The Transfem Radical's Newsletter

Woodstock. 20's. White. TMA. Dyke. Leftist.

[transfemradical]

Welcome to my blog.

Hi! My name is Woodstock, or "Woods" for short. I'm a white trans woman who wanted a separate place to talk about politics, theory, transfeminism, etc., so I made this little "newsletter". Everything I write is first and foremost personal opinion, though I take pride in having my opinions be informed my material analysis and actual interaction with the history and theory of whatever I am opining on. While I hesitate to ascribe myself any political label (as theory changes and labels are often meaningless virtue-signalling, especially on this website), I am confident in describing myself as a queer liberationist, prison abolitionist, and staunch transwomanist.

Feel free to ask me questions about what I have (or have not) written. I will answer whatever I choose to be submitted in good faith and in actual conversation with my work. My ask tag is "#dear woodstock". Other tags include:

#tfrn - my (rare) fully edited pieces of work #letter from the editor - my (much more common) unedited and short-form thoughts on things #reference room - mostly for my own sake, posts that I think are particularly poignant, useful, or well-written #reading room - my suggested reading material

If you'd like to read my earliest and longest piece of work, here's a link:

The New Chaser: Objectification of Trans Women in the Age of Performative Allyship

[plushiekush-deactivated20250830]

white ppl will steal every aesthetic from black culture and then call it something so stupid like bo derek braids instead of box braids or hasbin hotel core instead of black southern dandism. yall will bend over backwards to call my culture barbaric/scary just to drool over the aesthetic the moment no actual black people are involved (21 pilots vs actual reggae). And if ur white/nonblack reading this just reblog. I dont need any comments talking about how not racist you are + speaking up over actual black people.

[transfemradical]

was making good progress on this codependency thing but now the pharmacy won't refill my adderall and now my brain is full of static again :/ I'll try and get it out soon but being productive is fucking impossible when none of my thoughts feel complete or sensical

[tpwrtrmnky]

I'm sorry to say this but if, after ostensibly reading a bunch of transfeminism, your reaction to a trans woman having a bad take on transfeminist issues is to take it as permission to attack the person rather than trying to break down where the take goes wrong in a way that prioritizes minimizing harm, then you really need to ask yourself why that is.

[patricia-taxxon]

the thing is, if your younger self was a bigot or an abuser, u can't make people forgive you. but you still gotta forgive yourself, like that's non-negotiable, dude. that happens before u can even ask the question of earning forgiveness from anyone lese

[patricia-taxxon]

oops, in your attempt to martyr yourself out of respect for your victims you accidentally sabotaged your own ability to conceptualize yourself as anything but a perpetual evildoer who is always one bad day away from hurting everyone you love, all but guaranteeing history to repeat itself. rookie mistake

[patricia-taxxon]

im gonna try explaining myself, cus im a gambling addict and im waiting for the day that it actually works.

"forgiveness" is personal, that's why I said in the post that you might inflict harm on people for which they can never forgive you, but that's their quest. if you abuse someone, you can't go no-contact with yourself. you actually keep living in your own head indefinitely, and ultimately you need to learn to live with yourself in order to continue living a full life without further harm. this is not necessarily an anti-carceral thought, although i am generally anti-carceral myself. I simply want people to like, fix their heart and atone for real with measured accountability & self love instead of dissociating, self-marking themselves forever and guaranteeing their recidivism.

You and a remorseful abuser would both think I'm giving the easy, coddling path. It's actually the tough pragmatic path in disguise.

[ship-of-fools]

[calamity-corner]

hi everypuppy! as many of you know, i'm recovering from bottom surgery right now, which is frankly an inordinately expensive procedure especially with travel involved. i'm in recovery, my partner @delicate-viscera is taking care of me while sick, we both had to take time off work for this, and we need money for food! i hate to do it, but truly anything helps get to our next paycheck, i appreciate you all very much. 💖💖💖

here's links!

v: @ coldbrewcash

p: @ kohineko

c: $ c0ldbrewcash

[calamity-corner]

thank you to everyone who has donated so far, even a little bit helps!

