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Important thread on the ways that (contrary to those who exceptionalise trans people's difficulties with it) the EHRC is systematically failing to address racism, disability, misogyny and so on. Knowledge of this should spur us to form a joint coalition of human rights defence on all these fronts.

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

By “keep picking on” he means “two shows in 14 years” and aside from this being one of the top news stories worldwide: clearly you cannot point a camera at settlers without them launching into a rant about exterminating all the brutes. The question should be: why don’t the public see more of this?

submitted 11 hours ago • 14 comments

Well done the BMA: "Condemns scientifically illiterate rulings from the Supreme Court, made without consulting relevant experts and stakeholders, that will cause real-world harm to the trans, non-binary and intersex communities in this country" (Alt text in the replies)

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Talking Scared to chat horror? @briankeene.bsky.social - that's who! Finally, I got Brian on the show to talk about love, loss, community, and all manner of nasty shit that would make a vicar faint. Coming soon!

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

The truth is that every scrap of progress towards freedom and equality has been achieved only by masses demanding it. It has never come from patiently waiting for the kindness of benevolent rulers or representatives. Never.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

@kitgonzo.bsky.social and I were proud to be joined by @jasperbark.bsky.social for a grand time chatting about the oft admired Nebraska from 1982. Get it! directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

For posterity. He's since deleted the comment and blocked me.

submitted 3 days ago • 30 comments

Please join myself and m'colleague, @kitgonzo.bsky.social , as we delve deep into -the frankly astonishing- Netflix's Adolescence; youtu.be/CrsGpX_g5E0?...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table Today, they are arresting judges Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress

submitted 3 days ago • 660 comments

Lewis' interlocutor asked, very reasonably: what are you going to do about the rampant transphobia your own party is propagating? His response is illustrative of: A. How culturally tone-deaf Labour have become, & B. That whatever they believe, they're not behaving like they represent our interests

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Guys, this is a cartoonishly awful situation. Just absurdy dreadful.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Just about everything I’m proud of in my life went like this…

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Kiddo got to watch Some Kind Of Monster with me this evening, and it was more hilariously deranged than I remembered. She adored it. Funnier than Spinal Tap.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

NGL, the FBI arresting a judge feels like a level of escalation/acceleration I wasn't expecting. Never again? That'd be right now.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

submitted 3 days ago • 2419 comments

Your periodic reminder that leaving even a one-sentence review of an indie writer's work on any platform (esp. Amazon, Goodreads, etc) will absolutely make that author's day, and yes, you cracked the code; it's me, it would make my day - it always does :) To everyone who already has, you're awesome!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Heads up for all of those affected by Dark Frights theft of property this is the email of their webhost for sending in a report of theft. @fangoria.com @bloody-disgusting.com @jezconolly.bsky.social @samkurd.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk: eeeey Stephano king maybe i tella da story King: i didn't know you wrote stories, elon Musk: i paid someone to Musk: i mean uhhh Musk: si!

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Could it be that “nothing is ever possible in politics except people in different coloured ties demanding crackdowns on minor irritants” is the beating heart of the actual problem

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

Exactly. The hyperfocus on limitless growth 2017-2022, and now on unplanned-out shrinking, all driven by a sole focus on financial targets does not a university make. Know what we do, make the money support that. The other way round, you just get a monstrosity ever on the brink of failure.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Excoriating from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on Government’s new Planning & Infrastructure Bill which “betrays an undemocratic impatience with the people, motivated by the blatant appeasement of corporate power…the worst assault on England’s ecosystems in living memory”👇

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Getting bullied by The Midnight Society's Clive Barker. My cup runneth over. Not sure I'll ever top this.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

“We all saw what happened to Target.”

submitted 5 days ago • 46 comments

Gavin Newsom's career should die instantly because of this

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

Wowser. This is... amazing.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

King: hey clive i read online that you were pro trans rights Clive Barker: what an odd thing to say Barker: why ever would you feel the need to remark on that Barker: when it's the obvious opinion held by all right-thinking people Barker: but yes

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

Lots of people respond to this kind of point by saying "what if this alienates our allies" and the answer is that if asking our allies to take solidarity action with us and apply their own intellectual and political power alienates them they aren't our allies.

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

I would like to point out that in Ireland, the law has allowed people to self-identify for about ten years, and it’s been . . . fine. Society has not collapsed, public toilets are not battle zones, Harry Potter isn’t banned. People just got on with their lives. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

The aim in the UK, as in the US, is to remove trans people from public life. No matter how often the organisers of Park Run make it absolutely clear it is not a race, the drumbeat never stops: trans women are somehow cheats and thieves in an event with nothing to steal.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

For reference, this is the current legal situation for transgender rights in Spain. Self-identification law (in purple) doesn't require a diagnosis. The country has continued as usual, in case anyone wondered about the media scaremongering elsewhere. Better is possible. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

New Book review from @kitgonzo.bsky.social for Dirt Upon My Skin by @stevetoase.bsky.social out now from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social " with storytelling that is simple (but never simplistic), creating short stories of incredible depth that punch very, very hard indeed. 💙📚 🩸💙 😱

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

While one author can create an entirely new world unassisted, Meta requires 7 million worlds to create a pale facsimile of one human's creativity. It's clear to us which is more valuable. We are extremely proud to stand behind Jason's words. Keep tech overlords in fiction where they belong.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

This week’s column is on AI slop and the aestheticisation of fascism. Happy Easter! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

submitted 9 days ago • 95 comments

If you're thinking about starting your own #podcast, Steve joined Kit, Rick, Viggy, and Lucas on the #AuthorConV #Podcasting 101 Panel to share our info and experiences, and you can check that out here: youtu.be/msu4c8f99hI @kitgonzo.bsky.social @rickhipson.bsky.social

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

We love our indie, DIY, and grassroots publishers! We see so much work from lesser-known publishers and authors & our readers and our reviewers love to discover those little-known gems. Submission guidelines for reviews here: locusmag.com/aboutlo...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Shame can be a deeply self-destructive impulse. It can also be fuel for the engine of salvation. Like anger, it's a double-edged sword - dangerous and powerful. The key is having the self awareness to understand where the shame is righteous and where it's misplaced. As easy and as hard as that.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

We are going to see a deluge of cases brought against institutions that (I think lawfully) want to continue to adopt trans inclusive policies. We will run an accelerated process to hire an equalities lawyer to advise them and (try and) ensure trans voices in those cases.

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments