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hey guys, i still need $66 so i can pay my light bill before it’s due on friday (dec 21st)! if anyone can donate anything to my paypal or just reblog this post so it gets some more visibility, i will seriously appreciate it more than anything else in the world! thank you! 🙏
thank you to everyone who is helping, i appreciate it so much!! i just need 35 more dollars now and i’ll have enough to pay this!!!
hey pals i hate having to do this but we have a light bill due this coming friday (dec 21st) that we’re still $70 short on and could really use help paying. i’ve talked about my family’s financial issues before and those are still ongoing and unfortunately nothing has changed there for the better. we’re going into christmas now totally broke and are just hoping some family might actually send us something to help us out or something else will finally work out, but none of that’s a guarantee. everything is just difficult and we’re really struggling so if y’all could share this post, i would appreciate it.
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Hello! I'm the creator of an lgbt comic called "The Aces Hi!" It mainly focuses on my experience being asexual, but It also talks about being genderqueer. (The next few weeks are going to focus on precisely that) The comic also features lots of lovely folk under the rainbow, and is full of talkative hearts and pride!
In case people are looking for a read that helps to being light to our lgbt+ lives!
My partner and i have a question.. How would you address the relationship. He is ftm and im amab agender. Would you say were in a homosexual relationship orrr?
Honestly, I would say you’re in a nonbinary or queer relationship, if you’re comfortable with either of those labels. However, if you feel like homosexual suits you more, that’s okay too.
Is there flaw in identifying as a nonbinary femme?? everytime i think about it i feel like i’m adding a binary with including “femme” and it makes me feel like i could be doing more harm than good?????
There’s no flaw in identifying however makes you most comfortable as long as you’re not hurting yourself, anyone else, or erasing anyone else’s identity
ive been reading a book that basically explains how so-called “brain differences” between the genders is the result of gendered socialization and not the cause of it. i honestly expected the book to be very cis-centric but its actually the opposite, the author stresses that testimony from trans ppl is actually indispensable because we’ve, in a sense, “lived both experiences”
more cis feminists should have this mindset
one of the first examples that she uses to introduce her point about how perception by others can shape a person’s performance actually uses a trans woman. it explains that as a certain trans woman became to be seen as a woman more and more frequently, the ppl arond her eventually started viewing her as being ill equipped for tasks that they did not bother her about pre-transition. eventually she even found herself underperforming in these tasks herself.
whats the name of the book
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
Here’s a pdf, babes <3
I knew it was this book before I’d finished reading the first two lines. Honestly this book is indispensible if you want to debunk any gender determinism people claim is science. I can’t recommend it enough.
She’s written a new one! It won the Royal Society prize for science book of the year, and it’s called Testosterone Rex, and it is excellent.
(Bonus: it’s making old white men really really mad.)
(Bonus bonus: I am myself a neuroscientist, and the old white men mentioned above – who are not – could not have missed the point harder if they’d actively tried. Which. Maybe?)
Hey transmasculine and gender-variant folx! If you wear a chest binder, I made an Android app that you can use! It reminds you to take off your binder at the end of the day and also to stretch out your back during the day. You can find it in the Google Play store here.
If you’re having issues with it, or have any feedback for me, I’d love if you could email me at [email protected]. And if you like it, feel free to rate and review it!
This is an amazing tool!! Thank you!
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Some things to do/think about now that net neutrality has been voted away
Note: I am NOT a tech or security expert, so please don’t take this as an instruction manual or gospel. I’m an avid researcher of authoritarian regimes, however, and I’ve lived in a place without net neutrality before.
Please don’t let this panic you. Nothing is going to come crashing down overnight. But while Ajit Pai’s decision is making its way through the courts and fighting all the battles it has to fight from opposition, don’t think the telecomm companies will spend this time kindly sitting on their hands waiting for an official call to be made. Chances are slim they’ll throw up paywalls immediately, but I feel fairly certain they’ll take quiet, subtle steps to begin censoring/suppressing content they don’t like. HOWEVER. I can’t accurately predict what will happen to our internet when, so this list is me erring VASTLY on the side of caution.
