Margot Waldman
@bbeatrix.bsky.social
Theater, SF, comics fan – I'm also a freelance writer for ComicsXF!
She/her. Trans rights are human rights.
She/her. Trans rights are human rights.
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It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
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Picking the name of your party via FPTP is crazy
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Picking the name of your party via FPTP is crazy
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Really hard not to see this whole thing as an effort to get a trans person fired from her TA job
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Really hard not to see this whole thing as an effort to get a trans person fired from her TA job
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Happy Birthday to the late, great Keith Giffen.
I make comics because of him.
I make the kind of comics I make because of him.
So, you know... if you want to blame anyone, blame Keith.
And J.M DeMatteis. JMD should take some of the blame, too.
#HappyBirthdayKeith
I make comics because of him.
I make the kind of comics I make because of him.
So, you know... if you want to blame anyone, blame Keith.
And J.M DeMatteis. JMD should take some of the blame, too.
#HappyBirthdayKeith
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy Birthday to the late, great Keith Giffen.
I make comics because of him.
I make the kind of comics I make because of him.
So, you know... if you want to blame anyone, blame Keith.
And J.M DeMatteis. JMD should take some of the blame, too.
#HappyBirthdayKeith
I make comics because of him.
I make the kind of comics I make because of him.
So, you know... if you want to blame anyone, blame Keith.
And J.M DeMatteis. JMD should take some of the blame, too.
#HappyBirthdayKeith
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pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world
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John! John, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Milton! You know that justification of the ways of God to Man you're looking for? Well, listen to this! *begins reciting the entirety of the Bible*
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
John! John, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Milton! You know that justification of the ways of God to Man you're looking for? Well, listen to this! *begins reciting the entirety of the Bible*
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Don't forget that Sam Raimi's Spider-Man is a Thanksgiving film.
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Don't forget that Sam Raimi's Spider-Man is a Thanksgiving film.
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people aren’t embarrassed enough because how dare you say this about a woman who harassed child survivors of mass shootings and spouted conspiracies about Jewish space lasers, among other bigoted drivel
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
people aren’t embarrassed enough because how dare you say this about a woman who harassed child survivors of mass shootings and spouted conspiracies about Jewish space lasers, among other bigoted drivel
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everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
One of the best to ever do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the best to ever do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The people yearn for Interregnum drolls
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The people yearn for Interregnum drolls
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Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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"in this moment of political darkness, new york will be the light
"whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community one of the many black women that donald trump who has fired from her job... your struggle is ours too"
"whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community one of the many black women that donald trump who has fired from her job... your struggle is ours too"
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"in this moment of political darkness, new york will be the light
"whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community one of the many black women that donald trump who has fired from her job... your struggle is ours too"
"whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community one of the many black women that donald trump who has fired from her job... your struggle is ours too"
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This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
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Patriarchal society hates Jughead for his refusal to play into the norms of status seeking and male posturing; blithely unconcerned with sports or the fleeting pleasures of love, he cares only for the satisfaction of his barbarous palate, and the normies cannot stand it
why is that guy so fucking mad at Jughead
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Patriarchal society hates Jughead for his refusal to play into the norms of status seeking and male posturing; blithely unconcerned with sports or the fleeting pleasures of love, he cares only for the satisfaction of his barbarous palate, and the normies cannot stand it
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no there is not. the law is clear, the constitution is clear, the intent of the lawmakers who passed it all is clear. the end. tired of entertaining this sophomoric nonsense
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
no there is not. the law is clear, the constitution is clear, the intent of the lawmakers who passed it all is clear. the end. tired of entertaining this sophomoric nonsense
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Yep, Doctor Who is exactly where Star Trek was when Enterprise got canceled - the current creative regime is tapped out, and this version of the show has just been around so long that everybody is taking it for granted, especially since it has nothing new to really do or say.
I think the show badly needs a refresh behind the scenes. Davies and his collaborators have been major players on it since 2005, and for a show about regular renewal it just kind of makes it stagnant. (And maybe get some consistent season schedules going again too while you're at it)
Doctor Who lives on! But who will be the new Time Lord – and is it goodbye to Russell T Davies?
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Yep, Doctor Who is exactly where Star Trek was when Enterprise got canceled - the current creative regime is tapped out, and this version of the show has just been around so long that everybody is taking it for granted, especially since it has nothing new to really do or say.
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If they pass this--an effective ban because every medical facility requires those funds to function--then next up is adults. That's it. Full stop.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If they pass this--an effective ban because every medical facility requires those funds to function--then next up is adults. That's it. Full stop.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
The world is on fire and so many things deserve your attention but this is exactly what trans people have been yelling about for years now.
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Part of what's destroyed any momentum for the show has been the *constant* long breaks. It built itself with consistent yearly seasons for almost ten years, and then the following ten years has just been "Oh, y'know, whenever."
Then nobody knows when the damn thing is on or even that it came out.
Then nobody knows when the damn thing is on or even that it came out.
Disney/BBC Doctor Who partnership ends with more Doctor Who to come Christmas 2026 and beyond.
cultbox.co.uk/news/disney-...
cultbox.co.uk/news/disney-...
Disney/BBC Doctor Who partnership ends with more Doctor Who to come
Disney and the BBC will not be partnering on the next series of Doctor Who. The BBC remains committed to making more Doctor Who starting with a 2026 Christmas special.
cultbox.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Part of what's destroyed any momentum for the show has been the *constant* long breaks. It built itself with consistent yearly seasons for almost ten years, and then the following ten years has just been "Oh, y'know, whenever."
Then nobody knows when the damn thing is on or even that it came out.
Then nobody knows when the damn thing is on or even that it came out.
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
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The way Dems treat Mamdani versus Platner... hm
"Not one senator said Platner’s tattoo or other controversies were disqualifying, and several acknowledged he’s bringing excitement to a party that has been struggling in the political wilderness since President Donald Trump took back power in January."
da fuc is wrong with these people
da fuc is wrong with these people
Senate Democrats tread lightly on Maine primary as new poll shows Graham Platner leading Janet Mills
Despite recent controversies, Platner has a huge lead in a recent poll and is drawing big crowds, while the two-term governor Mills is counting on her experience and achievements.
www.nbcnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The way Dems treat Mamdani versus Platner... hm