Lo (they/them)
@lothelynx.bsky.social
MA in gender studies. Sometimes I write feminist analysis of fiction (mainly ASOIAF).
Co-host of @ragmanspod.bsky.social
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https://lothelynx.wordpress.com
Co-host of @ragmanspod.bsky.social
They/them (🇸🇪hen)
https://lothelynx.wordpress.com
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Need something to listen to this Sunday?
Why not listen to us talk about ”gender fuckery” (as we say at some point in the episode) in history and ASOIAF?
Why not listen to us talk about ”gender fuckery” (as we say at some point in the episode) in history and ASOIAF?
New episode!
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Need something to listen to this Sunday?
Why not listen to us talk about ”gender fuckery” (as we say at some point in the episode) in history and ASOIAF?
Why not listen to us talk about ”gender fuckery” (as we say at some point in the episode) in history and ASOIAF?
My sister just sent me this photo that she apparently found in an old photo album. Baby Lo helping grandma bake bread I believe!
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My sister just sent me this photo that she apparently found in an old photo album. Baby Lo helping grandma bake bread I believe!
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New episode!
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New episode!
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
Somehow we haven’t talked about gender nonconformity specifically before on the podcast!
So now we took a deep dive into that, from the 4th to 16th century.
And of course discussing all the possible trans interpretation of ASOIAF characters. 🏳️⚧️
So now we took a deep dive into that, from the 4th to 16th century.
And of course discussing all the possible trans interpretation of ASOIAF characters. 🏳️⚧️
New episode!
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
This time we talk about something that’s v on brand for us:
Gender nonconformity in history and ASOIAF!
We discuss everything from genderfluidity during the Viking age to Joan of Arc, trans saints, and ”gender criminals”. And Brienne, Arya, Alleras etc!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kksht-...
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Somehow we haven’t talked about gender nonconformity specifically before on the podcast!
So now we took a deep dive into that, from the 4th to 16th century.
And of course discussing all the possible trans interpretation of ASOIAF characters. 🏳️⚧️
So now we took a deep dive into that, from the 4th to 16th century.
And of course discussing all the possible trans interpretation of ASOIAF characters. 🏳️⚧️
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the GOP has always been on the "everything I don't like is Terrorism" beat, but oh boy this is an escalation. what a chilling precedent for preventing anyone with any drug-related charges (or alleged charges) (or vague, fabricated accusations based on racism) from having a chance to contest them
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
the GOP has always been on the "everything I don't like is Terrorism" beat, but oh boy this is an escalation. what a chilling precedent for preventing anyone with any drug-related charges (or alleged charges) (or vague, fabricated accusations based on racism) from having a chance to contest them
This is true
Watch your podcast app of choice: it will soon deliver something you’ve been surprised not to have seen yet from us 😏
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is true
Since it’s now after midnight in our time zone, everyone say happy birthday to @virginie.bsky.social !
The best podcast cohost someone could ask for, but even more importantly a great friend, and wonderful human being.
My life is so much brighter and better with you in it. ❤️
The best podcast cohost someone could ask for, but even more importantly a great friend, and wonderful human being.
My life is so much brighter and better with you in it. ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Since it’s now after midnight in our time zone, everyone say happy birthday to @virginie.bsky.social !
The best podcast cohost someone could ask for, but even more importantly a great friend, and wonderful human being.
My life is so much brighter and better with you in it. ❤️
The best podcast cohost someone could ask for, but even more importantly a great friend, and wonderful human being.
My life is so much brighter and better with you in it. ❤️
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Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men in Jenin, saying ‘terrorists must die’
Video of an Israeli military raid in Jenin shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier.
The shooting on Thursday evening, which was also witnessed by journalists close to the scene, is under justice ministry review, but has already been defended by Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who declared: “terrorists must die”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
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Sweden's government, propped up by neo-Nazis, wants to give the police the power to use AI facial recognition in real time.
The slide towards fascism is picking up speed.
The slide towards fascism is picking up speed.
JUST NU: Regeringen vill ge polisen möjlighet till AI för ansiktsigenkänning i realtid, erfar Expressen www.expressen.se/nyheter/krim...
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Sweden's government, propped up by neo-Nazis, wants to give the police the power to use AI facial recognition in real time.
The slide towards fascism is picking up speed.
The slide towards fascism is picking up speed.
