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Just finished reorganizing my (very) bare bones website ahead of what I'm hoping will be a prolific 2026 on the writing front. I have five stories out now, all available for free in pdf format on my website:

https://theironchronicle.com/pay-what-you-want/

Each story is a bite-sized vignette set in the same world; think H.P. Lovecraft meets Mary Poppins. A little bit horror, a little bit humor, and slice-of-a-very-different-kind-of-life. Post a review (good or bad!) and send me a DM, I'll send you a physical copy (until I run out) of one of the books as a thank you--they all have beautiful covers, hand-painted by my friend Parris Ryan, a trans artist from Philadelphia.

A quick blurb on each:

The Dark Feast (my personal favorite)
All manner of danger stalks the woods and wilderness of Grimsby's Hollow, and the living stars of the night sky are always …

Hey , if you can toss a few bucks towards a who got struck by lightning the other day, that'd be cool of you

(She's expected to make a full recovery but her partner is going to have trouble due to her lost income during this time. News article is linked in replies for posterity.)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-olivia-afford-transistion-costs

I'm sure we all know that Mount Everest was first climbed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. On that expedition, they brought one journalist who got as far as 22,000 ft / 6,700 m, and eventually sent the successful news back to London.

Did you know she was a trans woman?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Morris

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Chris Kempshall: History and Politics of Star Wars No rating

I've decided to start this book, after watching the recent excellent video on the #StarWars Series #Andor by #transwoman youtuber Jessie Gender (www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjMsPsaVyr8), which cites this study multiple times. I also feel that this could be an interesting tengential approach to the issue of #autoritarism and #fascism, as it appears that George Lucas' political messages (because, yes, Star Wars has always been political and well, woke) is based more on a popular idea of what #dictatorship and #imperialism are based more than on pure historical and political science theory. This is like looking at something from the embossed traces it left on the ground. It might also help me choose my next readings on these topics, while making for a really agreable reading, as I'm now quite exhausted and not in the state to digest more complexe analysis.

@jessiegender As a in today USA, she also needs all the support we can bring to her. So, don't hesitate to subscribe to her : https://www.patreon.com/c/jessiegender/posts or to her channel on (https://nebula.tv/jessiegender), a platform for and by video content creator. Of course, subscribe to her YouTube channel, like and comment to promote her videos.

This has made me weep a bit... thank goodness... thank you, 10K non-TERF cis-women!!! 🤗 💜

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/29/cis-women-trans/

Published on Monday (26 May) Not in Our Name has already attracted signatures from more than 9,600 cis women who support the message that all women should be “united by a shared truth” that “cisgender men who abuse their power are the real threat”.

The petition goes on to say: “Throughout our lives, we have endured harassment, discrimination, violence and abuse in countless forms: from childhood catcalls to workplaces discrimination, from domestic violence to sexual assault, from being silenced in boardrooms to be being blamed for crimes committed against us.

“We know intimately what the real threat to women looks like.”

and

“Enough scapegoating of trans women by politicians who refuse to confront male violence,” the petition demanded. “Enough media sensationalism that profits from hatred while …

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April Ashley MBE first found fame as a model and actress. However, after press outed her as transgender, she never modelled in the UK again. Not only was April one of the first trans people to undergo gender confirming surgery, her 1971 divorce set a legal precedent regarding trans people’s gender recognition. This precedent stood until 2004, when the UK’s current Gender Recognition Act was introduced.