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Tamsyn Elle

@tamsynelle.bsky.social
710 followers 3.3K following 529 posts

Writer of words, sometimes correctly spelled. Reflections on pop culture and life from a a trans woman who, despite everything, exists. Follows are not endorsements. De-escalate all conflict that isn't with the enemy.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have literally seen dudes tailspin because of a super-casual "Pretty rapey/racist/weird/etc., dude." from a friend. Fuck some girl/brown person and their dumb opinions, they don't care about us. But they are 100% not prepared to hear it coming from you.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I love pop music, but if there ever was a time it was truly a cultural universal, in either the Anglosphere as a whole or any constituent country, that time has long passed. Pop music is now simply the largest niche amongst an infinity of niches.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But if you pull back, it seems clear that the session was held in a broom cupboard (?) in which I count 30 attendees plus the panel, admittedly sitting in close harmony. And the only person apparently standing is the videographer.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
but you just can't govern that way: reactionry centrists give majority opinion veto over everything the party dies & also surrender public opinion to the right because they rule out trying to change it that functionally gives the right veto over everything when *you* won the election
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To this day if Michael Gove comes up this is the comic I use to explain to people who he is and what he's like. An enduring classic.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/09/2026
look, you can't just punish trump when dems are in power. that might make republicans do something crazy, like stage a coup, illegally shred the federal bureaucracy, or even vstart abducting people off the street and extraditing them to torture sites all over the world
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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 20/09/2026
It frustrates me so deeply that cis people simply cannot concieve of transphobia as something serious.
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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
just saw someone say "i don't think it's about gender. it's about control." and boy do i have shocking news for you about gender
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Alma Avalle @goodbyealma.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
i know this TIME cover might seem bleak but in my experience this means that AI won’t be allowed in the bathroom within 5-10 years
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trans votes are important enough that it's fine to scold trans people thinking of withholding theirs, but insignificant enough to not be worthy of being courted or catered to. It's "woman enough to grope, man enough to punch" in a cheap suit. We're worth advocating for or we're not. Choose.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I should really update this thing, to reflect that my wife cheated on me and left me devastated and needing to move out, and then repeated it again two weeks later, but I don't have the energy. I am a river of sadness, and I'll run out of ADHD meds in eight days, and I can't afford more. Help?
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@tomewing.bsky.social looks like freakytrigger got hacked, heads up, some sort of ad for a casino in my RSS feed from it
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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Posting my little three-page comic before the trend completely dies down. Here’s my Petra Parker, Ultimate Spider-Mom. Pls be gentle I haven’t really done the comic book art style before and I’m not very good at shading/coloring
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The Power Cut - a fanzine about The Power Fantasy @thepowercut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And tomorrow is now today! Get your copy of The Power Cut #3 for free here: thepowercut.itch.io/the-power-cu...
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The Power Cut #3: We Have To Be Better by The Power Cut
a fanzine for The Power Fantasy
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The Power Cut - a fanzine about The Power Fantasy @thepowercut.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
TOMORROW! THE POWER CUT #3 The internet's finest fanzine for @imagecomics.com 's The Power Fantasy, by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @casparw.bsky.social (the comic not the zine), has done it again, but more so. To meet the quotation title/challenge "We Have To Be Better", it is our best yet.
The Power Fantasy's power button logo, with a ragged crimson tear through it. Text over it reads:

