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reactionary (lying, knows this is false): children are getting sex change operations in public schools liberal (righteously debunking): this isn't happening for many reasons. parental consent is required and no parent would consent + doctors require years of treatment first + it's not even legal + schools can't afford it + insurance doesn't cover it. trans kids (listening): every adult in the world collaborates to prevent me from making decisions about my body

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This is an Expanse joke.

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Izutsoomers when you tell them you like Neco Arc

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I figure the order in which a child first experiences the seasons could realistically affect (not dictate!) how their personality develops, so sun signs might be worth using as a loose proxy for some real psychological trends. Any serious attempt to measure those trends would need to control for material factors like parental wealth and local climate. The rest is confirmation bias and epicycles at best, charlatan sales patter at worst.

the thing about trying to reason with like HARDCORE astrology people is that we're coming from just two totally different places, ie, they think that I have some kind of aversion to admitting that the planets hold sway over the choices human beings make on Earth and I know that that's not how fucking planets work

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something about Will Ferrell fills me with incandescent rage. I can’t watch movies he’s in because I hate him too much.

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[“One day after we’d moved to Arizona, I passed an open patio door to see a rattlesnake coming across the threshold. I let out a yip of shock and fear, called to the children to stay in the family room, and considered the situation. John was out of town, making it improbable that he would intervene before the situation was resolved. There I was, holding a broom, several feet from the snake. There it was, halfway in, pausing to look at me, tasting for me with its tongue.

After a moment, my heartbeat began to slow down. I remembered that snakes can only strike in a small radius around their bodies, that the human hand can move four times faster than a striking snake, and that I was holding a broom, which I could use to fend off attack. Thank you, Discovery Channel.

At the moment I realized the snake was too far away to hurt me, I noticed that it was really rather beautiful. I began to admire the subtle mottling of brown and black diamonds, the elegant curve of the snaky body. And as I did so, an unexpected surge of empathy rose in me. I could imagine what it must feel like to be the snake, to find oneself in this odd place, where the air and floor were so much cooler than they ought to be.

“Dude,” I said to the snake, “you and I are both going to be so much happier if you turn around and go the other way.”

A few seconds later, the beast took my advice. It cautiously twined itself around, afraid to turn its back on a creature as large and terrifying as a human. When its belly touched the sun-baked warmth of the patio tiles, it shot off as fast as it could go. I found this endearing. I stood there with my broom and genuinely loved the snake, who, after all, was just being a snake.

This is how I feel about my father, my family, and the Latter-day Saints. They are themselves. They do whatever is their nature to do, make choices I have no right to judge or condemn. They are beautiful. I love them. As long as they’re a certain distance away.”]

Martha Beck, Leaving The Saints

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would plato be a chaser?

plato hated women almost as much as he hated his own homosexual desires, but there's a late account of him letting two women join the academy, at least one of whom "disguised herself as a man" so like i think he'd be on grindr for the ftms and would be really annoying about how they were male souls trapped in female bodies

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Gina Wynbrandt

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Being the only bi cis guy amongst almost exclusively trans friends and peers is wild because in theory its like im living in a horny manga where all of a dudes friends turn into hot babes, but in reality they are hunting me like the last bison on the prairie. 5 years ago I mentioned bionicle and one of them asked when I was starting estrogen.

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Did you know the cool down to crack your knuckles is over? Go ahead. Try it.

you were right…

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someone got really mad at me for being pro-pornography so i'd like to be annoying for a little longer:

-there are enormous problems with exploitation in the porn industry that harm and endanger the people within it, and that harm is carried out mostly against women and minorities

-this is Bad

-however the last century of passing laws against pornography hasn't actually helped any of those problems, and what sex workers tend to advocate for is the legitimization of their labor, so that they can then access the same protections and regulations that people in other industries can access

-for instance football players, miners, roofers, and warehouse workers are also exploited and endangered by their professions, have to work long hours, and can end up traumatized and disabled by unregulated and unsafe working conditions. these people are used up and thrown away by powerful bosses they can't individually challenge.

-however because these industries are not de facto illegal to participate in, when these people form unions and demand better working conditions, they can at least fight for their rights.

-sex workers, who engage in heavily stigmatized work that's also often illegal, have little recourse to demand better treatment.

-even if you don't like porn, and especially if you don't like porn, if you care about the women who are exploited in pornography, you need to advocate for the legality of pornography.

-the more illegal the porn industry is, the less safe and fair it is, and people will still be working in it, no matter how illegal it is.

-again: the porn industry should be regulated like any other industry and subject to laws guaranteeing fair compensation for labor, safe working conditions, and legal resources for workers suffering exploitation and abuse.

-once it is legal to do sex work, then women can bring charges against the men who have broken their contracts and abused them.

-and that is why i push back against posts saying that pornography is evil. it is an entertainment product, made by people, to meet an ongoing demand. criminalizing the consumption and production of it may slightly lessen the demand at the incredible cost of endangering everyone involved. and i think that is what's evil.

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Getting into a car accident is just like the Wizard of Oz. You’re suddenly thrown into a wild situation with potential casualties and you have to go talk to one of the most powerful people in all the land (insurance guy) to get your stuff back. Usually you’re joined by someone without a brain (a cop), someone without a heart (a cop), and someone without courage (a cop)

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Time is a flat circle. Welcome back 2001.

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Teen LGBT Squad

Another Hometar Runner fancomic for pride month, this time starring the Teen Girl Squad.

This was mostly an excuse to make that “ow mein kampf” joke