[delicate-viscera]

hello it is me the partner in question! first i just wanna say thank you sm to those who helped already 🩵 we are heading home today finally! as Zoe mentioned i got sick on the trip for her surgery. while i’m not as sick as i have been, i haven’t been able to hear properly for over a week since getting sick and i’m worried. (p sure my eustachian tubes are too swollen to equalize pressure but i’m also scared of my eardrum bursting in the plane if that’s the case.) i have an audiologist appointment scheduled for tomorrow and my copay is $95. i would be really grateful for a little more help to cover this appointment, ty <3 her links here work!

[delicate-viscera]

the appointment is today and every bit helps! tysm <33

[transsexual-feminism]

Today I wanted to talk about Kyle Bassinga. Kyle was a 21 year old man from Georgia, whose family described him as "a kind, thoughtful, and smart young man who loved nature, music, and the people around him". Kyle Bassinga was killed on February 18th 2026, just ten days after his birthday. He was found hanging from a tree in a park.

The police ruled it a suicide. The family and local community demanded an investigation. The police refused to change their ruling.

I know this website it too white for this to really go anywhere, but an understanding of the present reality of white supremacy in the United States is just so important to transfeminism here. Lynchings never stopped, white supremacy never went away, you just stopped looking.

[sailor-crusader-deactivated2025]

To a racialized girl, the white man and white woman are like abusive parents. And the racialized man is like her brother, who also doesn't do any of the chores.

[sailor-crusader-deactivated2025]

To a trans girl, the cis man and woman are like abusive parents. And the trans man is like her brother, who also doesn't do any of the chores.

[sailor-crusader-deactivated2025]

What must be understood is that these oppressions, infact benefit the privleged. Obviously. Feminism MUST center women. It MUST be based on the goal of WOMENS rights. It can not be diluted into trivial BS about being "for everyone". Men will always actively benefit from misogyny so long as it exists, it is within their interests, a true ally will be an uncompromising gender traitor.

Likewise, any half descent white ally must be a full race traitor. There cannot be an anti-racism concerned with white feelings. Whiteness as a concept is the enemy. There's no way around it. There is zero room for compromise. The greatest failure of feminist and queer movements is the failure to center the racialized. Opting instead to be homonationalists and feminationalists.

A movement must have women, non-white women at the forefront. Transfeminized women at the forefront.

[thetransfemininereview]

Roberta Angela Dee, The Black Trans Literary Pioneer You Probably Haven’t Read

For the first time in decades, read over 100 rare writings from Roberta Angela Dee in this comprehensive survey of her life’s work.

In the 80s, she wrote a lifestyle column for R-18 trans tabloid The Transvestian.

In the 90s, her ground-breaking novellas defined Black trans indie publishing.

In the early 00s, she helped organize the TWOC community, inspiring Monica Roberts to write.

This is the story of Roberta Angela Dee.

[thetransfemininereview]

This article is the product of a massive two month research project, with over 270 citations.

Since little is written about Dee's work, I've done my best to survey her full oeuvre.

The most important part of this article is the archive included at the end featuring nearly 150 primary sources.

[thetransfemininereview]

Roberta Angela Dee was the first Black trans novelist whose works we still possess.

She was a community elder, transitioning full-time in 1974 and remaining active in trans spaces for the rest of the 20th century.

She corresponded with Virginia Prince and was edited by JoAnn Roberts.

I did not intend for this to reach book-length. But the more I found about Roberta's life, the more evident it became that this is a story - and an intergenerational memory - so much bigger than I could hold alone.

Dee's life work *demands* to be read. It is my honor and privilege to share it.

[thetransfemininereview]

In case you missed it yesterday!

[transfemradical]

You're telling me the highest salary in the entire PWHL is barely 1/7th of the minimum NHL salary? And we're not rioting outside of the stadiums about it?

[storyweavingspider]

Ay, it’s my birthday this week (turning 30!) so if you wanna give me a present, you can make an offering of art inspired by me 😇🙏🏽

This can be drawings/paintings/doodles, poetry, music, whatever. Free to use any of my photos as a reference. No restrictions other than don’t somehow be a bigot with it or use AI ig.

