“I’ll give it one thing – these characters feel like college students. They embody all of the worst aspects of petty university mean girl shit. The absolutist thinking, the immediate instinct to ostracize and burn bridges, the full-body overinvestment in every little drama and rivalry, the unwillingness to compromise and change.”
“First, behaviourists say we should reframe the extinction burst, the sudden increase in tantrums, as an indicator of imminent success. During his work in the civil rights movement in the USA, Martin Luther King Jr framed the violent police brutality to which they were subjected as a sign that their campaign was working.”
Today, the Trump administration released a new proposed rule titled “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance.” The rule, spearheaded by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and published jointly by every federal agency, aims to “ensure that Federal awards and subawards are not used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate” “’diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) or ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) policies, principles, or practices,” “gender ideology,” and “the so-called ‘transition’ of a child under 19 years of age from one sex to another.”
Jonas Hole’s commencement address drew applause online and in person after reports that his Mississippi school misgendered, deadnamed, and allegedly altered his senior portrait.
“I used to be a journalist at Media Matters, where I worked on our online extremism and LGBTQ program,” Tara Dikhof told the Blade when asked how she became the actualized drag performer she is today.
“This is not merely a technical legal clarification. It tells trans people that their presence in public may be treated as a problem to be managed. A trans woman entering a women’s changing room, or a trans man using a men’s facility, could now trigger suspicion, complaint or exclusion. The likely result is fear, self-censorship and withdrawal from public life.”
