"why are you focusing on hating jk rowling getting money instead of the actual laws being passed?" yeah bro those laws do seem pretty awful and transphobic. i wonder who's lobbying for them?

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"why are you focusing on hating jk rowling getting money instead of the actual laws being passed?" yeah bro those laws do seem pretty awful and transphobic. i wonder who's lobbying for them?
aka "some cool trans women got airtime in 1973 to tell their own stories, and I sure have feelings about it"
anything that contains the phrase “secret BBC memo reveals” intrigues me automatically ngl but I want you all to know that as far as I can gather, the facts are even better than this headline
which is to say, this was part of an initiative in the early 1970s that not only featured marginalized groups on BBC programming, but made moves towards handing them editorial control – the BBC had to approve proposals, but after that, the station’s role was primarily to provide technical resources, facilities, and copyright handling. (another notable program under this initiative featured Black teachers discussing racism in the school system, and a link to that – plus discussion of the hurdles it faced – can be found here).
the program on trans experience was aired in 1973.
The programme, featuring trans women, began: “Jokes about ‘the operation’ are all that most people know about transexualism [sic]. Tonight’s group discuss their situation in a more serious and comprehensive way, and draw attention to the many difficulties they endure”.
you can watch Open Door: Transex Liberation Group here (as well as other archived LGBTQ programming from BBC).
1: hell yeah
2: David Attenborough was a childhood hero of mine and i’m glad to see he was always a champ
3: look at these related articles
here is a working like to the BBC programme about experiences of people in the LGBTQ community: https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/people-nation-empire/lgbtq/
(the other one was missing a forward slash at the end)
On the page there is the video box with the episode about transgender people: Open Door: Transex Liberation Group, BBC Two, Monday 4 June 1973, 23:25.
that is some next level knot magic.
it isn’t though!!! it’s because most relationships aren’t worth the effort. The “sweater curse” is actually most commonly called the “BOYFRIEND sweater curse.” Which=heteronormative, but the curse most often falls on a woman knitting a sweater for a boyfriend. Before she finishes the sweater, they break up - pop culture would have you believe it’s because the boyfriend freaks out do to the weirdness/clinginess of having a sweater made for you, but I think knitters are wiser than that.
It’s because after spending serious £££ on materials, and then HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF LABOR on the creation of the item, with every stitch a prayer of totally focused intent, creating a large display of technical skill - it is then gifted to a non-knitter who does NOT APPRECIATE the work/effort/skill/cost/TIME it took to make it, and in fact thinks you’re a bit weird and making a big deal out of a piece of clothing, and after they go “oh thanks” and shove your creation in the cupboard next to a sweater they got for £15 at an M&S sale, then they never wear your sweater because it’s too tight because when you asked them how their favorite sweaters usually fit they said “I ‘unno” and when you measured them for the fifth time and asked, rather tersely, if they had enough room in the chest, they said “I guess,” and then if pressed they say they don’t really like the sweater design, but then you point out that they were supposed to participate in helping you design it and they say they don’t really care about how things look, and when you say that you tried to match it to their other clothes so how can they hate it, then they say that honestly their mother still buys all their clothes because they hate going shopping, and that they hate all their other clothes too, well. That’s when a sensible knitter goes “Fuck this shit. And you know what? Fuck this man.”
This is what happens when someone posts in a knitting forum “Attack of the sweater curse!” - this is the usual story. It has a rigid plot. It is as old as myth.
That’s when you look at the time you spent and realize, “I could LITERALLY have written the first draft of a novel instead of doing this.” That’s when you go “I could have taken that £200 and bought myself a new wardrobe.” That’s when you go “I could have taken all that intent, all that willpower, all that creative force, and laid down some fucking witchcraft, all right?” That’s when you go “I basically spent 100 hours straight thinking about this bastard while making something amazing for him, and I have no evidence that he ever spent 10 hours of his life thinking about me.”
