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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · 23d

If you'd like to see something that will -- or should -- bring you happy tears today, watch this. I don't care about the Emmys, but I definitely care about Jeff Hiller and SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE, which will eventually be considered a classic.

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards

YouTube video by Television Academy

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · 23d

Oh, my god. THIS is the kind of queer art we need now. My kingdom to see this performed.

FIGARO/FAGGOTS - Baryshnikov Arts

Based on the Novel Faggots and Other Literary Works by Larry Kramer. Inspired by the Opera Le Nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 25d

I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story

Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25d

Cool tip: it actually takes MORE effort to deliberately misgender someone AND it marks you as a total asshole! Pretty cool!

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · 26d

#CDFriday thanks to Wall of Sound in Seattle. $1! This was the first place I — and I suspect many Americans — first heard “Unfinished Sympathy.”

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oh no, let's go: the charts of the summer of '84 were a *time*.

Pop Top 40: Hot 100, week ending 9/1/84

The good stuff is great, but the bad stuff...

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Aug 31

We don't need to be rallying behind Dems because they'll "protect" our democracy, we need to be pressuring Dems to RESTORE our democracy.

They're not going to do it if we don't push them, and if you want my help in pushing them, then you better believe I'm also going to push them on trans issues.

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Sep 1

Can I help somehow? I’m so excited to finally meet in person next week!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 28

They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.

Alt text: A tweet from Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) dated August 27, 2025. The tweet calls for Health and Human Services to violate HIPAA laws and forward information about every transgender and transgender-questioning person to law enforcement for immediate detainment, claiming they are killing children in schools. It describes this as a matter of national security, says transgender people should be locked away and studied, calls for medical professionals who enable transitions to be expelled from the profession, and demands that the federal government treat transgender people as if they were terrorist organizations. The tweet shows it was last edited at 1:11 PM and has 5,049 views.

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you, John.

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 28

Joy and pain, as Frankie Beverly and Maze sang, are like sunshine and rain. And the R&B top 10 albums this week back in 1980 were mostly on the bright side. (Also: the *other* #1 albums of the week.)

Pop Top 40: Top Soul LPs+, week ending 8/30/80

Let’s do something different.

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'd MUCH rather see Pedro Pascal starring in a gay romance from Todd Haynes than Joaquin Phoenix, so this is thrilling news.

Todd Haynes’ Previously Shuttered Gay Romance ‘De Noche’ Being Revived With Pedro Pascal Circling – The Dish

Todd Haynes' gay romance De Noche, which shut down about a year ago, is being revived, with Pedro Pascal circling.

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 26

How fucking good does this look, wow.

1985: The Miracle Year

Hüsker Dü. Live. 1985. Need we say more? Witness the transcendent Minneapolis punk trio tearing into the most incendiary year of its existence, captured live on stage at First Avenue in perhaps the hi...

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 25

I voted for Newsom for Mayor when I lived in SF. I voted for him for Lt Gov, twice. I voted for him for Gov of California. But I WILL NOT and CANNOT vote for him again, as he's completely gone off the anti-trans deep end. And cis/het folks, you shouldn't either, if you call yourselves allies.

Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom

We have seen this song and dance before.

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 22

WGCI, August 1986: hotter than ever. Airchecks and a playlist included in my latest "Radio Romance" column.

Radio Romance: WGCI, Power 107.5 Chicago, late August 1986

Are we jammin' the box or what?

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 21

Summer '83 on the charts was absolutely golden, and this proves it.

Pop Top 40: Hot 100, week ending 8/27/83

Peak "greatest year in pop" ever

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 15

In 2005, Madonna released her last best album, which I reviewed for STYLUS, doing the same for its corresponding live album in '07. Because it's her birthday tomorrow, here are both reviews, newly republished.

Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor / The Confessions Tour, 2005 / 2007

Her last truly great album and its ensuing tour document, also great

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 15

AND ME TOO

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 15

And @tombreihan.bsky.social gets it so right at Stereogum today: "It’s just a real New York rap song."

Cardi B – “Imaginary Playerz”

It’s been seven years and a whole lot of hits since Cardi B released her debut album Invasion Of Privacy, and album number two is finally coming out in about a month. Cardi’s sophomore LP Am I The Dra...

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 15

Cardi B's new Jay-Z-interpolating single is killing me today. So so good. So ready for her new album next month, FINALLY.

Cardi B - Imaginary Playerz [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Cardi B

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 15

Tomorrow's the birthday of pop's queen of the past 45 years, Madonna -- and even more than pop, she's been the real queen of the dancefloor. An appreciation, with some caveats.

Remixing it up SPECIAL: Madonna: Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, 2022

Celebrating a record-setting tenure on the dance charts

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TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 13

you did NOT

TA Inskeep (they/them) @tainskeep.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is a very important piece worth your time, which clearly enumerates some of my own thoughts this week.

But also, c'mon, how could it NOT make me think of this? (@sotoalfred.bsky.social I'm looking directly at you.)