The watchers on the interwebs, the shield that guards the realm of Denmark…
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The watchers on the interwebs, the shield that guards the realm of Denmark…
Question for German speakers:
In a lot of languages (eg English, French, Spanish) there have been attempts to make language more inclusive and gender neutral. For instance with gender neutral pronouns or in conjugating words.
Is there something like that in German, and how has it been perceived?
In a lot of languages (eg English, French, Spanish) there have been attempts to make language more inclusive and gender neutral. For instance with gender neutral pronouns or in conjugating words.
Is there something like that in German, and how has it been perceived?
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Question for German speakers:
In a lot of languages (eg English, French, Spanish) there have been attempts to make language more inclusive and gender neutral. For instance with gender neutral pronouns or in conjugating words.
Is there something like that in German, and how has it been perceived?
In a lot of languages (eg English, French, Spanish) there have been attempts to make language more inclusive and gender neutral. For instance with gender neutral pronouns or in conjugating words.
Is there something like that in German, and how has it been perceived?
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1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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It takes about $150/wk just to keep food + shelter. My health has taken a turn for the worse, I lost my writing gig in September, I'm out of my OTC pain/CPTSD management stuff, & badly need to replace some clothing staples. Please help or share. Venmo is MirandaBrave. #mutualaid
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November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It takes about $150/wk just to keep food + shelter. My health has taken a turn for the worse, I lost my writing gig in September, I'm out of my OTC pain/CPTSD management stuff, & badly need to replace some clothing staples. Please help or share. Venmo is MirandaBrave. #mutualaid
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"All of this, food bloggers say, erodes the simple promise of a recipe: that someone has actually cooked it before you have."
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"All of this, food bloggers say, erodes the simple promise of a recipe: that someone has actually cooked it before you have."
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Fuck me this slaps.
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fuck me this slaps.
Things we called fake during this evening’s recording of @ragmanspod.bsky.social:
- borders
- the gender binary
- private property
That’s all to say, we were pretty on brand.
- borders
- the gender binary
- private property
That’s all to say, we were pretty on brand.
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Things we called fake during this evening’s recording of @ragmanspod.bsky.social:
- borders
- the gender binary
- private property
That’s all to say, we were pretty on brand.
- borders
- the gender binary
- private property
That’s all to say, we were pretty on brand.
Okay, question for UK people:
I’m reading a novel where this came up and I’m confused…
Is it a thing to have PE class divided into girls/boys, with them playing different sports? Like, the girls playing netball while the boys are playing football.
Or is the school in this book very conservative?
I’m reading a novel where this came up and I’m confused…
Is it a thing to have PE class divided into girls/boys, with them playing different sports? Like, the girls playing netball while the boys are playing football.
Or is the school in this book very conservative?
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Okay, question for UK people:
I’m reading a novel where this came up and I’m confused…
Is it a thing to have PE class divided into girls/boys, with them playing different sports? Like, the girls playing netball while the boys are playing football.
Or is the school in this book very conservative?
I’m reading a novel where this came up and I’m confused…
Is it a thing to have PE class divided into girls/boys, with them playing different sports? Like, the girls playing netball while the boys are playing football.
Or is the school in this book very conservative?
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
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another week w/o gigs, another call for #mutualaid, unfortch. Takes about $150/wk to survive (food + shelter) & I'm at a crisis point re: unable to buy clothes since pre pandemic. Small amounts add up, shares help, & you get so much writing on my ko-fi in thanks. I have Venmo too - MirandaBrave.
Support Miranda Adama
Support Miranda Adama
ko-fi.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
another week w/o gigs, another call for #mutualaid, unfortch. Takes about $150/wk to survive (food + shelter) & I'm at a crisis point re: unable to buy clothes since pre pandemic. Small amounts add up, shares help, & you get so much writing on my ko-fi in thanks. I have Venmo too - MirandaBrave.
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There’s big money in transphobia
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There’s big money in transphobia
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
You know you have a good boss when they randomly bring this to everyone at the office
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
You know you have a good boss when they randomly bring this to everyone at the office
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Palestinska journalisten och filmskaparen Bisan Owda får pris för det genomslag hennes arbete haft.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Palestinska journalisten och filmskaparen Bisan Owda får pris för det genomslag hennes arbete haft.
Met a dog whose humans had brought a mat to rest on in the cold
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Met a dog whose humans had brought a mat to rest on in the cold