And “I could spend this time and energy and money in making myself an enormous, intricate heirloom silk shawl with just a touch of cashmere, in elvish twists and leafy lace in all the colors of the night, shot through with subtly glittering stars, warm in winter and cool and summer and light as a lover’s kiss on the shoulders, suitable for draping over my arms at weddings or wrapping myself in to watch the sea, a lace-knotted promise to myself that I will keep for my entire life and gift to my favorite granddaughter when I die, and she will wear it to keep alive my memory - but instead I have this sweater, and this fuckboy.”
The sweater curse is a lesson that the universe gives to a knitter at an important point in their life. It is a gift.
Knitting a sweater for a husband or wife generally doesn’t call down the curse, because the relationship is meant to be stronger than 4-ply.
(Although I say this, but I’ve taken over 5 years to finish a pair of mittens for my husband, because he casually asked me to do something customized with the cables, and I still can’t get the math to work on the right hand.)
this post is so much better with that commentary
Fuck yes.
Hey @elodieunderglass! How’re the mittens coming along?
It is 2020, we recently marked 9 years of marriage and no progress has been made
I was pretty sure I had a keeper when I married my husband - he was so appropriately impressed with my Estonian lace, crazy complicated, at least 25k beads wedding shawl. And then a year or two ago, I made him a super cool but also HELLA intricate cabled sweater in his favorite color. He doesn’t get excited about stuff ahead of time, but he dutifully let me measure him and check the fit, and as soon as it was on my blocking towel, he lost his mind with excitement. He wears it everywhere and proudly tells people his wife made it, and look, it’s got DNA on it!! He was so sad last spring because it got too warm to wear it. 🥲
Pictured: the sleeve of said sweater, the only thing Mr. Emi will let me put on the internet 😂
I had been married to my spouse for 2 years before I even contemplated making him a sweater. I had made him hats and scarves and ponchos, but no sweater because I didn’t want to get divorced.
But he loved everything I made him and showed off to his friends, so I had him pet some yarn and gave him a few options.
Readers, he LOVES that sweater. He takes such good care of it, tells every single person he neets that I made it, and confirmed the care instructions a bunch before washing it. So I made him another.
He now has three pullovers and a sweater vest. He is happy to try on pieces that have been safety pinned together and tells me where the fit is off. I am currently on month six of a cabled cardigan that I needed to redo for length, and he is so excited about it because it is exactly the color and pattern he wants.
Friends, get yourself a partner who will tell you their color, design, and fit preferences before you make them sweaters. It makes the entire endeavor worth it.
I have so many crochet things made by Wife and I love and participated with all of them. In fact, whenever they ask for my opinion, they roll their eyes a little and are like, you like everything I make. Because I do!!
The sweater they made me is my fave. I get compliments on it constantly and am so happy to tell people My Wife Made It.
So wholesome.
ut also.
@elodieunderglass how the mittens coming?
I made him a rainbow fairisle jumper!! We can call the mittens officially quits!!!
Some of my favourite SW ladies.
Yeah, and some of the only ones
La derecha religiosa "crítica con el género"... ¿idolatra a J.K. Rowling?
Tras varias semanas de discusiones fútiles sobre feminismo, derechos trans y consumo ético a raíz del lanzamiento del último producto que busca alimentarse de la nostalgia de unos treintañeros desconectados de su propia realidad jueguico del poli mago antisemita, me he ido dando cuenta de que lo que asumíamos como vox populi, por ser sangrantemente evidente y por venir avisando durante el último lustro, no lo es para mucha gente, capturada por el nihilismo inmovilista del capitalismo y la confusa propaganda ultraconservadora.
Buscando, pues, más pruebas que sean fáciles de comunicar y accesibles para el público mayoritario, me encontré con este artículo que detalla en profundidad los orígenes y las conexiones del grupo "Feminista Radical en defensa de las mujeres" Women's Liberation Front (Frente de Liberación de la Mujer, o WoLF).
