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@seriouspleasures.bsky.social
Such a powerful indictment of the hollowness and hypocrisy of American liberalism.
March 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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slam a book shut on your penis
February 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Chicago friends: I’ll be attending this on Saturday and would love for you to join

mobilize.us/s/oLkjsC
Fight for Trans Healthcare · Mobilize
Stand with us on Saturday, February 15th at 1pm at Seneca Park, outside Lurie Children’s Hospital, as we take a stand against not only the hospital’s harmful decision to eliminate some forms of life-s...
mobilize.us
February 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Disgraceful.
Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital is pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19, complying in advance with Trump’s executive order. 💔

Enraging. Heartbreaking. Terrifying.

www.wbez.org/2025/02/07/l...
Lurie Children’s Hospital pauses gender care surgeries for those younger than 19
The move comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order that said the federal government would not support these procedures.
www.wbez.org
February 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
!!!
Leonora Carrington show up at Wendi Norris Gallery in San Francisco.

More Carrington books coming from us—her first novel The Stone Door in June and Opus Siniestrus, a collection of her plays in August.

www.kqed.org/arts/1397133...
February 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This was fun. The red paper had a weird smell but I think that just contributed more to the book’s overall vibe
February 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I almost argued with someone on here about their blame-dealing election takes. Almost. I have opinions about the election too. Strong ones. And you know what? It doesn’t fucking matter. Look around. Pointless division is a death trap. *That discourse* is a death trap. It’s collective survival time.
February 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Downloaded 5 Calls this morning and spent my lunch break calling my senators and rep – super easy, you can select which issue(s) are most important to you, and they provide you with a script and the numbers to call.
Call your senators and ask them to hold this line too. You can do it, I swear. Enter your zip and this site will give you numbers and scripts of what to say! They need to hear it. Say it for yourself--I promise it feels better than doing nothing 5calls.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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February 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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BHM Day 1 Rec: My Name is Pauli Murray (on PrimeVideo)

It's past time we learned abt the unsung elders who carved the paths to civil rights we've (erroneously) taken for granted ...especially when doing so excavates prejudices still crippling the Black community
www.mtrnetwork.net/movie-review...
Movie Review: ‘My Name is Pauli Murray’
www.mtrnetwork.net
February 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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I've been waiting for someone to publish the entire run of THING and Primary Information has stepped up. Almost 500 pages, out in February, featuring Gary Indiana, Dennis Cooper, Vaginal Davis, Essex Hemphill, David Wojnarowicz, Rupaul, etc. primaryinformation.org/product/thing/
November 27, 2024 at 10:13 PM
sometimes a long walk to the lake is good

#lakemichigan #chicago
February 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Over 100 children under the age of 17 — the age of consent in Texas — crossed state lines to receive abortion care during 2023, the first year of Texas' near-total abortion ban.

At least six Texas children under the age of 12 received out-of-state-abortions in 2023 www.sacurrent.com/news/report-...
Report: At least half a dozen Texas children under the age of 12 got out-of-state abortions
More than 100 kids under the age of consent also received abortions out of state, although the real numbers are likely higher.
www.sacurrent.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If you’d like to follow me on StoryGraph my link’s below!

app.thestorygraph.com/profile/seri...
seriouspleasures's profile on The StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Wow babe are you a fossil fuel because I do not like your energy
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just finished and really enjoyed Bob Ostertag’s tender and horny memoir about his relationships – some sexual, some not – with men. From @blacklawrence.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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We're in a serious financial situation at @chicagoreader.com. If you're in a position to help with $1 or $10,000, now is the time. Your donations will be seen by other potential donors & funders. If 100 people give us $3 each, that says, "Hey, this paper is valuable." donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
Save the Chicago Reader - Salem Collo-Julin's Fundraiser on Donorbox
Imagine a teenager in a study carrel at a Chicago Public Library branch. It’s the late end of the 1980s, and a stack of newspapers is on a table nearby. Standing up to stretch after an hour of pretend...
donorbox.org
January 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.

If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Same, girl.
January 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Painting by Michael Kidd 'Derek Jarman's Garden'
Acrylic on board. Dimensions 24 by 32 inches.
January 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Variant On Ancient Ground by Josef Albers, 1947

https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137773
January 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Thank god Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate have prepared Gen Z alpha males to die in battle for the annexation of Greenland
January 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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As always.
January 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Great review of another favorite from last year, Daniel Sarah Karasik’s Disobedience.
"We may not live in the best of times, but Disobedience helped me believe that our world can & will get better. I hope it will for you, too.” Roz Milner on Daniel Sarah Karasik's novel of queer & trans spec fic, Disobedience, for the Transfeminine Review: thetransfemininereview.com/2025/01/10/d...
Book Review: Disobedience by Daniel Sarah Karasik
Overshadowed by other releases, Daniel Sarah Karasik’s 2024 debut novel Disobediance is a parable of community building, queer love, and hope after the apocalypse. Reviewed by Roz Milner.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Congrats, @sandorfpassage.bsky.social ! Very well deserved – The Case of Cem was one of the best books I read last year.
More exciting news on the prize front: Angela Rodel’s incredible translation from Bulgarian of Vera Mutafchieva’s masterpiece, The Case of Cem, is on @usrofc.bsky.social longlist, alongside nine other books published by indie publishers. Congratulations to all!
January 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM