Tina Russell
@tinarussell.bsky.social
I like Aphrodite and Sonic the Hedgehog, will update bio as I figure out more about myself
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People yelling, "Bad people like this art, therefore the art is bad!" is one of the weakest, worst trends in appreciation and critique of art and I am sadly convinced we will never be free of it.
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
People yelling, "Bad people like this art, therefore the art is bad!" is one of the weakest, worst trends in appreciation and critique of art and I am sadly convinced we will never be free of it.
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I particularly hate the suggestion there's some sort of grand bargain in which trans rights are given up in exchange for _______.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I particularly hate the suggestion there's some sort of grand bargain in which trans rights are given up in exchange for _______.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
No one is offering such a thing. No one would change their vote to Dems after that. The argument exists solely to justify throwing trans people under the bus.
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If your job application includes both "trans" and "woman" as separate options in a question about "gender identity" where only one answer is allowed, I'm gonna pick "woman"
I am trans as a byproduct of having a female gender identity, it is not my gender identity in and of itself
I am trans as a byproduct of having a female gender identity, it is not my gender identity in and of itself
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If your job application includes both "trans" and "woman" as separate options in a question about "gender identity" where only one answer is allowed, I'm gonna pick "woman"
I am trans as a byproduct of having a female gender identity, it is not my gender identity in and of itself
I am trans as a byproduct of having a female gender identity, it is not my gender identity in and of itself
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Balance
Model: Frances in Frame
See more of my work, link in my bio.
#underwatermodel #underwaterphotography #nude #underwaterphotoshoot #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude
Model: Frances in Frame
See more of my work, link in my bio.
#underwatermodel #underwaterphotography #nude #underwaterphotoshoot #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Balance
Model: Frances in Frame
See more of my work, link in my bio.
#underwatermodel #underwaterphotography #nude #underwaterphotoshoot #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude
Model: Frances in Frame
See more of my work, link in my bio.
#underwatermodel #underwaterphotography #nude #underwaterphotoshoot #nudefineart #fineartphotography #fineartnude
youtu.be/eCkWlRL3_N0
I am unironically sharing this song for today.
IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY
WE HAVE TURNED THE PAGE
Now let's show the world what we can do! 😄
I am unironically sharing this song for today.
IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY
WE HAVE TURNED THE PAGE
Now let's show the world what we can do! 😄
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
youtu.be/eCkWlRL3_N0
I am unironically sharing this song for today.
IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY
WE HAVE TURNED THE PAGE
Now let's show the world what we can do! 😄
I am unironically sharing this song for today.
IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY
WE HAVE TURNED THE PAGE
Now let's show the world what we can do! 😄
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Harris-Walz ran exactly the sort of economics and “kitchen-table issues” campaign these voices recommend, adamantly avoiding identity politics.
Biden-Harris was a working-and-middle-class-economics-focused administration.
“Ah, but in 2020, Democrats said…”
Yes, that was the election they won.
Biden-Harris was a working-and-middle-class-economics-focused administration.
“Ah, but in 2020, Democrats said…”
Yes, that was the election they won.
November 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Harris-Walz ran exactly the sort of economics and “kitchen-table issues” campaign these voices recommend, adamantly avoiding identity politics.
Biden-Harris was a working-and-middle-class-economics-focused administration.
“Ah, but in 2020, Democrats said…”
Yes, that was the election they won.
Biden-Harris was a working-and-middle-class-economics-focused administration.
“Ah, but in 2020, Democrats said…”
Yes, that was the election they won.
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As Julia Serano noted, if some kind of trans grand bargain were actually on offer regarding sports or whatever, it might make sense to take it. But it's not on offer! The other side is pretty clear about wanting the elimination of trans people.
November 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As Julia Serano noted, if some kind of trans grand bargain were actually on offer regarding sports or whatever, it might make sense to take it. But it's not on offer! The other side is pretty clear about wanting the elimination of trans people.
I'm not a New Yorker but I deeply want this man to win, if nothing else bc he is a perfect example of how you can
1) stand up for trans rights, immigrants' rights, etc
2) make the focus of your campaign the affordability issues that plague this country (esp. in NYC!)
You can do both! Vote Zohran!
1) stand up for trans rights, immigrants' rights, etc
2) make the focus of your campaign the affordability issues that plague this country (esp. in NYC!)
You can do both! Vote Zohran!
Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm not a New Yorker but I deeply want this man to win, if nothing else bc he is a perfect example of how you can
1) stand up for trans rights, immigrants' rights, etc
2) make the focus of your campaign the affordability issues that plague this country (esp. in NYC!)
You can do both! Vote Zohran!
1) stand up for trans rights, immigrants' rights, etc
2) make the focus of your campaign the affordability issues that plague this country (esp. in NYC!)
You can do both! Vote Zohran!
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they are trying to kill every trans kid in America
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
they are trying to kill every trans kid in America
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
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tossing a food bank a couple bucks won’t turn SNAP on.
but you personally can’t turn SNAP on, and you maybe can toss a food bank a couple bucks.
but you personally can’t turn SNAP on, and you maybe can toss a food bank a couple bucks.
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
tossing a food bank a couple bucks won’t turn SNAP on.
but you personally can’t turn SNAP on, and you maybe can toss a food bank a couple bucks.
but you personally can’t turn SNAP on, and you maybe can toss a food bank a couple bucks.
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SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
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I think about this a lot.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think about this a lot.
It's cliché at this point, but it's true: if your vote didn't matter, Trump and co. wouldn't be working so hard to take it from you. Let that galvanize you. Vote. Organize. Protect democracy. There's hope out there, and it's worth defending.