So, to that end:
1) Get a VPN, which you should have had anyway. This won’t save you from paywalls if they’re put up, but if, down the line, the government decides to start censoring critical voices, they’re going to use your IP address to track you. A VPN hides your IP address. VPNs are by no means bulletproof, but they’re better than nothing. You can get some for free on the App Store or Google Play, but I recommend finding one you trust and paying for it. These tend to be more robust, and based outside the US, making them harder for ISPs and the government to hack into. My personal favorite is TunnelBear. It’s super easy to use, but not the very cheapest. It supports 5 connections, so one VPN is enough for two people’s devices usually.
2) **If you are an activist in a progressive/resistance group, I would STRONGLY urge you to exchange phone numbers and possibly physical addresses with your colleagues. Your Facebook groups are probably reasonably safe for now, but any standalone websites will likely be shoved into slow lanes or blocked altogether. This will require you to change the way you meet and conduct business. Make a phone tree for urgent alerts. ISPs have blocked emails and texts from and between progressive activist groups despite current net neutrality rules, and I have every reason to believe they’ll do it more now that these rules are gone. The way we resist will change fundamentally if our resources on the internet are blocked or restricted. We HAVE to be prepared for this. This is the one thing you may kind of want to panic about, because without net neutrality, we will not have another Doug-Jones-in-Alabama situation. We will be suppressed. We will be silenced. The internet is our last bastion of mostly-free and equal speech. We MUST be prepared to engage other channels of communication FAST if the total repeal of net neutrality rules is successful. Make plans NOW so you’re not caught with your ass out if shit goes south.
3) Torrent/ download everything you’re going to torrent nowish. ISPs—who are often co-owners or stockholders in entertainment companies—won’t tolerate torrent sites for long. Also please use a VPN while you torrent.
4) Consider backing up/downloading to your personal hard drive any music you listen to on websites like Spotify, Soundcloud or 8tracks. These will most likely be behind paywalls if the ISPs decide to play it that way. Even if you can afford to pay for access, the artists may not be able to afford to keep their material up or they may be censored, so it may eventually disappear. Be prepared for this possibility.
5) Same story with websites like AO3, fanfiction.net, Medium, Deviantart, and any other platform on which you upload your and access others’ creative content for free. I’m not saying to go on a downloading binge RIGHT NOW, but just be prepared for changes and definitely make sure you have backups of your own work.
6) Websites where your favorite creators sell their wares, like Redbubble and Society6, etc., will also experience changes. If you want to help these creators out, consider pledging their Patreons or donating to them directly. More of their money will be going to just maintaining their internet presence if paywalls go up.
7) Download/ print off the Indivisible Guide. Read it often.
8) Download/print this article. Read it often.
9) Download/print this article too. Read it often. Also follow Sarah on Twitter. I’ve said this before, but she’s half the reason I’m as savvy an activist as I am. Her book, The View from Flyover Country, is definitely worth your money and time. Sarah has been eerily prescient in her predictions of how this year would play out, and her insights are brutal but necessary.
10) Follow Amy Siskind on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and visit her Weekly List website. She maintains a weekly list of everything that’s happened politically since January. Sarah Kendzior advised us to keep a list of everything that changes around us, so we’ll remember what used to be normal, and how normal has been warped. Amy’s lists are resource-dense and sometimes harrowing to read, but they are a necessary archive of every single thing the Trump administration doesn’t want you to remember and what the ISPs will likely censor sooner rather than later. **She just put up a print version of the list for preorder on Amazon, which I STRONGLY recommend you purchase if you can afford it.
11) If you are a student, get as many resources off the internet and onto your hard drive as you can. There are several websites up currently where you can download .pdfs of textbooks. There are a few posts on this website that list them all, but I can’t remember the tags I used for when I reblogged, so if someone else has those posts in easy reach, please add a link.
12) If you live with your parents and you don’t want them finding out what social media websites you use, don’t panic just yet. The price plans for internet service I’ve experienced don’t work quite like that. You pay a single monthly price for a social media plan, which includes several platforms. Chances are your parents use Facebook, so if they want to and can purchase a “social media” plan to use FB, sites like Snapchat and Tumblr and Twitter will most likely already be included, so you won’t have to out yourself by asking for them. The company did not ask for any personal information like my social media handles or my profile information. Hopefully American ISPs won’t do this. They shouldn’t, because they already collect enough metadata on you to not really need it. So unless your parents go through the onerous process of requesting records (if these are even available to them), they won’t be able to scroll through an hourly log of every website you access and when and what you post.
