. with far-right narratives that are often misleading or outright false.
X's Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As soon as this new information was unleashed, people began looking at the location data for accounts that primarily serve to stoke political tensions in the U.S. with far-right narratives that are often misleading or outright false.
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The Kamala Harris book is so excruciating
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Kamala Harris book is so excruciating
Just to emphasize, as ever: The *point* of the transphobia is to kill trans people, including trans kids ...
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just to emphasize, as ever: The *point* of the transphobia is to kill trans people, including trans kids ...
*muttering to myself in a corner*
(CIS) FOLKS ... WHY ARE YOU STILL SHARING NYTIMES LINKS
(CIS) FOLKS ... WHY ARE YOU STILL SHARING NYTIMES LINKS
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
*muttering to myself in a corner*
(CIS) FOLKS ... WHY ARE YOU STILL SHARING NYTIMES LINKS
(CIS) FOLKS ... WHY ARE YOU STILL SHARING NYTIMES LINKS
*clears throat loudly as a trans, psychiatry-focused reporter*
With every field, a major question we need to ask ourselves, at all times, is whether our forebearers were full of it, either intentionally or by accident. Because as we've seen with Zimbardo, Milgram, bystander effects, girls with ADHD, or anything on trans folks before 2010, they often were.
NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
*clears throat loudly as a trans, psychiatry-focused reporter*
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I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
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lmao get his ass
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
lmao get his ass