Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13hbit of a long shot, but I have two clients wrapping up their contracts who I just found out aren't renewing, and a possible third in December. anyone out there - ideally in A) Portland or B) the arts, but I've kind of done everything tbh - looking for a grantwriter with 20+ years experience? 011094
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde 024661
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18hI’m sure I’m not the only one that saw the video of this man putting himself between French national police and student protestors circulating yesterday. 5576138
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5440421211
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026this is an excellent and informative thread 016172
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026French students and teachers protesting school conditions spoke with Al Jazeera about their demands.aljazeera.com‘We're short of resources': France’s student protesters, in their wordsFrench students and teachers protesting school conditions spoke with Al Jazeera about their demands. 516276
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.com‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far rightBally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions 4340122
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating. 81634283
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"But if the center is now fragmented, it is also due to the corrosive effects of Macron’s style of governance, which he sold in both 2017 and 2022 as conciliatory, but which in practice has proved to be hyper-polarizing. The degree of that polarization is ... on display today." Gift link.worldpoliticsreview.comFrance’s Student Protests Raise the Heat on MacronThe demonstrations make for a volatile political cocktail amid other popular grievances, just as the campaign for next year’s presidential election kicks into gear. 23924
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3254531877
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 1768701564
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 06/10/2026That’s my mayor 🫡 gaycitynews.com/nyc-9-millio...gaycitynews.comNYC to allocate $9 million to non-profits for youth gender-affirming care as private hospitals retreatThe New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is planning to steer nearly $9 million to non-profit health providers to deliver gender-affirming 01219168
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Exciting news from the Center for Institutional Courage! They launched a DARVO database, which tracks peer-reviewed academic studies about the concept. DARVO is an acronym that describes the way perpetrators respond to confrontations about their violence: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.institutionalcourage.orgThe Courage Brief - October 2026 Article Two | Center for Institutional Courage 29029
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.thecut.comThe Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual ViolenceThe “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail. 211211447
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry 25486621185
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We allow monsters to rule us 5430113
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 21491351675
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Give me romance and don't condescend to me. And keep your lit fic which continually thinks its reinventing the wheel. Stop pretending people being depressed and breaking up (or 'discovering reality') is more innovative than people navigating human relationships and love. Just stop. 419119
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)ICE must be destroyed 🏳️⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Mira's one of the best trans journalists working today and also just an incredible human being please help her out if you can!!!! If you want a way to support trans people this is something you can do right now Moreover, ICE must be destroyed 37645
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Pattie💜 @storster.northsky.social · 01/10/2026After paying as much as I could with bills, I once again have virtually no money to my name, and I'm even further in debt. Any help right now would go a really long way while I keep trying to find a more stable financial situation 01515
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys! 182076438
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In case anyone else needs it, the magic phrase for shutting down men picking apart a sexual violence case by blaming victims is: “The only people who would say something like that are rape apologists, rapists, or both.” You don’t have to argue with them on merit when their claims have no merit. 521264
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 45146662769
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are in dark times. This is not how journalism is conducted. This is horrific. 0319
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph 31222489
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297112954104
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 02/10/2026talk about common sense legislation.... 1406
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are now OPEN to submissions of speculative fiction + poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Submissions are limited to trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors from October 1-7. If that's you, send us your work! This issue's theme is exploration. We'll be open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from October 8-21!othersidespec.comSubmission Guidelines - OTHERSIDESubmission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit. 03840
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 02/10/2026Over a hundred protesters picketed NewYork-Presbyterian for ending care for trans youth. We're picketing a hospital on the first Thursday of each month through Pride. See you on the streets Nov. 5 131108296
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Julia aka mizzelle @mizzelle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Disabled former library assistant with back injury. Unemployed and facing eviction 10/28. Donations towards moving/storage expenses and/or temporary landing place. All shares appreciated. gofund.me/64476b4d8gofund.meDonate to Help Julia L. Rebuild after a Spinal Injury, organized by Julia LinthicumUpdate of 8/25/2026 Thank you to everyone who has shared, donated, enc… Julia Linthicum needs your support for Help Julia L. Rebuild after a Spinal Injury 1516
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight. 5761911682
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats. 101535529
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us. And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should. 101401244
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Jane Doe, you are remarkably brave. I wish you didn’t have to be. “I am Jane Doe.” Do not let them doxx Jane Doe. If you see their name, you did not. Do not punish the victim. I stand with survivors. You will not take away their power. We believe you. 282665649
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"I... I don't know." "Nowhere, exactly. What we do on BlueSky is if we need that *extra* to push a man over the cliff, you know what we do?" "You go to raging." "We go to raging. Exactly." "Why don't you just make polite ... stronger?" "We go to raging." 1171
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026y'all if you get mad about women saying "choose the bear" please look up bear assault and murder statistics and then contrast with human men. It is objectively reasonable to choose the bear. 17818101
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"If you can see, on this one, the feminism all goes to 'raging.' Right across the board. Raging. Raging. Raging." "Most feminists go to 'polite disagreement.' Is this any more feminist?" "It's feminist rage, innit? Most women will be stuck on polite, and where can you go from there?" 1336
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"For many Black scholars, academia is a burning house. If we cannot extinguish that fire, Black scholars will always bear a greater risk of being burned–& therefore have to insulate themselves against the risk more than others." @cydneydupree.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...timeshighereducation.comBlack academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequencesScholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree 3205111
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026✍🏾 MY LATEST: I wrote about the moral panic Republicans manufactured about trans girls in sports. I decided to turn all my yelling on social media about trans girls in sports into a column.rewirenewsgroup.comThe Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: OpinionRepublicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone. 523598
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the sad part is that survivors fought like hell to even get expulsion for rapists on the table. when I was an activist > 10 years ago, administrators were *shocked* that we wanted expulsion as a disciplinary option. 71271313
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME. 17256361986
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the fight for abortion rights is the fight for trans rights is the fight for foundational bodily autonomy for all of us. every issue is a queer issue and if you haven't realized this yet, don't worry. they'll show you. 535798
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)crying in seafood city @turnpikeghosts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026man. really something to just see it written out so plainly like this. 03214
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions 123183396
Reposted by Ainsley Wynter (she/her)Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And another story about how entire sections of the regulation were written by men’s rights groups—and added into the final text without *any* revision:thenation.comHow Men’s Rights Groups Helped Rewrite Regulations on Campus RapeE-mails shared with The Nation reveal a deep collaboration between the Department of Education and organizations that believe in a crisis of false rape allegations. 14317