cristian josé lopez (he/him/his)
@ihatepatriarchy.bsky.social
Los Angeles, CA 📍
prison abolitionist & intersectional feminist
“Being an Other in America teaches you to imagine what cannot imagine you.” -Margo Jefferson, “Negroland”
https://gofund.me/0283557f
prison abolitionist & intersectional feminist
“Being an Other in America teaches you to imagine what cannot imagine you.” -Margo Jefferson, “Negroland”
https://gofund.me/0283557f
Howard, I know you and many others are rolling in your graves. And rightfully so. It is insidious & shame & sheer slap in the face that your death and the death of many gay men and queer folks are no longer acknowledged.
Howard Ashman, lyricist and playwright
(May 17, 1950-March 14, 1991) 🕯️🕊️🌈
Howard Ashman, lyricist and playwright
(May 17, 1950-March 14, 1991) 🕯️🕊️🌈
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Howard, I know you and many others are rolling in your graves. And rightfully so. It is insidious & shame & sheer slap in the face that your death and the death of many gay men and queer folks are no longer acknowledged.
Howard Ashman, lyricist and playwright
(May 17, 1950-March 14, 1991) 🕯️🕊️🌈
Howard Ashman, lyricist and playwright
(May 17, 1950-March 14, 1991) 🕯️🕊️🌈
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Thankful this week for those many queer people who came before me, people whose voices — quiet, loud, loving, angry — have taught me so much about how to live my values in this era.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thankful this week for those many queer people who came before me, people whose voices — quiet, loud, loving, angry — have taught me so much about how to live my values in this era.
they recently did a poorly-written piece on how and why men have become more fat, positioning fatness as the thing that is killing them, when in actuality it is fatphobia that is killing men and folks writ large. I called them out on it and received death threats.
It's absolutely disgusting what the New York Times, and particularly Azeen Ghorayshi, is doing with its coverage of autism. It's so deeply irresponsible.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
they recently did a poorly-written piece on how and why men have become more fat, positioning fatness as the thing that is killing them, when in actuality it is fatphobia that is killing men and folks writ large. I called them out on it and received death threats.
It was harder to guard a secret when you felt most like yourself, when you relaxed into yourself.
-Patrick Nathan, “The Future Was Color”
-Patrick Nathan, “The Future Was Color”
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It was harder to guard a secret when you felt most like yourself, when you relaxed into yourself.
-Patrick Nathan, “The Future Was Color”
-Patrick Nathan, “The Future Was Color”
But grief never proceeds how anyone expects. Grief stutters and ruptures and upturns and stomps.
-Isle McElroy, “People Collide”
-Isle McElroy, “People Collide”
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
But grief never proceeds how anyone expects. Grief stutters and ruptures and upturns and stomps.
-Isle McElroy, “People Collide”
-Isle McElroy, “People Collide”
Knowing that Toni Morrison hated “Hamilton”, and went out of her way to fund a play created by Ishmael Reed that is a direct diss towards Lin-Manuel Miranda, is very funny.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Knowing that Toni Morrison hated “Hamilton”, and went out of her way to fund a play created by Ishmael Reed that is a direct diss towards Lin-Manuel Miranda, is very funny.
“People Collide” is so weird and so wonderful. I couldn’t put it down. Imagine Maggie Nelson meets “Freaky Friday”. An insightful, tender, funny, and utterly compelling novel.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“People Collide” is so weird and so wonderful. I couldn’t put it down. Imagine Maggie Nelson meets “Freaky Friday”. An insightful, tender, funny, and utterly compelling novel.
There are Palestinians, queer and straight, who are living with HIV, and need the medication and care they need and deserve, Sir Elton John. This isn’t us being selective, it’s about acknowledging that Palestine is a queer & trans issue.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There are Palestinians, queer and straight, who are living with HIV, and need the medication and care they need and deserve, Sir Elton John. This isn’t us being selective, it’s about acknowledging that Palestine is a queer & trans issue.
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Under Roberts, American democracy felt humiliating, looked like a joke, and became increasingly tenuous.
How John Roberts brought back Donald Trump
The Supreme Court empowered billionaires, blocked voters, and ran interference.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Under Roberts, American democracy felt humiliating, looked like a joke, and became increasingly tenuous.
I mean… money will make you do some crazy shit, even the most unnecessary shit.
The FBI Director has been treating specialized FBI agents like his and his girlfriend’s private security detail, as well as jet-setting across the globe on government planes. trib.al/5O0bCWk
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I mean… money will make you do some crazy shit, even the most unnecessary shit.
