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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The CLASSISM reeks. Reeks.

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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Trans people are facing a decades-long, escalating, international effort to drive them out of society supported by some of the richest, most powerful people AND governments in the world and you are right that a few of them being snippy with you on social media is, essentially, the same thing.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My first romance novel, Chasing Summer, is out now in stores! Elise Hunter is a screenwriter of Christmas romance movies who gets fired and ends up in Prince Edward County for the summer caught between two potential suitors. I hope you enjoy it! www.harpercollins.ca/978144347612...

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It feels like Jacob Elordi’s agents negotiated max 5 minutes per episode so they wrote every one of his scenes filled with literal physical torture.

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Jade Wallace (they/them) @nycterosea.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Always an absolute pleasure to review some poetry for @malahatreview.bsky.social, spend some time with @zoewhittall.bsky.social's work, and muse about the porous genre boundaries of poetry. Here are some excerpts from my review of No Credit River from @bookhugpress.bsky.social.

Cover of No Credit River by Zoe Whittall with "BOOK REVIEW" written across the front.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I love that the big triumphant ending to the Devil Wears Prada in 2026 is that a boomer and a millennial get to keep their jobs for maybe two more years if they’re lucky.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I think that Centrist activists are having their version of the Twitter heyday of 2011. All over Substack, writers I remember being medium ok intellectuals in that era are like Wait, What if heterosexual submission is radical?

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Every time I read about the mergers in Hollywood I think about this scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktAb...

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Sally's Show Gets Canceled | Barry | HBO

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I hit on David Bowie at Lee's Palace.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

since The Atlantic is apparently reviving the "a was a feminine gay child, but if I was a kid today they would have 'transed' me" trope, here's an essay I wrote back in 2020 explaining why this is not true & there is no evidence to support it: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...

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Transgender People, “Gay Conversion,” and “Lesbian Extinction”: What the Data Show

A couple days ago (on Christmas, actually), The Telegraph ran a piece with the provocative title: “Lesbians facing ‘extinction’ as…

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/02/2026

1. Major news on trans youth care. The American Psychological Association has reaffirmed its full support for its 2024 guidelines supporting trans youth car.e It provided documentation showing Jesse Singal mischaracterized their position in the NYT. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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American Psychological Association Reaffirms Support For Trans Youth Care, Pushes Back Against NYT

A recent article from Jesse Singal in the New York Times seemed to indicate the organization might be quietly retreating from supporting trans youth care.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Really intense episode of What’s That Smell in my Fridge today. Who knows what’s gonna happen.

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Robby Slowik @robbyslowik.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

*Taylor Sheridan pulling a slot machine arm* "Ok, we got... Kurt Russell... as a... Fire Chief in... Paducah, Kentucky" Paramount Exec: Sure whatever, here's $40,000,000. All of our parents: Prairie of Flames is the best show on TV

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

About one of the Trump accusers in this piece: “The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 11/02/2026

NEW from me today: Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come. xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...

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The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine

Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Is the school shooter even trans or is it just the far right jumping on it before someone is identified?

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

NEW: This was the last essay I was supposed to publish at the Washington Post. But they fired me. I'm publishing it anyway-- about my family's connection to a sword the British looted from Ghana in 1874. If youve ever wondered why I love swords, here's why. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

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The "Return" of the Golden Sword

My grandfather guarded it. The British stole it. I'm named after it—and I'm going to fight for it.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

In perimenopause adhd news, until today I thought Charlie Puth and Florence Pugh were the same person.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Coming this May, a rom com set in Prince Edward County. By my romance writing alter ego, Frankie Scott.

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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I just read some of the Epstein files and feel like I need to shower for 50 years. Why isn't Trump impeached. I remember when Clinton was impeached for a consensual blow job, what is even happening

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

‘Gender critical’ transphobes are trying to build in opportunity to brow-beat trans kids into NOT taking puberty blockers. This is a conversion therapy practice. It’s the same tactic anti-abortion lobbyists use with their ‘crisis pregnancy’ centres! #TransRightsAreWomensRights 👉🏻 archive.ph/4orNj

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

What's worse than getting a grant rejection for an application you've been waiting on? Getting a grant rejection for an application you'd utterly forgotten about. Just out of the blue NOPE. Thanks OAC for the most humbling moment of my day.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 27/01/2026

Feel like this story should be A1, above the fold, big headlines: Attorney General Attempts to Blackmail Minnesota www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

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Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?

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Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 27/01/2026

“One of the things that I don’t think is getting talked enough about outside of Minnesota,” she said after a pause, “is how much this feels like ethnic cleansing. People are so afraid to go out and participate in public life regardless of their citizenship status. This isn’t about immigration.”

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Trump has destroyed all of America's major alliances and we are likely headed for a new era of Western regional conflict if not a world war. But sometimes the BlueSky wine moms are just so cringe. I have never felt more politically homeless.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I love seeing videos of 22 year olds doing skin care regimes when my skin looked just as glowy and perfect at 22 on 3 hours sleep after five beers in a smoke filled bar, possibly splashing with water upon waking. I don’t even think I used daily face cream until I was 29.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 20/01/2026

We’ve decided to make this story free for all readers, forever. We hope you’ll support this reporting by sharing it.

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"Police officers who use their sidearm in the exercise of these duties will enjoy my support, irrespective of the outcome of the use of force. Officers who fail to make use of their weapon out of a false reticence, should expect disciplinary action.” - Hermann Göring, February 17, 1933

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

If Euphoria doesn’t end with all the women in a Faster Pussycat army killing Nate then idk what

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roxanne panchasi @rpanchasi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

i’ve never felt this patriotic in my life

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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Leftists address this constantly. We advocate for universal health care and child care, guaranteed pensions, decommodified housing, and all kinds of other things that would directly address these issues. What we don't do is say "more white babies" which is what is really being asked here

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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/01/2026

Politicians are hoping to not just ban trans kids from playing sports with their friends but also open the door to all sorts of discrimination against transgender and other LGBTQ people. We'll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow to stop them.

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How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights

If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protections

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Rhea Seaborne talk about the lesbian who got killed yesterday in an apocalyptic scenario given you play a lesbian in an apocalyptic scenario challenge. (Of course she didn’t. Right after Wanda did. The queerness on Pluribus makes no sense anyway, it’s so lazy.)

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Not surprised PTA is not a thank your wife type.

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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

No one saying anything political on the golden globes is bumming me out. I can’t even make fun of people.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

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