Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎
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Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
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I remember the last cross-examination question was about whether Sophia had been arrested. It wasn’t revealed at the time it was literally the convicted bigot who SWATTED her.
Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I remember the last cross-examination question was about whether Sophia had been arrested. It wasn’t revealed at the time it was literally the convicted bigot who SWATTED her.
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"But just like Olya, the past doesn’t always stay dead. One evening, she wakes up to a fledgling threatening her with a silver knife—apparently, Olya’s pet butcher found a new victim in the fledgling’s partner."
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"But just like Olya, the past doesn’t always stay dead. One evening, she wakes up to a fledgling threatening her with a silver knife—apparently, Olya’s pet butcher found a new victim in the fledgling’s partner."
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
Appetite by @mzakharuk.bsky.social
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' “MINE.”
Everything ceases. My heartbeat. My breaths. My every function, every motion, every superfluous part that doesn’t serve her needs.
“YOURS!”
I die, and am reborn.'
RCBG by @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social @taliabhatt.itch.io
Everything ceases. My heartbeat. My breaths. My every function, every motion, every superfluous part that doesn’t serve her needs.
“YOURS!”
I die, and am reborn.'
RCBG by @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social @taliabhatt.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
' “MINE.”
Everything ceases. My heartbeat. My breaths. My every function, every motion, every superfluous part that doesn’t serve her needs.
“YOURS!”
I die, and am reborn.'
RCBG by @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social @taliabhatt.itch.io
Everything ceases. My heartbeat. My breaths. My every function, every motion, every superfluous part that doesn’t serve her needs.
“YOURS!”
I die, and am reborn.'
RCBG by @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social @taliabhatt.itch.io
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People want to live vicariously through a book or movie hero. It makes for a lot of bad books and movies.
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
People want to live vicariously through a book or movie hero. It makes for a lot of bad books and movies.
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RCBG: I enter the competition to take estrogen and grow breasts
Illiterate reader (M): No I... don't? I wouldn't do that, would I? Surely not. Surely I couldn't be anything like these absurd characters with their strange, inscrutable behaviors. I have no interest in feminizing my body whatsoever!
Illiterate reader (M): No I... don't? I wouldn't do that, would I? Surely not. Surely I couldn't be anything like these absurd characters with their strange, inscrutable behaviors. I have no interest in feminizing my body whatsoever!
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
RCBG: I enter the competition to take estrogen and grow breasts
Illiterate reader (M): No I... don't? I wouldn't do that, would I? Surely not. Surely I couldn't be anything like these absurd characters with their strange, inscrutable behaviors. I have no interest in feminizing my body whatsoever!
Illiterate reader (M): No I... don't? I wouldn't do that, would I? Surely not. Surely I couldn't be anything like these absurd characters with their strange, inscrutable behaviors. I have no interest in feminizing my body whatsoever!
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I'm also slowly improving at making the ideas multipurpose by default, nowadays when we're doing planning talks the ideas have at least one drama hook right out the gate and then we just pile on more ways to make it worse
The way this co-authorship works is that Beth has a funny idea that works as biting satirical humor, and I take it and slowly turn it into an emotionally devastating plot nuke
me making up a silly character like six months ago: haha she's weird and fun. surely i will never just straight up be emotionally devastated writing about her!
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm also slowly improving at making the ideas multipurpose by default, nowadays when we're doing planning talks the ideas have at least one drama hook right out the gate and then we just pile on more ways to make it worse
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Cosigned. Same goes for the "don't describe the protag physically in any way bc if they don't look like me I can't relate to them" people. And the "don't give the protag a personality or quirks or foibles bc then I can't see myself in them" people.
Like, what are you, six?
Like, what are you, six?
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Cosigned. Same goes for the "don't describe the protag physically in any way bc if they don't look like me I can't relate to them" people. And the "don't give the protag a personality or quirks or foibles bc then I can't see myself in them" people.
Like, what are you, six?
Like, what are you, six?
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jesus fuck I would be so fucking bored if every protagonist I read was 100% relatable
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
jesus fuck I would be so fucking bored if every protagonist I read was 100% relatable
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
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When puberty blockers are allowed, we need more data. When they are banned, gathering more data is a waste of time and must be stopped.
Stop the count or count the votes? It all depends on what you want the numbers to say.
Stop the count or count the votes? It all depends on what you want the numbers to say.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
When puberty blockers are allowed, we need more data. When they are banned, gathering more data is a waste of time and must be stopped.
Stop the count or count the votes? It all depends on what you want the numbers to say.
Stop the count or count the votes? It all depends on what you want the numbers to say.
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I think it's instructive to compare the GC attitude to data on puberty blockers (and trans healthcare more broadly) to this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
'Stop the count' or 'count the votes'?
Trump supporters have been chanting conflicting messages in Michigan and Arizona. We look at why.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I think it's instructive to compare the GC attitude to data on puberty blockers (and trans healthcare more broadly) to this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
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Men want one thing*, and it's disgusting.
*To take estrogen and grow huge boobs for a competition
*To take estrogen and grow huge boobs for a competition
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Men want one thing*, and it's disgusting.
