just started writing a poetic memoir from the perspective of a trans woman mafiosi and it's... a thing I'm writing. I don't know if anyone wants this and I might be tried at the Hague for my crimes but at least I'm having fun.
woke up early in pain with the worst radio song on a loop in my brain. what did I do in a past life to deserve this
The job of a mod is obviously to create the appearance of safety, not actual safety.
I don't even understand how mods are this credulous. Tell us you know nothing about rape culture without telling us you know nothing about rape culture. People who literally support rape always say so loudly, right? They put it in their handles so that bluesky knows who to ban ๐
Gender transition is good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end.
One thing weed did help with was socializing with other people, and I'm still struggling with that. Numb and happy June was able to get out of her own head more easily and not second-guess everything, but sober June has no chill and both loves and fears all people too much.
I'm sure trauma and depression and fear are responsible for some of it but I see a sunset and want to scream because it's so beautiful and then I want to cry because everything is impermanent and then I want to laugh at the absurdity of it all and that just might be a me thing.
being sober has led me to realize how much I used weed just to numb the overwhelming emotions. Life wasn't too boring for me, the way I thought it was. It was too overwhelming, too out of my control. I feel SO MUCH and it might always be that way. I might never not be a lightning rod.
I definitely feel this too ๐ค it can be so isolating, both from yourself and other people, to feel so bad for so long.
Happy Birthday!!! ๐ I hope it's a great one.
I also feel like I make a lot more sense to myself now. I used to feel like I was the weirdest person alive, but now I realize I'm the median trans woman. I'm almost a cliche of a trans woman. So much about me is just... normal, and appreciating other trans women helps me appreciate myself.
Sometimes these insights can be painful, but I would never trade them to regain ignorance. The people who exited my life were always meant to go. I woke up to a lot of things really quickly when I transitioned, and I'm sure it saved me heartbreak and confusion in the long run.
There is so much that is good about being trans -- enjoying having a body, experiencing emotions, and consciously remaking yourself in divine form -- but also some of the bad things are good: it's clarifying to see how people react. It helps you construct a life that's real, that's actually for you.
a network of satellites. Just put it up in the sky and take it down when we need it.
As a Canadian, I'm fully in hell knowing how to pronounce things in French but also knowing that if I don't pronounce things the American way people will think I'm unspeakably pretentious. See also: coup de grรขce i.e. coo to grah
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reminder: be kind to yourself for not having overcome your trauma yet.
Icry pain,please don't let it pass in silence
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Fuck Grammarly.
What is it about AI and consent?
This video explains why changing the NYT from the inside is a futile effort: the only thing the NYT cares less about than trans people's lives is what their own workers think.
photo of what happens when ships have "the guts" to try to transit the strait of Hormuz, as Trump has been recommending
Bluesky actively hates us
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We have no other source of income. In these last days of Ramadan ๐, and with Eid approaching ๐, our children need clothes ๐ and food ๐.
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A photo of Mahmoud's legs, both of them severely injured, with metal screws.
A photo of their girls seated on the floor inside of a tent, looking at the camera.
Solidarity Call from Gaza Lina is raising funds to save her husband, Mahmoud, who is in a critical condition and at risk of amputation. She also cares for their three daughters and Mahmoud's mother, who has bone cancer. They need urgent help to cover: โข Daily medical follow-up, medications, tests, and wound dressings. โข Surgery to repair tendon and nerve damage. โข Food, milk, and diapers.
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His life is at risk, and his condition is deteriorating quickly ๐
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People don't like conspiracy theories because they make a scary, unpredictable world feel safer and more comprehensible.
People like conspiracy theories because knowing "the truth" simply makes them feel superior to others.
A lot of people who consider themselves empathetic and caring will never be excited by the aesthetics of domination, but theyโll get to exactly the same place and advocate for the same ideas if you start them off with whole foods and tell them that theyโre special.
Itโs a concrete thing that is happening, and itโs been accelerating since COVID.
I followed a woman who did van life as a vegan ten years ago. Today sheโs all about raw milk and beef tallow, and sheโs staunchly anti-vax.
Through my Uber-crunchy roommate Iโve seen Instagram accounts with millions of followers go from cute photos of yurts and gardens to angry rants about K-pop demon hunters being satanic propaganda and schools brainwashing children into โbelieving there are 140 gendersโ
There is an underlying superiority complex and some heavy duty individualism baked into the anti-establishment new age and spiritualist movements that make them weirdly perfect on-ramps to fascism.
Purity logic and the idea of a natural order โ> antivax, eugenics, and transphobia
