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Anastasia Walker

Anastasia Walker

When Hate Comes to Your Town

Hate has once again come to Pittsburgh. Conservative student groups at the University of Pittsburgh sponsored three controversial speakers…

14 min readApr 19, 2023

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When Hate Comes to Your Town

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Anastasia Walker

THE FUTURE IS TRANS…

Why the existence of trans folks is perceived as so threatening by the far right, and thus why they are attacking us so fiercely.

10 min readMar 4, 2023

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THE FUTURE IS TRANS…

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Anastasia Walker

BOTH/AND

A short poem speaking to privileged assertions that gender inclusive language somehow “erases” (cis) women.

1 min readSep 10, 2022

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BOTH/AND

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Anastasia Walker

AMERICAN NIHILISM

School shootings, police brutality, trans sports bans, opioids: a six part exploration of our national death wish in poetry and images

4 min readMay 31, 2022

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AMERICAN NIHILISM

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Anastasia Walker

When They Go Low, We Get Hurt

It’s passed time for Democrats and allies to take the gloves off and start pushing back forcefully against GOP assaults on trans youth.

11 min readApr 26, 2022

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An Injustice!

No More Lip Service: It’s Time for the Biden Administration to Stand for Trans Rights

Red state legislators have targeted trans youth, in part, because they’re much less likely to receive substantive pushback for it

9 min readMay 3, 2021

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No More Lip Service: It’s Time for the Biden Administration to Stand for Trans Rights

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Anastasia Walker

NO MORE LIP SERVICE: IT’S TIME FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO STAND FOR TRANS RIGHTS

It’s time for the Biden administration to show the nation that the statement “trans rights are human rights” is more than a hashtag.

9 min readApr 29, 2021

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NO MORE LIP SERVICE: IT’S TIME FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO STAND FOR TRANS RIGHTS

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Anastasia Walker

Reductio ad stupid: On Trolls, Cancel Culture, and the GOP’s Minority Insurgency

How trolling and complaints about cancel culture work in tandem to contribute to the GOP’s authoritarian efforts to establish minority…

8 min readApr 1, 2021

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Reductio ad stupid: On Trolls, Cancel Culture, and the GOP’s Minority Insurgency

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Anastasia Walker

The Right’s Profoundly Insulting Assault on Trans Women and Girls

The right’s ongoing nationwide assault on trans women and girls is not only cynical, cruel, and hateful, it’s also profoundly insulting.

7 min readMar 23, 2021

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The Right’s Profoundly Insulting Assault on Trans Women and Girls

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Anastasia Walker
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An Injustice!

The Right’s Profoundly Insulting Assault on Trans Women and Girls

The right’s ongoing nationwide assault on trans women and girls is not only cynical, cruel, and hateful, it’s also profoundly insulting.

7 min readMar 19, 2021

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The Right’s Profoundly Insulting Assault on Trans Women and Girls

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Anastasia Walker

Anastasia Walker

I’m a Pgh-based writer and scholar, author of the poetry collection “The Girl Who Wasn’t and Is.” More info on my blog: https://anastasiaswalker.blogspot.com/

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