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you love to hear the old "Oh, you're getting an X marker put on your ID? Why would you want the GOVERNMENT to KNOW YOU'RE TRANS???" from people who are getting their own marker changed from M to F (or vice-versa). surely The Government still thinks they're cis, right?
see, I agree with the general point being made here, but it's funny how you never see people say this about M or F markers, it's only X that gets talked about as this frivolous half-measure, a speedbump on the road to actual progress. kind of like how people talk about nonbinary identities in general, haha
So many women are looking for a “masc lesbian” but what they really mean is that they want a top who has their life together lmao
“You got masc vibes even though you are a femme” do I? Or do you just think that confidence and competence are inherently linked to masculinity?
Like if you want someone to top you till you cry then you should just say that. There are many women who can provide, many of them femme.
But also it’s kind of rude to assign gender roles and sexual preferences to someone just because they’re masc. just because she wears a snapback that doesn’t mean she’s a top or able to fix your car or whatever.
A question I get asked a lot while working at a public library is "how do you deal with homeless people?"
And the answer is, we don't.
The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.
The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.
99% of the time, the people we need to ban are middle to upper-middle class white people while the homeless and mentally ill/disabled people mind their own damn business and are honestly some of the best patrons we have.
I bring this up because today we had a man come in. He stopped at the desk, pulled up a chair and said "I'm newly homeless and was living in my car. I'm disabled. It was impounded. It's raining. I don't have a phone and I don't know where to go tonight."
And we did what we could to help. He was incredibly kind and patient despite his obvious anxiety and stress, more than most able bodied, housed patrons are to us under much less dire conditions. I liked knowing that we were the first place he came.
We have so many people like this who come in everyday. Many are quiet and keep to themselves, but sometimes they talk to us.
They tell us about how they're taking a few courses on a scholarship they applied for from our library's computer at the local community college to get their diploma. Or ask about a manga or dvd or book we might have to help them pass the time.
One woman, who comes in daily with her tattered walker always says hello to me and likes to work on the new jigsaw puzzle with me when we set one out.
So like, treat unhoused people like people. Treat disabled people like people. I don't want my library to feel like the only safe space in the world, but I'm glad it can be one of them.
I'm so sick of hearing about how "the homeless are ruining everything" when they are some of the kindest, most respectful people here. Sometimes they mutter, might not have had a place to shower, and might need a little extra space for their backpacks but that's FINE. It Doesn't Matter Actually. None of that is a problem or any of my business to care about (unless they request help/services), and I also don't think it's any of yours.
libraries provide vital and lifesaving services and i will die on the hill you have to let people who are mentally ill and disabled and homeless and politically disagreeable to you still access those rescourses. its simply too important to society
I suggest using your local library!
i bet girls hated it in 1902 cuz you would constantly go on dates w guys who are working on an invention to present at the world fair
one type of closet is intelligible. that's the closet where someone denies their identity and doesn't act in accordance with how they'd like.
but there's another closet. there's the closet where on paper you're out and you're proud and maybe this is even a huge part of your identity--but you fear acting the way you'd like so much that you refuse it. this type of closet is used by the trans person who wants hrt or to wear clothing that would fit their gender or another act of transition, but fears it so much that they never allow themselves to do so. this closet is used by the out LGB person who fears so much being called a fag or a dyke that they refuse to dress how they want or engage in any intimacy--including friendship--with other gays.
this second kind of closet is common now. while straight society has the pretense of acceptance for LGBTQ people, it doesn't have acceptance for living LGBTQ lives. therefore, someone can be out, but never act like it.
if part of the point of pride is to force LGBTQ lives out into the open, then part of it must be practice for living the lives we want to live as LGBTQ people. you can't just wake up one day and decide to act in accordance with what you desire--you have to work at it. pride is a political space designed to allow LGBTQ futures--much like the riot is a space to taste the world to come, one without prisons, pigs, and capitalism.
oh my god, you have a crush on Rhea Ripley? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite Vi from Arcane?
IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS
why is muriel from courage the cowardly dog with that ugly beast he don’t even got teeth she need to get with a real man like me
I refuse to read any of Chuck Tingle's real novels because I have grown impossibly annoyed by the single overplayed joke that constitutes his short-form work. Perhaps this is unfair but I can't imagine I'm alone in this
there's this weird thing I've noticed in modern hero shooters and games of that nature, where the character designers will create a female character who is clearly supposed to be muscular/bulky/thick in some way, and then her in-game model is a barbie doll with maybe the slightest of muscle definition if we're lucky. which is not "weird" in itself (though it does suck and is terrible). but then the official art, which depicts the character as bigger, is still there? so now there's two irreconcilable official depictions of the character that look absolutely nothing alike
The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.
THE FRENCH FUJOSHI: and you will put ze tips of your penise togezher, oui? and you will insert yourself into 'iz boyhole, oui?
wish online communities discussing autism in women weren't like, doing their best to contribute to the false perception there's a distinct Autism For Boys and Autism For Girls, when the whole time it's just social enforcement of gender roles influencing behavior
shirley jackson casually asking the pharmacist how much arsenic would be necessary to kill a family
from on fans and fanmail, a lecture by shirley jackson
this is like that time virginia woolf was at the pharmacist with her sister vanessa and were casually (and loudly) talking about lesbian sex