Para quienes vivimos en el mundillo LGBT online, es un nombre conocido, ya que son una de las organizaciones transodiantes más violentas y ubicuas del espacio feminista-LGBT anglosajón.
Básicamente, su web recuerda a The Onion o a El Mundo Today, una recopilación de artículos cuyos títulos ya suenan desesperados y exagerados, cuya única razón de ser es avivar las llamas de la desinformación y el miedo al extender bulos relacionados con mujeres trans y violencia, principalmente.
Sin embargo, esto va a más, ya que quien financia sus barbaridades son grupos de ultraderecha, conservadores y religiosos, como la ADF, la Alianza en Defensa de la Libertad, una organización legal cuyo objetivo es "Devolver al mundo la robusta estructura de la teología de los siglos tercero, cuarto y quinto".
Por supuesto, esto significa que luchan contra los derechos reproductivos, como los anticonceptivos o el aborto, se oponen al matrimonio igualitario y defienden que el papel de la mujer en la sociedad es el de madre, esposa y ama de casa, lejos de cualquier aspecto profesional y social relevante. Buenos aliados para "feministas radicales", ¿verdad?
Pues bien, el fundador de la ADF es un tal James Dobson, fundador también del grupo de presión política cristiano Family Policy Alliace, Alianza Política por las Familias. Este grupo se unió al WoLF en una demanda enormemente mediática contra un chico trans que pedía que su instituto le dejara utilizar el baño adecuado a su identidad, y no forzarlo a ir al de chicas, tal y como recogía el Titulo IX, una norma de la administración Obama que otorgaba a las personas trans el derecho a ir al baño adecuado y que se estaban saltando de manera discriminatoria los responsables del centro, al obligarle en exclusiva a utilizar un tercer baño "para que no molestase a nadie". (Más adelante, la existencia de este tercer baño sería tergiversado como una "exigencia absurda de los trans", como todo).
Aparte de ayudar con miles de dólares a sus propias organizaciones políticas, James Dobson es conocido por sus exabruptos públicos, como cuando llamó a los "hombres de verdad" a entrar a los baños de mujeres armados para cazar mujeres trans, porque claramente así se defienden los espacios femeninos, con hombres armados; o cuando dijo que "los defensores del matrimonio igualitario están apoyando la persecución de los cristianos y por tanto son peores que Hitler", porque Hitler hizo muchas cosas, pero nunca nada tan malo como pedirle a un cristiano que no acose o violente a unos maricones.
Por supuesto, también tiene grandes declaraciones sobre el aborto, a lo que califica de "un crimen peor que el Holocausto, y muchas mujeres americanas son peores que los Nazis". No vamos a preguntarle a James lo que opina de los judíos, porque está claro que sólo sirven de proxy para magnificar sus chorradas.
Tras todo esto, el WoLF decidió que todas sus campañas de captación de miembros y de recaudación de fondos iban a ser delegadas en Imperial Independent Media, empresa dirigida por uno de los hombres de confianza de Dobson en la FPA, a cambio de una comisión del 20% de lo recaudado. Esta decisión fue mal recibida incluso por las mismas componentes del grupo, parte de las cuales veían cómo el mensaje que creían estar defendiendo se diluía.
Pero, ¿a dónde quiero llegar con todo esto? A la Conferencia Baptista Meridional, que en 2014, tras la palpable derrota de su lucha contra la homosexualidad y el matrimonio igualitario (que por entonces era legal y accesible en más del 70% de los Estados Unidos y sería ratificado en 2015 por el Tribunal Supremo a nivel federal en Obergefell v. Hodges), decidió centrar todos sus esfuerzos en "la próxima fase", atacar los derechos trans.
