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I saw so many other trans people lamenting the double-helix of harassment directed at Ana Valens and Parker Malloy, but implying or even outright stating that the only perpetrators were cis and/or reactionaries.

While cis folks were involved and definitely jump at the chance to attack us, the dynamic of trans people doing this to ourselves is often ignored because it's uncomfortable to talk about. Why? Because then we'd have to re-evaluate our own social media-driven behaviour.

When I was doing a reading for my book at an event organised by my publisher, @catfitzpatrick.net, she introduced me to the crowd and then joked, "Good luck telling a room full of trans women to log off!" which got big laughs, including from me.