Jen Richards
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Jen Richards
@smartassjen.bsky.social
· Nov 15
a woman in a black dress is sitting at a table with a #schitts creek logo in the corner
ALT: a woman in a black dress is sitting at a table with a #schitts creek logo in the corner
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No amount of hate will bring more love into your life. No amount of control over others will make you feel more free. No amount of fear and despair will give you the real taste of joy. Remember that.
Many believe it is "natural" for men to be sexually attracted to girls from puberty on, and that stigmatization, even of acting upon it, is an arbitrary social construct (eg variable "age of consent" laws). It's frowned upon, but understood, because it's "natural".
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Many believe it is "natural" for men to be sexually attracted to girls from puberty on, and that stigmatization, even of acting upon it, is an arbitrary social construct (eg variable "age of consent" laws). It's frowned upon, but understood, because it's "natural".
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I wrote about Chicago: "Is this city burning? There is a definite answer to the question. In all these cities, the answer is no. No American city is currently on fire, and if Chicago is a war zone, it’s because it’s being invaded by the president."
Trump Is Waging War on an American City
The real threat to people in Chicago (and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.
newrepublic.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wrote about Chicago: "Is this city burning? There is a definite answer to the question. In all these cities, the answer is no. No American city is currently on fire, and if Chicago is a war zone, it’s because it’s being invaded by the president."
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Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.
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And also with you, queen
Peace, good Doll
October 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
And also with you, queen
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In this case, ADF “cited several scholars to support its argument that conversion practices should once again be permitted. Two of those experts, however, told the Guardian that ADF had ‘profoundly’ misrepresented their research, which discussed the ‘psychological damage’ of conversion therapy.’”
NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.
Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"
Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"
Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say
Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In this case, ADF “cited several scholars to support its argument that conversion practices should once again be permitted. Two of those experts, however, told the Guardian that ADF had ‘profoundly’ misrepresented their research, which discussed the ‘psychological damage’ of conversion therapy.’”
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And there it is. The entire attack on Netflix is just a grift for far right influencers to promote a religious streaming site.
October 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And there it is. The entire attack on Netflix is just a grift for far right influencers to promote a religious streaming site.
I love seeing that I haven't liked an artist's most popular song on Spotify and then liking it only to realize I already liked five other versions.
a woman is making a funny face and saying `` i just wanna . ''
ALT: a woman is making a funny face and saying `` i just wanna . ''
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I love seeing that I haven't liked an artist's most popular song on Spotify and then liking it only to realize I already liked five other versions.
Hey friends, I dusted off my brain and wrote an essay for the first time in many years. Here's a piece about my experience at the June 8th protests in LA, state violence, solidarity between communities, and bearing witness to the truth: www.them.us/story/lapd-i...
www.them.us
July 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hey friends, I dusted off my brain and wrote an essay for the first time in many years. Here's a piece about my experience at the June 8th protests in LA, state violence, solidarity between communities, and bearing witness to the truth: www.them.us/story/lapd-i...
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NEW: 12 masked armed men try to enter a homeless shelter without saying who they are. ICE agents park outside an elementary school, sparking fear and a car accident. Local police respond to a call about a possible assault, only to find ICE.
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
ICE Agent Fled From Angry Residents Outside New York School — and Got in a Car Crash
Masked and unidentified ICE agents lurking near schools sparked fear, confusion, and a car crash in Latino-heavy New York suburbs.
theintercept.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
NEW: 12 masked armed men try to enter a homeless shelter without saying who they are. ICE agents park outside an elementary school, sparking fear and a car accident. Local police respond to a call about a possible assault, only to find ICE.
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
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The countries largest gender clinic with 3000 patients is complying in advance and shutting down. They treat up to age 25 so trans adults will lose access as well.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Children's Hospital Los Angeles halts transgender care under pressure from Trump
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles will stop offering services related to transgender care, according to a message reviewed by The Times.
www.latimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The countries largest gender clinic with 3000 patients is complying in advance and shutting down. They treat up to age 25 so trans adults will lose access as well.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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We are getting reports of clinics shutting down that provide care to trans youth over the latest CMS letter threat.
If your clinic has shut down or you work at one, or your child's clinic has shut down, please send us a DM - we are putting together a big story on this.
If your clinic has shut down or you work at one, or your child's clinic has shut down, please send us a DM - we are putting together a big story on this.
June 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We are getting reports of clinics shutting down that provide care to trans youth over the latest CMS letter threat.
If your clinic has shut down or you work at one, or your child's clinic has shut down, please send us a DM - we are putting together a big story on this.
If your clinic has shut down or you work at one, or your child's clinic has shut down, please send us a DM - we are putting together a big story on this.
