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Gretchen Felker-Martin
@scumbelievable
Beyond the grace of God, a wanderer in the outer darkness New novel CUCKOO out 6/11/24 from Tor Nightfire pfp by @theomayscough Repped by @dreamoforgonon
Nov 12, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
My political goals for the existence of trans people do not include assimilation into or acceptance by the ruling polity. They do not include separating the fight for my rights from the fight for the rights of other oppressed groups. I will not devote my energies or resources to the maintenance of a power that might protect me while it aids in the genocide of others. I will not treasure my own feeling of safety above the blood and freedom of others.
Mar 2, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I had a moment of existential panic last month that maybe all the just-asking-questions transphobes had some kind of point I was missing, so I looked over contemporary and historic studies, read prominent anti-trans writers' work, and my conclusion is they're all totally insane. Just completely brains-boiled-in-skulls deranged, a combination of social sadism, overreach followed by doubling down and getting backed into demented rhetorical positions, and unexamined revulsion justified after the fact with hearsay and anecdotes -- often totally fabricated!
Feb 28, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"Pain is how your body talks to you. You'd do well to listen to it."

This Wednesday at 7pm EST, the Deadlights Theater presents...

BONE TOMAHAWK ImageImageImageImage Our month of cannibal movies begins with S. Craig Zahler's pitch-black horror western, a nihilistic descent into subhuman violence dealing with complex and ugly notions of colonialism, civilization, and barbarism.

patreon.com/scumbelievable
Feb 17, 2023 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
The pundit class never backs down or admits a mistake because to do so would be to acknowledge the fundamental dangerous uselessness of their position. Everything is secondary to the pundit's right to do and say whatever they want at any time, and to challenge their often lazy and bigoted reporting is to threaten their existence.
Dec 24, 2022 • 33 tweets • 4 min read
Okay, 1 like = 1 book opinion People are always like "oh so you think there should be more rape in fiction? well then you must want to see people have diarrhea in books" and like aside from the fact that this is a cruel, stupid comparison, yes I do think books should include more pooping in general.
Dec 23, 2022 • 72 tweets • 19 min read
It's been a minute, so let's do an AMA I have two and I love them deeply. Instant calm.

Dec 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Literary titles are all like 'The Grinches We Gooped On' I miss when everything was 'The Lepidopterist's Nephew'
Nov 13, 2022 • 96 tweets • 34 min read
It's been a minute since I've done one of these, but what the hell.

1 like = 1 favorite movie

if you like my film writing and wanna read more, or watch movies with a bunch of other freaks in the Deadlights Theater, subscribe here!

patreon.com/scumbelievable Lost Illusions, Xavier Giannoli. 2022

A Goodfellas-like look at the birth of modern tabloid journalism in the festering hole that is Paris circa 1820, fleshed out with an incredible array of bodies and faces you'd never see in American film.
Jul 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
"What business is it of mine if a young man requires -- no, I will not play linguistic games with you. I will not engage in sophistry, sir -- requires the services of an abortion doctor? Last I checked it bore no cost in blood for the Bette Midlers of the world!" "Perhaps -- no, YOU listen -- perhaps if placed in the correct context we will finally ford the raging cataract of your incomprehension: A farmer has a cow. It needs its hooves checked. Later he buys a horse, which also requires this service. Has the cow disappeared somehow?"
Jul 2, 2022 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
Here's your chance to ask me whatever unhinged anonymous questions you want 🖤

ngl.link/gretchenfelker… Her name was Smokey and she would rip your arm open if you looked at her sideways. Image
Jun 6, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
"Where do I stand on the -- on the WHAT? The "Transgender Question"? Well for one thing, sir, I recall the last few usages of that particular phraseology. A group of millions is not a question -- I have not yet finished speaking -- not a question, but a demographic." "The Romans had their castrated priestesses, the Hindus their Hijras, but my god, let us take to the barricades because Uncle Al came to Thanksgiving in a skirt and pantyhose! It's the province of rubes. Hayseed reactionaries and the worst effluvia of America's suburban colon."
Jun 5, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Just say you only want to watch children's cartoons and babyfood sitcoms and leave the rest of us queers out of your boring thumbsucking.

