Jamie Saoirse
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Library worker, library student. Former professional socialist. Religious studies PhD. Occupied Muscogee land (Decatur, GA, USA). jamiehare.org 🏳️⚧️
the biggest and best movie of the year revolves around the perils and horrors that come with sacrificing a trans life in the name of a short term victory
here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?
you might not realize you’re holding that gun, you might not even see it. i promise you they see it, and you not understanding that you’re holding that gun makes you more dangerous
if a member of a marginalized group says that it’s okay for you to support some organization that oppresses them, just know they’re telling you that while you hold a gun to their head
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
I don't want to add to the discourse, but it was hard for me not to laugh when Matt Damon killed the suitors then stood over their corpses and said, "How you like them apples?"
our rights and our oppression are having a proxy war in a sports league featuring zero of us
So this is more of a comment than a question...
Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last wk.People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference
To paraphrase Mr. Peanut Butter, am I in a Christopher Nolan film? Because while women are technically present, it doesn't seem like it's really about them
Christopher Nolan makes good popcorn movies. He's not an auteur.
Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social · last wk.I would say it was a bit uneven - probably a situation where if you go in with modest expectations looking for a fun time watching cool stuff it may exceed expectations (as it did mine) but if your expectations start very high you might be disappointed.
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Ironically, I once had big travel delays trying to get home from Ithaca
There is absolutely no reason for any trans person to give Democrats cover to abandon full trans equality on any issue, in any region, in any race, to even the tiniest iota.
Something that never ceases to amuse me is when people talk about Emily Wilson's "feminist translation" of the Odyssey, a description that always seems to come as news to Emily Wilson, who simply translated it while female
John Esposito, 86, showed how Islamophobia warped US policy
John Esposito, 86, showed how Islamophobia warped US policy
A towering figure in Islamic studies, the long-time Georgetown professor offered an alternative to the 'clash of civilizations'
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It's no comfort that a majority of the people who are virulently anti-trans today will be lying about this fact in a few short years.
Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?
Just Die Already Elaine Benes
Alt: Just Die Already Elaine Benes
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2w agoWithout saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?
"That’s the worst part. The hate infected me. I am now petty, and cruel, and voracious for their suffering. I have no kindness to offer them, no forgiveness to extend, no love, and I still believe everyone deserves love. So I am a hypocrite." assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I Am Not Sorry Lindsey Graham is Dead - Assigned Media
How the decade of hate made me a worse person
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england and france in the third place match… we call that the 20th century
Huh didn’t realize being made to take hormones based on a blood test, you never would have needed to know levels from, against your will is gender affirming care now. Maybe they were right about WPATH being bad because that sounds absolutely horrible!
You are using @bsky.app. I am using @mu.social and @eurosky.social. We are not the same.
Wait, do people think there’s more sunlight in summer because of DST?
Men fighting and women ignoring them Mughal, 18th C
Live your life so that when you die, those who knew you and those who didn't wish for your memory be for a blessing.