Empezando por el acceso a baños, y siguiendo en casi todas las facetas de la vida, desde el deporte hasta el trabajo (sobre todo si eres docente o sanitarie, que puedes acabar siendo víctima de terrorismo estocástico), por no hablar de salir a tomar una copa, la realidad es que las organizaciones ultraconservadoras y fundamentalistas religiosas, gracias a sus contactos en los medios y el beneplácito de supuestas feministas y progresistas no muy a favor del progreso, han dominado desde el primer momento el discurso político sobre los derechos de las personas trans y nuestra capacidad de existir en sociedad.
Por supuesto, estas "dudas razonables" y "preocupaciones lógicas" no eran más que una punta de lanza para desmotivar al electorado de izquierdas, dar más poder político a ultraderechistas y grupúsculos religiosos y conseguir privar a la sociedad de aquello por lo que llevamos luchando los últimos 150 años: divorcio, aborto, anticonceptivos, libertad laboral, libertad de expresión... y en general, una existencia digna y completa. Y, lo peor, es que lo consiguen gracias al poder de manejar el discurso desde altas esferas, y no porque sus ideas tengan apoyo social.
¿Qué de todo esto tiene que ver con J.K. Rowling?
Su relación con personalidades de la ultraderecha es conocida, como la directora de campaña de Citizen Go, la matriz internacional de lo que en España es Hazte Oir, que fue detenida a raíz de hacer doxxing (revelar información personal privada) a una persona trans en twitter, a quien llevaba años acosando o la infame cuenta de Twitter LibsOfTikTok, un espacio de ultraderecha que se dedica a vigilar las redes sociales en busca de personas LGBT existiendo y dirige ataques violentos e incluso amenazas terroristas hacia colegios, hospitales, políticos e incluso hacia esas personas físicas individuales.
Otros nombres relevantes son:
Bev Jackson (Una de las fundadoras de la LGB Alliance) y la Heritage Foundation, think-tank ultra anti-LGBT, a quienes Rowling ha defendido y apoyado públicamente en numerosas ocasiones.
Kelly Jay Keen (más conocida como Posie Parker) y la organización Hands Across the Aisle, fundación fundamentalista cristiana anti-trans, a quien Rowling defendió nuevamente hace muy poco, cuando en una de las protestas que organizaba se citó a Hitler y se animó a "exterminar" a las personas trans, a quienes culpan de los males del último siglo.
Helen Joyce y Helen Staniland, activistas políticas anti-trans en diferentes organizaciones y plataformas, que hace unos meses dieron una charla abogando por la exterminación trans. Rowling se reunió con Helen Joyce y muchas otras mujeres políticamente activas en la erosión de los derechos trans y LGBT en general, confirmado, irónicamente como un orgullo, por la organización anti-trans patria, Contraborrado.
La última, Megan Phelps-Roper, la nieta del fundador de la Iglesia Baptista de Westboro, quien compara a Rowling con Dios y la considera poco menos que una santa.
La Iglesia Baptista de Westboro es conocida por haber participado en manifestaciones violentas por todo Estados Unidos en contra de cualquier cosa que entienden como "progresista", como el cambio climático, pero principalmente en contra de los derechos LGBT.
Aunque Megan afirmó hace unos años que Internet le había abierto los ojos y dejó de participar activamente en la Iglesia, desde entonces ha dejado claro que, pese a no comulgar con el extremismo teológico de su familia, sigue manteniendo una visión bastante conservadora del mundo, trabajando con otros creadores de derechas como Joe Rogan y, ahora, lanzando una serie de podcasts "para dar voz" a Rowling, titulada "Los juicios por brujería a J.K. Rowling".
Curiosamente, ni Phelps ni Rowling comentan nada sobre el clima político actual, donde numerosos grupos políticos conservadores han conseguido eliminar la casi totalidad de libros de muchas escuelas y bibliotecas, y buscan conseguirlo a nivel federal, al censurar como "no adecuado para jóvenes" cualquier libro con referencias raciales, feministas, LGBT o que hable de igualdad o la lucha por conseguirla.
