Jack Parker

thenews.coopWorker-owned bookshop People's Letters celebrates its first anniversaryThis month, the People’s Letters marks its first birthday as a worker-owned bookshop and community space, in London's Bethnal Green

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An interview where me and my coworker shared some thoughts on what it's been like to start a worker co-operative bookshop, a year in: www.thenews.coop/worker-owned...

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Kira Secura 🔱 Goddess of...?

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Another good one from Parker! Predators are where the prey is. People harmful to minors are not on adult sites watching verified adult creators playing into consensual fantasies. They are where the kids are. By the school. At home. In roblox, skibiditoilet comments and 'Safe for kids" places.

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An article on the recent campaign surrounding a petition created by a group of schoolgirls in the UK, seeking to ban school uniforms in porn. jackviolet.com/2026/10/01/s...

jackviolet.comSex Workers in School UniformSchoolgirls aren’t targeted in their uniforms because men are used to seeing these outfits on adults in porn and therefore think it’s okay to sexually harass them. They sexually harass …

An article on the recent campaign surrounding a petition created by a group of schoolgirls in the UK, seeking to ban school uniforms in porn. jackviolet.com/2026/10/01/s...

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On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

I'm having weird grief. Someone I knew well for 7 years, who I constantly argued with and openly disliked, recently killed himself. He was abusive to his kids and I spent years talking him out of hitting them. He was often bigoted. And I've been crying since I read about his suicide in the news.

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Now he'll never get a chance to be better. The last thing I said to him was that I could never forgive him for being abusive to his kids as long as he kept joking about the after-effects of that abuse, and not making any amends or even acknowledging to the kids it was wrong to hit them.

God you fucking asshole, you were supposed to live until my daughter is an adult so I could prove I wasn't holding you to an unreasonably high standard. I told you I would. You were supposed to live and argue and improve. Now you're dead and I feel guilty that my body is forcing me to grieve you.

He'd get a kick out of how devastated I am. He'd be a bigot, he'd bait me, and he'd also seek approval when he did something good or kind or made an improvement. I told him I hated him and he laughed and said I liked him deep down despite my hatred of his ideas. I guess he wins. I care.

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jackviolet.comDysphoria Hell to Trans FatherhoodAn account of one trans man’s pregnancy and childbirth. This account will include graphic descriptions of traumatic events where relevant, and discussion of transphobia and other forms of big…

25 Aug

Here's an account of my experience as a trans man who got pregnant and birthed a child. I wrote this article primarily as a resource for other transmasculine people considering pregnancy - as such it's graphic, honest about dysphoria and suicidality, etc. jackviolet.com/2026/08/25/d...

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26 Aug

Harrowing account of trans fatherhood in the NHS. I'm so angry that any of this happened, and the idea that the post-ehrc climate could make outcomes worse.

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25 Aug

The phenomenon of non-binary people who don't consider themselves trans is linked to others using cissexual to describe non-binary people who don't medically transition. One isn't more transmedicalist of a framing than the other, it's just one includes the speaker being direct.

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I describe all non-binary people as trans, though not push people on using the label individually, because that's what it means to not exclusively be the gender you were assigned at birth.

What I do think many of us are searching for is a way to describe what it's like to live in a transsexual body and we're too poisoned by medicalised language and slurs and awful anti non binary discourse that we can't find our way to it and hate people who pick different words.

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Frankly I think my experiences are much more similar to transitioning trans men who are not also non binary than to non binary people of any gender combo who do not medically transition.

None of us are more or less valid in our genders, which is an expression I don't care much for anyway (who cares if people think someone is valid, it's what you are, let's talk about how it impacts our lives).

If I'm talking about discrimination I face as a non binary person, I do feel like I have to clarify that I'm transexual too. There are so many times that my medical transition or need to medically transition has hugely impacted my life.

kickstarter.comTarts with Hearts: Sex Workers in LoveAn anthology of sex worker fiction, by and about sex workers in love.

Tarts with Hearts: Sex Workers in Love will be a fiction anthology of pieces written by sex workers, all including sex worker characters and their love. These stories may be romantic, familial or platonic. www.kickstarter.com/projects/peo...

Whether you love a cosy romance, a protagonist suffering a relatable heartbreak, the found family trope, or character studies focusing on family dynamics, there will be something here for you!

If this interests you, please share it! The project can only get funded if enough people consider it worth backing, and I'd really love to get sex workers paid. Anything about sex work online gets censored so your sharing means a lot.

I couldn't find many direct comparisons of trans guys bodies before, during and after pregnancy like this when I was trying, so here. First picture is 3 years on T. Second picture is at 41 weeks pregnant. Third picture is at 8.5 months post-partum, 7.5 months back on T.

Things I'm now doing post-partum after initial recovery: -Losing fat and building muscle to speed up fat redistribution to look more masc (on a glp-1 to be transparent). - Using minoxidil to help with facial hair. - Higher dose to T to stay upper end of male range.

jackviolet.comDIY Self-Injection: IntramuscularI am not a doctor or any other kind of medical professional, just a transgender person who handles my own HRT. Here’s the method I use for intramuscular injections at home which you are welco…

30 June

If any of you are scared of doing intramuscular injections for your testosterone or estrogren (or anything really), I wrote about how I do mine as a guide for myself and it may be useful to you. It's easy, fast, relatively painless, and I do it every week. jackviolet.com/2026/06/30/d...

