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Rhi Belle

@spoopyspoonie.bsky.social
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Disability trans and queer stuff. Impatient crip/"bad vibes" They/them

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's about time this got discussed. I'll admit part of what makes it so attractive a prospect is that when there is, genuinely, a real threat, it's very easy to spread panic about it in ways that are neither helpful nor accurate. And that when people DO this, it actually makes the threat worse!
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@fiercemum.bsky.social and I are really pleased to see this one out.
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sick in bed furious at things and ugh too sick to do much
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I may as well move into the vets at this point 😭
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Noah Zazanis @noahzazanis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BAY AREA: On 9/9/16, incarcerated workers & supporters across 27 states organized a strike—likely the largest prison strike in U.S. history! Join EBDSA for a 10th anniversary retrospective, ft. documentary footage & a panel of inside & outside strike organizers. tinyurl/16strike
Background image of barbed wire gradually transforming into flying birds. Title says "10th Anniversary Retrospective of the 2016 National Prison Strike". Beneath this in smaller letters it says "RSVP:tinyurl.com/16strike"

Information underneath says: "Documentary screening & panel discussion featuring inside/outside organizers, Uhuru Rowe, (Incarcerated Womxn's Clemency & Support Project) and Brooke Oakland (Abolition & Solidarity.)"

Beneath that it says "Sept 9th, 7-8:30 p.m., 1610 Harrison St Suite D. Moderated by Jo Morrison, EBDSA Stop Cop Nation."

In the very top left corner we see the East Bay Democratic Socialist of America logo, two hands clasping in front of a stylized tree.
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Well no more writing till I get replies, and the Elvanse is doing its thing so somehow my room is now being reorganised. So much stuff that I thought was lost forever is being found.
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Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
September is also one of my worst Patreon months so if you’ve been holding off but wanted to join: www.patreon.com/c/caelanconrad
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I did not know that 'brands', and I use this term loosely here (more like drop shipped tat) approach people they think are influencers like unicorn hunters. Literally "we really like your vibe" haha
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Rick B @rickburgess.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sponsored running charity led by ruthlessly ambitious social worker agrees not to mention austerity or neoliberalism to maintain invites in Westminster.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 05/09/2026
🔴 Guiders Against Trans Exclusion protest - a live thread Today, we are here in London to report on the @guidersfortrans.bsky.social protest against Girlguiding's ban on existing trans girls in Girlguiding coming into effect... tomorrow (Sunday 6 September) 🧵 A thread
The "trans knight" outside Embankment tube station
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FearBuccaneer @queerbuccaneer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hello, I am a struggling Graphic Designer and I would really like some more commissions this month. I can make Logos, Stream Overlays, and T-Shirt designs if you're in a band or a wrestler or stuff. Here's some of my stuff vgen.co/queerbuccaneer
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 05/09/2026
I kid you not, our paper on spatial apartheid was reviewed by apartheid itself. Literally, the (extremely famous) journal sent it to white South African reviewers who pointed out all these "papers" written by white South Africans DURING apartheid, that we failed to cite.
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Omg bats! I never see bats here.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 02/09/2026
Do not speak to the BBC if you are trans. Just don't do it. Tell them to go fuck themselves. Even if you know the reporter and they are not an ass, tell them to go fuck themselves anyway because they work for the BBC and their editors will do this regardless of the journalist's intent.
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am not ready for autumn/winter
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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · 01/09/2026
Brilliant checklist for trans people working with therapists from Therapists Against Conversion Therapy and Transphobia. therapistsagainsttransphobia.org/2026/08/26/n...
A set of prompts and questions for anyone looking to understand if their therapist is trans-affirming. The image is in two columns - red flags and green flags. The resource is created by “therapists against conversion therapy and transphobia” and at the bottom is the TACTT website: www.therapistsagainsttransphobia.org. 

The image text reads: Heading: Is my therapist Trans Affirming?

Column 1: Green Flags
Subheading 1: Identity and Autonomy.
Respects different choices and stages of social and medical transition.
Listens to and validates your experience without deciding for you.
Supports you through transphobia without suggesting you change.
Subheading 2: Knowledge and Beliefs.
There’s no “right way” to be trans, cis, man, woman, or any other gender.
Recognises impact of being visibly or openly trans.
Respects experiences that don’t fit familiar frameworks.
Encourages self-advocacy and promotes trans joy.
Doesn’t assume trans identity is caused by trauma or fear of being gay, etc. 
Educates themself about trans issues, terminology & current happenings.
Understands that dysphoria is not universal and experiences vary.
Is informed about trans history & how wider systems shape trans experiences.
Recognises neurodivergence doesn’t disprove or cause trans identity.
Supports your exploration without an agenda to change your identity.
Subheading 3: Understanding Transphobia.
Understands mental health difficulties result from social injustice, not identity.
Understands trans-specific misogyny, fatphobia, racism and other bigotry.
Understands gatekeeping, barriers to and disparity within trans healthcare.
Understands non-binary and GNC-specific challenges and bias.
Subheading 4: Language and Respect.
Owns mistakes, such as misgendering, without centering themself.

