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can't decide if this is the stupidest presidential campaign in history or if they've always been like this and we just never got such an open view of them before
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bridget forcefem tulpa is a light in this dark dark world
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GUESS WHO FINISHED HER ZINE COMIC
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👤💛🧡🖤👤
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you’re playing the game better than anyone else has ever played it
i started playing Disco Elysium and last night (the same day i started playing) i woke up to my stomach hurting so bad that in my delirium i thought it had to do with something from the game.
and looked it up…
i thought this was completely normal until waking up later after the pain was gone.
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There's me, and then theres the greasy failwife cop man inside I dress up as
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Boulders in now abandoned Dogtown, MA. In the 1930s Roger Babson commissioned unemployed stonecutters to engrave 35 boulders with “inspirational” phrases after the announcement of the stock market crash that would lead to the Great Depression.
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I DO think it’s funny that so many Mormon influencers are essentially crypto-Mormons but the Mormonism colors all their content. They’re just. Really vague about it. Not something you see with fundie Christian influencers or Catholic influencers. Mormons, famously, do proselytize and do it loudly, it isn’t a religion of silent observance and religious freedom. I think a lot of the silence from Mormon influencers is a conscious or subconscious knowledge there is a lot wrong with the religion. I’m sure there are also a few observant religious Mormon influencers who avoid mentioning their religion because they’re afraid of reading things in the comments that poke holes in their ideology.
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it's complicated to suggest that sexism is worse now than it was 40 or 80 years ago, that's obviously nonsense, but gendered anxieties can still be high, or arguably even higher in the absence of old constraints.
#The worst instantiation of this is the pronoun circle#where there’s immediate pressure to out yourself right there in person where you can see everyone’s reactions#I don’t miss college
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So I heard about this convent that had a bunch of applications to join, but their ancient systems couldnt really keep up.
They were really inundated.
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john 1:20 - “ he did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, ‘i am not the messiah.’ ”
ITS HERE!!! i’ve been wanting to do this ever since i read this quote. also i just reread this chapter in nona and it makes me go fucking insane. tribute to my most favorite horrible little guy and the most genuinely horrifying writing i’ve ever read
(comic quote is from The Reunion by Katherine Applegate, translation for the bible verse googled. thanks bible gateway)
- the “bright line” is john’s understanding of the soul/his connection to the earth; the four-pointed star is more explicitly the soul, hence why it’s in the palm of cristabel’s hand after she shoots herself, and over john’s mouth as he begins the lyctor process. the bright line resolves itself into alecto at the very end.
- the frame of cristabel is actually the first that came vividly to mind—i loved the image of a bright-eyed, naively innocent, anime-girl-esque cristabel juxtaposed with the harsh reality of the gun to her head and her bloodied hand
- the splash on page two is when john reaches out and stops gideon’s heart, and i just loveee how it came out
- the final panel is also one i’ve had in mind for a really long time. i hope i captured the unsettling horror of john, feral and animalistic and unnatural, moments after he completed the lyctor process
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There's "peace can only come after great suffering (hopeful)" and "peace can only come after great suffering (fearful)" and I'm not sure which sucks more, but I'm also not sure either are wrong, unfortunately.
i think as a first pass heuristic anybody claiming suffering is necessary for a good end ought to be regarded with suspicion, especially if their tone seems to be one of cackling glee rather than unhappy solemnity
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While I have thoughts about the election that I haven't quite been able to put into words yet, I've seen a lot of misconceptions that "if DIY HRT is so easy for gymbros to get, it must be easy for trans men too!" and "Just go up to a gymbro and ask for his T!"
As the "trans gym bro" blog, I feel like I have to be the one to say
NO. IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE.
First of all, because T is a regulated substance, it is hard for gymbros to get as well. That means even if they DID use T, they would NOT be sharing.
Secondly, there's "natty" culture. For those who aren't in the know "natty" is short for "natural". Being "natty" means you got your gains without the use of testosterone or steroids. There are those of the mindset "if you're not natty whatever, just disclose", but there are also those who look down on the idea of not being natty. Not to mention a lot of these gymbros strongly discourage the use of T in their circles because of the negative effects (namely the aromatization of T into E) of too much T. Basically, not every gymbro uses T, many actively discourage it, and those that do use T are likely hiding it.
Third, very few people are going to just bring their T into a locker room. Partially because of the previous point, but also because the locker room is just unsanitary, often don't have a proper disposal bin for sharps, and/or because the gym bans the use of steroids (sometimes needles I think?) entirely (this may not stop everyone but it's at least a deterrent).
Fourth, and very importantly, a large number of gymbros are transphobic. This varies from ignorant to actively malicious, and you never know which one you're going to get. To be fair, not every single gymbro is transphobic, but there is a large enough portion of them that are, such that you would be at substantial risk if you outed yourself to one. No transmasc in their right mind is going to risk outing themselves to someone who hates you AND is jacked as fuck.
There are other things preventing those who want testosterone HRT from accessing it also, such as doctors refusing to prescribe it to an AFAB person because "you'll ruin your body" reasons, those gymbros being a big part of the reason why T is a controlled substance, as well as it just being unsafe to use someone else's vial of T.
The point is though, we DO need resources for DIY T, ESPECIALLY in the current political climate in the US. Do NOT fucking ignore us because you refuse to acknowledge that not every gymbro is going to fit whatever idea of them you have in your head.
Anyway. I have to hit legs now.
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Was just diagnosed with “need to bite you” disorder. Yeah sorry it’s terminal. The only cure is biting you. C’mere.
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so a lot of ideological tradwives pursue the line of argument that feminism denigrates traditionally womens work (i.e. housekeeping, childrearing) by suggesting that feminists want to push all women to do "men's work" and dismiss the value of mothers and homemakers.
setting aside the obvious untruth of this- feminists have always been the strongest fighters for recognising the worth of womens work- its interesting when juxtaposed with the tradwife line that retiring from paid employment and settling into domestic life is relaxing, natural, and suitable for womens more delicate selves. they suggest that feminism pushes women to run themselves ragged rather than living a relaxed existence at home, cared for by their husbands.
but this itself is rooted in the devaluing of domestic labour, because it understands it as easy, simple, and fundamentally Not Real Work. its an important part of the tradwife project to glorify homemaking while also denying its difficulty, to promise women they will be valued in their domestic role while stripping away recognition of that value. its not an original observation that tradwife influencers often live in massive sparkling homes clearly cared for by domestic servants while they show off their hobbies, but its important to note this is not only a way to attract viewers to an idealised vision but also a systematic tactic to devalue the real worth of domestic labour
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