‘Being a Slut Really Means You Are Untouchable’: On Shame, Power and the Reclamation of Words
What I Learned Going Viral on Right-Wing Twitter as a Trans Person, Educator and Activist
I sat and watched as the video went from 20K views to almost 200K views (this number is still rising). Before the views had racked up too much, I read the comments. I won’t indulge you in the misgendering and hateful specifics, but I did notice a few trends. The first was that the commenters believed I lack critical thinking and am spouting leftist rhetoric. The second was that they did not know what the UK government was doing against trans rights…
Rishi Sunak’s War on Trans Children and Seeing the Return of Thatcher’s Britain to Schools as a Teacher
One day after my first ever article was published on Heroica – in which I claimed that this Pride we should celebrate our progress since the elimination of Section 28 – Rishi Sunak has decided to wage war on trans youth. The leaked guidance, whether it ends up being codified or not, is harrowing…