Column 2: Red Flags
Subheading 1: Identity and Autonomy.
Repeated misgendering, degendering or refusal to use appropriate language.
Refers to your past self using deadname or assigned sex at birth.
Doesn’t accept …
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
If you don't feel you can do anything useful today, rest up and switch off - all the more energy to fight tomorrow (figuratively speaking).
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I would really like for my body to consider not having a weird and baffling response to at least one medication.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
bsky.app/profile/mich...
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Toaster go boom
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am experiencing a real slip backwards towards pseudoscience advice in nhs Me/cfs services.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Dr Beth Upton, a universally beloved professional (except for the one bigot!) that dedicated her life to helping others, who did nothing wrong, quit her job and fled halfway around the world, and the UK media did not stop. They tracked her to New Zealand and continued their harassment and abuse
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
For those unfamiliar with how dangerous the UK media is, Dr Beth Upton, a NHS doctor that had the temerity of living as a trans woman, was hounded by the UK media after a (coincidentally vicious, racist, hateful bigot hated by all her coworkers) sued the NHS. Dr Beth Upton had to flee the country
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is not gatekeeping activism (sorry but there has been a LOT of discourse). This is don't replicate work, don't ignore relevant theory, and don't further splinter off where there could be huge opportunities to work together and be stronger.
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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
At some point we’re also going to need to talk about how Arday’s merely claiming to be autistic and yet having a storied academic career is in itself sufficient for some quarters to have cast him as guilty of lies and deceit
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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
And, AND, it needs to be REALLY FUCKING CLEAR that whatever Cofnas’s role in this and his explicit self description as a white supremacist racist, this was a public lynching of a Black autistic academic perpetrated by multiple actors and institutions acting in concert, whether intended or not
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason Arday didn’t deserve this. The lie that this is about truth or academic standards is bullshit. The Cass report is based on the transphobic “research” which has since been found to be unethical and based in academic misconduct. That has barely been reported. It’s racism. He was targeted.
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I miss my cat so much
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14/08/2026
How many secret phones did that alert just expose for what should have been a tv ad?
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Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Reply to this with Rod Liddles worst moments (you know what this is for, help a girl out)
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Saying goodbye to pets is so damn hard
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
They didn't believe I had Shingles and tried to section me for it.
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Bigots rarely stick to one minority. By looking away whilst one group are attacked, so many chances to have a stronger alliance fighting back get missed.
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Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
'In Disabling Capitalism, Chis crafts a ground-breaking anti-productivist, collectivist and disability abolitionist vision. It makes essential reading for our age of intensified capitalist disablement and precarious work' Arianna Introna (Open University) author of Crip Enchantments #AcademicChatter
'In Disabling Capitalism, Chis crafts a ground-breaking anti-productivist, collectivist and disability abolitionist vision. It makes essential reading for our age of intensified capitalist disablement and precarious work.'
- Arianna Introna (Open University), author of Crip Enchantments
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A new essay for all my trans siblings and our allies. "As the UK enters a new era of state-mandated segregation, I find myself asking: was it all worth it?"
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What we have won
It was the largest trans protest in British history. We travelled from across the country to central London. We were joined by allies, especially cis gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer people who re…
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Ahana the Sun Goddess ☀️ 🌞 @antisanitygirl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
last sentence of the essay. open.substack.com/pub/tenderly...
transgender practices are not sane because they disorient the political rationalities that animate the cis mind, the ostensible universality of which mobilizes transness—it engages in the felt undercurrents that cut below the rationalities of gender, following the guides of feeling that rationality, in the form of cisness, repudiates.
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Weird how the same vile misogynistic logic that nazi men come out with is also shared by a bunch of supposed feminists.
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Billie Lauren Hindle 🎙️ | 🩷BWT Alpine💙 @billielhindle.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Pathways trial is a flawed mess, designed to reach a forgone conclusion of making healthcare harder to access for trans youth. However, I’m glad the high court have quashed this challenge as it proceeding would have emboldened the Gender Critical movement even further. The UK is diseased.
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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 @goddessblade.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Everything becomes trauma" is like "everyone is autistic now." Trauma that was normalized or buried before is becoming recognized, so now there's "too much."
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Bedwellj101 @alyx.whatthetrans.com · 28/07/2026
Just quoting this to boost this and also to boost the sports special episode we made regarding why policies like the IOC and other sporting bodies like World Sailing are wrong. whatthetrans.com/ep155/
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PODCAST – Frankenstein’s Evidence: The Modern Phrenology – What The Trans!?
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lads lads, I have just been told that I can mindfulness my way out of discrimination! Imagine the pain and labour this could save us all hahahaha
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
When sharing research it is really useful to distinguish an undergraduate dissertation with other types of research, both in terms of the likely impact (commonly but not always reduced), the chances of mistakes from new researchers, and the significant importance of their supervisors. 1/2
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Nelle from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her) @neillyleftistcook.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Andy Burnham auditioned for the part of Keir Starmer and lost out on the second round. The next UK Prime Minister after him will be an automaton made of wood, with gelled hair, that automatically cuts funding to social programs. Pundits will applaud the wooden boy's ability to not fall over.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The official government response to London Trans Prides message to Andy Burnham from the end of various articles: A Government spokesperson said: ‘The Government is committed to protecting the rights, dignity and safety of all LGBT+ people. 🧵 (me- this is simply insulting)
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Well the not being depressed was fun while it lasted.
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Foxdie @foxdie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Please consider helping E stay in the UK, she needs £2723 more for her visa costs. www.gofundme.com/f/help-e-a-l...
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Donate to Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs, organized by East and Southeast Asians North East
E is in urgent need of support with visa costs so that she … East and Southeast Asians North East needs your support for Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING We've filed a complaint to the Charity Commission about Sex Matters, detailing 46 incidents which we think, together, amount to misconduct and mismanagement. But we also need wider action against charities spreading hate - help us tell the government & Commission they must step up 👇
goodlaw.social
Sex Matters are breaking charity law with transphobic hate – we’re taking action | Good Law Project
We’ve made a formal complaint to the Charity Commission and the government, citing 46 examples of offensive transphobia
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Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Really glad to see a campaign on this. I think sadly this is overlooked by a lot of feminists.
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