Brie
@briagne.bsky.social
Tech-services-adjacent health sciences librarian. She/they.
See also: https://mastodon.social/@briagne
See also: https://mastodon.social/@briagne
Vancent Price inspired a magically enhanced van named Van Diesel in the TTRPG campaign I'm running.
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Vancent Price inspired a magically enhanced van named Van Diesel in the TTRPG campaign I'm running.
Folks in the church I grew up in were super surprised when I came back home in my 20s married. They "always thought ___ was gay". I hate to hand it to them but
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Folks in the church I grew up in were super surprised when I came back home in my 20s married. They "always thought ___ was gay". I hate to hand it to them but
Honestly, I low key love doing this. So much time to read, and it's easier to ignore everything else when I'm in airport limbo.
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Honestly, I low key love doing this. So much time to read, and it's easier to ignore everything else when I'm in airport limbo.
This is awful. Of all the destruction going on right now in higher ed, the damage to people's lives is the hardest to take and least forgiveable. I hope something opens up for you soon, somehow.
October 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is awful. Of all the destruction going on right now in higher ed, the damage to people's lives is the hardest to take and least forgiveable. I hope something opens up for you soon, somehow.
Reposted by Brie
So much bad stuff is happening. The Cass Review feels like it got lost in the noise. Yet this incredibly biased £3m project continues to warp discourse around trans healthcare.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
What’s wrong with the Cass Review? A round-up of commentary and evidence
[last updated 15/10/25] Wednesday 10 April 2024 saw the long-awaited publication of the final report of the Cass Review. This report was commissioned by NHS England, and provides a review of eviden…
ruthpearce.net
October 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So much bad stuff is happening. The Cass Review feels like it got lost in the noise. Yet this incredibly biased £3m project continues to warp discourse around trans healthcare.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
I've therefore updated my megapost with 6 new major critiques from clinicians, researchers, and a child abuse survivor.
Something something spiderman meme
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Something something spiderman meme
It was strangers who made it work for me too. I started playing with she/they, and most folks I knew went "great, so still 'they' when I remember". We had a tour group at work and they consistently gendered me she/her all day. I came home feeling seen for the first time
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It was strangers who made it work for me too. I started playing with she/they, and most folks I knew went "great, so still 'they' when I remember". We had a tour group at work and they consistently gendered me she/her all day. I came home feeling seen for the first time
Over time I got more comfortable with the "or she/her, if you want" to leading with "ideally she/her, because we live in a binary society and the cognitive load of not just putting people in 1 of 2 bins with an optional sticker on their forehead is too much for most people in their daily lives"
October 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Over time I got more comfortable with the "or she/her, if you want" to leading with "ideally she/her, because we live in a binary society and the cognitive load of not just putting people in 1 of 2 bins with an optional sticker on their forehead is too much for most people in their daily lives"
When I first came out, I asked people to use they/them because it was an honest reflection of how I felt about identity "or she/her, if you want". what that looked like in practice was most people updated their mental model from "guy" to "guy who uses they/them" which felt even more wrong.
October 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
When I first came out, I asked people to use they/them because it was an honest reflection of how I felt about identity "or she/her, if you want". what that looked like in practice was most people updated their mental model from "guy" to "guy who uses they/them" which felt even more wrong.
I was looking back at archived versions of our website recently, and our staff today is about half what it was in the early 2000s.
September 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I was looking back at archived versions of our website recently, and our staff today is about half what it was in the early 2000s.
Khruangbin is an April-May band for me. I think because I'm usually on allergy meds and hazy.
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Khruangbin is an April-May band for me. I think because I'm usually on allergy meds and hazy.
Update: appears to have been a technical issue; it's back online now.
September 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Update: appears to have been a technical issue; it's back online now.