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Pride in a Time of Anti-Queer Madness
On celebrating ourselves despite petty Pride-month attacks from our fascist government
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Chrissy Stroop
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Our Best Enemies: On Russia, America, and Imperial Provincialism
The United States is growing increasingly similar to Russia, but some of the similarities have been there for a long time
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Chrissy Stroop
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Memorial Day Weekend Reflections
Hello, fellow bugbears! Whatever you’re up to this Memorial Day weekend, I hope you’re able to get in some life-giving relaxation in these extremely…
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Chrissy Stroop
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Let's Talk about Navigating "Historical" Times
What are your coping strategies? How can we support each other?
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Chrissy Stroop
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We Now Return You to Your Regularly Scheduleed Bugbear Dispatch
My fellow bugbears, I need to start this post off by apologizing for the unannounced and unscheduled absence of new dispatches over the past couple of…
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Whatever Happened to the "Transgender Tipping Point"?
A brief history of the last eleven years and their devastating impact on trans Americans
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Chrissy Stroop
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The Fundamental Fiction of Being Apolitical
Part II: The Religious Power Grab
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The Bugbear Dispatch
The Bugbear Dispatch
As a transgender American woman in a time of moral panic, Chrissy Stroop is one of society's current "bugbears." Here she publishes weekly musings connecting her reading and other cultural consumption to her thoughts on American society and more.
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