Sandy Ernest Allen
@sandyernestallen.bsky.social
author & journalist, covering mental health/gender. trans guy. tired.
📝: Believer, Eater, Esquire, The Cut, TAL, 99PI ...
📖: akomp.info (Scribner)
https://whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/
https://www.sandyernestallen.com
https://linktr.ee/hellosandyallen
📝: Believer, Eater, Esquire, The Cut, TAL, 99PI ...
📖: akomp.info (Scribner)
https://whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/
https://www.sandyernestallen.com
https://linktr.ee/hellosandyallen
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cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want:
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
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he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
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Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Deadnames
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new... via @assignedmedia.org
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new... via @assignedmedia.org
Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Previous Names — Assigned
The group, who says they have been in contact with five trans people in ICE detention, is advising members of the community to share their former names with trusted friends.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Deadnames
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new... via @assignedmedia.org
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new... via @assignedmedia.org
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Chihiro from SPIRITED AWAY is the most millennial-coded character in fiction:
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
January 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Chihiro from SPIRITED AWAY is the most millennial-coded character in fiction:
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
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shoutout to all my fellow queers for whom family of origin sucks around holidays (and those of us who are still working on finding that found family). everything is pretty bad right now but being queer is still fucking amazing and you are amazing and not alone and i love you and am grateful for you
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
shoutout to all my fellow queers for whom family of origin sucks around holidays (and those of us who are still working on finding that found family). everything is pretty bad right now but being queer is still fucking amazing and you are amazing and not alone and i love you and am grateful for you
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The only bad part about rewatching 30 Rock is that everything Dr. Spaceman says is how RFK Jr. thinks medicine works
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The only bad part about rewatching 30 Rock is that everything Dr. Spaceman says is how RFK Jr. thinks medicine works
lmao
... realizing in real time maybe it's a put on i think you should leave all day type day ... whole house, full speakers ...
... realizing in real time maybe it's a put on i think you should leave all day type day ... whole house, full speakers ...
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
lmao
... realizing in real time maybe it's a put on i think you should leave all day type day ... whole house, full speakers ...
... realizing in real time maybe it's a put on i think you should leave all day type day ... whole house, full speakers ...
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Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
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Like many who do this job these days, freelancers, I often am often literally losing money on what stories I do manage to sell. Some readers and such supporting me this year has changed my outlook in terms of how sustainable this career is. Grateful to all those who do help me out in this way.
Yeah. If anyone wants to support me, a trans independent journalist today, I'd be very grateful ... Tough time of year, tough week, etc.
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Like many who do this job these days, freelancers, I often am often literally losing money on what stories I do manage to sell. Some readers and such supporting me this year has changed my outlook in terms of how sustainable this career is. Grateful to all those who do help me out in this way.
Cheryl Strayed shared one of my pieces complimentary-style on twitter once and I just about died of happiness ... Don't know where the screenshot is now but, it was about this essay (in which she's mentioned in briefly ...):
www.them.us/story/dear-b...
www.them.us/story/dear-b...
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Cheryl Strayed shared one of my pieces complimentary-style on twitter once and I just about died of happiness ... Don't know where the screenshot is now but, it was about this essay (in which she's mentioned in briefly ...):
www.them.us/story/dear-b...
www.them.us/story/dear-b...
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Re: the state of journalism: it consistently gives me hope that I know of so many people doing good, thoughtful, impactful, ethical journalism and creating spaces for it. It exists, it matters so much, and supporting it whenever possible matters, too.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Re: the state of journalism: it consistently gives me hope that I know of so many people doing good, thoughtful, impactful, ethical journalism and creating spaces for it. It exists, it matters so much, and supporting it whenever possible matters, too.
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Yeah. If anyone wants to support me, a trans independent journalist today, I'd be very grateful ... Tough time of year, tough week, etc.
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yeah. If anyone wants to support me, a trans independent journalist today, I'd be very grateful ... Tough time of year, tough week, etc.
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
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It is the ugliest, most naked form of the old "save the *really* juicy stuff for the book" political journalist grift, and by its sheer tackiness reveals how slimy that broader grift is
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It is the ugliest, most naked form of the old "save the *really* juicy stuff for the book" political journalist grift, and by its sheer tackiness reveals how slimy that broader grift is
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And of course, if Lizza *isn't* lying, then Nuzzi has broken every concievable ethical rule in journalism: fucking subjects, freelancing PR work, betraying sources, running catch and kill ops, all while pretending to be an objective writer. It is an absolutely jaw dropping level of corruption
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
And of course, if Lizza *isn't* lying, then Nuzzi has broken every concievable ethical rule in journalism: fucking subjects, freelancing PR work, betraying sources, running catch and kill ops, all while pretending to be an objective writer. It is an absolutely jaw dropping level of corruption
Like many who do this job these days, freelancers, I often am often literally losing money on what stories I do manage to sell. Some readers and such supporting me this year has changed my outlook in terms of how sustainable this career is. Grateful to all those who do help me out in this way.
Yeah. If anyone wants to support me, a trans independent journalist today, I'd be very grateful ... Tough time of year, tough week, etc.
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Like many who do this job these days, freelancers, I often am often literally losing money on what stories I do manage to sell. Some readers and such supporting me this year has changed my outlook in terms of how sustainable this career is. Grateful to all those who do help me out in this way.
