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Kai Cheng Thom

@razorfemme.bsky.social
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Writer, performer, facilitator, somatic coach & dreamer. Author of FIERCE FEMMES & NOTORIOUS LIARS, I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE, FROM THE STARS IN THE SKY TO THE FISH IN THE SEA, and FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN. linktr.ee/kaichengthom

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shanna 🩷 @shannasins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
are you there god it’s me margaret can we please destigmatize and decriminalize sex work
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wrote a reversible poem in the classical Chinese style
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The religious right is steadily expanding its definition of what is sexual — and restricting what it deems acceptable in public spaces. Tech companies, in want of less oversight, are taking the hint. The deplatforming that started with sex workers / kink / trans has come for gay bars.
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From Safia Elhillo's book, Home Is Not a Country: bookshop.org/a/862/9780593177082 #poem #booksky #writing
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...
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How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities
Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Would Psylocke or Emma Frost win in a fight?
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Toronto Life @torontolifemag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Author Kai Cheng Thom on her new book, The Shapeshifter’s Guide to Gym Class, her obsession with monstrosity and the power of fantasy for young readers
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“When we are kind to one another, magic is possible”: Author Kai Cheng Thom on how fantasy books saved her life - Toronto Life
In her new work of middle-grade fantasy fiction, the literary star offers hard-earned wisdom to a new generation
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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I feel like a lot of people missed that Omelas is about how we think about utopia and ethical dilemmas and not really a metaphor for real societies because real societies suck ass and still have Omelas children for the love of the game.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you cannot be trusted to stand up for transgender Americans when they’re facing what some experts call a genocide, I don’t trust you to stand up for anything.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm not really an astrology queer, but I have noticed that people who are Leos do often mention that they are Leos a lot 🦁
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Ana Valens (Mod-Run) 🔞 @acvalens.net · 09/09/2026
the reality is more boring and idiotic than one’s apocalyptic imagination. A machine is not going to kill all humans, but some bored teenager will eventually be able to pay for AI agents to deface your website ala Hugging Face hack.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thanks to @torontolifemag.bsky.social and @nikostratis.com for this delightful interview!
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I just found about about the whole criticism of Ocean Vuong discourse and having looked into the most prominent critiques, they frankly just seem mean-spirited, and at times a little homophobic.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So great to see THE SHAPESHIFTER'S GUIDE TO GYM CLASS already on the shelves at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Bakka Phoenix Books!!!
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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 02/09/2026
YES.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is genocidal rhetoric from the president of the United States. Trump explicitly stated that if Dems win the midterms, “Transgender will never end.” The stated goal of the president of the United States and his party is to make transgender people “end.”
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today THE SHAPESHIFTER'S GUIDE TO GYM CLASS hits bookstore shelves! Available wherever books are sold! But please get this one from your local independent bookstore or the library!!!! 💚
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The attack on the Welsh Gender Service is despicable but it also felt inevitable. It’s a service that follows international best practice and the UK won’t stand for that. I’m surprised it took this long tbh. I suppose the fact that people over the border routinely forget that we exist explains it.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 19/08/2026
realized that what is commonly called "Hakka" food around Toronto is actually Indian Chinese food and like yea of course there would be Indian Chinese food just like there's American Chinese food. also it rocks, chili paneer goes hard
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026
Amnesty International caving to the pressure of The Worst People really does feel like one of those watershed moments that should cause a lot of people to sit back and really ask what the fuck we're doing, here
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Some of the richest people in the world want a racial caste system, and they want scholarly backing for that in the form of racist pseudoscience. And a lot of ostensibly non racist people quietly agree, and don’t like to see those who peddle that pseudoscience excluded from mainstream institutions.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"I can’t tell you how many times this has happened, how many trans trail-blazers and elders make their mark, give the gift of their brilliance and their wisdom to queer community, and then fall through the cracks." - @razorfemme.bsky.social
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Script @script.health · 20/08/2026
Dans cet essai, @razorfemme.bsky.social réfléchit au vieillissement, à la résilience et à ce que signifie imaginer un avenir en tant que personne trans. Lisez l’essai complet sur script.health.