13) KEEP RESISTING. The fat lady hasn’t sung yet. If we all give up and pretend she has, we’ll squander our chances to take back what’s ours. The way I see it, we have two choices: to fight to keep what we have, or to fight to get it back. Choice #1 has always been easier. Know that there is an army of pissed off people right here alongside you, including a majority of Republican voters.
Contact your Congressfolks and ask them to support and pass HR4585, the “Save Net Neutrality” bill. It’s not as good as the FCC’s protections, but it’s better than nothing.
Also, remember to take a step back and allow yourself to turn off from this for a little while. This from someone who’s suffered from anxiety since I was a kid. So I get how terrifying and exhausting it is just thinking about all the ways this could fuck up our lives. Tumblr is really good at manufacturing moral outrage, and this definitely IS something to be outraged about, but the posts that forecast immediate and total doom for all internet users are flat out wrong and you shouldn’t listen to them.
My askbox and messages are always open if you want to reach out.
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Just wanted to make a quick post for people who want to pick a name for themselves out there!
Behindthename.com/random/ is a really amazing name generator site that has female,male and non-binary options and a huge list of country/continent origins you can pick from! They even also have mythology, fantasy, witch, rapper, and transformer names!
So You’ve Been Doxed: A Guide to Best Practices
IF YOU FEAR BEING DOXED, PLEASE REVIEW OUR GUIDE TO DOX SCRUBBING HERE: http://crashoverridenetwork.tumblr.com/post/108387569412/preventing-doxing IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER, PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY NUMBER
For everyone else, including those curious about doxing and those who have already been targeted, the following is a primer on the realities, pathology, and personal solutions for this particularly nasty form of online harassment.
What is doxing? Have I really been doxed?
Doxing (named for documents, or “dox”) is the public release of someone’s private information. Some argue over what constitutes a legitimate “dox” because of how freely available personal information is online, but at Crash Override, we use the following definition:
“Doxing is the act of publishing someone’s personal information, of which there would be a reasonable expectation of privacy and dubious value to the conversation, in an environment that implies or encourages intimidation or threat.”
This includes information that may arguably be easy to find, such as a home address from a WhoIs lookup or personal photos from Facebook, so long as it is wielded in a threatening manner - for instance, tweeted at someone in response to a disagreement. Doxing is less about the availability of the information, and more about the way it is used to intimidate or harass a target.
Of all forms of online harassment we observe at Crash Override, doxing is one of the most prevalent due to its relative ease and high emotional impact. For harassers, the pathology behind doxing is about rationalizing oneself as “blameless” for pawning off personal information for others to harass with. The person who paints a target on you might not be the one to act on it, but the message is clear: “I can’t be held responsible for what happens next.” Aside from intimidation, harassers will often use dox to create the illusion that they have totally invaded your personal space, even if their information is of limited value or inaccurate.
The most common response to being doxed is fear, if not outright panic. Feeling vulnerable is entirely understandable. Doxing is intentionally designed to violate your sense of security and cause you to panic, lash out, or shut down.
If you find yourself in this position, there’s a lot to consider. Our goal with this guide is to help you navigate your options and better understand your situation. Of course, if you feel you still need advice, please email us at [email protected] for personalized assistance.
I’ve been doxed - what do I do?
Before you do anything, remember that documenting your doxing is of the utmost priority. Things like screenshots, downloading the webpage, web archive (e.g. https://archive.org/web/ or http://archive.today/ - though it should be noted that using public services like this will make your dox viewable to others using that service), and other methods of record-keeping, preferably with things like timestamps and URLs visible, are crucial for both your own reference and for any third parties who may have an interest in your case. Not only does it create a chain of culpability, but the site of your doxing and surrounding threats can make it much easier to secure police or legal involvement should the harassment escalate.
This doesn’t mean you should leave your dox up if you can help it. Once it’s documented, sites like Pastebin, which are often used to share doxed information, have procedures in place (http://pastebin.com/contact) for removing private information. Twitter has also recently made doxing a violation of their TOS (http://gizmodo.com/twitter-just-banned-revenge-porn-and-doxing-1690916107), and accounts used to harass in this manner can often be reported and the offending posts removed.
If there is any important account information in your dox, we also highly suggest following our account security guide (crashoverridenetwork.tumblr.com/post/109948061867/account-security-101-passwords-multifactor) to keep your information safe and out of the hands of your harassers.
How should I react?