Any human who can handle watching this show (or anything else with DH in it) post the Lily Allen album ... 🤔
First 4 eps of Stranger Things s5 are up now. The “kids” all look way too old, and the formula is clear by now, but these eps feel less bloated and more engaging than s4. My spoiler free review:
Review: 'Stranger Things' stays close to home for final season
Yes, the "kids" all look too old, but the Netflix hit still has its moments
www.whatsalanwatching.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Any human who can handle watching this show (or anything else with DH in it) post the Lily Allen album ... 🤔
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
I published a groundbreaking reexamination of our mental health care infrastructure ... one that's also super fun to read ... and will change your life, is my near-guarantee ...
bookshop.org/p/books/a-ki...
I published a groundbreaking reexamination of our mental health care infrastructure ... one that's also super fun to read ... and will change your life, is my near-guarantee ...
bookshop.org/p/books/a-ki...
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
I published a groundbreaking reexamination of our mental health care infrastructure ... one that's also super fun to read ... and will change your life, is my near-guarantee ...
bookshop.org/p/books/a-ki...
I published a groundbreaking reexamination of our mental health care infrastructure ... one that's also super fun to read ... and will change your life, is my near-guarantee ...
bookshop.org/p/books/a-ki...
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
I wrote about how the health fears around wind turbines were really ripples signifying deep structural injustice in the way we're doing non-fossil energy!!
And how we're screwed if we don't fix it!
unsw.press/books/windfa...
I wrote about how the health fears around wind turbines were really ripples signifying deep structural injustice in the way we're doing non-fossil energy!!
And how we're screwed if we don't fix it!
unsw.press/books/windfa...
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
I wrote about how the health fears around wind turbines were really ripples signifying deep structural injustice in the way we're doing non-fossil energy!!
And how we're screwed if we don't fix it!
unsw.press/books/windfa...
I wrote about how the health fears around wind turbines were really ripples signifying deep structural injustice in the way we're doing non-fossil energy!!
And how we're screwed if we don't fix it!
unsw.press/books/windfa...
Sending love to everybody dealing with family today, or not dealing with family today ... And if folks wanna write me or whatever, you can always feel free ...
Such statistics always make me emotional, as somebody whose first 18 was spent captive to this sort of violence and hate.
Any number of nights growing up, this coulda been us, as I was well aware of even as a child.
Any number of nights growing up, this coulda been us, as I was well aware of even as a child.
Every ten minutes.
Let that sink in.
Women are killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members.
This is why we call out misogyny and patriarchal values.
This is why the President shouldn’t get away with calling female reporters “pigs”
Enough.
Let that sink in.
Women are killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members.
This is why we call out misogyny and patriarchal values.
This is why the President shouldn’t get away with calling female reporters “pigs”
Enough.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sending love to everybody dealing with family today, or not dealing with family today ... And if folks wanna write me or whatever, you can always feel free ...
Yeah. If anyone wants to support me, a trans independent journalist today, I'd be very grateful ... Tough time of year, tough week, etc.
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yeah. If anyone wants to support me, a trans independent journalist today, I'd be very grateful ... Tough time of year, tough week, etc.
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
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Not just Nuzzi and Lizza, but their their bosses — editors, publishers, agents, enablers. This implicates the entire industry as a whole.
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Not just Nuzzi and Lizza, but their their bosses — editors, publishers, agents, enablers. This implicates the entire industry as a whole.
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This is a journalism scandal that is quite literally killing thousands of people, more or less directly.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is a journalism scandal that is quite literally killing thousands of people, more or less directly.
Such statistics always make me emotional, as somebody whose first 18 was spent captive to this sort of violence and hate.
Any number of nights growing up, this coulda been us, as I was well aware of even as a child.
Any number of nights growing up, this coulda been us, as I was well aware of even as a child.
Every ten minutes.
Let that sink in.
Women are killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members.
This is why we call out misogyny and patriarchal values.
This is why the President shouldn’t get away with calling female reporters “pigs”
Enough.
Let that sink in.
Women are killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members.
This is why we call out misogyny and patriarchal values.
This is why the President shouldn’t get away with calling female reporters “pigs”
Enough.
137 women and girls killed every day by partners or family, U.N. says
Every 10 minutes a woman somewhere in the world was killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024, according to a U.N. report.
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Such statistics always make me emotional, as somebody whose first 18 was spent captive to this sort of violence and hate.
Any number of nights growing up, this coulda been us, as I was well aware of even as a child.
Any number of nights growing up, this coulda been us, as I was well aware of even as a child.
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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I fear that the Nuzzi scandal is mostly being portrayed just as an icky sex scandal, which tends to either distract people from the Real Story or make them tune the whole thing out
Nuzzi is a villain here, but this is systemic rot that festered at Vox Media, a major media powerhouse
Investigate!!
Nuzzi is a villain here, but this is systemic rot that festered at Vox Media, a major media powerhouse
Investigate!!
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I fear that the Nuzzi scandal is mostly being portrayed just as an icky sex scandal, which tends to either distract people from the Real Story or make them tune the whole thing out
Nuzzi is a villain here, but this is systemic rot that festered at Vox Media, a major media powerhouse
Investigate!!
Nuzzi is a villain here, but this is systemic rot that festered at Vox Media, a major media powerhouse
Investigate!!
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This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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