Total: 11 posts
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Transgender
Podcast
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Blogging
My Blogs on Micro.blog
I have four blogs here on micro.blog. My main site: Martiabernathey.com Tpartypodcast.com Stillnottrans.com.
Martiabernathey.com is my personal website. Tpartypodcast is set up to be like my own Linktree to social media sites.
StillNotTrans is an …
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Capitalism
Books
Capitalism is Better for Who?
Currently reading: 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang 📚 and straight off the bat, I’m giving this book the side eye.
“Despite its problems and limitations, I believe capitalism is the best economic system …
Podcast
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Blogging
Books
Abbey Asks a Very Good Question! What is POSSE?
My mutual Abbey (OpenBookShelf), asked on TikTok what “POSSE” is. POSSE stands for “Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere”. You start with your website. For me, I start with my blog on Micro.blog, but you can use WordPress too. You can …
Transgender
Podcast
Reflection
Trans Auld Lang Syne
As I listened to Vermont Movement News’ podcast about a transgender woman, Aunt Jenny, that was a trans mother to many people around Philly (and on the internet via IRC), it reminded me of all the people that time had forgotten. Many people around …
Racism
Podcast
Elections
UKPolitics
USPolitics
FarRight
The Dilemma at the Center of the UK Labour and USA's Democratic Party
I'm an American living in the UK for the last six years. When I lived in the United States, I was involved with Democratic politics on a state and national level. Reflecting on that experience has made me conclude that the Labour Party and the …
Media
Podcast
SocialMedia
USPolitics
Books
The Deprogram: S1 E2
I just started listening to a podcast called The Deprogram. You can find them on Twitter too. This episode of the podcast is about American Exceptionalism.
American Exceptionalism
Many Americans have never travelled outside of the United States …
Podcast
SocialMedia
Fediverse
Twitter is a Choice, Don't Opt Out
I see a lot of people I follow say they are going to leave Twitter, and I think that's a bad idea.
Something I realised listening to Chelsea Manning on the It Could Happen Here podcast, that the "pay to play" internet has been in the works for a …
Indiana
Transgender
Podcast
MyStory
LGBTQ
USPolitics
Religion
Books
Midwest
Understanding Privilege in Atheist Spaces
The genesis of this post is from a comment I left on The Thinking Atheist Podcast page. The host, Seth Andrews, invited various people on his podcast to talk about "Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces." One of the guests was Bill Ligertwood, a …
Media
Podcast
Elections
UKPolitics
USPolitics
War
James O'Brien on Jeremy Corbyn:
Listening to the podcast of the Thursday edition of LBC's James O'Brien's radio show, I was surprised that he'd admit that he might be wrong about The Labour Party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Previously, he'd said that Corbyn supporters were akin to …
Podcast
SocialMedia
WTF Comedy, Twitter Mobs, and the End to the Everlasting Podium
If you listened lately to people who have well established media outlets to speak from, pitchforks and torches are out of style. They would have you believe that the @ and # of Twitter are the new implements of mob justice.
Concerning the Twitter …
Indiana
Family
Transgender
Podcast
MentalHealth
MyStory
LGBTQ
Fediverse
Midwest
Running Away... A Lesson Learned
As a young boy not quite eight years old, I set off to run away from home. My mother had made me eat cole slaw and forbid me to watch my favorite superhero, Wonder Woman. I had had enough, so I started packing. I found my mom’s curler carrier. …
