They/Them (T. T. Perry)
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Applied and translational sensory scientist. https://ttpphd.com
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GLMA25: A Thematic Analysis of Transgender, Intersex, and Gender-Diverse Experiences of (Violated) Genital Autonomy
Hello! You’ve found a PDF of my poster for the 2025 GLMA Annual Conference on LGBTQ+ Health. Authors: T. T. Perry, Julia Black, E. M. Campbell, Pallas Lysander-Romberg, Oberyn McCreless, D. W…
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A Thematic Analysis of Transgender, Intersex, and Gender-Diverse Experiences of (Violated) Genital Autonomy
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#Trans #Intersex #Circumcision #Autonomy #HealthCare
A Thematic Analysis of Transgender, Intersex, and Gender-Diverse Experiences of (Violated) Genital Autonomy
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#Trans #Intersex #Circumcision #Autonomy #HealthCare
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The origin story of our current moment in American fascism is the creation of white fraternities—which exempted a piece of campus from race and gender integration and allowed the most powerful students to bond over their hateful ideologies and group violence.
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The origin story of our current moment in American fascism is the creation of white fraternities—which exempted a piece of campus from race and gender integration and allowed the most powerful students to bond over their hateful ideologies and group violence.
"The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves."
-bell hooks, The Will To Change
-bell hooks, The Will To Change
Yes, this is why Americans, unlike the rest of the Western world, practice forced genital cutting on children assigned male at birth. In The Will to Change, bell hooks points out that the first thing patriarchy demands of males is to cut off the parts of them that feel. Metaphorically, literally.
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves."
-bell hooks, The Will To Change
-bell hooks, The Will To Change
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I've been rather taken aback by how many academics view reading as a distraction from the "work" of "doing science"
It never fails to surprise me how many scientists seem to believe actually reading to "find relevant research," and writing, are not thinking, are not essential to the grandiose goals they have of "doing science."
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/n...
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/n...
New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.
arstechnica.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I've been rather taken aback by how many academics view reading as a distraction from the "work" of "doing science"
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The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, plus the New York Times story about using facial recognition to take away PreCheck and Global Entry from observers, reveals how closely linked these two missions are. There is no separating ICE’s twin missions of ethnic cleansing and ideological terror.
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, plus the New York Times story about using facial recognition to take away PreCheck and Global Entry from observers, reveals how closely linked these two missions are. There is no separating ICE’s twin missions of ethnic cleansing and ideological terror.
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I think a two-week CR to negotiate guardrails for DHS is probably a good thing on balance, especially for people in Springfield. If I'm wrong, we'll learn that soon.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I think a two-week CR to negotiate guardrails for DHS is probably a good thing on balance, especially for people in Springfield. If I'm wrong, we'll learn that soon.
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One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.
Was he actually approaching Minnesota as a regime change
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM
One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.
I know it's tempting given the open real estate, but please let's not do phrenology.
So I found out this is one of the ICE agents involved in this incident.
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I know it's tempting given the open real estate, but please let's not do phrenology.
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This is a problem.
Federal goons are allowed to terrorize citizens, but state and local police aren't allowed to protect them.
Avoiding a "civil war" means allowing your citizens to be terrorized unopposed.
So which do you prefer?
Federal goons are allowed to terrorize citizens, but state and local police aren't allowed to protect them.
Avoiding a "civil war" means allowing your citizens to be terrorized unopposed.
So which do you prefer?
I talked to the Minneapolis city attorney. She told me local cops are ready to intervene.
But if they witness the feds attacking a bystander, would they pull out their guns?
Her eyes grew wide.
“We can’t have a civil war on the streets,” she said.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/minne...
But if they witness the feds attacking a bystander, would they pull out their guns?
Her eyes grew wide.
“We can’t have a civil war on the streets,” she said.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/courts/minne...
Minneapolis City Attorney Says Local Police Aren't Siding With the Feds
“All the gains of trust since [George] Floyd have been set back,” City Attorney Kristyn Anderson told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This is a problem.
Federal goons are allowed to terrorize citizens, but state and local police aren't allowed to protect them.
Avoiding a "civil war" means allowing your citizens to be terrorized unopposed.
So which do you prefer?
