Notices by Parker Molloy (parkermolloy@masto.ai)

A bunch of right-wingers knew there was a trans woman in the Barbie movie, but couldn't figure out which Barbie they were supposed to be angry about. On the dangerous future of paranoia and transphobia: https://www.readtpa.com/p/transphobia-and-right-wing-paranoia

I wrote about #KOSA, the very bad internet censorship bill making its way through the Senate, and what you can do to help stop it. Please share/subscribe/etc. https://www.readtpa.com/p/congress-is-about-to-pass-a-very

I just sent an email to corporate.responsibility@target.com letting them know that caving to fascist threats of violence hurts LGBTQ people and only emboldens the people who hate us.

I doubt it will matter, but I wanted to say something.

WTF is wrong with some people? Why tell me what I "should" be doing, and why act as if I'm not a queer person myself?! "You *should*..." No, you should be doing anything but posting in my replies.

Kindly asking people to STFU with defenses of Target that are like, "They're just trying to keep their employees safe!" Because this will only encourage more attacks.

My plea to brands planning on doing LGBTQ Pride-marketing: make your decisions now, not when the right has a (predictable) freak out. https://www.readtpa.com/p/brands-need-to-make-decisions-about

The Washington Poat ran a wildly misleading story on the front page today and I had a bit to say... https://parkerm.co/wapoantitrans

Hey, Fediverse. It's been a minute. ?

I'm sorry I haven't been around much on here lately. I'm just having a really rough time, but I'm trying my best.

In his 2016 piece where he giggles about wanting Trump to win to show that history isn't on the side of progressives (yes, he says that), Damon Linker describes himself as a "centrist neoliberal."

In his 2023 piece where he tries to hype up Ron DeSantis while pretending to be your average Democrat, however...

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https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109917022567712104

Let's play a game: #NameThatWikiHow

I'm going to share an image from a WikiHow article, and in the next post I'll put up a poll with the titles of four real WH articles. You have to guess where it's from. (No cheating, please, and consider boosting these two posts)

1/2: The image

Every once in a while, I think about how even after all the horrific things that had been happening in Germany in the months and years leading to August 1939, (revoking Jewish passports, excluding German Jews from economic life, Kristalnacht, et.), someone at NYT being like, yes, let's run a puff piece about Hitler at his vacation home where "he finds time for politics, solitude and frequent official parties."

Things are headed in such a scary direction right now, and I don't know how to cope with it https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-care-targeted-adulthood-states/story?id=97004686

And this is what Republicans would absolutely do on a federal level if given the opportunity. I'm scared, and I know all of this is only made worse by the unending media debate over the legitimacy and authenticity of trans people. It's been getting worse and worse, and there's been such little push-back.

We need federal-level protections now. Because one this kind of stuff happens, it doesn't slow down. The anxiety of just... existing right now is a lot.

Because, again, this doesn't just stop with "Look, we're only banning it until 19, only banning it to 21, only banning it until 26" stuff.

They want to ban the ability for trans people to transition *at any age.*

Again, you do not have to understand trans people (or even like trans people) to understand that the anti-trans movement is wrong here, that what they're pushing is a gross violation of human rights.

Please push back on politicians and pundits advancing the eliminationist anti-trans agenda.

The Onion is on a roll. https://www.theonion.com/evangelical-leaders-announce-j-k-rowling-finally-bigot-1850129128

Me: I would be okay with finding a way to divide the US into 2 separate countries. Also (it was in my next post), I understand that it's impossible for a whole bunch of reasons.

Rando: OH, SO YOU WANT PEOPLE IN 'RED STATES' TO SUFFER