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Kassandra Jo Tomaras

@raconteuse.bsky.social

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Transfeminine author, literary translator, and sufferable pedant. Messenger of divine wrath and sleepy times. She/they https://raconteuse.me DMs open to people I follow only. EN/ES/DE/FR/PT and sometimes Yiddish

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · May 13

Check out my new authorial website:

raconteuse.me

@juneeee.bsky.social is an excellent web developer. You should pay her to help you do cool things.

About Kassandra Jo Tomaras

Kassandra Jo Tomaras is a New Yorker, a mother, a writer, and a literary translator. She has published literary criticism, personal essays, short speculative fiction, and translations of fantasy stori...

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 5h

Hope lots of people whom I know are attending #ASHG25 are making time in their busy schedules for this session

Beyond X&Y @beyondxandy.bsky.social · 6h

"Genes, Traits, and Identities: Navigating Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Modern Research"

Frequently the trans and intersex communities are excluded from population-based genomics studies because they cannot be put in a neat box. But sex is a complex trait, like many other traits we study #ASHG25

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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 7h

When I found an indent on my breast I was very glad that I got the healthcare I needed to rule out cancer. This is irresponsible and dangerous and a further example of the damage being done to women like us just because of our past medical history and a human rights violation in the UK courts.

Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 8h

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6h

I wish you many more happy years

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Literland @literland.bsky.social · 23h

Óscar Hahn

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

I hold RFK Jr. responsible for the death of D'Angelo.

Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

Without saying Hurt, favorite cover song:

"Lola" as performed by The Raincoats

youtu.be/N7NTuCDygx8?...

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

All of my literary opinions are perfectly hinged.

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 3d

I hate seeing rubble and I hate its dust

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 3d

Not just you

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 3d

An entire people suffer from the symptoms of post-traumatic stress, forced to coexist in a still besieged space, struggling to continue their lives in a situation that is anything but normal.
This is Gaza

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 4d

Offering this early #1960s Balenciaga coat as a perfect autumn choice. It tucks around the ears and its short sleeves allow the display of dramatic long gloves if you so choose. As daylight hours recede this is a little burst of sunshine #thekyotocostumeinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin wearing a pale yellow structural vintage wool coat. It has a high collar and double breasted button fastening with long black gloves

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Paul Griffiths @disgwylfa.bsky.social · 5d

a page of Krasznahorkai

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 5d

I once got an email from Iberia reminding me of an upcoming flight that I had already rescheduled a month earlier.

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 5d

The abyss thinks you're cute, and if you just do one more hair flip she might ask you to make out.

Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 5d

if you're still gazing long into the abyss, KEEP GAZING

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magdaloween visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 6d

Every time Sisyphus gets the boulder to the top of the hill, he collects tickets that can be exchanged for stickers to accessorize the boulder

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

"Hey guys, guys, my rabbanim, I think we've got to talk this out some more, because on the surface... it seems kind of fucked up?"

Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

Another trans American exile and I are chatting on here about hotdogs. I don't think western Europe is ready for the magnitude of sandwich ingenuity that is coming their way thanks to the US's decay.

Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

No, I'm thinking, you don't cut the roll all the way through (keep the taint intact), then stack. Hotdog, layer of toppings, second dog, layer of toppings. Would work nicely for either Chicago style or a chili dog

Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

When I lived in DC there was a place near GWU that would serve double hamburgers lengthwise on a hoagie roll. One of the options was to get them topped with a split hot dog and barbecue sauce.

I bet the hoagie roll would work for double dogging.

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations on the orchi!

Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

That would be Espose and I. We're also international because we're in different countries. 🥲

ghost goose @gracegray.bgay.social · 6d

happy international lesbian day :) shoutout to trans lesbians and lesbians with weird pronouns

Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 6d

Also LARPing can be politically useful!

(I would cite my most recent Anarchist Review of Books article, but it was so butchered in the editing that the argument was destroyed.)

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 7d

"Cosplaying" and "larping" are real activities done by real people, and using these terms as slang for "pretending to be someone you're not, for political purposes" does indeed alienate those of us who take part in these activities.