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I for some reason can never remember my name :) https://www.deviantart.com/crossroadschaos

[em-nara]

If I get a dog I kinda want to name it bear but where I live yelling bear isn’t a very good idea especially since I like the big fluffy dogs like Tibetan mastiffs

[this-is-trans-joy]

I don’t know if this is an obvious take or a hot take, but I think people need to start re-framing feminism as the fight for body autonomy as opposed to whatever this second wave revival gender essentialist bullshit we have going on right now. Once you reframe it in this way, it’s easier to understand intersectionality and why cis women are not the only people who need feminism. The lack of body autonomy effects cis women, trans people, intersex people, disabled people, poc, homeless people, sex workers, etc. and your feminism needs to include and prioritise all of these groups of people (which will include men btw) because feminism is about autonomy, not about establishing a matriarchy. Body autonomy is the biggest threat to the patriarchy, both with reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and even the right to not be drafted into military services. Once body autonomy is established for everyone, the patriarchy no longer has a leg to stand on.

And body autonomy does include things that you don’t personally like either. I was prompted to write this post after a series of bad takes from progressives, but one of them was re-hashing the Sabrina Carpenter album cover drama with “I don’t think it’s conservative of me to think that the album cover is a bad look when we’ve seen images of women being abused in this way” because I do actually think you’ve failed to understand feminism by projecting your morals onto a woman who was consensually expressing her own autonomy just because she expressed it in a way that you didn’t like or that made you uncomfortable.

Body autonomy also means unhealthy choices. Body autonomy also means regret rates. Body autonomy also means freedom of sexuality. Body autonomy also means mutilation. If you believe body autonomy has limitations and exceptions, then your feminism is most likely surface level.

TERFs are some of the biggest opponents to body autonomy, and if you find yourself thinking “oh people can do whatever they want with their bodies as long as it doesn’t harm them or make others uncomfortable” then you are far more susceptible to TERF propaganda than you think.

[this-is-trans-joy]

ooooh the radfems are BIG mad about this one

[em-nara]

Let’s be honest the bat signal probably was only about the light the first couple of times until B added a device of some kind to the power connection to tell when it was turned on and send him a ping on whatever tech he carries at all times

[em-nara]

It hasn’t happened recently but I’ll say the same things I always say to the same people I always say them to and sometimes they laugh at how I talk because I unironically use certain words because I talk like an old lady

[em-nara]

Learning blender I made an otter i want to rig it but idk next steps and im kinda lazy to find a tutorial

[em-nara]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85552406

First chapter out more to come

[em-nara]

New chapter is out :)

[pukicho]

I am anti-sonder. I believe I am the only person in the world experiencing complex thought.

[pukicho]

Someone just beat me in an argument, so now I think there are two people in the world experiencing complex thought.

[em-nara]

Your thoughts have spread

[em-nara]

I sometimes sleep in a shared space on the ground floor of my house and my parents like to leave the door open in the summer at night since we don’t have ac and it gets kinda sketchy bc I have seen bears and bobcats come near that door and it hasn’t really fully connected for me until now bc I was thinking about a woman a couple towns over who had a bear stalk her home and maul her in her bed

[em-nara]

As soon as I posted this I heard a coyote which I doubt a coyote would try to eat me in my sleep but they like to sit outside the doors and windows and scream and one time I was up late and it sounded like a little girl screaming and it kinda spooked me

[em-nara]

I sometimes sleep in a shared space on the ground floor of my house and my parents like to leave the door open in the summer at night since we don’t have ac and it gets kinda sketchy bc I have seen bears and bobcats come near that door and it hasn’t really fully connected for me until now bc I was thinking about a woman a couple towns over who had a bear stalk her home and maul her in her bed

[em-nara]

I love the character of the question in dc bc he is so out of pocket that you could dub nearly anything over what he is actually saying and it will still make sense if the delivery is right

[rudavoidish]

Y'all if you're American please email your politicians and senators against the parents decide act. I'm fucking begging because we're reaching a tipping point.

[hetrosjistin]

Call or Write Congress About H.R. 8250: Parents Decide Act - GovTrack.us

Quick and easy link to both find your congressmen/women and giving you a quick and easy way to copy / paste the message into it. You want to oppose. It's an act that will demand that all major OS makers integrate a direct forced age verification control into all OS.

[rudavoidish]

I received a comment on this that I figured would be very helpful- it's a template for communicating with your representatives. Be sure to use it for reference

Dear Representative [Name],

I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 8250 (The "Parents Decide Act"). As your constituent and a concerned citizen, I believe this bill introduces unprecedented risks to digital privacy and security.

Specifically, I am alarmed by:

SEC. 2(a)(1)(B): Requiring age verification to even use an operating system creates a mandatory "hardware lockout" that ends anonymous computing and forces users to hand over sensitive identification data to major corporations just to power on their devices.

SEC. 2(a)(3): Mandating that OS providers create a system for all app developers to access verification data is a massive security vulnerability. This effectively creates a centralized API of user identities accessible to thousands of third-party developers, many of whom may lack adequate data protection.

This bill does not protect children; it creates a centralized surveillance infrastructure at the OS level. I urge you to protect the privacy of your constituents and vote NO on H.R. 8250.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Zip Code]

[willowtree1527]

This is a hell that us down under in Australia are already living in, and it’s not even effective at what it claims to do in protecting children.

Given that, in the wake of this mandatory identification policy, my country seems to be moving to hand over its citizens biometric data, like fingerprints, Face ID files, and identification documents, over to the USA and to ICE to maintain the visa free travel (ESTA) we have, I strongly urge any US resident to send these emails, or make calls.

But if you can’t do that, the most powerful thing you can do is spread the word. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, anyone who can help.

My reach will likely be small, and so I don’t know if this will mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but I cannot stand to see this tracking happen to another population as it did to mine.

And if you think it won’t affect you, it will. All anonymity goes out the window when your accounts can be linked via your personal ID

I wish you all luck in preventing this act from going through.

[mossdftba]

I called my representative and left a voice message!

[humming-fly]

Here’s the 5calls script to make it easy! https://5calls.org/issue/age-verification-internet-privacy/

[em-nara]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85552406

First chapter out more to come

[em-nara]

Inspired by a Fic I read awhile ago idk what it was called prob gonna add colour to flash and Hal later

Idk

[em-nara]

I know this is meant to be read dramatically but dude is just fed up with his shit

[adorkastock]

*lays this at your feet*

*flopping noises*

[em-nara]

There’s a point as a young woman that it’s really hard to tell if a guy is flirting or just being particularly nice. Especially if they get blustery and awkward because it could just be that they are bad at talking to women or they are embarrassed

[em-nara]

I was just driving down the interstate and ended up behind a logging truck and because I’ve seen final destination that’s the first thing I thought of and then it started swerving and holy cheeseballs Batman that was freaky