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Yet another new study debunked the basis for the anti-trans sports bans. It was never about sports but for creating legal avenues for exclusion and abjection. This is one of the largest analyses ever conducted, involving 52 studies and 6,485 trans people. Read the study here.

lucieslucidity

post so nice had to reblog it twice and force it down everyone's throats

fleshengine

At minimum about 4.5 thousand people liked this without reblogging it.

We gotta fix that.

nesmamomen

FUCK FUCCKKKK FUCK Stop whatever you're doing now! My sister's body is covered in blisters and sores. She can't sleep and cries constantly. The summer heat and pollution in the camp have worsened her skin condition. Please, the treatment is very expensive. Please be among the first to donate.

eccentricallychique

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jay-wasreblogging

a video by qtmcenter, themasgd and bayareaqm

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queerafricans

“Shoutout to the African Ballroom girls”

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mens-rights-activia

He WHAT??? Oh 15 stabs were not enough

datsderbunnyblog

This comment was left on a post about making the most of the Libby app. "Excessive use of generous lending policies" is the most absurd phrase I've ever seen anyone use to discuss libraries.

catboycommunist

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batmanisagatewaydrug

looked up Heidi because I'm a journalist

for reasons I can't imagine this publisher of sexless Alaska love stories is averaging under 20 likes each on posts about her books, so if I can be so honest I kind of have my doubts that her books are getting read even with the excessive use of generous lending policies

ariaste

Also her claim that authors are not getting paid per borrow is.... wrong. With ebooks (which is what she's talking about here with Libby) there are two forms of licensing for libraries to lend out ebooks.

The first kind is that they buy a license for a pre-determined amount of check-outs. I'll just make some numbers up for the sake of illustrating what that looks like: Let's say $20 for 20 borrows. When the ebook has been checked out 20 times, the library has to renew the license and pay more money in order to continue lending out the ebook. The author gets a cut of that $20 as their royalties.

The second kind is literally paying per borrow. (Again just making up numbers here) Let's say the library pays 50 cents every time the book is checked out. The author still gets a cut as their royalties. Is it just 10 or 20 cents per borrow? Yes, but that adds up! AND it means that people who otherwise wouldn't have been able to read my book at all are able to read it, which is great! AND it means that the library is thriving and being used, which is also great!

So yes, authors DO get paid from library activity!!!!!!

Do not feel guilty for using the library. I don't know one single author (except this Little Miss Ma'am in the screenshots, apparently) who would resent their readers for using libraries.

depsidase

nesmamomen

I'm so fucking SAD My siblings have been isolated in the tent and their skin is bleeding from chickenpox. My sister, Talin, and my brother, Abood, are young and they urgently need chickenpox medication...The free medication distribution at the clinics has ended. Please help my family...