When you get doxed, panic can set in quickly. There is no “right” way to feel, as your state of vulnerability and what your personal information means to you is different from person to person. Whatever your initial response to being targeted may be—fear, anxiety, anger, confusion, helplessness–it is a valid and reasonable response to have in the face of such things. Don’t beat yourself up over it, and don’t worry about whether or not your reaction was the right one.
If you don’t feel you are at any great risk, and especially if your dox is comprised of freely-available information and/or sent directly to you in an effort to unnerve you, you may feel fine dismissing it as a cheap intimidation tactic, blocking/reporting the harasser, and moving on. This is often someone just trying to get a rise out of you. However, if your dox contains sensitive personal information, especially things that are hard for people to sniff out with simple detective work, or appears in a public forum where people distribute dox to have others act on it, you may want to take further precautions. This is especially true for marginalized people, especially in the case of trans people who have been deadnamed due to the greater risk of violence that trans people face in society at large.
Do I go public with it?
The first impulse you might have is to immediately alert as many people as you can with a public announcement - in fact, harassers usually intimidate their targets into not publicizing their harassment to deny them needed support. Officers will generally not tell you to stay silent about harassment. This is purely a victim-blaming and silencing tactic. The choice to go public and let people know about your doxing is a personal decision. Going public can expose you to immediate support if you have a sympathetic audience, but carries the risk of increased aggression from harassers. Not everyone has the time, energy, inclination, or freedom to bear further harassment (and, indeed, no one should have to).
There are some good arguments to be made for being initially cautious with information - While sharing your story can bring you support, the most important thing to do right now is to secure yourself in order to not expose yourself to further harm. Immediate announcements can trip up your security efforts - Whether or not the information posted about you is accurate, no one is likely to use it to cause you any serious harm without first confirming at least some part of it. Posting “I’ve just been doxed!” on a social media account immediately provides not only a confirmation that your information is accurate, but that you have seen where it was posted, and are properly terrified.
Denying the veracity of any information posted about you can be just as bad. This still confirms that your harassers have gotten your attention, and signals to them that they just need to keep digging. Sometimes, one of the most effective initial public responses is no response at all - don’t make any major changes to posting habits, or visibly show any fear if you can help it. This sends the message that your doxer probably missed the mark, and that the attack was a failure.
You should, however, prepare for more active efforts at verification. Usually, but not always, harassers will test the waters by calling whatever phone number is posted and asking to speak with you, or sending you emails/social media messages in hopes you’ll respond. Keep in mind, however, that with this sort of crowdsourced harassment, multiple unconnected parties may attempt this.
Evaluating Doxing Threats
Upon being made aware of a dox, it’s important to establish what information may translate into credible threats. Oftentimes, doxing is a precursor to more intrusive offline harassment, or comes paired with threats to act on the information revealed. The spillover could be anything from threatening phone calls and mail deliveries to pointed death threats or a SWAT call.
It is sometimes difficult to understand what makes a threat “credible” in relation to a dox. In order to be credible, a threat merely needs to inspire fear of safety by way of dox falling into the hands of people who may not be acting rationally or morally. The mindset of coming under credible threats is perhaps best outlined by this summation from a Reddit user (warning, NSFW language):
Creating this sense of panic is the typical end-goal of a doxing, but even if their intent is only to “harmlessly” ruffle your feathers, once the information is out there, it can pass under the nose of people willing to take it to new extremes. For this reason, it’s important to evaluate the information that they have gathered and the risks associated with that information in order to respond effectively. Any information pointing to your home address or financial information should be treated as a top priority, perhaps involving law enforcement if there are credible threats attached.
Responding appropriately can significantly reduce your stress and help you reclaim a feeling of control over your life. Focusing on hardening the areas they are attacking, and preventing them from ever finding the information they don’t have, can make the harassment you are receiving more bearable and prevent further escalation. Due to the crowdsourced nature of most online mobs and the bully mentality that drives them, “hard targets” are often quickly passed over.
Also, in evaluating your risk profile, the unfortunate truth is that online mobs are particularly vicious and persistent when their victim is a woman, LGBT (particularly trans), disabled, or belongs to a racial, ethnic, or religious minority. If you fit one or more of those elements the chances of someone acting on your dox increases substantially.
What follows is a cross section of the various kinds of information that diggers will collect, with a summary of how that information can be used:
Home address: The highest risk factor, home addresses often lead to unwanted food deliveries, magazine subscriptions, missionary visits, and COD products, and carries with it the risk of SWATing or physical stalking, harassment, abuse, or assault.
