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The 2025 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 12th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 30th August 2025.

It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful!

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

If you can't wait for survey numbers, you can click here for a public spreadsheet of non-secret info with graphs as it comes in, updated manually a few times per day.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

turningstringtothings

My favourite time of year again!

<3

#gender census #GC2025

cipheramnesia

My wife does all kinds of textile arts, so I'm always hearing about their blorbo from their sews.

skullchicken

If you have achieved something, please remember to observe a mandatory period of basking in the warm glow of your achievement like a lizard on a stone, lest you teach your brain that effort is futile, actually, because it didn't get to enjoy its happy chemicals, so, naturally, nothing good ever comes of trying. (And no, avoiding punishment is not a reward!)

I recommend, like, 5% of basking time in relation to whatever time you invested into achieving the thing minimum. And if you can't make your own bask, friend-brought is fine (= tell your friends!).

westiec

5% is a long time for some things and the idea of actually celebrating my efforts for that long is kinda blowing my mind. hm.

evolutionsbedingt

@bbcphile From a basking professional:

accomplish the task (or a milestone within)

say that out loud

text a friend (or three) about it

exhale deeply and consciously let go of the tension

move elsewhere (sat at your desk? go and sit on the couch. finished in the kitchen? go to any other room. not yet up for moving? change the background music/noise you had on.)

bathroom break?

grab a snack?

Look at your accomplished task from a distance and feel smug about it

no seriously, if you don't feel like you're embodying the smug cat meme try getting a little more physical or temporal distance, or a friend-shaped reality check, and then look at it again

do One (1) small task your brain kept pestering you about while you were Accomplishing The Thing

also feel smug about that because you totally beat your brain about letting you do The Thing first and now you've completed two (2!!) tasks

depending on how long Accomplishing The Thing took you may now move on to your next Thing OR continue basking to reach the 5% of time invested:

find a comfortable place to be and do a spoon-refilling activity: take a nap, scroll tumblr, read fanfic, write fanfic, gush about blorbos, stare out of the open window with the cool evening breeze brushing over your skin as gentle as a loving caress and drink the Tasty Beverage of your choice (specific example is specific, but iykyk), etc pp

remember you accomplished The Thing and are now Basking.

you are but a large predator enjoying the fruits of its labour and recharging after the successful hunt, no need to go charging off after the next prey just yet

all that Fun Stuff you thought you'd rather be doing while you were busy with The Thing? Do it now.

(well, maybe not all at once, we're still basking in our accomplishment after all and moving erratically would defeat the purpose)

perceive The Accomplished Thing in passing and think 'ha, I did it, I got you, I won!' I'll leave it up to you whether you'll use your villain or your hero voice

repeat until the next Thing is due

integrate normal, life preserving measures such as making food or sleeping as needed

kiragecko

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#mental health #ooh interesting # ... how does it work? #I feel like I need a bulleted list on How To Bask In Your Accomplishments

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amvs

ppl who don’t make an effort to listen to their partner(s) abt their interests bc they “don’t like it” scare me

amvs

exactly. it’s not about whether you like it or understand it. it’s about sharing their joy and learning about who they are.

amvs

Real and true

devilishbird

knitting is like cooking: at first you're too scared to deviate from the recipe because the recipe writer Knew things that you don't and then you do it for a while and you're like. recipe writer wrong we do this based on vibes only

turningstringtothings

I haven't follow a crochet pattern 100% as written for years...

lylahammar

it's so weird to me that people are able to understand that if animals, like dogs and cats, don't get enough food growing up then they will end up obsessive and disordered about food when they do have access to it

but they don't comprehend that humans are also animals and these same rules apply to them. manufacturing food scarcity in your child (almond moms) is going to make it hard for them to control themselves around food later on, especially the "unhealthy" foods. It is incredibly common for children of parents like this to hoard food in hiding places once they get old enough to start earning money and buying their own snacks. It's also incredibly common for those children to not be able to stop themselves from gorging to the point of stomach pain. kids need free access to snacks in order to develop self control.

this also applies to you, yourself, forcing yourself to go on manufactured food scarcity diets. you are also an animal. you will also become obsessive and disordered. stop that and eat when you want to eat

#Had to stop and stare into space for a minute as a whole bunch of things suddenly made sense...#personal

hollowboobtheory

fiber crafts is like oh you think you know how to count? think again. also count again.

fumi-kun

my first little heart!!!! i'm trying to make a small bag to keep my tamagotchi 🩷

#reblog #crochet #yarn #You're doing so well my love!!

Had a button hole that needed some reinforcement. The fabric was wearing away under the threads that hold the button on. So now, I have a secret flowery patch inside my waistband.

#sewing #fixer uper #fixup #fibre craft

Now it counts as one of my 5 a day, right?

#cake #chocolate #strawberries

Cake!

This used to be my specialty when I worked in a cafe, because I was the only one who could get it to bake without sinking in the centre. Even the actual trained chefs couldn't manage it. Don't worry, I kept quiet about my secrets, so they kept thinking I was a wizard.

Chocolate & olive oil & ground almond cake, my beloved. Now that I'm thinking about it, I don't think I've made it since I left that job??? That was 5 years ago; I've deprived myself.

#cake #chocolate #Not the prettiest. But delicious

All I wanted was to make cake. Why is this egg being so homophobic?