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Alys Brooks
@alysbrooks.bsky.social

Thinking about the transphobic “US to USSR“ meme posted to the Assigned Media feed, I can see how it could be read as a ”take that“ to the current administration or the status quo and not really about trans people or the USSR, but that‘s no excuse.

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Alys Brooks
@alysbrooks.bsky.social

What strikes me about it is its sloppiness. Sloppy language about transition to the point of transphobia, a sloppy, inapt comparison between two countries, and probably AI generated to top it all off.

Alys Brooks
@alysbrooks.bsky.social

I‘ve always chosen my words with care in my pieces for Assigned, and I have been grateful for the careful editing they‘ve received in return and the strong work they‘ve been published alongside. Publishing that meme was nowhere near that standard, and I‘m glad it was taken down.