Finances/legal: Credit card numbers, banking information, social security numbers, anything of this sort should be reported immediately to the relevant institutions. Your bank, credit union, and law enforcement will recommend further actions you should take to protect yourself from further fraud and identity theft. Consider if your security questions could be answered by information now contained in your dox (like mother’s maiden name) and change it with your financial institution. Fortunately, these cases are rare, as harassment mobs try hard to avoid drawing too much scrutiny in order to prolong the harassment as long as possible, and openly committing credit card fraud is a great way to get federal agencies involved.
Work/School: Harassment that bleeds over into your workplace or school can be particularly stressful, as abusers will seek to have you sanctioned or even fired by way of mass false reporting. Even without a specific accusation, this harassment can place your job at risk as some employers may find that firing you is simply less trouble than dealing with the harassment. Particular professions, notably those that rely on privileged confidence or involve working with children, are especially sensitive to accusations.
Account Passwords: This becomes quite dangerous, especially if the account has access to reset other accounts or third party posting permissions. Often hijacked accounts are also used to impersonate you. Securing any compromised accounts should be a top priority, ideally adding two factor authentication to any account that supports it. If you suspect one of your accounts has been compromised, immediately attempt to recover it, change passwords, sign out all other sessions, and notify anyone who may have been contacted from it.
Social Media Handles: Social media is principally used as a vector for further harassment and as a source of additional information. Generally dumping this information is somewhat redundant, as harassers have typically already honed in on these public channels as a means of abusing targets long before a doxing. While stressful, this information doesn’t represent a serious breach in and of itself. If more sensitive information was readily available through your social media (such as a phone number on a poorly secured Facebook account) then that info would have been posted as well. Generally respond to these by bumping up privacy permissions, using an auto blocker, so on and so forth. Avoid clicking any suspicious links you’re sent from unknown people, as harassers may be looking for confirmation of your handles or attempting to get you to download malware.
Email: Typically this information will be used to send hatemail, signing you up for spam mailing lists, or using the address to register for embarrassing forums and services (filling your inbox with confirmation notices). A vulnerability that sets email apart from other social media, though, is that an email address that’s been used to sign up for lots of services, forums in particular, can lead diggers to additional information. Services such as Unroll.me and Mailstrom can help you quickly manage and unsubscribe from junk mail and clear up your inbox.
IP Address: This is often used to find a target’s physical location. While this sounds severe, and does require your attention, a home IP address is of limited use outside of that unless an attack goes unnoticed for a significant time. Check with your Internet Service Provider about changing your IP address - often this is a simple request.
Skype Handle: Skype handles should be treated with particular concern, as many cases we take at Crash Override stem from security holes in Skype and harassers using it as a vector to impersonate you to contacts, or single out said contacts for harassment themselves. Should this be the case, Microsoft thankfully offers live chat support (https://support.skype.com/en/faq/fa10656/what-is-live-chat-support) that allows a representative to freeze your account and return control over to you in short order. Additionally, linking your Skype account to a Microsoft account will allow you to enable two-factor authentication.
Biographical Info: What high school you attended, your sexual history, previous forums you visited, dumb things you said as a teenager; This is a catch all for information that isn’t directly useful, but can be used to embarrass, slander, or shame you. Details like these are also used by “diggers” to cross reference other information. Depending on the severity and nature of the information, this can translate from a quick episode of doxing to an extended slander campaign as harassers attempt to promote your dirty laundry, no matter how innocuous, untruthful, or irrelevant it may be, simply to get a rise out of you.
Phone Number: An especially obnoxious means of harassment, this will typically result in spamming you with text messages or harassing phone calls at all hours of the day. These may come from the abusers themselves, or from services that they may sign your number up for. In especially prolonged cases of harassment, the only means of alleviating this could be changing your phone number. However, law enforcement has an easier time investigating and prosecuting harassment by phone than it does harassment online, so be sure to document everything if you plan on going this route.
Deadnaming: Deadnaming is a particularly vile and callous form of direct harassment wherein the mob digs up and in some way weaponizes a target’s former name. This is most commonly (though not exclusively) used against transgender individuals, whose birth names can be a source of anguish, or even professional and physical danger. While other doxed information might be passed around for others to act on, harassers will often use a dead name to directly bombard a target to cause them distress. In some cases, we’ve seen things like harassers registering sockpuppet accounts with someone’s dead name and then following their friends on social media. Many social media networks do not consider this a violation of their TOS despite the direct intent to cause suffering, and we are advocating for more networks to address this issue.