buttondown.email/charliejane/ar… "Sweetweird". My God.
Jan 12, 2022 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
"The McElroy brothers? Don't -- my god -- don't trouble me with that. Sexless fraternity dropouts failing their way upward with a string of projects one might charitably describe as a sort of 'Blue's Clues' aimed at a generation of young adults terrified of their own genitalia." "My favorite what? Marvel movie? Have you got a favorite sawdust, Andrew?"
Jan 12, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
No. I'm drawing a line. This will not go down while I live.
Jan 10, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The farther I get from the already dull experience of watching the new Matrix movie, the more I dislike it. It's not Marvel, but that doesn't make it good. It has no themes. No good action scenes. No justification for existing beyond winking at the idea of cannibalizing a beloved corpse and then doing it anyway. Nice to look at, sometimes.
Dec 11, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Spider Man 2 starts at 4pm EST! Scratch that, pushing to five!
Oct 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
I feel like I've been a Negative Nelly on here the past few days, so here are some things I love and recommend you try out for yourself.

1. The art and comics of Julia Gfrörer (@thorazos)
etsy.com/shop/thorazos 2. WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR by Jane Schoenbrun (@janeschoenbrun) Image
Sep 18, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The vast majority of manipulative behavior comes from feelings of desperation, rage, and emptiness. it's not Machiavellian, which is to say that people don't often do it on purpose or with long-term goals in mind. It often occurs to assuage the abuser's immediate mental anguish. Anxiety is one trait which can lead to this kind of abuse. Refusal to take responsibility for one's behaviors and needs, assertion that it's the job of the world or, more likely, the people around you, to make those feelings go away -- this can engender an abusive dynamic.
Sep 7, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
"IT DOESN' MADDA WHEDDA THEY'RE IN DA MATRIX OR NOT; CONSCIOUSNESS IS ITS OWN PRISON, AN' DA FIVE SENSES AH' ITS WARDENS! DA TRUTH IS, YEH JUST AFRAID *WE'RE* IN DA MATRIX, AN' EVEN IN A BOUNDLESS DIGITAL WONDAHLAND YEH LIVIN A COWAHD'S LIFE, LIKE A DOG!" "SO DA TRUTH DON'T MEAN NOTHIN' TA YOU? YA WATCHIN SHADOWS ON DA CAVE WALL, ANTHONY, AN' YA THINK YA SEEIN' DA WORLD! WHO KNOWS WHAT AWAITS US OUTSIDE DIS REALM A' LOTUS EATAHS AN' SPIRITUAL EUNUCHS, WHEAH DA AWESOME FORCE A' HUMAN WILL IS KEPT LEASHED LIKE SOME BRUTE ANIMAL!"
Sep 19, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
It's often difficult to realize you're being abused. Most of the time our brains fundamentally don't want to admit it. We'd rather pretend each incident of abuse is an isolated event.

Here are a few ways I've learned to build continuity and catalog abusive behavior. 1. Keep a diary. Whenever someone hurts you, make as clear and complete a record of it as you can. I used a secret tumblr, but a locked twitter account works just as well, or a word doc. I'd recommend against using a physical object.
Jul 11, 2019 • 73 tweets • 26 min read
You know how professional athletes will post their training regimens? I'd like to talk a little bit about each of my favorite horror movies, the architecture of my taste and of my beliefs about art.

1 Like = 1 Favorite Horror Movie

patreon.com/scumbelievable Hellraiser

The nasty, sticky special effects, the candy-red blood, that nightmarish kitchen where insects swarm over rotting food; Barker's first outing behind a camera is anchored by its incredible leading women, one fiery and tough, the other prickly, delicate, and vicious.