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Do Not Let HR do this to you. It is not illegal to talk about wages in the work place. I did and got a 12% raise!

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hey, hi, I was just on the former bird app and came across this info from a brand new study and now I cannot stop screaming internally??? what the actual fuckkkk

theres' an article from the guardian here and here is the actual study:

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Timing in la verdadera destreza: the three considerations

Timing in la verdadera destreza: the three considerations

This article assumes you’re reasonably familiar with a number of terms and concepts in verdadera destreza. If you’re not, visit Movement and Tactics in the Spanish True School, then come on back. While the linked article ably covers the information I discuss below, I arrange the information a little differently, and these varying approaches may together help readers make sense of a very precise…

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currently enjoying the stage of recovery where I have enough self esteem to get pissed off

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So a while back I won a cheap eBay auction listing for a collection of love letters from the first world war.

They arrived today, and…the listing was WAY more than I expected for the price I won it for. There’s over 100, and they’re not just from WWI, but from 1906 (earliest I’ve found so far) through to 1915.

Charlie writes to his girlfriend, Gertrude. This is the most beautiful, lovesick stuff I’ve ever read. He sends her so many letters, sometimes twice a day, and lots of poems. He seems to have been an artist, as he talks a lot about small exhibitions of his stuff, and included a flyer for one. He also talks about how her parents don’t approve of them and how he’s desperately awaiting the day they’ll be married.

I haven’t found the latest of the letters, but the fact it’s up until 1915 and then stops…doesn’t give me hope for a happy ending.

This man continuously refers to his precious beloved Gertie as his queen and goddess, and whilst most of it is sickly sweet, there’s some raunchy stuff too, with him talking about how he can’t wait until they have a little house together and can ‘please each other all day’…

There’s. So many.

I’m going to put them in order by date, read them through, and then maybe even transcribe them so we can find out a bit about Charlie and Gertie’s love story.

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maybe reddit isn't that bad after all

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An Egyptian Pot Seller at Gizeh (Original piece by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann c.1876–1878) Touched by Clayshaper

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alright i promised to share info about the upcoming iatse strike, but i’m tired so here is someone else’s graphic…

Insta accounts to follow for more info:

@iatse @iatselocal44 @ia_stories @iasolidarity

most importantly, PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION

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Making this a separate thing from that last post on the matter, because I want to let that one be specifically about transandrophobia, but I’m now having a lot of thoughts about like… the way that there’s an expectation that AMAB trans people need to go on E while AFAB trans people should stay off of T.

Like, you’ll occasionally see positivity for AMAB trans people that don’t hormonally transition, but it doesn’t ever seem to translate into better treatment or any acknowledgment beyond trite positivity posts, and I could probably count on my fingers the amount of times I’ve seen positivity for AFAB trans people going on T except from transmascs. I don’t know enough about how this manifests for intersex people to say anything on the matter, but if any of my intersex followers want to give input, feel free.

tl;dr, all but the most palatable masculinity in trans people is demonized.

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"just not seeing enough people talking about carl clemons-hopkins, the first out nonbinary actor to be nominated for an emmy, and the nonbinary flag gown they wore last night"

@mattxiv

Carl Clemons-Hopkins on IMDB

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70′s/80′s/90′s Local Television Star Trek TOS Station IDs/Bumpers Part 2 Part 1 (x) 1. WKBS-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 70′s 2. WTCG-TV, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973 3. WCIA-TV, Champaign, Illinois, 1982 4. WTTG-TV, Washington, DC, 1971 5. KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, California, 1981 6. WKBS-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979 7. KWGN-TV, Denver, Colorado, 1990 8. WCAY-TV, Nashville, Tennessee, 1984 9. KNDO-TV, Yakima, Washington, 1991 10. KTXL-TV, Sacramento, California, 1980

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And to those who say, but second hand books and read them, what about the one who buys a second hand book, reads it, thinks wow how awesome is this i need to find more and starts supporting JK not knowing what an terf asshole she is.

You are still perpetuating the fandom.

It does make me wonder if she was a homophobe, racist, facist etc whether her ‘fans’ would still be like - but you can support the art but not the artist’ She isnt like Lovecraft who everyone knows he was a racist bigot. He is dead, his work is known for it’s time but it’s not affecting current policy, like JK Rowlings work IS.

The UK anti trans bills that came in were also a direct result of HER LOBBYING PARLIMENT.

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Being a vocalist on T

Caption: [Happy fancy Friday pals. Um I've got some thoughts. So you're trans and you're considering testosterone. And you're a professional vocalist so you have some questions. So you go to a doctor who is supposed to help you.

And nine times out of ten, they're going to tell you something like, "Well... this is really new. Are you sure you want to make such a big decision? Well you know there was this one professional singer who went on testosterone and their voice was ruined forever. You've worked so hard for your voice, aren't you worried you're gonna ruin your voice forever?!".

Do we ever tell cis men that when they go through puberty? No! Why would you tell someone that they will be less successful when they are more themself? Here's my soapbox and I'm just gonna tell you. Testosterone will not ruin your voice, it will be an asset to you.

I am almost nine months on low dose testosterone. I cried about that decision for so long because I was so worried about ruining my voice. My testosterone level is a little under three hundred, I'm planning to keep it there. Everyone is different.

But I have to remind myself that my voice sounds more like me than it ever has. I personally haven't really lost any range. Because I wasn't really utilizing a higher range in the high soprano range before anyway.

I, sure I can't vocalize above a high C anymore but I wasn't using that range. Now I have the lower range that I will be utilizing. Doing great, do you, when you become more you, it's more of an asset to you and your career and all of the things you want to do in life!]

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What does it take to teach a bee to use tools? A little time, a good teacher and an enticing incentive. Read more here: http://to.pbs.org/2mpRUAz

Credit: O.J. Loukola et al., Science (2017)

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This most adorable void in existence.

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See the thing is that performing femininity DOES empower women. Most women are very aware that they are treated better when they wear makeup and dress femininely. But no man is afraid of eyeliner “sharp enough to kill a man”. No woman ever got a job over a man because she was wearing heels and he wasn’t. But women have lost opportunities and been treated like shit for not doing those things.

Female empowerment through performing femininity does not give women power over men. It gives women power over other women. That fucking sucks.