Should I wait until I’m doxed to contact the police or family?
If you’ve been doxed (or fear being doxed), the natural extension of that fear is that tangible harassment is not far behind, more so if you’ve been targeted by a group with a history of employing SWAT calls or physical intimidation. Depending on how much information you have about the people targeting you, the police may be of limited use; if all you have is a premonition, they may not be useful at all. However, if the dox is surrounded by any sort of credible intent to follow up on your information, especially specific threats of assault, death, or fraudulent police reports, do not hesitate to contact your local police. We have produced a guide for talking to family and the police about online harassment, which you can find here: http://crashoverridenetwork.tumblr.com/post/113748237272/guide-talking-to-family-police
If the dox does not have any credible followup attached, this is not to say that the situation you are faced with is any less harrowing, or that people may not follow up on the dox. In this stage, self-care, informing relevant parties, and enacting personal security are safe and effective ways to regain control of your life.
Should I Go Offline?
One stubbornly persistent attitude about online harassment is that the victim can “just step away” or otherwise disengage at any point to stop the harassment being committed against them. This is patently false, and again, a victim-blaming tactic - once harassers have you in their crosshairs, their “win condition” is highly situational. Some seek to simply silence you, others to provoke a visible reaction, some to ruin your life and reputation or even cause you physical harm. There might not be a “correct” action in any case, and no guarantee that harassers will stop, especially while your dox are still accessible. If you do step away, it should be a personal decision enacted for reasons of self-care.
Stepping away from online spaces can feel like admitting defeat, like your harassers “won” and have driven you off the Internet; such is the psychological trap abusers intentionally create. Laying low for a while is no different than creating some distance in a high-friction relationship, or taking time off from a stressful job. You have the right to feel safe in social spaces, and you have the right to back away from those spaces.
We often find that cases that benefit from “stepping away” involve people who are targeted incidentally or don’t provide their aggressors with any “entertainment value” from being doxed, leading the mob to move on because of diminished returns on their harassment. However, this also encourages the same aggressors to return to doxing as a strategy any time they want to silence their target. Losing the attention of harassers in this fashion should be treated as an opportunity to harden defenses, such as removing dox from websites and taking countermeasures like registering for WhoIs privacy (all explained in our guide here: http://crashoverridenetwork.tumblr.com/post/108387569412/preventing-doxing), or in severe cases, changing things like phone numbers/emails/address.
In other cases, there is a fear that stepping away may cede a narrative to your harassers. This is usually when the harassment is taking the form of a prolonged campaign of libelous or embarrassing dox across social networks, as opposed to merely bombarding you with abusive emails, magazines, or pizza deliveries. These situations may be severe enough that they benefit from active monitoring to better ensure that you do not return to a reputation in tatters. Should this happen, do not feel bad about asking others to monitor your social media for anything worrisome - you should not feel forced to subject yourself to psychological abuse out of fear alone.
My dox contains my address/credible threats. Should I leave my home?
If you ever feel unsafe in your home, do not feel bad about choosing to vacate it for any length of time. It is not an overreaction to remove yourself from the potential of harm if there is good reason to believe your security may be compromised, and labeling your actions as such is a form of victim-blaming. It is your choice to make based on your own standards, beliefs, and justifications.
In extreme cases, law enforcement may even recommend leaving your home. If this is the case, they will oftentimes work with you, or at the very least dispatch offers to your location in a protective capacity.
Summation and Further Resources
As has been mentioned, this guide is meant to be a high-level informative primer on the realities, consequences, and considerations of being doxed. Attitudes about what to do and how to go about it can differ by culture, region, ethnicity, gender, and myriad other factors - but hopefully, this guide can give you a sense of direction or comfort in the current environment.
If you find yourself facing coordinated online mob harassment, we welcome you to contact us at [email protected], in hopes that we can better direct you to appropriate resources, advice, and practical knowledge. No two cases are the same, and common wisdom can often be inapplicable to your particular climate of online discourse and moderation. You are the best judge of your own needs and circumstances, and our hope is to empower you to make informed decisions when the time comes. You are not alone.
