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Grunkle Harm

@harmcox.bsky.social

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Midwestern writer, movie watcher, perv about town. He/him. Here for fun. Trans himbo. I don't DM. Contact me via email. Writing lives on my site: harmcox.ghost.io. Venmo is @harmcoxrules.

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hello new friends! I'm Harm Cox and I'm a transmasc culture writer that loves horror movies and porn.

I just got laid off from my last reliable gig so your subscriptions and donations mean the world to me. If you want to support trans folks, here I am 🙏

Apocalypse From Now On

The apocalypse is new to some of you. For queer people, it's been here a while. Who wants to die for art?

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 8h

You're probably sick of me saying "you're so talented," but unless you get less talented we're both stuck here

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lilli @toomanymouths.bsky.social · 11h

guitar thing 10/14/2025

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 8h

GLORY, HOLE (2023) an incredible short horror film from Ireland. A trans dude plans to violently confront his rapist while his friend struggles to intercede. Harrowing to watch, visually fascinating, has haunted me since. Hiram Harrington has the juice.

Text says "A FILM BY HIRAM HARRINGTON/glory,hole/Tadgh isn't going to cut his rapist any slack.../ he's going to cut him off entirely./ Felix Jonathan Jenkins/ Emanuel Okoye/Luke Dalton/ Sonny Cannatella/ Isam Karai-Asanovic" image of a face being grabbed by a hand.

Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 9h

GRAPES OF DEATH (1978): i need to watch more Jean Rollin stuff. Picked this based on the weird title. I was rewarded with a wild euro-eco-horror nightmare where a pesticide turns a vineyard town into zombies. Ponderous, beautiful and deeply gross. Feels like watching a bad dream in the best way.

The French poster for GRAPES OF DEATH, with the French title "LES RAISINS DE LA MORT!" and a girl being squeezed in a handful of grapes while a bunch of the villager zombies kinda amble in the foreground.

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 9h

Ooh, that would be really cool

Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 10h

THE SHINING FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS (2011): exactly what it sounds like. Two separate edit tracks of THE SHINING running over each other, one backwards and one forwards, at varied opacities throughout. Sounds gimmicky, but it's creepy and cool and a great way to re-discover a well-tread film.

A shot of Jack and Wendy drivibg to The Overlook from the beginning of THE SHINING, overlaying a shot from the end of the movie where Jack is mid-rampage.

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 10h

HOLY TRINITY (2019): a queer dominatrix huffs a fancy hippie roomspray that lets her speak to the dead. A rambling and campy psychedelic satire of moderm queerness, including one of my favorite BDSM relationships I've seen in a movie. Great work from Theo Germaine, too.

the poster for HOLY TRINITY: a pink-nailed hand spraying a cloud turning into a skull. Text: "THE STORY OF A DOMINATRIX... WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE DEAD./HOLY TRINITY/A FILM BY MOLLY HEWLITT"

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 12h

I'm trying to distract myself from some bad news right now, so please ask me about movies. For additional challenge, I will only talk about movies I have seen in the previous year. (I watch a lot of movies, so it'll be fine.)

get to know my favorite movies! for every like, i will post one movie i love. heart emoji. i dunno how to make that one with a keyboard.

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 12h

y'all, I need you to kick money into this project for my broke ass, trans people are making the best grungy unsettling films in the world right now and I really want to see this one

Kahlil @kahlillkasir.bsky.social · 17h

The teaser trailer for By Time You See Me There Will Be Nothing Left, my directorial debut about a messy t4t serial killer couple, being a mentally ill cripple, and living in California in 2025, it’s a very depressing fucked up little movie and I can’t wait to show to yall (kickstarter below)

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 12h

v good shoes!

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 12h

RHETORIC [Heroic: Failure] - alright here we go. We’re devoting all your available Brain cells to coming up with a question about communism. Scratch that, to coming up with *the* question about communism, the alpha and omega of communism questions, and that question is:
1.- (Whisper.) “Are women bourgeois?”
2.- Oh god, that’s bad. Surely I can think of something better.

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 13h

*pounds on the table* THIS MAN IS CORRECT

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Owen Brazas @owenbrazas.bsky.social · 14h

Did Screaming Mad George do the effects and/or make-up?

If so, the film is worth your time.

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 20h

it is disorienting when you lose someone who you navigate your life to, like a star blinking out of the night sky.
a life lived in fearlessness, she carved out space for so many of us.
an amazing woman.
check out this doc by some of my pals.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 1d

dude, my kingdom for a locking single-seat bathroom, every bathroom should provide this luxury

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 1d

... oh my god now I cannot unsee it

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 1d

my current best intention is to be there, if my anxiety plays nicely that day I would love to see you there!

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 1d

Reading Miss Majors Speaks was an incredibly moving experience last year. I can't recommend this book enough for those unfamiliar with her work.

Rest in peace 🖤

Miss Major Speaks Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 1d

There is no piece of literature with inherent universal value; you should read widely and develop your own canon. Zines about building a DIY dick pump out of a bike repair kit mean more to me culturally and are more relevant to my life than Walden, and I'm good with that.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 1d

KIM KITSURAGI - “You need to get your shit together.”

YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!”

KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”

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lilli @toomanymouths.bsky.social · 1d

reading theory and knowing queer history is important because it will keep you from relitigating the most rancid discourse the 1970s had to offer really, really badly

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 1d

I love FROM BEYOND so much I did a whole horny photo shoot about it and have written several essays about it's delightfully accidental horny kinky queerness; strong recommend you check this one out! harmcox.ghost.io/photo-galler...

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

A Franklin's gull at Montrose Beach

A Franklin's gull stands on sand near water, with a ring-billed gull in the background.

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Grunkle Harm @harmcox.bsky.social · 1d

I don't really like gender-segregated spaces as a trans person. They always involve a judgment call as to who is allowed to be somewhere, it is always based on appearance, and there's always someone who has not processed their internalized bigotry who can't wait to police the boundaries. I'm good.

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