*To take estrogen and grow huge boobs for a competition
*To take estrogen and grow huge boobs for a competition
The way this co-authorship works is that Beth has a funny idea that works as biting satirical humor, and I take it and slowly turn it into an emotionally devastating plot nuke
me making up a silly character like six months ago: haha she's weird and fun. surely i will never just straight up be emotionally devastated writing about her!
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The way this co-authorship works is that Beth has a funny idea that works as biting satirical humor, and I take it and slowly turn it into an emotionally devastating plot nuke
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every time this study comes up (or other similar ones) i see people trying really, really hard to still find a way to say cis lesbians hate trans women specifically and that’s just not true.
which isn’t to say that a not insignificant number of bigoted cis lesbians don’t exist but come on
which isn’t to say that a not insignificant number of bigoted cis lesbians don’t exist but come on
Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
every time this study comes up (or other similar ones) i see people trying really, really hard to still find a way to say cis lesbians hate trans women specifically and that’s just not true.
which isn’t to say that a not insignificant number of bigoted cis lesbians don’t exist but come on
which isn’t to say that a not insignificant number of bigoted cis lesbians don’t exist but come on
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You heard that right: FREE chapters 0-2 of Estro Junkies, right now! No Patreon subscription needed, just go grab them!
As a reward for hitting our goal, Chapter Two of Estro Junkies has been released FOR FREE!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
You heard that right: FREE chapters 0-2 of Estro Junkies, right now! No Patreon subscription needed, just go grab them!
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I think there are several interesting things about that.
1. the UK manages to score worse than eg Poland, Hungary, Türkiye, which all have a very conservative discourse hegemony.
2. even with all of the press, from guardian to times, blasting transphobia for years, transphobia barely gets 50%.
1. the UK manages to score worse than eg Poland, Hungary, Türkiye, which all have a very conservative discourse hegemony.
2. even with all of the press, from guardian to times, blasting transphobia for years, transphobia barely gets 50%.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I think there are several interesting things about that.
1. the UK manages to score worse than eg Poland, Hungary, Türkiye, which all have a very conservative discourse hegemony.
2. even with all of the press, from guardian to times, blasting transphobia for years, transphobia barely gets 50%.
1. the UK manages to score worse than eg Poland, Hungary, Türkiye, which all have a very conservative discourse hegemony.
2. even with all of the press, from guardian to times, blasting transphobia for years, transphobia barely gets 50%.
As a reward for hitting our goal, Chapter Two of Estro Junkies has been released FOR FREE!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As a reward for hitting our goal, Chapter Two of Estro Junkies has been released FOR FREE!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
Nicky learns more about the competition, Katherine attempts to prevent her from signing up, and we get our first look at the reigning champ: Laura, effortlessly weathering a tribunal attempt!
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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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November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Key takeaway of 2025: Bluesky is an enormous activism force that punches above its weight. The paypros censorship stuff? This site is the one that’s getting us to the 20 yard line. The initial interest in the summer hasn’t returned to Twitter, whereas Bluesky is now the de facto source on this issue
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Key takeaway of 2025: Bluesky is an enormous activism force that punches above its weight. The paypros censorship stuff? This site is the one that’s getting us to the 20 yard line. The initial interest in the summer hasn’t returned to Twitter, whereas Bluesky is now the de facto source on this issue
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It's so weird to me that they don't disagregate bi men and women from each other when the split along gender lines is so clear for every other subset.
Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's so weird to me that they don't disagregate bi men and women from each other when the split along gender lines is so clear for every other subset.
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'“When I attend a birth,” said Saldaya, on a 2024 podcast, “like, for example, I would never resuscitate a baby. That’s cuckoo bananas to me.”'
This entire thing is... something. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
This entire thing is... something. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'“When I attend a birth,” said Saldaya, on a 2024 podcast, “like, for example, I would never resuscitate a baby. That’s cuckoo bananas to me.”'
This entire thing is... something. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
This entire thing is... something. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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'But Saldaya and Norris-Clark also claimed resuscitation was often an unnecessary act which deprived babies of the chance to choose to begin their lives. In her book, Norris-Clark called it “meddling” and “sabotage”'
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'But Saldaya and Norris-Clark also claimed resuscitation was often an unnecessary act which deprived babies of the chance to choose to begin their lives. In her book, Norris-Clark called it “meddling” and “sabotage”'
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when i was a few chapters in i gushed about it to someone i know, and the next time i saw them the first thing they did was hold up the copy they'd bought because it sounded so good, and now next time i see them i'm going to be like "have you finished it?! i NEED to talk about ittttt"
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
when i was a few chapters in i gushed about it to someone i know, and the next time i saw them the first thing they did was hold up the copy they'd bought because it sounded so good, and now next time i see them i'm going to be like "have you finished it?! i NEED to talk about ittttt"
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i finished Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social and ohhhh myyyyy godddddd IT'S SO GOOD! one of my favourite works i've read this year! gripping, thrilling, visceral, powerful, i am in love with Ada and Nikola!! it was a struggle to pace myself so i didn't binge it and instead had time to fully enjoy it
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i finished Imago by @mzakharuk.bsky.social and ohhhh myyyyy godddddd IT'S SO GOOD! one of my favourite works i've read this year! gripping, thrilling, visceral, powerful, i am in love with Ada and Nikola!! it was a struggle to pace myself so i didn't binge it and instead had time to fully enjoy it