"The POWER Cut
31st August 2026
Issue #3: We Have to Be Better"
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Like, we get there's a difference between "it's illegal to say this" and "nobody wants to give you a platform to say this because nearly everyone disagrees with it profoundly", right? Anyway, the existence of the cronut implies a world of hybrid pastry that we have not scratched the surface of
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Surely no topic in our political discourse is more misunderstood than freedom of speech, which is pretty ironic if you think about it. Anyway, you ever thought about how weird clouds are, its water but in the sky, what's up with that
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wife cheated on me in the messiest way imaginable, with one of the few people I couldn't ever have forgiven or reached some accommodation on, and so my relationship of 24 years with whom I raised a nine year old daughter is over. I will grieve forever, I think.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And just like that my whole life abruptly falls apart.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I don't believe a single engagement number/metric from any social media site and neither should you
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 11/08/2026
I just got passed along this opportunity for a trans criticism residency in Portland, ME (which has the best seafood scene in the country imo) later this year. if you have an interest in trans media and criticism, you should apply! theviolet.org/criticism-re...
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Criticism Residency — Violet Institute
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Violet Institute @violetinstitute.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Calling U.S.-based writers, artists, and scholars with an interest in trans media! The Violet Institute has opened applications for our 2026 Criticism Residency. > 4-6 weeks in Portland, Maine > $4,000 stipend + travel + private accommodations > Apps due Aug 31 theviolet.org/criticism-re...
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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 08/08/2026
I don’t post the Patreon link nearly as often as I probably should cause I hate doing promotion, but it’s been slowly sinking since Doctor Who wrapped, and that’s starting to become a real problem for our budget. If you enjoy my work, you support would be a big help. www.patreon.com/elizabethsan...
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Elizabeth Sandifer and Penn — Criticism, Comics, and Things That Don't Start with C
Get more from Elizabeth Sandifer and Penn on Patreon. Criticism, Comics, and Things That Don't Start with C. Support Elizabeth Sandifer and Penn and get exclusive access to their work.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hey, remember this? Well, I'm on 70mg of Elvanse now and it's pretty great. But as things stand I'll run out in ten days, and so I need to book new appointments to re-up, and I'm not yet at the stage where the NHS might take it over (which they may or may not ever do).
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 04/08/2026
The road to fascism was paved with "Reddit atheist" and "shrill feminist" and "blue hair and pronouns". The vanguard wasn't the rabid reactionaries. It was the "normals", "apoliticals", who tolerate occasional sexist comments but mock the "cringe" of well-meaning and earnest but awkward people.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Ah, here it is.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There was a tweet once along the lines of "Abolish the police? But who will we get to show up three days after the crime to shrug their shoulders and do nothing whatsoever?"
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It's going to be real telling from the way people will freak the fuck out the next time there's a pandemic scare of even swine flu levels.
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normal sara @sarasocial.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
tweet from boygirIgirlboy that reads “adhd is the most embarrassing diagnosis. sorry dude you have ipad baby brain take meth the rest of your life”
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It's all about vibes: while Starmer has the vacant panic stare of an authoritarian caught in a compromising position, Burnham has the rueful smile of a beloved 70s light comedy actor who's latest scheme has once again blown up in their face. Failure either way, but this one will be more lovable!
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Next time, let's just let the top four teams play two games, and then the one that wins the game that's the most entertaining wins the Cup.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hey if anyone in the greater Boston area has some time and resources right now, my good friend Asha @biochemandowls.bsky.social is going through a crisis and really could use a sympathetic physical presence if that were possible (stolen laptop and passport, last one really sucks because trans)
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It really was a magical thing. This must have been such a chaotic actual shoot, but sorcery was pulled off in the editing suite; a number of beautiful Gilligan cut type jokes, an escalating sense of mania, a deft sense of how deep to cut into scenes once mechanics were established, superb pacing
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
John Postage
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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
When guys are like “that’s not rape, all my friends have done that,” that’s exactly what we’re talking about. That’s the problem. Rape is so common and unpunished that a guy could casually reveal all his friends are rapists and not see it as a problem.
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Tiffany C. Graham @bluenote123.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...
Quote from a paragraph in the attached article.
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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler, an absolute goddess. This isn't even the only comic I've written where Total Eclipse is central, as central as it was to all those years when we DJed, and became the ceremonial phonomantic ending, because where can you go from here? Apex pop culture.
Cover of Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl by Jamie Mckelvie, homaging thevideo to total eclipse of the heart.Page from Immaterial Girl, homaging the video.
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Oh no, Bonnie Tyler.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.
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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 02/07/2026
Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Last Tuesday I got diagnosed, at a cost of £735. On Friday I got my prescription, 1 month of lisdex and dex. It cost £153, using almost all the money I have raised thus far. The lisdexamphetamine bought me four and half hours of being able to do things I've put off for years, plus inner peace 1/x
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
What if there actually is too much butter on your lobster, though. Like you wouldn't want it encased in there like a gelatinous cube
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Tangent, but the scenario described here of doing the honorable thing with a revolver having been caught cheating at cards etc. is much beloved of metaphoriticians, but it also strikes me as the kind of thing that never actually happened. Anyone know if it did?
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Just finished watching Dead End: Paranormal Park with my family; my nine year old daughter loved it, I really enjoyed the Doctor Who references, and as a trans woman appreciated the opportunity to discuss trans issues with my daughter. So thank you @hamishsteele.bsky.social
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Tamsyn Elle @tamsynelle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The people who make the decisions that control us don't know the first thing about us.
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