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Katy Swain

@katyswain@mastodon.social
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The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi.

Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one.

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

#CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Replying to @katyswain@mastodon.social
  • Mum said she regretted not being able to schedule as much time with me as she would like on her impending visit to Melbourne. If my 81 year old mother can make (believe me, astounding) progress on expressing her emotions, there's hope for all of us.

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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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#3GoodThings over the course of a very crappy few days:

  • Met a nice man at my local branch of the dole police. It was his 2nd day on the job, and he was very keen to take on the challenge of finding an employer to fit my particular range of interests. He so charmed me that I did not rain on his parade.
  • Met a lovely tech support lady at the library who was not at all fazed by my vintage ThinkPad collection. Couldn't solve my problem with their network, but offered some good hypotheses.

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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · May 10, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Replying to @alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com
@alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com I can't resist:
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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Apr 24, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Replying to @tregeagle@mastodon.sdf.org
@tregeagle@mastodon.sdf.org I've my eye on the (mostly) black one. I know nothing about cars, but "Morris Minor" popped into my head; is that remotely correct?
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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Apr 16, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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I wouldn't mind the emotional rollercoaster so much if only there were one other person on it with me, who could say "No, it's fine. It really is this overwhelming. Your reactions are entirely appropriate."

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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Apr 16, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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RE: https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/116414628994187117 Nobody, nobody, nobody comes out until they are absolutely certain about it. Usually that is after years of agonising (not "questioning") over it. The people we are closest to are often the last to know, because that is where rejection is most costly. Nobody relishes the thought of being dismissed as mentally ill, or losing people who are very dear.
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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Apr 06, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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How is it possible that you're not tired all the time?

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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Apr 01, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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The show I did for #3CR's Trans Day of Audibility yesterday (plus all the others in the lineup) is now available for download: https://www.3cr.org.au/tdoa2026.

It features such Fediverse luminaries as @Winter@aus.social, @miriamrobern@dice.camp, @Dawn@chaosfem.tw, and @kat@is.burntout.org

Fedizens of long standing may notice a stylistic similarity with a podcast @tregeagle@mastodon.sdf.org and I used to do about 15 years ago. That's not coincidental. I may have changed a bit in the intervening years, but I've hardly matured at all.

https://katyswain.me/blog/tdoa-2026

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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Replying to @lisa@beige.party
@lisa@beige.party Congrats! I'm about the same, but I don't track dates, as I'm a little too prone to maudlin nostalgia. I'm loving the weight redistribution, and thought I've not found the Estrogen Fountain of Youth, I have located the Estrogen Fountain of Late Middle-Age which, given the way I've treated myself over the years, is a jolly good result. But psychologically, the difference is night and day. I did not expect a "sex hormone" to open the door to being a better human being.
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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Feb 18, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Replying to @drupal@mastodon.social
@drupal@mastodon.social #Drupal #DrupalAI
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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Replying to @Natasha_Jay__dup_31065@tech.lgbt
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt I would take "Languid and Bedeviled" as the title of my autobiography if I could be bothered to write it.
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Katy Swain @katyswain@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2025
Katy Swain
@katyswain@mastodon.social

The enormous old #trans woman you often see around #Carlton, the CBD and all the quality #Melbourne inner suburbs. You can't miss me; I look like the love child of Eleanor Bron and Wilfred Brambell. Stop me and say hi. Penniless economist and inactive activist. Kindly old maiden aunt to any nice person who wants one. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. #CrazyCatLady #MMT #Urbanism #ADHD

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Replying to @maxleibman@beige.party
@maxleibman@beige.party There's a Monty Python sketch (from the TV show) where two "pepperpots" (drab, squat old ladies) are discussing the duties of the Queen. I can't be bothered looking it up, so this is paraphrasing from 1980s VHS rental, but they're talking about all the things she doesn't have to do because she has lackeys to do it for her. One pepperpot concludes that she probably spends all day playing snooker, and the other counters "Oh, no. She has somebody play snooker for her."
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