cody 🗣️

2026 nuclear family meme— featuring Fritzi as Neurodivergent Aunt, Sluggo as Sluggo, Nancy as Daughter, Nancy Jr as Woke Dog

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The 20th-century journal that challenged the gender binary | Xtra Magazine From 1916 to 1940, “Urania” imagined a world beyond gender—and documented feminist movements around the globe

went through the archives of urania, a privately distributed feminist journal that challenged the gender binary in the early 20th century

the boy who got everything he’s ever wanted is back to cry more about getting what he wanted

The drag king provocateur of the Harlem Renaissance | Xtra Magazine Gladys Bentley was a beloved and successful gender outlaw, but the world would ultimately fail her

new video out on gladys bentley, the lesbian drag king provocateur of the harlem renaissance

The Other Olympians | Michael Waters - Michael Waters, Author In December 1935, Zdeněk Koubek, one of the most famous athletes in women's track-and-field sports, announced that he was going to be living as a man.

also everyone should read Michael Waters' THE OTHER OLYMPIANS

Chromosome Testing Will Take Sports Back To The Dark Ages | Defector In the late 1990s, Olympics officials were suddenly eager to exit the business of testing women’s DNA. After three decades of requiring all women athletes to sit for chromosome tests in order to compe...

"As right-wing leaders pressure sports bodies to ban more and more women from sports, we seem to have stumbled into another era of paranoid rulemaking."

NBC apologizes after misgendering Olympic skier | Xtra Magazine Swedish freestyle skier Elis Lundholm made history as the first openly trans Winter Olympian

swedish skier elis lundholm made history as the first openly trans athlete to compete in the winter olympics. broadcasters repeatedly misgendered him

Tyra, We Were All Rooting for You America's Next Top Model was only ever about one woman being on top

I wrote about everything that is good and bad about the ANTM doc on netflix.

Tyra! You are evil! By season 2 Tyra and Ken knew ANTM hurt careers more than it helped. They promised girls everything but often left them worse off in the industry.

www.deeptrouble.net/p/tyra-we-we...

Frederick Wiseman - rare case where a 96-year-old filmmaker’s death feels tragic because they had so much more left to do. Uninterrupted streak of curiosity, empathy, wisdom, and quiet anger, ended only by the reality of living in a human body.

more vampire movies should be at the club!!!

Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars The companies have launched a pilot program in Atlanta, where “during the rare event a vehicle door is left ajar, preventing the car from departing, nearby Dashers are notified, allowing Waymo to get ...

New: Waymo is getting DoorDashers to close doors on self driving cars that people have left open. One Dasher got a job recently asking them to close a Waymo door. Reached out to company, they confirmed its a program in Atlanta. Even with AI, need a person here www.404media.co/waymo-is-get...

This lesbian power couple ruled the Golden Age of Hollywood | Xtra Magazine Director Dorothy Arzner and choreographer Marion Morgan were collaborators and life partners for over 40 years

a little lesbian film history from me, as a valentine's day treat 📽️💕

Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.

🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social

Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...

"Right now the focus should be on supporting the community in mourning, not weaponizing this event as hate against a vulnerable group at large." expert reporting from the great @melwoods.me

A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

It’s Causing People to Lose Jobs, Shatter Relationships, and Drain Their Savings. One Support Group Is Sounding the Alarm. Victims often lose their grip on reality—but an unexpected recovery movement is taking shape online.

for Slate i interview those who are trying to repair after losing their lives and their minds to excessive AI use — and the support groups and clinicians who are trying to help and keep up with the dark and devastating casualties of the fast and unforgiving AI economy slate.com/technology/2...

lynne ramsay, my beloved

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

Dylan Mulvaney’s Broadway debut is about more than the backlash | Xtra Magazine Mulvaney’s casting in “SIX: The Musical” is the latest example of Broadway platforming trans stars

today's video is for the theater kids

I've been keeping this a secret for months, but I wrote my very first cover story for @fangoria.bsky.social.😭

I was also the first journalist to have an in-depth conversation with director Maggie Gyllenhaal and star Jessie Buckley.

I'll have more to say when I can fully process my feelings!

7 of the best gay sex scenes in film and TV | Xtra Magazine “Heated Rivalry” has sparked new conversation around queer sex onscreen. But film and TV history is full of plenty of other steamy encounters

got to be horny on main with the rest of the xtra crew this week 🥵 tap in for musings on INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE and SENSE8

Inside the censorship campaign against this 20th century lesbian novel | Xtra Magazine Radclyffe Hall’s “The Well of Loneliness” was the target of obscenity laws in 1928

new from me on the censorship campaign against a lesbian novel in the early 20th century

all the things she said / all the things she said / running through my head / running through my head / runningthroughmyhead

If you don’t mask, it’s never a bad time to start again (with the added bonus that it keeps your face warm when it’s so cold outside!)

A cigarette from Paris is Burning (1991) - 0:31:18

Paris is Burning (1991) - 0:31:18
Dir. Jennie Livingston
Runtime 78 minutes
🚬 x 35, or one cigarette every 2.23 minutes
⚠️ REAL SMOKER MOVIE ⚠️
https://howmanycigarettes.com/paris-is-burning/

Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...

Publishers are acquiring fewer queer books due to U.S. book bans: Report | Xtra Magazine LGBTQ2S+ authors say they are seeing increases in rejections from publishers and significant decreases in royalties

new from me on how publishers are slowing down their acquisitions of queer titles in response to rising book bans across the U.S.

Trans people in the U.S. are moving out-of-state for their safety | Xtra Magazine A new study from the Movement Advancement Project illustrates the rising uncertainty faced by queer and trans people in the U.S.

trans people in the U.S. are moving to different states in response to rising anti-LGBTQ2S+ legislation, per a new report from @mapresearch.bsky.social

At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...