Reade @ReadeWolcott
she/her // @WeAreTheUnion singer // songwriter, producer, mixer // on bluesky (link below) // dms open for inquiries! linktr.ee/readearetheuni… Los Angeles, CA Joined November 2008-
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a. i’d rather be an ugly woman than a beautiful man b. i’d rather be a woman everyone hates than a man everyone loves c. i’d rather be bullied by people who hate themselves than be a person who hates myself it’s just not about them. i transitioned because i’d be a liar otherwise
a. i’d rather be an ugly woman than a beautiful man b. i’d rather be a woman everyone hates than a man everyone loves c. i’d rather be bullied by people who hate themselves than be a person who hates myself it’s just not about them. i transitioned because i’d be a liar otherwise
you can’t reform this.
People trying very hard to be unsafe at student encampments throughout the US, but failing miserably... A thread 🧵
Weird that Elon wouldn't like Nelson Mandela's family. So strange. Wonder why that is. Curious. Hmmmm
Weird that Elon wouldn't like Nelson Mandela's family. So strange. Wonder why that is. Curious. Hmmmm
1. A new landmark systematic review of transgender surgeries finds that regret rates are "remarkably low." Looking at more than 55 individual studies, researchers find that trans surgeries have some of the lowest regret rates of any surgery. Subscribe to support my journalism.
you heard it here first, folks
you heard it here first, folks
happy lesbian visibility week! if anyone wants to lend me hand as the person who designed the lesbian pride flag, i am broke, unemployed, mentally ill, and could really use a hand paying my bills! ko-fi.com/emilygwen
qt'ing for a little bewst so my mutuals and friends can see this ♡
MODERN BUZZBALL (feat. oldphone) by Eichlers
BREAKING: Israel is intensely bombing Rafah, where more than 1.7 million Palestinians are trapped, in the middle of the night, targeting residential homes and killing civilians, including children. Don’t look away.
I've been able to raise $30 so far today thanks to some amazing friends - hoping to raise another $20 for medication and gas this week! thank you to anyone who can help out, even just to share this 😭🖤
I've been able to raise $30 so far today thanks to some amazing friends - hoping to raise another $20 for medication and gas this week! thank you to anyone who can help out, even just to share this 😭🖤
What its like to be trans 1/3 [Full panels]
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Thinking about when we worked on @wearetheunion's groundbreaking record Ordinary Life & helped Reade and the band usher in an entirely new era of modern ska. 🫶😍🔊 SO excited see them play our fest this summer! 🥳💫 6/15 @ the glasshouse. Tix on sale at noearbuds.com/fest
everybody wants a neurodivergent girl until she’s yelling along with the countdown on space mountain
Hey! As someone from Hawai’i I wanna explain a few things, mainly about how to be a respectful tourist and why tourism can’t just be stopped at the drop of a hat.
i should call her
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It should be against the law to make music like this
@RDog861 @SamuelParkerRTD Fuck off. The people are in charge. Time for the cops to learn who the work for
what if i only posted pictures of us shopping and eating and no content from the shows we’ve been playing? would yall like that?
keep in mind, Guitar Center's main competition is currently controlling the market solely because they provide candy with their gear orders LMAO
“If you walk through a Guitar Center, you see an awful lot of $300 guitars. If I’m a serious musician, it doesn’t feel like the right place for me anymore”: Guitar Center’s new CEO explains why the firm’s future must prioritize premium guitars trib.al/hVbyiMA
if they go to dennys together u know theyre fuckin raw
@TheNooticer @ReadeWolcott @TLuhrs @esjesjesj Lmao at you admitting bigotry and hate speech = on the right
App idea - Cameo, but instead of paying celebrities to do shoutouts you pay them to beat the shit out of someone who’s talking shit about you online.
they should put me in fallout as some fucked up nasty guy eating bugs or whatever. I would be so good at this
a. i’d rather be an ugly woman than a beautiful man b. i’d rather be a woman everyone hates than a man everyone loves c. i’d rather be bullied by people who hate themselves than be a person who hates myself it’s just not about them. i transitioned because i’d be a liar otherwise
If transitioning: a. Won’t make your dysphoria go away b. Won’t get you treated better by c*s people c. Will attract abuse from self-hating trans people What’s the fucking point? It seems like it’s just better to just give up and die.
@ReadeWolcott It's been standard procedure to be racist, phobic, etc in this countries law enforcement and military since the jump. That's not an accident. Many people are just now starting to see the truth of it.
Just obtained video showing police remove a woman’s hijab at ASU. Legal sources tell @abc15 that four women had this happen. It’s another constitutional issue from this weekend's protests. *This is a screenshot. Video posted in next tweet*
Today's PC culture of fear of offending people wouldn't let a 38 year old Seinfeld date a 17 year old girl.
Jerry Seinfeld: PC culture and fear of offending people is killing funny shows. "When you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committee, groups—'here's our thought about this joke'—well that's the end of your comedy."
The more I listen to WATU, the more I realize how similar the stories are between me and @ReadeWolcott. Hope you are doing well, Comrade. 🤘🖤🤘🏁
new song out tomorrow :))))))))))))))))))))
this is just so stupid because he did exclusively OBSERVATIONAL comedy. like bro always started jokes with “have you ever noticed how x” and it was always about toothpaste or parking and not anything actually controversial
nowadays you can’t even make a movie about the sexual tension between a woman and a bee because woke
Comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld finally goes FULL BLAST on Left’s destruction of comedy: “This is the result of the extreme left, and PC crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.” This moment is powerful.
Jerry Seinfeld whining that there are no good sitcoms because of wokeness when his writing partner just ended one of the funniest sitcoms of all time which is loved by leftists
i don’t think i’ll ever be able to afford ffs so i might try to become a muscle mommy and get covered in tattoos to cope with that???