Sarah Clarke
@damselindystopia.bsky.social
Researcher of anti-trans harms. Moody anarchafeminist. Just some dickhead. We protect us. She/her.
https://damselindystopia.ghost.io
https://damselindystopia.ghost.io
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I cannot empahsise this enough; I am just some dickhead. If you have experience living in the world as a trans person and a baseline level of intellectual curiosity about the world you have the same qualifications to do this stuff I do.
If there are three things I want to impress on everybody who reads anything I write they are:
* It's about power
* Don't take fascists at face value
* I am literally just some dickhead
* It's about power
* Don't take fascists at face value
* I am literally just some dickhead
Middle class professionals are an oppressor class. That is all.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Middle class professionals are an oppressor class. That is all.
If there's one lesson I think we can draw from stuff like this it's that "optics" are a lie. Power will spin fascist cranks as just normal academics who've been unfairly persecuted and peace activists as terrorists if it suits its purposes.
I know we're all focusing on the chat gpt thing but this is an absolutely insane way for the observer and also glinner to refer to an ecofacsist who believes that trans people were invented by jews to eliminate humanity and that mass bombing campaigns should happen for the enviroment.
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If there's one lesson I think we can draw from stuff like this it's that "optics" are a lie. Power will spin fascist cranks as just normal academics who've been unfairly persecuted and peace activists as terrorists if it suits its purposes.
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no but fr this is "weapons of the enemy and we will not use them" territory imo.
You can't use this shit to make the privileged and powerful feel bad or change behaviours or anything else the way it's wielded against minority groups to control, intimidate and harm us
former props up the latter tho
You can't use this shit to make the privileged and powerful feel bad or change behaviours or anything else the way it's wielded against minority groups to control, intimidate and harm us
former props up the latter tho
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
no but fr this is "weapons of the enemy and we will not use them" territory imo.
You can't use this shit to make the privileged and powerful feel bad or change behaviours or anything else the way it's wielded against minority groups to control, intimidate and harm us
former props up the latter tho
You can't use this shit to make the privileged and powerful feel bad or change behaviours or anything else the way it's wielded against minority groups to control, intimidate and harm us
former props up the latter tho
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seen a post calling a certain someone a criminal and saying pass it on like a dunk
uhh... some of my best friends are criminals????
uhh... some of my best friends are criminals????
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
seen a post calling a certain someone a criminal and saying pass it on like a dunk
uhh... some of my best friends are criminals????
uhh... some of my best friends are criminals????
Getting complimented on my pain tolerance by a tattooist like "I'm gonna get such a good grade in being tattooed. A thing that is possible and normal to want."
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Getting complimented on my pain tolerance by a tattooist like "I'm gonna get such a good grade in being tattooed. A thing that is possible and normal to want."
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I know we're all focusing on the chat gpt thing but this is an absolutely insane way for the observer and also glinner to refer to an ecofacsist who believes that trans people were invented by jews to eliminate humanity and that mass bombing campaigns should happen for the enviroment.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know we're all focusing on the chat gpt thing but this is an absolutely insane way for the observer and also glinner to refer to an ecofacsist who believes that trans people were invented by jews to eliminate humanity and that mass bombing campaigns should happen for the enviroment.
Most people who share articles on social media never read past the headline and they know this.
The Times’ reporting on employment tribunals is routinely awful. The headlines are clickbait claims which the body copy often contradicts. In this case the issue was not the use of the word “fireman” but failing to challenge a campaign of persistent offensive behaviour. And he wasn’t fired. He left
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Most people who share articles on social media never read past the headline and they know this.
A lot of debate about who can reclaim the slur "USian" and I think it comes down to whether or not you have a whole national holiday dedicated to whitewashing a genocide you did.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A lot of debate about who can reclaim the slur "USian" and I think it comes down to whether or not you have a whole national holiday dedicated to whitewashing a genocide you did.
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
I watched this on repeat as a child and "Let him first be shaved!" has been the funniest phrase in the world to me ever since. Anyway, I was recently referred for an autism assessment.
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I watched this on repeat as a child and "Let him first be shaved!" has been the funniest phrase in the world to me ever since. Anyway, I was recently referred for an autism assessment.
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Prepping for teaching, and I'm appalled to discover how *little* detailed research exists on the Bristol Bus Boycott.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Prepping for teaching, and I'm appalled to discover how *little* detailed research exists on the Bristol Bus Boycott.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but it's no wonder there is so little awareness of the history of Black civil rights activism in the UK. Just a vicious cycle of ignorance.
Love to go to my local french fry restaurant for a mixed chow mein and a pot of that suspicious looking curry sauce.