Further resources:
Ars Technica - Anti-doxing strategy—or, how to avoid 50 Qurans and $287 of Chick-Fil-A: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/anti-doxing-strategy-or-how-to-avoid-50-qurans-and-287-of-chick-fil-a/
Doxing Defense by Ken Gagne - http://www.computerworld.com/article/2849263/doxxing-defense-remove-your-personal-info-from-data-brokers.html
A word of advice to trans women
Go to your nearest target. Buy a two pack of pushup bras (24$ for 2), and target’s bra inserts (12$). Then go to your nearest Walmart and buy the Vasserette Control Shapewear Panties (2.50 each), they do wonders for helping your tuck. There you go! You just saved yourself a lot of money, you can afford to buy enough to wear every day, and best of all you look fabulous. -@twidx
recs for trans women are so rare on tumblr!! spread this, people.
Please reblog this, in total it’s about $38.50 to make a huge difference for a trans woman/trans feminine person.
Chest binding is arguably one of the easiest, cheapest, and least permanently-body-affecting ways for assigned female at birth (AFAB), transgender, or gender nonconforming people to express their identities. The internet is awash with advice for purc
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I’ve had people asking me about plus-sized binding tips, and I’ve been at a loss because I’m, like, the toy version of a transgender?? So these r for u!
This is in general an article with a lot of good advice but that opening sentence has my hackles up. Can we, like, collectively agree to stop pushing the idea that binding doesn’t have potential consequences, some of which include permanent or long-term changes to your body?
Like, I get it. My dysphoric ass has never felt more at peace than when binding, but it isn’t a choice that should be made without information and strategy and an understanding of the possible outcomes for you and your body. When we unquestioningly push this idea that those outcomes don’t exist, we put our fellow trans people at risk for accidentally or unknowingly hurting themselves or changing their bodies in ways they don’t want.
Binding is a great tool to have but everyone deserves the chance to make an informed decision about how, when, or if to do it, and that can’t happen if we keep pretending that it doesn’t have the potential for long-term effects. Binding HAS long-term effects. It’s really not a question of if you’ll encounter them but when, how, and to what degree. That’s a risk you deserve to be able to manage for yourself. And that means acknowledging them first and foremost.
Get ready to vote!
Are you waiting for next year — the 2018 midterms — to cast your first vote against the Trump/GOP agenda?
You might not have to wait that long.
We researched every election coming up next month, and we found that at least 100 million Americans have a state, city, or district election on November 7. That’s about 1 out of every 3 people nationwide!
We’ve compiled a handy list of these elections. Find out whether you have an election, and make your plan for voting. (If you live in Virginia or Washington state, check out our website for more info about these crucial elections — and donate to help Flippable candidates win.)
Statewide Elections
94 million Americans have statewide elections on November 7. There are lots of seats at stake in New Jersey and Virginia (including the governor and the state legislature), while other states have ballot initiatives on major issues like healthcare and criminal justice:
Maine: Ballot measure to expand Medicaid, plus 4 more
New Jersey: Governor, Lt. Governor, all 120 state legislative seats
New York: Ballot measure to call a state constitutional convention, plus 2 more
Ohio: Ballot measures on criminal justice and drug prices
Pennsylvania: State judicial elections (Supreme, Superior, and Commonwealth Courts)
Texas: Ballot measures (7 total)
Virginia: Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, all 100 seats in the State House
Washington state: Ballot measure on property tax, plus 2 more
City Elections
Some of America’s biggest cities have important elections this year — for mayor, city council, district attorney, & more:
Atlanta (GA): Mayor and city council
Aurora (CO): City council
Boise (ID): City council
Boston (MA): Mayor and city council
Buffalo (NY): Mayor and city court
Charlotte (NC): Mayor and city council
Cincinnati (OH): Mayor and city council
Cleveland (OH): Mayor and city council
Columbus (OH): City council, city attorney, and city auditor
Detroit (MI): Mayor, city clerk, and city council
Durham (NC): Mayor and city council
Greensboro (NC): Mayor and city council
Jersey City (NJ): Mayor and city council
Miami (FL): Mayor and city council
Minneapolis (MN): Mayor and city council
New York City (NY): Mayor, city council, comptroller, public advocate, and borough presidents
Orlando (FL): City council
Philadelphia (PA): District attorney and city controller
Pittsburgh (PA): Mayor and city council
Raleigh (NC): Mayor and city council
Seattle (WA): Mayor and city council
St. Petersburg (FL): Mayor and city council
St. Paul (MN): Mayor
Wichita (KS): City council
Congressional and Legislative Seats
There are 220 state legislative seats up for grabs in New Jersey & Virginia, plus 30 seats in other states across the country. Heads up, Utah: you have a U.S. Congressional election!
