really great essay, worth reading in conjunction with any Michael coverage

i got a C because my brain was breaking and i should have done it on different cultural depictions of macbeth in film and theatre which i researched in my thesis prep class but i decided to be insane

five different portrayals of lady macbeth, their approach and literary review of reviews about their work

i basically got obsessed with the pbs masterpiece macbeth (with sir patrick stewart) and how metal kate fleetwood was in it so i built my whole thesis around it.

everyone please stop calling ai glasses the "pervert glasses". this is appropriation of swirly glasses from pervert scientist women

Babies

A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

This article is devastating but an important read (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

big event i've been planning finished thank god i'm free

something i really resent about our current moment is that we don't have Crossdressing Movies anymore. it's a fucking shame. every leading man in hollywood should serve cunt at least once

i have an event early morning tomorrow and my boss is driving me bananas. this event is a breakfast event at 7:30 a.m. and will have approx an hour of programming. let's stay calm and not worry about what we cannot control

Shareware Made Me Trans by Anna Anthropy A zine about the PC games that made me a girl

out now:

Cover, with an ASCII illustration of a hand with long pink nails holding a blue 3.5" floppy disc. The label on the disc is the trans flag. Title: "Shareware Made Me Trans."

Grid showing the layout of the 24-page zine, plus front and back cover.

"Gallery of shareware amazons" featuring images of four women warriors from various games.

As a pre-teen author undergoing the incorrect puberty, my own ZZT games circled the same themes again and again, at first with a layer of distancing irony that slowly eroded like the mountain being pecked away by that bird in Hell: they were fetish games. They revolved around captured princesses, with bare feet and torn dresses, chained in ASCII dungeons, punished and degraded, threatened with torture and hardship and peril. These were, in essence, all manifestations of the submissive woman, the painslut and pillow princess I would eventually become, but could not yet admit to wanting to be, could not yet admit that such a thing could be wanted.

everyone is currently obsessed with *checks notes* a 1997 game called Moon Child. but did you know other weird games came out in the 90s? you can read about some of them in my new 24-page zine, Shareware Made Me Trans, coming to itch next week!

Toph Beifong

Earth Month Profile: Kathleen Liebowitz, Toward Zero Waste For mom and Toward Zero Waste director Kathleen Liebowitz, reducing household waste is about making practical changes at home, and systemic changes in the community.

For mom and Toward Zero Waste director Kathleen Liebowitz, reducing household waste is about making practical changes at home, and systemic changes in the community.

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

the tech fascists think they are so clever and smart but their entire worldview is just a bunch of stale apologetics for race hatred and fascism

this is just a warmed over david duke speech from 1990

Equal On Paper As with "massive resistance" to Brown v. Board, Republicans today argue for a legal landscape where rights exist on paper but cannot be enforced.

“At the beginning of April, the conservative-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin of equitable education funding in the state.” www.liberalcurrents.com/equal-on-pap...

It’s the reason we don’t have universal healthcare imo. Some white folks would rather die than see Black people get anything at all

the weather’s getting warmer🍃🌤️
#tgcf #hualian

The INDY at 40: The Paper Route Forty years and more than 2,000 issues after it began, the INDY is still producing powerful news and culture journalism grounded in progressive politics.

This week, the INDY celebrates 43 years in print. From our 40th anniversary, here's a history of the paper's start.

'Breaking the cycle' proves tough for formerly incarcerated Black transgender women. Here's one roadmap to solutions With support and a little stability, some transgender women are able to find careers after they leave prison.

With support and a little stability, some transgender women are able to find careers after they leave prison.

Mohagany Foster started Mohagany's Mission in Durham to support formerly incarcerated transgender women like herself reenter society.

www.wunc.org/race-class-c...

Picture of me in high school with a pope statue around 2008 - likely Pope Benedict XVI. I'm wearing a gold dress and red shoes. I'm gesturing in his direction.

source: me and the pope statue at my confirmation

you can't approach an altar in the catholic church without genuflecting. there is a level of respect and hierarchy to the offices of the church built into it. the idea of america over the vatican is just insane.

if you've been inside a catholic church for 35 years you walk past a picture of and likely a statue of the pope every time you go to mass. the idea that a pope does not speak for you and he doesn't like dictate the church is ludicrous

Three people you don't want to get into a public beef with are Kendrick, Isaac Chotiner, and The Pope

they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now

not sure any website is going to be able to withstand the internet joy when It Happens but this one is definitely not

it really is a resident evil video game style ballroom