29 June

Civs do not realize how much easier it is for them to gossip than for activist hookers. We've all got like 4 names (personal, work persona, activist name, anon hooker pseudo) and multiple numbers. WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?????

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16 June

Thankful every day that I was able to get top surgery. They were great boobs, just not great for me. Glad they made me some money on their way out!

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14 June

It was a VERY specific term, as much about naming a kind of radical feminist thought as about naming a kind of transphobia. Then eventually it came to mean “any transphobic feminist”. Then “any transphobic woman”. Then “any transphobe who gestures towards protecting women”. Then eventually just…

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Any other oldheads every pause and stare in absolute awe at how far the word “TERF” has drifted from its original meaning? That people will now even apply it to neoliberal centrists and shit? Even conservative men? What is even the point of the word when it basically just means “transphobe”?

jackviolet.comFinancial Dependency in Dating: What if We Stopped Fucking?The line between financial dependency while dating and sex work is blurred from the moment you ask the question: what if I stopped having sex with my partner?

14 June

The line between financial dependency while dating and sex work is blurred from the moment you ask the question: what if I stopped having sex with my partner? An article on transactional sex in romantic relationships: jackviolet.com/2026/06/14/f...

jackviolet.comProximity to Police: Sex Work, Classism and CopsThe legal system does not cease to be whorephobic to sex workers when we aren’t facing prostitution-related charges.

7 June

"I don't call the police as a general rule, so I can't fathom calling them on another sex worker. I wish more people would follow the same ethos." jackviolet.com/2026/06/07/p...

5 June

The way I cope with processing trauma is through humour, but stopping in the middle of a story to go, "Oh, yeah, I definitely got molested. That's a textbook 'I was molested as a kid' thing to say," disturbs a lot of people. For understandable reason! Much to consider.

4 June

I know people say that the normal amount of pain is zero but I think all of you who say it doesn't hurt to stand or walk (at least a little) are lying

3 June

I've heard people call it a second traumatization to be called to prove you were raped and subject to disbelief/questioning, but something I see acknowledged less is the way that trauma gets dug up and makes you sick every time you see other survivors being called liars.

kickstarter.comWarpedA trans+ horror and sci-fi fiction anthology.

3 June

Seeing people defend Michael Jackson or Melanie Martinez or Neil Gaiman or Kevin Spacey or Johnny Depp... I really couldn't care less who your comfort object celebrity rapist is, your defence of them tells me you buy into anti rape victim propaganda.

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W.H. Arthur RPG

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28 May

I just backed Warped by @mxjackparker.bsky.social on @kickstarter.com There's only 3 days left to get this anthology of trans+ sci-fi and horror funded! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

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jackviolet.comHomes for Hookers: London Renters’ CrisisA monthly payslip feels like a golden ticket when you’re used to struggling to pass the referencing process for a rental agreement. If you can find a job that will give one to you consistentl…

20 May

Homes for Hookers: London Renters' Crisis At a time when reforms are being made to how we rent and how much power landlords have, sex workers are being left behind. jackviolet.com/2026/05/20/h...

20 May

Homes for Hookers: London Renters' Crisis At a time when reforms are being made to how we rent and how much power landlords have, sex workers are being left behind. jackviolet.com/2026/05/20/h...

updates.kickstarter.comAn Apology: Rethinking Our Mature Content GuidelinesLast week, we released a set of updates to our rules around mature content. It was our first time publishing a set of detailed, specific guidelines for adult-oriented content on Kickstarter. And hones...

19 May

Holy shit they rolled it back! updates.kickstarter.com/an-apology-r...

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Kickstarter now joins an ever-increasing list of platforms leaving adult content creators behind. Here's how that will impact sex workers who used the platform. Kickstarter's New Mature Content Guidelines jackviolet.com/2026/05/12/k...

jackviolet.comKickstarter’s New “Mature Content” GuidelinesKickstarter now joins an ever-increasing list of platforms leaving adult content creators behind. Here’s how that will impact sex workers who used the platform.

12 May

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kickstarter.comWarpedA trans+ horror and sci-fi fiction anthology.

WE ARE LIVE! Twisted. Folded. Distorted. Slipstreamed. Warped. Warped will be a sci-fi and horror anthology of short stories by trans+ authors. It's 18+, so gore and smut are not only included but encouraged. It can only get made with your support: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxj...

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What are funds being used for, and who is putting this together? Here's some info for you:

kickstarter.comWarpedA trans+ horror and sci-fi fiction anthology.

You can pledge for an e-book for as little as £5, we have affordable worldwide shipping for physical rewards, and we'll be PAYING TRANS+ WRITERS UPFRONT! Crowdfunding this way has enabled me to put together so many amazing projects that wouldn't have otherwise existed. This can be the next.

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28 Apr

If you want to read books about sex work, including anthologies of writing by trans and intersex sex workers, you can find copies of the following books (ebooks and paperbacks) on my recently revamped website: www.jackviolet.store