This made me think of both The Handmaid's Tale and the V for Vendetta movie;
"I’m moving to Canada in a few months. My gap year is almost over.
My library of trans fiction, one of the largest in North America, will be coming with me. I’ll be continuing my studies toward a Masters in Feminist and Gender Studies; I will keep reading, and keep writing, and keep advocating for the trans writers in my community, both in America and around the world."
#BethanyKarsten, 2025
https://thetransfemininereview.com/2025/05/18/are-we-still-free/
"I understood it, then.
I hadn’t seen a choice when I began campaigning for Kamala Harris. But there were thousands of progressive voters in this election who never got a ticket in the 2024 democratic process at all.
They had already lifted their voices for the people of Palestine. And then they were silenced."
#BethanyKarsten, 2025
https://thetransfemininereview.com/2025/05/18/are-we-still-free/
Exactly.
The puritanism of the cancel reflex;
"My online trans community had extremely mixed feelings about my public participation in the Democratic campaign. I received daily messages expressing their disappointment and distrust of me. On the eve of the election, there was a brief, unsuccessful movement to cancel me on Tumblr. I’m pretty sure there are still some trans women out there who still have me blocked because of my association with the campaign"
#BethanyKarsten, 2025
https://thetransfemininereview.com/2025/05/18/are-we-still-free/
"But that’s not censorship, right? It’s not like you can’t read the books anymore. You just… can’t own them. They’re not yours. If Jeff Bezos says so, if the government says so, they could all vanish into the ether just. like. that."
#BethanyKarsten, 2025
https://thetransfemininereview.com/2025/05/18/are-we-still-free/
I guess quietly deleting 1984 from everyone's Swindle devices wasn't a clear enough warning of the danger of anyone having that power. People kept buying them anyway.
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Strypey