“People Collide”, Isle McElroy (HarperVia, September 2023
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“People Collide”, Isle McElroy (HarperVia, September 2023
I saw two things this morning: a dog running away from its owner on the streets while people are driving their cars, and a helicopter & 4 cop cars scattering throughout Hollywood/Highland. This is Los Angeles baby, anything can happen.
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I saw two things this morning: a dog running away from its owner on the streets while people are driving their cars, and a helicopter & 4 cop cars scattering throughout Hollywood/Highland. This is Los Angeles baby, anything can happen.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but there’s something so simplistically sexy about the way Zack Fox is dancing. He exudes sex appeal in himself and in his dancing in a way that is simple and tender and very “less is more”. That shit is immaculately attractive.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I don’t know if it’s just me, but there’s something so simplistically sexy about the way Zack Fox is dancing. He exudes sex appeal in himself and in his dancing in a way that is simple and tender and very “less is more”. That shit is immaculately attractive.
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A new documentary, "Thoughts and Prayers," looks at how gun violence has led to school lockdown drills becoming a universal part of childhood in America.
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A new documentary, "Thoughts and Prayers," looks at how gun violence has led to school lockdown drills becoming a universal part of childhood in America.
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
That sparked the growth of an entire industry of active shooter preparedness products.
Watch part of Amna Nawaz's interview with the filmmakers
Kevin Hart being asked to state his race, gender and pronouns, and then making it into a joke, (essentially him pulling a Michael Che) is all I need to know about him. Cishet folk, especially comedians, really treat gender and identity like it’s rocket science, when it actually isn’t.
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Kevin Hart being asked to state his race, gender and pronouns, and then making it into a joke, (essentially him pulling a Michael Che) is all I need to know about him. Cishet folk, especially comedians, really treat gender and identity like it’s rocket science, when it actually isn’t.
suffering is something many of us will go through given the world we live in, and I at one point believed that I wasn’t going to make it to 30 (especially surviving a suicidal attempt in early 2025). I simply wish tenderness and peace towards everyone. if you are here, I’m happy you are here.
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
suffering is something many of us will go through given the world we live in, and I at one point believed that I wasn’t going to make it to 30 (especially surviving a suicidal attempt in early 2025). I simply wish tenderness and peace towards everyone. if you are here, I’m happy you are here.
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Honestly, I’m staring at Mamdani’s facial expression throughout because I love watching the ease with which some people can control what their face is doing in extremely weird circumstances. I’m not one of them, but I like studying others do it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Honestly, I’m staring at Mamdani’s facial expression throughout because I love watching the ease with which some people can control what their face is doing in extremely weird circumstances. I’m not one of them, but I like studying others do it.
happy one year anniversary to a masterpiece.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
happy one year anniversary to a masterpiece.
🇬🇹☁️
📸 taken by my mother
📸 taken by my mother
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🇬🇹☁️
📸 taken by my mother
📸 taken by my mother
good fucking riddance.
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
good fucking riddance.
I simply do not get the appeal of Erewhon. I find it to be pretty boring and very high-class, especially when they’re located in neighborhoods that are gentrified. Their drinks costs anywhere from 10-30 bucks, depending on what you order, and they get rid of their snacks. It’s not worth it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I simply do not get the appeal of Erewhon. I find it to be pretty boring and very high-class, especially when they’re located in neighborhoods that are gentrified. Their drinks costs anywhere from 10-30 bucks, depending on what you order, and they get rid of their snacks. It’s not worth it.
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Fascists want you to starve, by the way. Images like the one I’ve shared on my page help them. This is part of the propaganda.
And that set is no exception.
And that set is no exception.
How far right uses thinness to radicalise women and girls
The far right has normalised much of its ideology within mainstream politics – and ‘body fascism’ is part of that
www.opendemocracy.net
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Fascists want you to starve, by the way. Images like the one I’ve shared on my page help them. This is part of the propaganda.
And that set is no exception.
And that set is no exception.
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The continuous federal attacks against nursing and teaching are driven by misogyny. Fascists are further marginalizing these professions because they’re historically feminized.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The continuous federal attacks against nursing and teaching are driven by misogyny. Fascists are further marginalizing these professions because they’re historically feminized.
honoring the late Alice Wong in the most decent way possible: by wearing a mask. anywhere I go.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
honoring the late Alice Wong in the most decent way possible: by wearing a mask. anywhere I go.
A splendid collection of stories. A tender portrait of humanity in its vulnerability and poignancy and humor through the guise of the relationships we have with the people in our lives.
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A splendid collection of stories. A tender portrait of humanity in its vulnerability and poignancy and humor through the guise of the relationships we have with the people in our lives.