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		<title>I’m a Concerned Ally™, what can I do to help trans people?</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2024/12/14/how-allies-can-help-trans-people/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Queer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You’re probably here because you either asked this question or you have a trans person in your life who hopes you want to help. So here are some actionable suggestions for turning your good vibes toward trans people¹ into good praxis toward our liberation. 1. Put your money where your mouth&#160;is. Help us move to&#8230; <div class="readmore-wrapper"><a href="https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2024/12/14/how-allies-can-help-trans-people/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>So someone told you supporting Harry Potter is anti-trans</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2024/12/12/so-someone-told-you-supporting-harry-potter-is-anti-trans/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Queer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fandom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harry potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jk rowling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans rights]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You’re here because someone told you that supporting Harry Potter is anti-trans, and you either asked for more information or decided to argue about it. Maybe you never heard that before, or maybe you disagree because you don’t buy licensed merchandise or you separate the art from the artist or your trans friend/cousin/neighbor’s coworker’s sister&#8230; <div class="readmore-wrapper"><a href="https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2024/12/12/so-someone-told-you-supporting-harry-potter-is-anti-trans/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>All fights for bodily autonomy are one fight</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2022/07/01/all-fights-for-bodily-autonomy-are-one-fight/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Queer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reproductive rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transgender]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The struggle for reproductive freedom and the struggle for trans rights are not just interlinked; they’re the same fight. Both are struggles for bodily autonomy. Both are directly opposed to a patriarchy that ascribes roles to people based on how their bodies were born. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The dysphoria avalanche of early transition</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2022/04/15/the-dysphoria-avalanche-of-early-transition/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Queer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dysphoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Right after I realized I was trans and started to do something about it, the dysphoria (temporarily) got much worse. This isn’t uncommon but because I didn’t know that, I thought I’d really fucked up and broken myself. So I’m going to talk about it a little here. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Soft</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Queer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transgender]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A poem about allowing myself to be myself after realizing I am transmasculine. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On transandrophobia and structural oppression</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2022/01/09/on-transandrophobia-and-structural-oppression/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2022 06:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Queer Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[masculinity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men's issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queer theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans theory]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed definition of transandrophobia and an explanation that it is not structural in the way transmisogyny is. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fantasy Racism Can&#8217;t Be Solved by Euphemisms</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2020/06/27/fantasy-racism-cant-be-solved-by-euphemisms/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tabletop RPGs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D&D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter Thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worldbuilding]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A user on Twitter asked the following question: "In regards to races in TTRPGs, I know that no race is inherently evil but are we okay to have evil cultures? Like instead of marking an Illithid as evil, having 'Society Structure: Evil' instead.  Just trying to build a better dialogue in the games I design." The short answer is no. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Black Lives Should #Matter to Reporters</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2020/06/05/black-lives-should-matter-to-reporters/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am ashamed to be a part of an industry afraid to speak up against injustice while lauding itself for its brave moral impartiality. We know the truth; we've reported it. Neutrality benefits the oppressor. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Star Trek: Picard Has a Timely Message</title>
		<link>https://shardsofblue.com/blog/2020/02/08/star-trek-picard-has-a-timely-message/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shardsofblue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture Media Critique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spoilers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter Thread]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Star Trek: Picard has a different message from Trek’s previous iterations, but it’s a timely one. It’s not so much a story about how Someday in the Beautiful Future we will have everything all figured out. It’s a story about how good people need to do what’s right even when the system fails, even when it’s corrupted and works against them. [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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