The Transgender Gadfly
Rose PelhamTrans commentary on current events, cultural criticism, and capital "Q" Queer philosophy.
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AI and the Hyperreality of Place
1. Dreaming of Electric Sheep
As of January 2026, Rose Pelham identifies as being in a state of political exile.
She reportedly fled the United States in 2023 due to perceived political and social instability, which she has de...
Reflections Against Death by Freezing
A week before election day, I published an op-ed predicting Trump’s win. In that article, I compared the efforts of the Democratic Party to keep Trump out of power with the French government’s Maginot Line. In the face of an opponent who ha...
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Since people seem to keep subscribing to this, perhaps I ought to write something—but what?
I started, as a writer, in the certainty that change was a matter of the right words. Later, I found action, and in action, much of my desire for w...
Forgetting Subjectivity to Make Normal Subjects
As of now, I wrote the paper this talk is based on long enough ago that I have forgotten all the bad parts of it, and, remembering only the good, can proceed with good natured arrogance on the assumption that everyone will be delighted with...
My Non-Debate with a Transphobic Preacher
Substack has, from its founding, courted transphobic authors as the website’s core content producers. This, inevitably, results in a hostile environment for trans writers on the site (and is why I will never charge readers subscription fees...
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Rose Pelham is a master's student in philosophy at The New School For Social Research where she is also completing a certificate in gender studies. Her published work has appeared in Gender and its Discontents, The Georgia Voice, and The Gadfly.
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