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
Pinned
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.
Shoutout to Sarah Marshall's new podcast — which is good
I learned the term "moral entrepreneur" recently and it's really helped my brain
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Shoutout to Sarah Marshall's new podcast — which is good
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"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
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“Please remember that these are crimes that were committed against real humans, real individuals.”
Epstein survivors push for release of files in new PSA, say fight isn't political
“While we are Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell survivors, we are standing for so many victims of sexual assault and of domestic violence, as well,” Danielle Bensky said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Please remember that these are crimes that were committed against real humans, real individuals.”
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its another terrible day to know how to read
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
its another terrible day to know how to read
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Doctor here— normal brain scans do not have unidentifiable regions that may be attributed to a parasitic infection.
Hope that clears that up.
Hope that clears that up.
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Doctor here— normal brain scans do not have unidentifiable regions that may be attributed to a parasitic infection.
Hope that clears that up.
Hope that clears that up.
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Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
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The information on racial resentment also lines up with the data we have from Trump’s first election.
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The information on racial resentment also lines up with the data we have from Trump’s first election.
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NEW: Helen Webberley of GenderGP today announced the expansion of her for-profit subscription hormone service to the US. The service will initially be available in 9 states.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social spoke to Webberley for Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social spoke to Webberley for Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Helen Webberley of GenderGP Opens US Gender Meds Service — Assigned
Webberly lost her license in the UK for practicing an affirming model of care. Assigned Media interviewed her about a newly announced expansion into her US.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: Helen Webberley of GenderGP today announced the expansion of her for-profit subscription hormone service to the US. The service will initially be available in 9 states.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social spoke to Webberley for Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social spoke to Webberley for Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Put differently: If you look at a group of voters with the same education, their level of racial resentment strongly predicts their vote choice. But in a group with the same level of racial resentment, educational attainment does not allow for a strong prediction of their politics.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Put differently: If you look at a group of voters with the same education, their level of racial resentment strongly predicts their vote choice. But in a group with the same level of racial resentment, educational attainment does not allow for a strong prediction of their politics.
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Almost everyone with a high level of racial resentment tended to vote for Trump in the 2024 election, regardless of educational attainment. Conversely, those with a low racial resentment score tended to support Harris, whether they had a college degree or not.
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Almost everyone with a high level of racial resentment tended to vote for Trump in the 2024 election, regardless of educational attainment. Conversely, those with a low racial resentment score tended to support Harris, whether they had a college degree or not.
I feel this, yeah.
I get that the writing and all that engendered it is very comically horrible but Nuzzi is so bad in every way, so bad for my profession I can't even hate-read the reviews, it makes me too sick at heart
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I feel this, yeah.
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A new NYT piece on Trump’s bigoted anti-trans passport edict leans heavily on the notion that polling supports his gender ideology. That’s a simplistic and largely unsupported reading of scarce polling. Read this analysis of polling by @alysbrooks.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Polls on Trans Issues Ignite a Debate That Ignores Their Many Limitations — Assigned
The surveys, and the political stances pundits build from them, lack essential context on how firmly Americans hold their beliefs and how knowledgeable they are.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A new NYT piece on Trump’s bigoted anti-trans passport edict leans heavily on the notion that polling supports his gender ideology. That’s a simplistic and largely unsupported reading of scarce polling. Read this analysis of polling by @alysbrooks.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
As someone who grew up beside a few particularly has-no-service and treacherous stretches of Bay Area highway, this worry does speak to me ...
I’m also researching one of my worst nightmares: what to do if you’re in a traffic collision on a specific stretch of Bay Area highway (can you guess which one?).
Have things you want us to cover? Hit us up! [email protected]. We are at your service.
Have things you want us to cover? Hit us up! [email protected]. We are at your service.
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As someone who grew up beside a few particularly has-no-service and treacherous stretches of Bay Area highway, this worry does speak to me ...
have been rowing again lately and it's felt extremely good
Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
have been rowing again lately and it's felt extremely good
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Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
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Even when @coyotemedia.org was just a little baby pup of an idea I knew I wanted service journalism to be a major part of it. Today I'm thrilled to introduce our First Aid Kit: an acknowledgement of today's challenges, and a rejection of despair.
Introducing COYOTE's First Aid Kit
A how-to guide to surviving in the Bay Area.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Even when @coyotemedia.org was just a little baby pup of an idea I knew I wanted service journalism to be a major part of it. Today I'm thrilled to introduce our First Aid Kit: an acknowledgement of today's challenges, and a rejection of despair.
From over the weekend, a new WHT ... whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/the-good-l...
The Good Light
Mostly encouraging you all to watch the new Andrea Gibson doc. Also rest in power Alice Wong 💔
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
From over the weekend, a new WHT ... whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/the-good-l...
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I love this!!
anyone else? What's Helping Today?
anyone else? What's Helping Today?
my new art is selling and im really happy with it and proud of it
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I love this!!
anyone else? What's Helping Today?
anyone else? What's Helping Today?
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Anyone else? What's Helping Today? for you. As in, stuff big or small, helping you get through ...
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Anyone else? What's Helping Today? for you. As in, stuff big or small, helping you get through ...
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The only thing I've gleaned from this is she's an exceptionally bad writer, with no real interior life and thus nothing to actually say.
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The only thing I've gleaned from this is she's an exceptionally bad writer, with no real interior life and thus nothing to actually say.
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I keep saying this, but it's important for folks to understand: the disruption to the delivery of benefits, the impact on folks, the pain, the risk of starvation: these are policy goals of the Trump administration.
The shutdown was just the excuse at the time. They want to starve poor folks.
The shutdown was just the excuse at the time. They want to starve poor folks.
These incredible fucking assholes.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I keep saying this, but it's important for folks to understand: the disruption to the delivery of benefits, the impact on folks, the pain, the risk of starvation: these are policy goals of the Trump administration.
The shutdown was just the excuse at the time. They want to starve poor folks.
The shutdown was just the excuse at the time. They want to starve poor folks.
If anyone wealthy is feeling that generous, as I sometimes do like to repeat:
Buy Me a Media Company ... buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
Buy Me a Media Company ... buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If anyone wealthy is feeling that generous, as I sometimes do like to repeat:
Buy Me a Media Company ... buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
Buy Me a Media Company ... buymeacoffee.com/sandyallen
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this shit is NOT good. imposter syndrome annihilated
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
this shit is NOT good. imposter syndrome annihilated
Cis white men who've never heard "no"
Cis white women who've never heard "no"
Cis white women who've never heard "no"
Cis white people who've only failed upwards and suck at their jobs, whether nepo babies or whatever other stripe of fails-upwards-even-though-is-mediocre ("shy fascists" was a great term I learned recently): they're the problem. A big issue being: they're much more stupid than even they realize ...
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Cis white men who've never heard "no"
Cis white women who've never heard "no"
Cis white women who've never heard "no"