Lilly Wachowski

@lillywachowski.bsky.social

Trans Giantess.

Begin to believe… the next Queer Cut screening I’m hosting is this Saturday night, playing a very rarely screened archival print of THE MATRIX as part of the Heights Theater’s centennial series Saturday, October 3rd Curated preshow at 9:10 pm Intro from yours truly at 9:30 pm

it really does feel as if Democrats en masse are telling trans ppl that they don't want us as part of their coalition. if you disagree with them – if you *want* trans ppl to be a part of the coalition – then please call these trans-exclusionary Dems DIVISIVE because they are DIVIDING OUR COALITION!

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 4w ago

🧵 of excerpts from my latest essay “On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads.” it makes several points I haven't seen others making. here's a main one: many cis reactions reveal they don't actually view trans ppl as part of their coalition... juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...

screenshot from linked-to essay that reads:
In my book Excluded — which examines the recurring problem of how marginalized groups are often excluded from movements that they have a stake in — I discuss (on p.57) how the word “divisive” is a red flag for me. To paraphrase that passage: When trans people critique trans-exclusion within our own communities and coalitions, we are often called “divisive” for doing so. In contrast, I have never once heard anyone use the word “divisive” to describe cis people who promote or tacitly support trans-exclusion (in this case, Talarico, Turek, et al.). The fact that acts that marginalize trans people are not typically described as being “divisive” implies that there is a presumed and unspoken “one-ness” that exists in people’s minds that implicitly precludes trans people.
I’d argue that the central issue here isn’t what candidate X says about trans athletes or trans healthcare (although that is certainly important), or what trans person Y says in response. Rather, it’s that many cisgender Democrats will by default view Y as divisive and X as not. And by doing so, they are essentially communicating (whether they realize it or not) that trans people are not really a part of the Democratic coalition in their eyes: We are either votes to be taken for granted or else “dead weight” that the party should drop.

I just saw someone admonishing someone trans to shut up about trans rights because there are concentration camps in the US, and you know who I see overwhelmingly and disproportionately on the front lines standing up against concentration camps? Trans people.

This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass!

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · last mo.

Rahm Emanuel: ‘You Don’t Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours’ The always pugnacious Democrat is ready to fight Republicans, the DSA, and Bibi Netanyahu. And maybe run for president.

My book, which is currently on sale for $1.99 (ebook), is the @newscientist.com September book club selection! Some thoughts on the work I hope the book does: “Given the crises we face – genocides, climate change, attacks on transgender people – we need our critical faculties now more than ever.” 🧪

'Thinking about the edges of space-time can help build a better world' | New Scientist

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, New Scientist columnist and author of the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, The Edge of Space-Time, on why the big questions in physics matter so much

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LOOK AT THIS!! "Set in a fictional occult bookstore and featuring puppetry and practical SFX make-up, the show finds [Australian transgender comedian Cassie] Workman diving into the worlds of ritual magic, identity, demons, tarot, love, death and possible salvation" Finally some good fucking food!

Lilly Wachowski@lillywachowski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cassie Workman is Witchy AF is finally coming!!!! so proud to be a part of this!!! Hail Satan!!!!