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Autogyniphiles Anonymous

@autoanon.bsky.social

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We’re a Jewish trans femme meme collective who you might recognize from Instagram. We make philosophy and anime memes. We’re a mix of historians and philosophers who do queer critical theory. If it’s not obvious, our name is a joke.

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · Dec 5

anyone who sees a meme page called Autogyniphiles Anonymous, looks at our content and concludes “oh they legitimately believe in Blanchard’s typology where the only real trans girls are the ones he has a shot with, and identify as the ugly ones” has the intelligence of fishbait

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Fray Dikat Studio @fraydikat.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone else out here surviving current events purely out of spite?

My spiteful spider weaves his web with glittering spite. He's gonna sparkle and shine, and he’ll be damned before he lets anyone erase him.

Part of the Midnight Mischief embroidery collection

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A round embroidery hoop holds a piece of dark, patterned fabric with an embroidery design. The design features a pink spider on a white spiderweb, surrounded by yellow, light blue, and purple sparkles. The orange text "SPUN FROM SPITE" is embroidered above and below the web. In the background, colorful embroidery floss (orange, purple, and pink) and a pair of scissors are visible.

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🎃trash🎃 @dollarpbr.gay · 3h

the unabomber’s mugshot (scruffy middle aged white man with short brown hair)

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 4h

I’m really glad you liked it! I’m afraid the next one won’t be a pleasure (it’s v depressing) but I hope it gets out there anyways!

Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 6h

Reverse Tomboy has sold 500 copies in under 3 months without any advertising budget or press-coverage, which tbh I think is pretty damn good for something self published. It has a 4.48 on Goodreads, and the reviews it has gotten are all absolutely lovely.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Jan 5

couldn't let this one die with twitter

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 6h

I am once again asking for a literary agent for my next book

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t have an answer here, other than that I think it’s time for me to re-read Eros and Society (shoutout Marcuse). I think the best thing I can do is just to never hide from my own will and to try to be around others who are also committed to living life in honest conversation with themselves

Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

But I do think it probably only works for so long, and I think it works only if you deny yourself the knowledge of what you want, or try and suppress it. It only works if you buy into the same game of reinforcing the nuclear family as our parents did, but this time self consciously, with a wink

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

For so many of my generation it seems that the answer has been to “do it anyways, but try to make it bearable, more liberal, less traditional, but to still do it” and often the answer to why seems to be “I was afraid and did not know what else to do”. And honestly I can’t hate on that, if it works 🤷‍♀️

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

But then what do we do? If nuclear marriage is just means by which you deny yourself the romantic life you’re afraid that you still want? If motherhood is a means that society tells you you no longer matter except insofar as what you can offer to your kid (ego death lol)? What do we do!?

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

All this work the nuclear family was doing, at insisting that we must settle down and that if we still felt kinda insane and unhinged after settling down, if we still desired outside romance or to make “dumb decisions” something was uniquely maladjusted with us…that’s gone now. Or at least going…

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

As we watch our politicians seemingly display that old age does not make one wise, (but instead often gullible, cruel, greedy, unwilling to care about the long term, and most notably intellectually/mentally weaker) it is harder to believe that aging is a process of maturing and growing wise

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

It is harder and harder to pretend that middle aged people are less gullible or emotionally volatile or hateful or prone to acting/speaking without thinking when you can see them doing it constantly on facebook. It isn’t just your family that is weird or your boss that sucks, it’s obviously everyone

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

I think this facade/myth of adult maturity (which has some truth insofar as some of us learn from some of our mistakes/experiences) is becoming harder to maintain in an era when seeing your extended social web (often older ppl) rot their brains on AI slop and tiktok has become the norm.

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

It ensures that the reality, that “proper” adults are either semi-openly messy and messes or deeply trying to find their internal uncertainty behind the family roles they inhabit, never sees the light of day except to those closest to them. The nuclear family creates a myth of stability and maturity

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

Like yes the nuclear family reinforced patriarchy and heterosexuality and capitalism. All of that is true. But it also makes it appear that only young people (who are not yet married) are messy, unstable, uncertain, and making odd choices. It tells you that that ends once you “grow up & settle down”

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 1d

One of the key purposes of the nuclear heterosexual family is to hide us from the deeply imperfect, anxious, and foundering truth of adult humans. By presenting the nuclear family as a norm you hide all the messy drama within small units, and convince everyone only their family is weird

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d

Last week Alberta quislings were in Washington to further the break up of our nation. Meanwhile Danielle Smith is setting up a fight over a pipeline that no-one is trying to build.
It is about stoking the base and driving rage against Canada.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-maga-p...

The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada

MAGA Alberta’s latest attempt to sow division came in the form of a two-pronged assault.

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 3d

it’s very strong

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 3d

“Human rights, without a secure economic foundation, are merely the right to starve.” -Mordecai Kaplan

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 3d

skull against skull cuddling can feel so good

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ding @not.dingherself.com · 11d

The lesson is not that trans liberation is a matter of linguistic “inclusion,” as even trans philosophers now seem to think. It’s how little you need to have such that the word ‘daughter’ stands out as the greatest gift from cis parents.

Anyway, read @autoanon.bsky.social ’s riveting new novel!!

ding @not.dingherself.com · 11d

My fav scene from Reverse Tomboy: Not its insightful analysis of (hetero)sexuality as inseparable from (normative) gender, or the retroactive meaning-making we do for early exp., or even the malleability of embodiment desires. Just a girl over the moon about the smallest thing—being called daughter.

Photo of a page from Reverse Tomboy:

“I just don’t see why a trans woman has to be more feminine than the average woman. It would be a little insulting to cis women wouldn’t it, if all trans women went around done up like Don Draper’s wives.”

“Yes, I suppose so.”

“But you are being careful, right? No more walking at night in empty parks?” her father chimed in.

“Yes Dad, I promise I’m well aware I’m a trans woman.” Naomi said happily enough.

“I think any father would worry about his daughter.” Joy flooded through Naomi, as it did each of the three times she has heard her father refer to her as his daughter. She could think of nothing better from him. Suddenly, the dress felt a little more comfortable.

“Thank you.” It was a simple thing to say, but so is ‘daughter’. Besides, Naomi was grinning.

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Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 11d

thanks! It’s been really bad lately ngl. I need a win desperately

Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · 11d

yeah basically

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