Test run for 2026. Here's what I wrote in the NY Times about the federal government potentially interfering with the 2026 elections and what we need to do about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's cliché at this point, but it's true: if your vote didn't matter, Trump and co. wouldn't be working so hard to take it from you. Let that galvanize you. Vote. Organize. Protect democracy. There's hope out there, and it's worth defending.
Freedom 😄
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Freedom 😄
Trump, apparently, loves neoclassical architecture so much he tore down a third of the nation's premier example of it
Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump, apparently, loves neoclassical architecture so much he tore down a third of the nation's premier example of it
Remember all the complaints & memes from the SJW/anti-SJW war about how "you built your own space, now we demand you let us in, change everything to suit our tastes, & then kick you out bc you don't belong here anymore"?
Yeah, this is right-wingers salivating over the chance to do that to Star Trek
Yeah, this is right-wingers salivating over the chance to do that to Star Trek
I would love Discovery, the Acolyte, and the Star Wars sequels out of spite if I could.
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember all the complaints & memes from the SJW/anti-SJW war about how "you built your own space, now we demand you let us in, change everything to suit our tastes, & then kick you out bc you don't belong here anymore"?
Yeah, this is right-wingers salivating over the chance to do that to Star Trek
Yeah, this is right-wingers salivating over the chance to do that to Star Trek
On the one hand, sure, I think Trump in 2016 benefitted from a smokescreen of ppl calling everything right-of-center Nazi, fascist, etc. OTOH, now, w/Republicans by and large falling over each other to implement Trump's fascism, that "smokescreen" seems like it might've been an early warning system.
That social consensus was destroyed by 10 years of people calling everyone they didn't like "Nazis" and "fascists", and it's not coming back. If you spend years labelling normal things as "Nazi," you make Nazis look normal.
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
On the one hand, sure, I think Trump in 2016 benefitted from a smokescreen of ppl calling everything right-of-center Nazi, fascist, etc. OTOH, now, w/Republicans by and large falling over each other to implement Trump's fascism, that "smokescreen" seems like it might've been an early warning system.
Regardless of how you feel about Will Stancil, replying to him w/Nazi memes is a bad look.
If we want to rebuild the societal consensus that Nazis=bad, & we absolutely need to, we need to start w/ourselves. We cannot credibly oppose Nazis if we adopt their memes (or, for that matter, their tattoos)
If we want to rebuild the societal consensus that Nazis=bad, & we absolutely need to, we need to start w/ourselves. We cannot credibly oppose Nazis if we adopt their memes (or, for that matter, their tattoos)
so basically some nazi made this and several thousand people spam it to reply to every will post on twitter and now people on here are doing it and getting butthurt about it if you call them nazis
it is very weird. it's a nazi cartoon. spamming this specific meme at will is a nazi meme.
it is very weird. it's a nazi cartoon. spamming this specific meme at will is a nazi meme.
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Regardless of how you feel about Will Stancil, replying to him w/Nazi memes is a bad look.
If we want to rebuild the societal consensus that Nazis=bad, & we absolutely need to, we need to start w/ourselves. We cannot credibly oppose Nazis if we adopt their memes (or, for that matter, their tattoos)
If we want to rebuild the societal consensus that Nazis=bad, & we absolutely need to, we need to start w/ourselves. We cannot credibly oppose Nazis if we adopt their memes (or, for that matter, their tattoos)
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🚨VIRGINIA: tomorrow is the last day to register to vote ahead of our November 4 election. Go to abigailspanberger.com/vote to check your status today.
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨VIRGINIA: tomorrow is the last day to register to vote ahead of our November 4 election. Go to abigailspanberger.com/vote to check your status today.
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just in general, as a victim of bullying for much of my life, and as someone who lives in a country taken over by bullies, i simply do not agree that "we should go back to stuffing nerds in lockers" or that there's a moral quality that makes you deserve cruelty from others because you annoy them
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
just in general, as a victim of bullying for much of my life, and as someone who lives in a country taken over by bullies, i simply do not agree that "we should go back to stuffing nerds in lockers" or that there's a moral quality that makes you deserve cruelty from others because you annoy them
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I don't actually believe you when you say you support transgender people, for instance, if you randomly mock people you consider to be weird offputting nerds
I remember when everyone agreed that's what transgender people are
I don't think bullies are generally good people at all, in fact
I remember when everyone agreed that's what transgender people are
I don't think bullies are generally good people at all, in fact
October 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I don't actually believe you when you say you support transgender people, for instance, if you randomly mock people you consider to be weird offputting nerds
I remember when everyone agreed that's what transgender people are
I don't think bullies are generally good people at all, in fact
I remember when everyone agreed that's what transgender people are
I don't think bullies are generally good people at all, in fact
George Lakoff wrote in Don't Think of an Elephant that, as soon as Nixon said "I am not a crook," his career was over. Any denial that specific was going to make people see the obvious: Nixon was a crook.
Anyway
Anyway
i mean the MAIN headline is bad enough
but the subhead really finishes the job
but the subhead really finishes the job
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
George Lakoff wrote in Don't Think of an Elephant that, as soon as Nixon said "I am not a crook," his career was over. Any denial that specific was going to make people see the obvious: Nixon was a crook.
Anyway
Anyway
Because it's leaving Netflix, & against my better judgment, I'm watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for the first time since I was a little kid & it scared me half to death. (I maintain that any movie in which 4 kids are killed off 1 by 1 according to their sins is a fucking horror movie)
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Because it's leaving Netflix, & against my better judgment, I'm watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for the first time since I was a little kid & it scared me half to death. (I maintain that any movie in which 4 kids are killed off 1 by 1 according to their sins is a fucking horror movie)