Federal goons are allowed to terrorize citizens, but state and local police aren't allowed to protect them.
Avoiding a "civil war" means allowing your citizens to be terrorized unopposed.
So which do you prefer?
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Social conflict fosters cognitive distortions which, like those in clinical settings, lead to cycles of counterproductive behavior that feed into distorted thinking.
A new paper uses insights from CBT to fix cognitive distortions that fuel intergroup conflict:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
A new paper uses insights from CBT to fix cognitive distortions that fuel intergroup conflict:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Social conflict fosters cognitive distortions which, like those in clinical settings, lead to cycles of counterproductive behavior that feed into distorted thinking.
A new paper uses insights from CBT to fix cognitive distortions that fuel intergroup conflict:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
A new paper uses insights from CBT to fix cognitive distortions that fuel intergroup conflict:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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child liberation doesnt mean parents can never see their kids (unless that’s their kids’ wishes). it means ending the monopoly of care that is the nuclear family so parents don’t have the power to abuse their children. it means letting kids access healthcare, housing etc outside their birth family
sophie lewis really opened my mind to thinking about child liberation and i highly recommend reading her www.versobooks.com/products/289...
Abolish the Family
What if we could do better than the family?We need to talk about the family. For those who are lucky, families can be filled with love and care, but for many they are sites of pain: from abandonment a...
www.versobooks.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:56 PM
child liberation doesnt mean parents can never see their kids (unless that’s their kids’ wishes). it means ending the monopoly of care that is the nuclear family so parents don’t have the power to abuse their children. it means letting kids access healthcare, housing etc outside their birth family
Can you please reply to this message with encouragement not to give into doom feelings?
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Can you please reply to this message with encouragement not to give into doom feelings?
My job is to use my rational thinking to understand and explain, but all my brain can do today is "what's the point?".
I'm normally very anti-doomer. "No room for doom" I'm always saying. But... Truth is ... I feel paralyzed right now.
I'm normally very anti-doomer. "No room for doom" I'm always saying. But... Truth is ... I feel paralyzed right now.
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
My job is to use my rational thinking to understand and explain, but all my brain can do today is "what's the point?".
I'm normally very anti-doomer. "No room for doom" I'm always saying. But... Truth is ... I feel paralyzed right now.
I'm normally very anti-doomer. "No room for doom" I'm always saying. But... Truth is ... I feel paralyzed right now.
I have to find a way to be productive that doesn't make me want to sing songs asking rich people to run me over.
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I have to find a way to be productive that doesn't make me want to sing songs asking rich people to run me over.
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Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
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“Parents should absolutely have the right to choose not to vaccinate” is not a pro-vaccine position. It’s the MAHA premise. It treats children as objects of parental choice rather than persons with independent claims to health.
The first time I remember praying for death I was 7 or 8 years old. The nuns said to offer my suffering up to Jesus. I had Crohn’s disease. Pediatric treatments existed, I never got them
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“Parents should absolutely have the right to choose not to vaccinate” is not a pro-vaccine position. It’s the MAHA premise. It treats children as objects of parental choice rather than persons with independent claims to health.
Tim Walz thinks the problem is that the secret gestapo isn't being secretive enough.
Absolutely galling.
What a failure.
Absolutely galling.
What a failure.
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Tim Walz thinks the problem is that the secret gestapo isn't being secretive enough.
Absolutely galling.
What a failure.
Absolutely galling.
What a failure.
Toobin subpoena feels like casting a magical curse on someone.
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors subpoenaed Jeffrey Toobin and Rudy Lee in the Tom Goldstein criminal case over The New York Times article published about Goldstein on December 28. Toobin, the author of the story, and Lee, who did fact-checking on the article, are seeking to quash the subpoenas.
January 28, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Toobin subpoena feels like casting a magical curse on someone.
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There is a through line between the conservative parents’ rights movement to ICE attacking children in the streets.
The white supremacist argument that “we should be able to treat OUR children however we want” very quickly turns into “we should be able to treat YOUR children however we want.”
The white supremacist argument that “we should be able to treat OUR children however we want” very quickly turns into “we should be able to treat YOUR children however we want.”
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
There is a through line between the conservative parents’ rights movement to ICE attacking children in the streets.
