Taylor Peacock

PhD student in bioarch @cambridge_uni studying sex/gender, bodies, and bones. 💀🦴Knitter. Beer maker. Disabled Archaeologist. Cozy gamer. 🏳️‍🌈

[Alex @JudgeDewie]

Until tonight I was not aware that there is a popular singer called Celeste.

Until tonight, 5 lovely women from Liverpool weren't aware that there is a French avant-garde post-hardcore, post-black metal band called Celeste.

Sadly for them I was not the one at the wrong gig.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

I wonder if I'd hate Mondays less in a world without late stage capitalism, imminent environmental collapse, and ongoing persistent hatred of difference.

[Sasha Baker @sashabaker98]

I am nonbinary and take hormone blockers and HRT (estrogen, progesterone and testosterone) for reasons unrelated to my gender.

I recently received this letter from my GP.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@catowner234 @Naeluckmate @OwenJHurcum Haha! I'm not trans, I'm just an annoyed cis person who is very tired of the uninformed bullying people on the internet to serve their own agenda.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@catowner234 @Naeluckmate @OwenJHurcum Oh-kay I'm going to direct you to the following resources so you can educate yourself. Everyone has both in their bodies. You need testosterone. https://t.co/gzhkbgUjZu

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@catowner234 @Naeluckmate @OwenJHurcum I do not like to medicalize transness, but gender dysphoria, and it's often accompanying health issues is not a *want.*

[Casey Explosion @CaseyExplosion]

This is going to kill people

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@forevercoco3 @OwenJHurcum The point is that GPs should be allowed to prescribe hormones for trans folks like any other cis requirement. It's about making it more accessible, not less.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@aSpiresArtist @fletcherkathy8 @OwenJHurcum Likewise, Viagra can be given out by a pharmacist.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@catowner234 @Naeluckmate @OwenJHurcum Testosterone is also a hormone 🎉🎉

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@Naeluckmate @OwenJHurcum Absolutely not true. Plenty of cis people take hormones for medical reasons (birth control or estrogen for menopause for example), but people don't waffle on about it 🙃

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

TLDR: trans people deserve better than the care they are receiving under the #labour government. Hormones aren't the enemy.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

But the fact that #hrt ONLY in the space of #transhealthcare is problematized means this isn't about good science and good medicine. It's about oppression and marginalisation.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

#hrt and hormones are really really important, medically and culturally for lots of folx. Plenty of cis folks take hormones for a number of reasons (BIRTH CONTROL FOR EXAMPLE), and we don't bat a goddamn eyelash.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

I deleted the last post because I didn't like how I said what I'm trying to get across. A redo: watching the #hrt and #transhealthcare awfulness in the UK, I am enraged that people who clearly don't understand how hormones work feel entitled to tell other people about biology.

[Happy Researchers @hapyresearchers]

definitely...

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

@EmiliaFranklin_ Tide lines on jeans is a phrase I never knew i needed 😂😂

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

I feel bad for all the young people who have naively assumed that letting their jeans drag on the pavement in the UK is a good idea. From many many years experience, that ice cold ankle soaker is not fun.

[Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa]

Me tho

[Dr! Adelle Bricking @archae_delle]

Talking to me over email vs in person is like talking to two different people

Emails - articulate, capable of linear communication, direct and pleasant

In person - goblin mode, emotional rollercoaster, gets there in the end but took the long way round through a building site