Joy Barlow 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@inscrutablejoy.bsky.social
She/her, grumpy sometimes, safe to talk to unless you're shitty
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First Annual Mira Bellwether Trans Day of Joy is on June 20 (solstice), 2025!
Please let me know if you can help organize a GRASSROOTS event in your area!
Please let me know if you can help organize a GRASSROOTS event in your area!
I was socialized Freak It's Okay to Hit
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I was socialized Freak It's Okay to Hit
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"She smiled girlishly with her girly mouth to show her little women teeth, like a daughter who is a girl would"
Said the very sane man that is very well adjusted
Said the very sane man that is very well adjusted
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"She smiled girlishly with her girly mouth to show her little women teeth, like a daughter who is a girl would"
Said the very sane man that is very well adjusted
Said the very sane man that is very well adjusted
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Just One Rule - Part Five | Helena Grace
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December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I’ll be taking this preview down tomorrow, so fair warning!
For a limited time, the preview text for ALL THE WAY, book two of my trans lesbian cheerleader series WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN, is available to all $5 and up patrons!
The final book will be available to buy in ebook and paperback later in December :)
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The final book will be available to buy in ebook and paperback later in December :)
www.patreon.com/posts/previe...
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I’ll be taking this preview down tomorrow, so fair warning!
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It's a Living - Chapter Eighteen | Helena Grace
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December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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i think fundamentally the people in power have rarely if ever interacted with someone they see as fully human, as fully so as themselves. how else does one arrive at some of the things theyve decided
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
i think fundamentally the people in power have rarely if ever interacted with someone they see as fully human, as fully so as themselves. how else does one arrive at some of the things theyve decided
If a story comes in at exactly 1 million words, is that a megadrabble?
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If a story comes in at exactly 1 million words, is that a megadrabble?
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For a limited time, the preview text for ALL THE WAY, book two of my trans lesbian cheerleader series WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN, is available to all $5 and up patrons!
The final book will be available to buy in ebook and paperback later in December :)
www.patreon.com/posts/previe...
The final book will be available to buy in ebook and paperback later in December :)
www.patreon.com/posts/previe...
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
For a limited time, the preview text for ALL THE WAY, book two of my trans lesbian cheerleader series WHEN YOU FELL FROM HEAVEN, is available to all $5 and up patrons!
The final book will be available to buy in ebook and paperback later in December :)
www.patreon.com/posts/previe...
The final book will be available to buy in ebook and paperback later in December :)
www.patreon.com/posts/previe...
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I believe everyone on Bluesky who signed the Harper's Letter has been labeled now. Please let me know if I missed anyone (or incorrectly labeled someone).
has anyone made a “signed the harper’s letter” labeler
August 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I believe everyone on Bluesky who signed the Harper's Letter has been labeled now. Please let me know if I missed anyone (or incorrectly labeled someone).
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the best thing about undertaking a new hobby is the whole new world of detestable guys it opens up to you. guys who are probably fine when you encounter them at work or trivia night, only becoming intolerable the minute you put a banjo in their hands
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
the best thing about undertaking a new hobby is the whole new world of detestable guys it opens up to you. guys who are probably fine when you encounter them at work or trivia night, only becoming intolerable the minute you put a banjo in their hands
"copyright registration is too expensive" is a lie perpetuated by people who want to steal your life's work
Bulk registration options exist, are a lot cheaper than the scary "individual work" price, and offer a LOT of protection for not much cost
Bulk registration options exist, are a lot cheaper than the scary "individual work" price, and offer a LOT of protection for not much cost
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"copyright registration is too expensive" is a lie perpetuated by people who want to steal your life's work
Bulk registration options exist, are a lot cheaper than the scary "individual work" price, and offer a LOT of protection for not much cost
Bulk registration options exist, are a lot cheaper than the scary "individual work" price, and offer a LOT of protection for not much cost
Arguing copyright with a doofus with a "neat trick"
I majored in commercial music production which required 3 IP law
Doofus: so what you do is, send each song to yourself by registered mail...
Me: it's $65 to register a 20 song demo, that's $3.25 each, registered mail is $25
Sovcit shit
I majored in commercial music production which required 3 IP law
Doofus: so what you do is, send each song to yourself by registered mail...