Have fun 💖

[storyweavingspider]

Oh right, if you can’t/don’t want to do the above but still want to give me something for my birthday, my vmo is @AnonseeStoryweaver, my CA is $tshenta, and if you need to use PayPal, you can go buy my spoken word album at any price (but you can also listen for free anywhere too): https://anonseestoryweaver.bandcamp.com/album/weaving-the-stories

But please don’t send me money if you yourself are struggling, only do it if you legitimately can spare it as a birthday gift. Do not screw yourself over to be nice to me 😅

[transfemradical]

you don't "need to medically transition to be a Real Transfem", that's ridiculous. Self-identifying is enough to put you in the sights of the social apparatus of transmisogyny. By taking even a purely internal step away from the categorization of your body and experience as Male, you are threatened by social enforcement of that same oppressive paradigm. But the type of preventative enforcement that is suffered by that still-closeted girl is very different from the type suffered by the girl who has transitioned and come into direct contact with corrective punishment. The difference is in material consequence—neither is free of those consequences, but the consequences of one are undeniably more deadly. And the preventative enforcement comes directly from the threat of the corrective punishment; therefore, we can only truly address the former by centering the project of dismantling the latter. If we can deconstruct the powers and systems that enforce corrective punishment, then the threat that keeps girls from physically realizing their self-identity disappears.

[transfemradical]

the girl who hides herself behind a mask of cisness is a victim of transmisogyny. But she may be a victim who can keep her job, her house, her physical safety, in a way that the girl who does not hide herself cannot. It is the revealing of oneself that invites the corrective punishment, and it is the threat of corrective punishment that prevents us from revealing ourselves. By fighting only for our ability to be recognized in language, we ignore the ways that we are punished in action. Conversely, by removing the ability of the system to remove our jobs, our housing, our respect, and our physical safety we create an environment where recognition of our identity is meaningful and safe, rather than a way for the system to paint its own face while continuing to make us the victims of corrective violence—especially those of us who are the most vulnerable.

[transfemradical]

you don't "need to medically transition to be a Real Transfem", that's ridiculous. Self-identifying is enough to put you in the sights of the social apparatus of transmisogyny. By taking even a purely internal step away from the categorization of your body and experience as Male, you are threatened by social enforcement of that same oppressive paradigm. But the type of preventative enforcement that is suffered by that still-closeted girl is very different from the type suffered by the girl who has transitioned and come into direct contact with corrective punishment. The difference is in material consequence—neither is free of those consequences, but the consequences of one are undeniably more deadly. And the preventative enforcement comes directly from the threat of the corrective punishment; therefore, we can only truly address the former by centering the project of dismantling the latter. If we can deconstruct the powers and systems that enforce corrective punishment, then the threat that keeps girls from physically realizing their self-identity disappears.

[transfemradical]

at the end of the day I would rather get he/himed by the pharmacist while I pick up my easy-to-access, healthcare-covered, no-barriers-to-entry estrogen than I would get begrudgingly she/hered by that same pharmacist after having to fight through psych letters and physical exams and economic barriers to get that same vial of estrogen.

[bundleofstx]

In this article, I come out as a trans medicalist and finally show some transparency

It’s Not the Hormones, Idiot. (redux)

In this article I come out as a trans medicalist

[lucifer-usurping-sun-of-dawn]

given all the rising transphobia and shit, we should remember that white trannies are still relatively safe and will be able to endure more escalation more easily, we're not at the top of any shit list even if we near if, trans women of color however are very vulnerable, and we need to remember they're our sisters, not our shields

[lady-viccy]

First time I opened the notes on this the latest reblog was "stooooo this is causing infigthing!"

Second time was "also men!"

Fucking stop.

Stop being so fucking fragile and just support black transfems. Can you do that? For even 5 fucking minutes?

[creacher-feetcher]

Black Trans Travel Fund

- Tabytha Gonzalez, Recipient

Here's a pretty good organization that does this type of work!

The Black Trans Travel Fund is a Black trans-led collective rooted in self-advocacy and mutual aid for Black trans women globally, our mission is to provide travel support, connect communities internationally, and establish paths towards ​opportunities, safety, and success.

[elizeisdead]

It’s not infighting to say “we should protect the most vulnerable members of our community.” Get a grip.

[quantumshade]

also can’t get over that guy who said he WOULD just identify as a straight trans man but he doesn’t like straight women/thinks straight dating is “icky” so he identifies as a lesbian so he can date lesbians. how am i supposed to react to a guy saying that with his whole chest. what am i supposed to say to that