Essays

Never ask Permission - Trans Wrongs instead of Trans Rights

Posted: 2025-04-17   |   Categories: essays   |   Tags: activism, trans

A response to the UK’s Supreme Court ruling on gender and trans women.

My music recommendation for today is Gender Identity Domination by Jane Doe and The Misery Loves Co.

Many of you will probably already be aware of the decision made by the UK supreme court to legally define the term “woman” based on “biological sex”. The way that this has been framed as a decision worth celebrating in outlets such as the BBC and the Guardian is loathsome, but expected.

Interfacing Technologies

Posted: 2025-03-11   |   Categories: essays   |   Tags: abstraction, extension, interfaces, philosophy, technology

This essay was updated in May 2026 to incorporate new impulses that came from my talk on this essay at the TDF 2026. New sections are written in italics. Here are some notes toward an essay that I would like to structure more, but the more I type the more I find and I’m trying to bring it to a point where I can call it finished and expand on these ideas in other pieces.