Me: it's $65 to register a 20 song demo, that's $3.25 each, registered mail is $25
Sovcit shit
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Arguing copyright with a doofus with a "neat trick"
I majored in commercial music production which required 3 IP law
Doofus: so what you do is, send each song to yourself by registered mail...
Me: it's $65 to register a 20 song demo, that's $3.25 each, registered mail is $25
Sovcit shit
I majored in commercial music production which required 3 IP law
Doofus: so what you do is, send each song to yourself by registered mail...
Me: it's $65 to register a 20 song demo, that's $3.25 each, registered mail is $25
Sovcit shit
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"It's not political" is an odd thing to say while describing the conservative mindset, though. The desire to be the hegemonic demographic, to impose your perception of "norms" on everyone else, is pretty political.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"It's not political" is an odd thing to say while describing the conservative mindset, though. The desire to be the hegemonic demographic, to impose your perception of "norms" on everyone else, is pretty political.
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that's the problem with death cults, they never wanna keep the death in-house
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
that's the problem with death cults, they never wanna keep the death in-house
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at some point we really need some kind of reconstruction 2 that makes sherman look like a pacifist
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
at some point we really need some kind of reconstruction 2 that makes sherman look like a pacifist
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i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
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Part one of my Christmas Egg Fic, Under the Mistletoe is live on Patreon!
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Under the Mistletoe: Part One | Helena Grace
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November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Part one of my Christmas Egg Fic, Under the Mistletoe is live on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/posts/144616...
www.patreon.com/posts/144616...
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What she has in her pants doesn’t matter except when it matters a lot.
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Defamiliarizing Trans Women
if this happened to a cis woman, people would be rightly appalled
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What she has in her pants doesn’t matter except when it matters a lot.
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Routinely ruining my voice training progress by singing along every time Johnny Cash comes up on shuffle 😔
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Routinely ruining my voice training progress by singing along every time Johnny Cash comes up on shuffle 😔
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I always see lots of "here how to deal with your bigoted family" posts around this time and, you can just leave. Just go. That's your only power if you're one of the childless peripheral family member people
"But I can't-" you can, trust me. Make it clear why and then leave
"But I can't-" you can, trust me. Make it clear why and then leave
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I always see lots of "here how to deal with your bigoted family" posts around this time and, you can just leave. Just go. That's your only power if you're one of the childless peripheral family member people
"But I can't-" you can, trust me. Make it clear why and then leave
"But I can't-" you can, trust me. Make it clear why and then leave
One Piece at a Time
Name your fav Johnny Cash song.
'Man in Black'
(picking just one is hard here)
'Man in Black'
(picking just one is hard here)
Name your fav Johnny Cash song.
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
One Piece at a Time
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I don't want to fucking know you. It's not just that you're proving you'll turn on me too, or support anyone even someone 99.9% Trump just because "BETTER THAN TRUMP" but because trans people need our goddamn help and love and praise and affection and kindness and you not giving it makes me hate you
Those who have less than full throated support and love for trans people disgust me. Who doesn't see the version of themselves they long to be in their mind? They hate those with the courage to do something about it, who show the rules for the meaningless white-after-labor-day calvinball bs they are
August 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I don't want to fucking know you. It's not just that you're proving you'll turn on me too, or support anyone even someone 99.9% Trump just because "BETTER THAN TRUMP" but because trans people need our goddamn help and love and praise and affection and kindness and you not giving it makes me hate you
Once again I implore all of you, ask ANY MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED BOY before committing to naming literally anything
This goes for visual design too, just show a 12-year-old old who's way too online for his age what you're doing before making it public
This goes for visual design too, just show a 12-year-old old who's way too online for his age what you're doing before making it public
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Once again I implore all of you, ask ANY MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED BOY before committing to naming literally anything
This goes for visual design too, just show a 12-year-old old who's way too online for his age what you're doing before making it public
This goes for visual design too, just show a 12-year-old old who's way too online for his age what you're doing before making it public
If you have a frozen whole turkey move it from the freezer to the fridge RIGHT NOW
Be kind to your future self
Be kind to your future self
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
If you have a frozen whole turkey move it from the freezer to the fridge RIGHT NOW
Be kind to your future self
Be kind to your future self
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