Lauren Bastin

she/fae. Trans. ADHD. Queer. Art history/history nerd. Leftist (Anarcho-Communist). Intersectional Feminist. Antifascist. Believe Victims, BLM, BTLM, ACAB.

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@Devon_OnEarth and double down on the white supremacy as a means to reinvent themselves. Even so I think it could have worked out for him, and ultimately I don't think it could have turned out worse than it already has, but he was definitely staring down some shit odds.

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@Devon_OnEarth if Corbyn had somehow managed to be elected, covid would have damaged his reputation immensely however he hadn't it and given new labour more ammunition to try and force him out, whilst the tories would have had the opportunity to further distance themselves from Cameron and May

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@no42908775 @Devon_OnEarth like maybe he could have weathered the reputation damage, especially if he had entered with a strong majority, but it would have wound up hurting him more than it could have helped him.

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@no42908775 @Devon_OnEarth even though it would've saved a lot of lives it probably wouldn't have boosted his public image; covid in general did severe damage to the reputations of incumbents no matter what measures they took just due to the nature of the crisis

[Henry @_hjjm]

Me having non verbal time with the pet at the party

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@shuxmain @AriDrennen @basic_chanel on top of that, forcible use of sex hormones already has a history of use against gay people as a method of conversion therapy, a context in which it is increasingly recognised as torture. Alan Turing was subjected to such a treatment, and it drove him to kill himself.

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@shuxmain @AriDrennen @basic_chanel that gender dysphoria is an occurrence of this dysmorphia in reaction to, among other things, changes onset by puberty. Just as hormones are an accepted method of treating this, so too can they be a method of creating or exacerbating it.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

I cannot believe they're trying to pull this one again.

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@PunishedFredda [random person online saying something idiotic]
“See! This is exactly why [school of thought encompassing decades of theory and action] is bad for the Left!”

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@PunishedFredda There is a slightly maddening tendency, even within the Left itself, for people to construct caricatures of other tendencies that every interaction they have is then filtered through, to the point that it becomes self-reinforcing

[Rose Schmits @rosekilnwitch]

Well well well the serial sexual abuser has decided she’s “done the work” and that all of us victims are just liars or something i swear to fucking god the audacity on this bitch

[Scottish PSC @scottishpsc]

Edinburgh
National Demonstration
Saturday 5th October 1pm

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@kayandskittles ...concessions to effectively curtail the impact of the many radicalising events occurring at the time.

[Lauren Bastin @redwing546]

@kayandskittles I think there are strong arguments to be made that Obama's talent as a public speaker allowed him to sustain the American centre in a way that simply would not have been possible for any of the other candidates running at the time. He said the right words and made just enough...