Leigh Hendrix (they/he)

thumbs up for this inspiring zine edited by carla joy bergman collects short statements on finding autonomy & peace in our increasingly horrible world, & grounding ourselves in care & community available for free download from @caw-shinythings.bsky.social www.cawshinythings.com/an-anthology...

Yes, there are shitty, hard things about transition. Yes, there are a lot of assholes, some of whom are in positions of power. But this is the easiest thing I've ever done, and most people are pretty cool about it.

this week's post dissects why naive optimism and fatalistic pessimism are not fundamentally less embarrassing responses to climate change than outright denial and then offers examples of actions we can take margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/beyond-cli...

"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"

the frame of Health Fascism moves away from individual MAHA behaviors and towards how our health care and social welfare systems, such as they are/aren't, were fertile ground for a far right power grab. @deathpanel.bsky.social has been exploring this for a long time. the full panel chuds clipped:

This era unfolding as I graduated high school and went to college is what helped radicalize my politics. I can see it starting in how I reflected on it all in journals as high school ended and I went to college.

Today is three years since my mom died and I wrote a newsletter to share more about grief and change buttondown.com/howdowelivet...

400 library workers begin their strike Monday after endless months of trying to negotiate with management. Already the anti-union propaganda machine is calling the library workers entitled. The LIBRARY workers. You don't staff the desk at the free stuff store because you're greedy.

New rule: no more comments or headlines about trans women in the WNBA until there actually is one

Our top story: These 11 months of Robinson Gonzalez’s life are a microcosm of the immigrant experience—of resilience in the face of a contradictory system that welcomes your labor but not your full presence. www.texasobserver.org/american-ska...

people could respond to this framing around reporting deaths—"had significant underlying health conditions"—with more confidence if we weren't also living through a pandemic in which we have been told only people who have "underlying health issues" are "vulnerable" or "at risk"

Really thrilled to read Christa engaging my last newsletter here!

How about instead of making shitty jokes about this being gender affirming care we recognize it as eugenics and gender fascism?

If I see one more cis person call this military t business gender affirming care, I swear...

ICE killed a person they weren't even looking for AGAIN. Second time in the past week.

Not pinning my hopes on representation and government and also glad to see Brad Lander on the national stage doing what he does so well.

While everyone's "all the love to trans folks" posts are nice and it is good to see support We have been getting them for a decade now. If you want to support trans folks, hire us. Support GFMs and asks for mutual aid. Put yourself between trans folks in public if you see harassment.

“and so it’s almost like a confession – as though the words on the pamphlet are: 'We worship the devil, signed, antifa’.” @reproutopia.bsky.social quoted in @lexmcmenamin.com's incredible new story

Here are guidelines for writing to the Prairieland defendants: prairielanddefendants.com/write-to-the...

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.

This makes me so sad as my oldest looks toward college next year. But also helps me think about some of what I might want to talk with them about to support them as they face this.

My friend Grace Pinson is a trans woman and jailhouse lawyer leaving federal prison next month after 23 years and needs funds to support her re-entry. She's a badass, but of course she shouldn't need to be to warrant support. Donate and share! @deanspade.bsky.social bit.ly/welcomehomegrace

My friend Grace Pinson is a trans woman and jailhouse lawyer leaving federal prison next month after 23 years and needs funds to support her re-entry. She's a badass, but of course she shouldn't need to be to warrant support. Donate and share! @deanspade.bsky.social bit.ly/welcomehomegrace

EXCLUSIVE My big behind-the-scenes look into how Gov. Josh Shapiro has courted Amazon amid the mounting backlash to data centers Complete with internal emails, memos, an “exclusive” offer for help with faster permitting and a NDA no one would explain to me. My latest for @heatmap.news 😌

Oh yes - cannot wait for this!

wrote a protest song so simple i can play it on most of the instruments i own ;-) evangreer.bandcamp.com/track/come-t...

Donate to Grace Pinson's support fund today. Incarcerated trans people are under such intense conditions - especially in federal prison. Grace has done so much for trans folks!

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

Handed out flyers about upcoming ways folks can get more involved with stopping a data center and also rapid response in my small college town today for 2 hours. It was great!

I hope others will join me in a paid subscription!

Hey I want you to see what we did today kansasreflector.com/2026/03/10/c...

"Gender non-conforming children continue to get the strong impression… that they’d be better off being something other than what they are.” Like: yes! True. It's impressed upon them over & over again they should better conform to their gender assigned at birth. With social consequences!

I wrote another newsletter. I am continuing to experiment with how speaking to others about how I am attempting to live now may build more relationships and opportunities with people to respond together. To build solidarity and to survive. buttondown.com/howdowelivet...

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