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Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
seiuca.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
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I'm not a political scientist but if you're advice to the Democratic Party is pushing out unions, immigrants, and queers then I think there's already a party for that
June 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm not a political scientist but if you're advice to the Democratic Party is pushing out unions, immigrants, and queers then I think there's already a party for that
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Reading this interview with Maksim Borisov, a gay Russian dissident who sought asylum in the US last year only for ICE to arrest and detain him in February.
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
May 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reading this interview with Maksim Borisov, a gay Russian dissident who sought asylum in the US last year only for ICE to arrest and detain him in February.
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
He's currently held in Eloy Detention Center in Arizona where he says "trans people… just disappear."
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Exactly as predicted, now that DOGE has scraped all your personal data from government agencies, it's all being given to Peter Thiel's Palantir. It was always going to be Peter, who has dreamed of dictatorship for decades, patiently built his "political project". 1/
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
May 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Exactly as predicted, now that DOGE has scraped all your personal data from government agencies, it's all being given to Peter Thiel's Palantir. It was always going to be Peter, who has dreamed of dictatorship for decades, patiently built his "political project". 1/
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
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Worth noting that this is also what the UK government review found, it just ignored all the evidence in its conclusions.
The Utah Report shows exactly what the people commissioning it didn’t want to see, that gender affirming care works.
This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
www.assignedmedia.org
May 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Worth noting that this is also what the UK government review found, it just ignored all the evidence in its conclusions.
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the audiobook edition of ONE OF THE BOYS is OUT NOW!!!
i am beyond honored to have the lovely and incomparable Jen Richards (@smartassjen.bsky.social) read my little book😭 please pick it up if you, like me, love reading books with your ears!!!
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
i am beyond honored to have the lovely and incomparable Jen Richards (@smartassjen.bsky.social) read my little book😭 please pick it up if you, like me, love reading books with your ears!!!
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
One of the Boys Audiobook on Libro.fm
Grace Woodhouse has left a lot behind. She used to have a great friend group, an amazing girlfriend, and a right foot set to earn her a Division I football scholarship—before she came out as trans. As...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
the audiobook edition of ONE OF THE BOYS is OUT NOW!!!
i am beyond honored to have the lovely and incomparable Jen Richards (@smartassjen.bsky.social) read my little book😭 please pick it up if you, like me, love reading books with your ears!!!
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
i am beyond honored to have the lovely and incomparable Jen Richards (@smartassjen.bsky.social) read my little book😭 please pick it up if you, like me, love reading books with your ears!!!
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
This Hacks Andor crossover is hot.
May 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This Hacks Andor crossover is hot.
And we already know that speaking out against slaughter of civilians is considered supportive of terrorism. They've laid the groundwork for trans people simply existing to be terrorism ("gender ideology"), or fighting for women's bodily autonomy, or resisting ICE, or collective organizing, or ...
May 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And we already know that speaking out against slaughter of civilians is considered supportive of terrorism. They've laid the groundwork for trans people simply existing to be terrorism ("gender ideology"), or fighting for women's bodily autonomy, or resisting ICE, or collective organizing, or ...
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Rahm/Newsom/Cuomo: Dems spend too much time talking about what bathroom people use or what sport team they play on
The GOP:
The GOP:
May 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Rahm/Newsom/Cuomo: Dems spend too much time talking about what bathroom people use or what sport team they play on
The GOP:
The GOP:
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One thing that Trump will not tolerate is the heads of agencies saying publicly that their agency should exist.
Breaking News: The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, is out a day after he said the agency was vital and should not be eliminated, disagreeing with President Trump.
Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Agency
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
One thing that Trump will not tolerate is the heads of agencies saying publicly that their agency should exist.
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What Trump learned long ago as a private citizen is that you can easily ruin someone’s life with frivolous litigation even if you ultimately lose in court. And that was when he was spending his own money to harass and intimidate people. Now he’s spending yours.
May 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What Trump learned long ago as a private citizen is that you can easily ruin someone’s life with frivolous litigation even if you ultimately lose in court. And that was when he was spending his own money to harass and intimidate people. Now he’s spending yours.
The judges who looked at this case previously had to chastise the White House lawyers because the evidence they presented to prove that trans inclusion hurt military readiness showed the opposite. They hadn't even read their own evidence. It's ideology over evidence. Pure animus.
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump's anti-transgender military ban to go into effect while litigation proceeds.
The stay of the district court's injunction was issued with no reasoning and over the objections of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The stay of the district court's injunction was issued with no reasoning and over the objections of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The judges who looked at this case previously had to chastise the White House lawyers because the evidence they presented to prove that trans inclusion hurt military readiness showed the opposite. They hadn't even read their own evidence. It's ideology over evidence. Pure animus.
The world is maddening, but I just sipped rain water from the nasturtium leaves in my garden and for a moment I felt whole and human again.
May 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The world is maddening, but I just sipped rain water from the nasturtium leaves in my garden and for a moment I felt whole and human again.