Michael Ann, sociotechnical femme
Online Communities, Social Tech, Folk Theories, Epistemic Justice, Queer/Trans HCI. Assistant Prof of Computer Science & Comm Studies @ Northeastern University. @nusealab.bsky.social director. Neurodivergent, trans woman, wife girl, femme lesbian, dork.
- The endless prism of turning 20 memes being the same as turning 25 memes the same as turning 30 memes the same as turning 35 memes and it's all actually based on the lifestyle of a 40 year old women but we are collectively obsessed with declaring younger and younger ages "old"
- This might blow your mind but did you know there's people who are like.... 50? 60 even?
- Once, I saw someone who was 70.
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View full thread(okay but the funniest shit about this is when girls in their early 30s try to lob ageist shit at me - like girl. GIRL. we are both already corpses in the eyes of the young, they haven't even thought through the concept of 29 yet)
- This has been my consistent experience - very few cis people keep being hateful when they have trans people substantively in their lives. It's part of why I am so deeply anti-separatist and anti-nationalist when it comes to trans issues - we win by being who we are as people, *with* people
- Listen, I was pretty justified in thinking Dan Ariely was a complete bullshit artist before, but knowing he was trading bullshit emails with Epstein really hammers home how foolish it was for so many behavioral scientists to idolize his little "experiments" in trash airport bookstore "nonfiction"
- Surprise surprise, man who is close friends with noted global pedophile influencer oversimplifies human behavior
- I remember being asked as a grad student why I insisted on deep qualitative work instead of "clever" designs like Ariely's, and like.... here it is, folks. Because it's bullshit stemming from a sick, sick offshoot of pseudo-intellectualism.
- ISTG Boston has some kind of unique gravitational pull for short fat quirky white lesbians with doctorates Yeah yeah I’m aware I’m part of the problem here
- The core of Julian’s personality is best summed up as “it’s not about me right now, and that makes me deeply uncomfortable and kinda scared” Am I talking about my cat? A fictional space doctor? It’s both, baby.
- I think one of the things that really rubbed me wrong re: this ad was how the “night of brotherhood” framing for the butch side of things kinda immediately excludes any transfem butches. Also the fact that “video games” are apparently masc activities, way to slip a “femmes aren’t gamers” in there 🙃
- Idk y’all, it would be cool to go to a sleepover with other femmes, but if the org’s concept of butchness has embedded transmisogyny, it stands to reason their conception of femme might too, and I’m not going to find that out the hard way
- What we need is a cool gamer femme sleepover party, you see
- Arguing about who the dem nominee for president should be right now is really, really, REALLY jumping the gun, folks. Go do some mutual aid with that energy.
- Ugh I need these stitches OUT I can feel each individual thread in my skin and it is HORRIBLE
- Just a constant signal from my skin that something is WRONG and there is something here that should not be here
- It doesn't hurt, exactly, it's more like....... a noise, for lack of a better term? Imagine a pervasive, annoying noise that just won't stop and follows you around. But, you know, IN YOUR SKIN.
- The really bad part is as the actual surgical site rapidly heals, the skin wants to reject the stitches more and more and more. And there's still a week left.
- It’s both amusing and annoying that that more trans people than cis people stumble on my name Like yeah we get to choose our names, don’t be weird about what other girls choose
- Cis people: “let me make sure I’m getting it right - Michael Ann?” Me: “Yep, just like Mary Ann!” Meanwhile, some local trans folks: “Guess I’m going to have to learn how to speak without using direct forms of address”
- This is a minor complaint, of course, it’s just worth some reflection IMO
- When they think you’re a High Femme but you have to explain that’s a lot to keep up with and you’re more of a high Femme