Georgia: State Senate districts 6 and 39, State House districts 4, 26, 42, 60, 89, 117, and 119
Maine: State House district 56
Massachusetts: State House districts Berkshire 1 and Essex 3
Michigan: State House districts 1 and 109
Mississippi: State House districts 38 and 54
Missouri: State Senate district 8, State House districts 23 and 151
New Hampshire: State House districts Hillsborough 15 and Sullivan 1
New Jersey: All 120 state legislative seats
South Carolina: State House district 113
Utah: 3rd Congressional district
Virginia: All 100 seats in the State House
Washington: State Senate districts 7, 31, 37, 45, and 48, State House districts 7, 31, and 48.
Make your voting plan
If you don’t see your state or town listed here, don’t assume you can’t vote on November 7. Follow these steps to make sure you’re ready on Election Day:
Check your registration.
Search for your local elections office.
Make a plan to vote (find your polling place, arrange a ride, put Election Day in your calendar).
There are even more elections in the month after Election Day (most notably the U.S. Senate race in Alabama on December 12). If you don’t have an election, you probably know someone who does. Reach out & encourage them to vote!
These off-year elections often see low turnout and razor-thin margins, so every vote is important. We aren’t waiting for 2018 to start winning big — and you don’t have to, either.
UPDATE: Since publishing, we’ve added three more state legislative races to our list: New York Assembly districts 27 and 71, and New York State Senate district 27.
*How did we get to 100 million? We added up the populations of all the states, cities, and districts with elections on Nov. 7, 2017. You can check our math on Statistical Atlas.
ONE WEEK.
VOTE, AND GET OUT THE VOTE.
Saying that man and woman are the only genders is actually LESS nuanced than saying that earth, water, air, and fire are the only elements.
This is fantastic.
GUH.
Is there any scientific evidence which suggests that gender identity is nonbinary? Gender expression is certainly nonbinary, as men can wear dresses or women can wear trousers, but I've yet to see any convincing, scientifically valid evidence that supports a nonbinary gender identity.
I am including resources on the sex binary as well as the gender binary, as the sex binary tends to be what people are, knowingly or unknowingly, referring to when they say the “scientific” binary of gender, as well as because the two subjects are closely interrelated (though ultimately unique in key ways).
As one would expect of literature aimed at a perisex, cisgender and vaguely medical audience, some of the language in these articles leaves much to be desires from a personal standpoint, but the information is valuable.
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/gender-lines-science-transgender-identity/
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Non-binary_gender
https://qz.com/1007198/the-myth-that-gender-is-binary-is-perpetuated-by-a-flawed-education-system/
http://time.com/4679726/judge-biological-sex-laws-marriage-bathrooms/
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-scientific-proof-that-non-binary-genders-are-real-the-same-way-brain-scans-prove-the-experiences-of-FtM-and-MtFs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_recognition_of_non-binary_gender
Finally, I’ll leave you with this.
Science is nothing more, and nothing less, that the study of phenomena that exist.
Think of it like this: we know that the stars exist.
Knowing that the stars exist lead to centuries of collective effort studying them. How do they exist, why, what makes the stars behave the way they do?
But the fact that the stars exist is not in doubt, merely the underlying systems of that.
The fact that nonbinary people exist is also not in doubt. There are millions of people in the anglophone world alone who will happily- or viciously, or defiantly, or proudly- admit to their own existence as a nonbinary person. Nonbinary genders have been codified into law in so many cultures, both modern and ancient. They are as old as the concept of gender itself, and as unrepentant.
The only thing science can do is look at the existence of nonbinary gender identities, and try to determine the causes, the functionalities of those identities. That is the purpose of science, as a field and as a system: to see the world as it exists, and determine why.
Asking science if nonbinary people exist is a foolish endeavour, because they plainly occupy the same physical reality as the scientists and the equipment and so on.
Philosophy might be able to answer the question of whether or not nonbinary people exist, but only in the same way it can answer the question of whether or not anything exists.
Science, however, is for studying things that already exist. Science can only be determine why and how and if nonbinary people can be explained or quantified.
But for science to even begin that kind of study, there is one crucial step: those people have to exist.