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Love to go to my local french fry restaurant for a mixed chow mein and a pot of that suspicious looking curry sauce.
I think it's instructive to compare the GC attitude to data on puberty blockers (and trans healthcare more broadly) to this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
'Stop the count' or 'count the votes'?
Trump supporters have been chanting conflicting messages in Michigan and Arizona. We look at why.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I think it's instructive to compare the GC attitude to data on puberty blockers (and trans healthcare more broadly) to this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/elec...
One reason I have very little patience for "allies" is because the ones who will actually take risks for us are rare as fuck.
Even "allies" consider us subhuman, because if they didn't, they'd be objecting to this shit en masse, and as it is — not a peep
yeah but as we've come to learn when it comes to trans ppl there are no rules, no laws, no guidelines that need to be followed.
cis ppl consider us subhuman. we are non-citizens and therefore all bets are off the table.
cis ppl consider us subhuman. we are non-citizens and therefore all bets are off the table.
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
One reason I have very little patience for "allies" is because the ones who will actually take risks for us are rare as fuck.
It's so weird to me that they don't disagregate bi men and women from each other when the split along gender lines is so clear for every other subset.
Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's so weird to me that they don't disagregate bi men and women from each other when the split along gender lines is so clear for every other subset.
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The BBC, grand bunch of lads, never not at it
From r/TransgenderUK: The BBC is putting together a hit piece against GenderGP.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The BBC, grand bunch of lads, never not at it
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Getting your GP to agreed to shared care for trans HRT has become a lot harder in recent years. Some GPs are willing, but many will refuse or make excuses. I investigated one possible reason for this variation for @transsafety.network transsafety.network/posts/from-l...
From Lacking to Malicious - An investigation into NHS England's ICB's guidance
Since the Cass Review’s was published in April 2024, trans healthcare on the NHS has become significantly more precarious and unpredictable. While the dire situation for children has happened in the o...
transsafety.network
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Getting your GP to agreed to shared care for trans HRT has become a lot harder in recent years. Some GPs are willing, but many will refuse or make excuses. I investigated one possible reason for this variation for @transsafety.network transsafety.network/posts/from-l...
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@sasha98.bsky.social provides analysis of just how precarious and inconsistent access to trans healthcare on the NHS has become. They highlight how official guidance has favoured giving hostile and nervous clinicians excuses, rather than empower or expect them to provide good care standards.
From Lacking to Malicious - An investigation into NHS England's ICB's guidance
Since the Cass Review’s was published in April 2024, trans healthcare on the NHS has become significantly more precarious and unpredictable. While the dire situation for children has happened in the o...
transsafety.network
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@sasha98.bsky.social provides analysis of just how precarious and inconsistent access to trans healthcare on the NHS has become. They highlight how official guidance has favoured giving hostile and nervous clinicians excuses, rather than empower or expect them to provide good care standards.
Every so often I watch something without subtitles and remember why I got into the habit of using them.
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Every so often I watch something without subtitles and remember why I got into the habit of using them.
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"trans activist" and it was a literal child that he assaulted
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"trans activist" and it was a literal child that he assaulted
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“Google Gemini was by far the worst. It would make up an authoritative-sounding summary with completely fake and wrong references — much more than the other chatbots. It also used a satire source as a news source.”
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
The BBC and the European Broadcasting Union have produced a large study of how well AI chatbots handle summarising the news. In short: badly. [BBC; EBU] The researchers asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemi…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Google Gemini was by far the worst. It would make up an authoritative-sounding summary with completely fake and wrong references — much more than the other chatbots. It also used a satire source as a news source.”
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...
This company doesn’t get nearly enough blame imo
Seen some people misunderstanding the point of TSN pointing out our previous communications with the government about this. It's not because we expect them to have empathy for trans people or to listen out of the goodness of their hearts. It's to prove that they know exactly what they're doing.
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Seen some people misunderstanding the point of TSN pointing out our previous communications with the government about this. It's not because we expect them to have empathy for trans people or to listen out of the goodness of their hearts. It's to prove that they know exactly what they're doing.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Some people seem to think all writing should be done like this. They are wrong. It is fun and interesting to write with different things that are and are not allowed sometimes though.
I am amazed and pleased to tell you all that there is a place that you can go to on your computer that has a thing to check if the words you put in it are part of the ten hundred words we use most splasho.com/upgoer5/
The Up-Goer Five Text Editor
splasho.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Some people seem to think all writing should be done like this. They are wrong. It is fun and interesting to write with different things that are and are not allowed sometimes though.
It's November you festive fucks. Stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's November you festive fucks. Stop it.