KT (2026 era)

@kaytee.bsky.social

I tried to pick my battles till the battle picked me (she/her) Chicken guardian * sci-fi * wildlife photographer * musician * educator

it's hard to explain to the younger generation how meaningful The Rocky Horror Picture Show was, in spite of its uhhhhh very muddled gender politics. the idea that sex/gender/gender performance could be, like, fun? not a punishment? was brand fucking new to me when I watched it at seventeen.

Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · last wk.

"It's given a lot of people permission to be themselves, to not dream it, be it, which is the motto of the movie, really. I would like to be remembered for that." Farewell to Tim Curry (1946-2026) #RIP

Tim in costume as Dr. Frank-N-Furter

I'm also having complicated thoughts I don't know how to articulate perfectly about Dolly as like . . . high femme Gender Euphoria™️ (for folks of all genders!) and that big hair / big boobs / sequins / high-pitched voice, etc are not - and should not be - incompatible with being taken seriously

Imagine how brilliant women had to be in the days when we were exluded from universities, from institutions, from facilities, and then, when remarkable things had been achieved, a man would be given the credit. 'Where are the Women?' by @sarasheridan.bsky.social addresses this very issue.

Rachel Pope@prehistorian.bsky.social · 3w ago

How should Iron Age studies best make amends for its erasing of Maud Cunnington - the woman who developed our first scientific chronology.