The white supremacist argument that “we should be able to treat OUR children however we want” very quickly turns into “we should be able to treat YOUR children however we want.”
The white supremacist argument that “we should be able to treat OUR children however we want” very quickly turns into “we should be able to treat YOUR children however we want.”
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Please stop using Substack. You won’t use Twitter. Stop using Substack.
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Please stop using Substack. You won’t use Twitter. Stop using Substack.
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To be fair, public health policy everywhere is at odds with our understanding of COVID's long-term harm.
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm
Studies offer insights into the health risks and burdens faced by people who have had COVID infections. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has narrowed COVID vaccine recommendations and cut research.
www.cbsnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 AM
To be fair, public health policy everywhere is at odds with our understanding of COVID's long-term harm.
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...
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Care is a politics,not only an ethics.Care is a source of power, not only a disposition.A politics of care is not only good it is powerful.It is what undergirds parallel institutions,it is the support structure that allows people to say NO & mean it b/c they do for each other&don’t need permission.
This excerpt from @adamserwer.bsky.social's latest points to something that Alex Pretti's vocation as a nurse brought to mind: What we're seeing in Minneapolis is resistance, but resistance based on care.
I've said before that what we need is a care economy. What we're getting is a care resistance.
I've said before that what we need is a care economy. What we're getting is a care resistance.
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Care is a politics,not only an ethics.Care is a source of power, not only a disposition.A politics of care is not only good it is powerful.It is what undergirds parallel institutions,it is the support structure that allows people to say NO & mean it b/c they do for each other&don’t need permission.
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Majorities of white church attenders who vote Republican continue to rise, and the more frequent their attendance, the higher that proportion.
I wrote an article last year for church leaders discussing the implications of this partisan shift for racial justice 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I wrote an article last year for church leaders discussing the implications of this partisan shift for racial justice 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
![The graph shows that large and growing majorities of white religious attenders have voted for Donald Trump in every election from 2016 to 2024, and that support consistently rises with more frequent church attendance.
Overall pattern
- In all three election years, Trump’s share of the two-party vote among white voters is lowest among those who never attend services and increases stepwise at each higher level of attendance (seldom, yearly, monthly, weekly, weekly+).
- By 2024, Trump wins clear majorities in every white attendance category, with his strongest backing among the most frequent attenders.
White voters by attendance
- Among whites who never attend, Trump’s support is a minority in each year (around two-fifths in 2016, about one-third in 2020, and slightly higher but still below half in 2024).
- Among whites who attend seldom or yearly, Trump’s share is in the mid-to-high 50s in 2016, around 55–60% in 2020, and mid-50s to mid-60s in 2024, indicating durable Republican majorities.
- Among monthly attenders, his vote share rises from just over 60% in 2016 to mid‑60s by 2020 and 2024.
- Among weekly and more‑than‑weekly attenders, Trump’s support is extremely high and climbs over time: roughly low‑ to mid‑80s in 2016 and 2020 and reaching about 90% among the most frequent attenders in 2024.
### Illustration: white attenders (approximate Trump two‑party vote share)
| Year | Never | Seldom | Yearly | Monthly | Weekly | Weekly+ |
|------|-------|--------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
| 2016 | 40% | 57% | 59% | 62% | 72% | 85% [3] |
| 2020 | 32% | 55% | 60% | 64% | 74% | 86% [3] |
| 2024 | 36% | 56% | 66% | 68% | 78% | 90% [3] |
Nonwhite voters
- Among nonwhite voters, Trump’s support is much lower overall, but it also increases with more frequent attendance and rises modestly over time.
- Nonwhite never‑attenders remain solidly Democratic, while Trump approaches or passes the 40–50% range only among the most frequent nonwhite attenders by 2024.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dcylixm2tw3za4reaeagfqcz/bafkreigczsklzqoo7hks2nessvsr5j4h3vvudn5x6weoeq4j3wcknjfa6e@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Majorities of white church attenders who vote Republican continue to rise, and the more frequent their attendance, the higher that proportion.
I wrote an article last year for church leaders discussing the implications of this partisan shift for racial justice 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I wrote an article last year for church leaders discussing the implications of this partisan shift for racial justice 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...