Por supuesto, un vistazo rápido a las redes de Megan Phelps muestra lo que ya podíamos intuir por su actitud: su principal círculo online, la gente a la que escucha y a través de quién se informa, son el Quién es Quién del trans-exclusionismo: plataformas transodiantes, escritores, políticos y personalidades conservadoras y vocalmente anti-trans, así como clubs de fans y otras cuentas dedicadas a amplificar esos mensajes.
Así que, de nuevo, incluso aun teniendo a todo el planeta comiendo de su mano intentando defenderla, Rowling vuelve a trabajar con personalidades de ideología conservadora para seguir promocionándose entre aquellos que, hasta hace nada, reclamaban que se eliminaran sus libros por "incitar a la brujería". Ahora, sin embargo, los publicitan, sabiendo como saben a qué ayuda su dinero. Mientras tanto, quienes fuimos alguna vez fans de ella o de su obra sólo podemos ver cómo se vuelve el gran villano de su vida.
How dare you leave this Jason Todd discourse in the tags.
how do YOU eat a girl out and what is it like for you????
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i have a horrible misogynist rooster who only likes blonde hens so i always have to make sure i have 2-3 yellow hens around so he doesn't run anyone ragged. i didn't know this was a problem someone could have but i've had macklemore for eight slutty, slutty years and he's been overly obsessed with the blondness level of his lady friends for the entire time with no sign of slowing down so, like. props to him for sticking to his guns.
SIR, PLEASE,
YOU CANT JUST CASUALLY LEAVE THIS IN THE REPLIES AS IF THIS ISNT A CRUCIAL ELEMENT OF THIS HARROWING STORY
SIR!!!!!!
Reddit conservatives being shocked about the GOP being against birth control is certainly something to witness.
They said this all along.
This, but basically with literally everything.
I've been hearing "these people are making my party look so bad!" lately, as if these aren't the inherent beliefs of the party and haven't been their goals for almost the entire time their party has existed.
"Who is voting against this?" the clowns and jokers you elected are!
not to be a history fucker on main but the whole mystery of the lost colony of roanoke is so fucking funny
governor of the colony: hey I’m gonna go back to england to get more supplies
115 colonists: okay
governor: ends up spending 3 years in england bc of a naval war with spain or some shit
governor: gets back to the colony to find everyone gone
governer: sees the word “croatoan”, the name of a native american tribe, carved into a post
croatoan tribe: has members and children with blonde hair/blue eyes, pale skin
everyone: what could have happened to the colonists of roanoke
racism is a hell of a drug
governor: I can’t believe my colony died
roanoke folks: actually these really nice people took us in? we left you a note about that? so please stop telling everyone we’re dead?
governor: Sometimes I Can Still Hear Their Voices
Some of those suspiciously mixed-looking Croatoan tribes-people were even still using the surnames of the Roanoke colonists! The degree to which ‘The Mystery of Roanoke’ is NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY MYSTERIOUS is fucking ridiculous! As an out-and-proud history fucker, I cannot tell you how mad I was when I decided to look into this ~super tantalising mystery~ only to find that it’s so dumb. It’s so dumb, guys.
Golden Girls was more progressive decades ago than half of America now.
you want to know one of the things that pisses me off most about dune? it’s not a valid complaint or problematic or anything. it’s that the litany against fear works and I hate it.
I used to recite the Desiderata in my head when I was a kid at my mom’s insistence but it’s so fucking long and full of compound sentences and the stupid fucking litany just… works better lol. Stop asking me questions during blood donation I’m busy mentally humiliating myself by being a fucking insufferable nerd.
For those who, like me, are unfamiliar with the litany, from the Dune wiki:
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."
Denying yourself a functional mental coping technique, for reasons such as cringe in the privacy of your own mind, is an act of self harm.
but letting Frank Herbert give me mental coping mechanism is an indignity I resent
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) dir. Sam Raimi
WHISPER OF THE HEART (1995) dir. Yoshifumi Kondō
Spiderman: No way home // Doctor strange in the multiverse of madness