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Je suis trans et je ne sais pas comment vieillir
Je ne pensais pas survivre à la vingtaine. Maintenant que j’approche la quarantaine, j’ai du mal à imaginer la suite
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Script @script.health · 20/08/2026
In this essay, @razorfemme.bsky.social reflects on aging, survival, and what it means to imagine a future as a trans person. Read the full piece below or at script.health
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I don’t know how to age as a trans person
I didn’t expect to live past my 20s. As I approach middle age, my next chapter is hard to picture
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Toronto book launch coming Sept 3!!
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The whole "woke 1.0" conversation seems fraught with toxic viewpoints and conservatism, but I will say that a few things can be true at once: 1) The social justice movement of the 2010s had core premises that were correct, namely that various types of injustice form the core of our social world 1/4
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 18/08/2026
The US media elevation of pro-military trans voices is also a violence against the trans community frankly
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Script @script.health · 18/08/2026
Things may get a little steamier in New York if these two lawmakers get their way. Earlier this month the Public Health Modernization Act was introduced, which would lift New York’s existing ban on adult saunas—and Script is here to give you all the details.
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New York could soon lift its ban on gay saunas
Lawmakers are seeking to overturn a 40-year-old prohibition
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trans writers who are primarily or largely online - PLEASE archive your work offline and in hard copy. It's so important, now more than ever.
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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's not that white people never face consequences. Sometimes they do. Sometimes very harsh consequences. It's that it never becomes a societal-level referendum on the state of things.
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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Very noticeable how when Black people plagiarize and falsify in academia, people on both sides talk about the failings of institutions and conjure grand narratives about race and achievement. But when white people do it there's a couple articles, people say that person sucked, and everyone moves on.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Deeply important that people interested in social liberation study & understand the values, strategies, and tactics of the right wing, technofascism, etc. They have studied us & know us EXTREMELY well: How we work, our recurrent conflicts and struggles, our rhetoric. That's how they outmaneuver us
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The first season of X-Men 97 is absolutely transcendent - some of the best TV I've ever seen. The second season is just like...sigh. It's not politically dialed in at all, the plotting is a mess, and there are too many characters and not enough throughlines.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Are we afraid of trans women?
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
How can we go on
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Excited to listen
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Started reading a non-fic book by a trans woman autho published in 2017 & she cites several other authors who were active in that era and then I realized that almost none of these girlies except for me are still writing publicly and also some of them are dead & then I s p i r a l e d
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It really really really bugs me how many people simply do not understand what it means when the government tries to convict you even IF THEY FAIL TO DO IT. Do you know how many thousands of dollars in legal fees it costs? You will most likely lose your job. You might lose your home.
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Script @script.health · 28/07/2026
"If a trans person is sexually assaulted in a culture that reviles trans people, what does 'healing' or 'justice' even mean?" To read @razorfemme.bsky.social's article, click the link below or visit script.health
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Who cares about trans survivors of sexual assault?
So many of us have been assaulted. Where do all our stories go?
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We are being subjected to a civilization-wide nonconsensual human experiment in giant environment-destroying rape culture theft machine technology, and nobody in power seems at all interested in stopping it.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Would a wasp or a hornet win in a fight?
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I made this model of consent inspired by teachings from Somatic Sex Education and the School of Consent
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Can u imagine if the anti-trans billionaires spent the money they are currently using to try & wipe us off the face of the planet on stopping the climate crisis instead
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Would a unicorn or a dragon win in a fight?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Didn't they say AI was gonna cure cancer and solve climate change by now?
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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It's 2026, the world is going down in smoke and fire, qnd I refuse to spend the twilight of our existence caring about soccer or Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey film
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