Winslow's left tit

Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2 (variant cover) (2026)

it hurts me when transandrophobia, or really any talk about transmasc oppression, is smeared with the brush of radfem ideology. I have always loathed radfems, from them sexually harassing me since I was a trans teen, to saying disgusting things about the trans women I called friends, to telling me I'm too stupid (they did not use a word nearly this kind) as an autistic person to know myself, to reducing me down to the organs I don't even want. I felt less objectified when I was fucking molested.

if you wanna be their mouthpiece then? go. if you want a "safe space" to talk all you like about how---in your humble opinion---trans women are somehow predisposed to being rapists, predators, abusers? go. you'll have the microphone all you like there. you're free to have your "safe AFAB-only housing" where absolutely nothing will ever go wrong because the biologically pure AFABs could NEVER hurt you. they'll happily take you as long as you're cool with being forcibly detransitioned... at best.

I will continue to talk about my life and hardships as a trans guy. I will continue to defend my trans brothers, and my sisters, and my siblings. I will continue to mourn our deaths and the ways we're being attacked, silenced and pushed down on all sides.

but I am so deeply jaded with how nonchalant a lot of you in this tag are with transmisogyny. no matter how much you're hurting, frankly, maybe you should shut the fuck up a minute and ask "does this thing I'm about to post sound like it belongs on a TERF blog?"

So for context for everyone, this ask was sent 2 yrs ago (yikes on me i knowww) and I def wanted to go really in-depth on Duke & Dami's interactions in Robin War but... given that it's kind of the only significant event that we have to analyze and DC continued to develop Damian & Duke past this event without any further significant team-ups btwn them... Any fic written with these characters is so context dependent & at this point still speculative imo?

Because the crux of Robin War and Duke & Dami's relationship is that they really go from this:

We Are Robin #7

To this:

Robin War #2

At the end of the day, I read this as a prime example of Duke's natural charisma & ability to get others to open up to him. And long-term, I think it did end up sticking out to other writers too! (I hate putting panels up that I can't cite so I won't but it might've been from the Grayson run??? anyways the point is-) there's one panel with Damian where he's talking to Dick (i think) & says "Drake is gone. Duke is in the mansion", and I find just that small detail in dialogue funny because... that's Damian's whole thing. How he refers to people whether it's with first, last or code name usually shows how close he considers certain people in his life & how much he respects them. His relationship with Tim has always been contentious, but Duke seems to have earned his respect & trust.

!!!!

Dreamer Isioma (they/he; if you've heard the song Sunset Drive that's them! he's made some really good Afrofuturist-inspired stuff like Dumb In Love With You, & they've literally just posted a new visualizer at time of writing this)

Glenn Copeland (he/him; beloved Black trans man elder! he's also going to be starring in a children's TV show, a la Mr. Rogers! if you like more spiritual-influenced music his stuff is REALLY beautiful and gorgeous)

Anjimile (they/them and he/him; EVERYONE SHOULD LISTEN TO ANJIMILE! Like You Really Mean It is a delightful song from his new stuff, Animal is a really really good dark song about the dehumanization of Black people & the whole album its from is amazing).

Malaika Mfalme (they/them; Good Man is from an album dedicated to their deceased partner Yasmin, & if you have Feelings about grief, the song Imagine will hit you like a fucking freight train)

Dua Saleh (they/them, xe/xyr, occasionally he/him; LOVE Sugar Mama, love the beat and the lyrics and the flow and the story (talking abt a rich white woman fetishizing Dua) and their new album's aesthetic is GORGEOUS):

MSOKE (he/him; a Swiss reggae artist! & the range!! really love his sound. also gorgeous man. chemically impossible to not have a good time watching Don't Give Up)

The Muslims (Quadr (she/her/he/him), Abu Shea (they/them) and Ba7ba7 (he/him); PUNK BAND!! these two songs' musics videos go together:)

paristtmpped (he/him; his website is so fucking cute and wellmade first of all! absolutely gorgeous groovy music. honestly if you like louis zong, you'd like him i think?)