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it’s so wild that trumps executive order has that bit about sex being assigned at conception.

I assume this is the anti-abortion position being encoded into the anti-trans legislation. no one is testing what gametes their embryo has— such a thing isn’t possible (embryos don’t produce them yet; there are primordial germ cells, but they aren’t differentiated as sperm or egg cells).

it just goes to show that gender/sex policing is never based on any science— there is no "scientific" definition to what “female sex” or "male sex" is. It doesn’t exist as a material reality. It is a legal construct that is assigned with the first legal documentation assigned to a subject—the birth certificate.

and that isn’t based on chromosomes or gametes. it’s a decision based on whether a doctor thinks the infant will be mostly likely to be capable of penetrative heterosexual sex as “female” or “male.” because penetrative heterosexual sex is the point, the determination is based on whether the clitoris is long enough to penetrate (in which case “it’s a boy”) and if not whether there is a vaginal canal deep enough for penetration (in which case “it’s a girl”) and if neither or both are true the child’s body is forcibly surgically altered.

they can't define sex "biologically" because it is not a "biological" reality. it will be determined, as always, punitively, on a case by case basis on varying traits and legal documentation, to enforce patriarchal economic systems that depend on misogyny and transmisogyny.

one of the most telling parts from the executive order, to me, was this (emphasis mine):

"The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system. Basing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself."

this bit gives the game away with how important the institution and enforcement of sex assignment is to capitalism, the united states economy, the carceral/legal system, and the ideological buy-in to us-american hegemony.

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self loathing

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archaeologists can only speculate but it is possible op was a sort of priest or shaman when they made this post for ceremonial purposes

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do you have any short hp fic recs? less than 50k words would be ideal

sure a lot of these will probably be fics i’ve already recced before tho bc i haven’t been reading much new fic lately 🤧

your hand in mine and other brief, annihilating intimacies by superloonyluna @superloonyluna [wolfstar]

all the lonely people by superloonyluna @superloonyluna [wolfstar]

the son and heir of nothing in particular by aeridi0nis @steelycunt [wolfstar]

the way we look like animals by dykesiriusblack @dykefever [wolfstarbucks]

zwischen immer und nie (between always and never) by sudowoodo @sudowoodo-writes [dumbledore/grindelwald]

deadhorse by thebloatedfrog @thebloatedfrog [dorlene]

bibliomancy by redsnake05 [mcgonagall/pince]

seasons in desire by dykesiriusblack @dykefever [dorlene]

hey dorcas by moonymoment @mayescapade [dorlene]

strange bedfellows by ravenclawsquill @ravenclawsquill [drarry]

measures of our days and nights by flimsy @flimsi [drarry]

that’s the art of getting by by sarewolf @sarewolf [wolfstar]

not if it’s you by estas_absentis [wolfstar]

light in august by orestesfasting [wolfstar]

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wait do u have drarry recs … esp w down and out harry…

yes 🤭

down-and-out harry:

chasing dragons by the_sinking_ship (idk if down-and-out is really the best description here he’s more like. isolated from the world…) @the-sinking-ship

kept in cages by sweet_s0rr0w @sweet-s0rr0w

who we are in the shadows by quicksilvermaid @quicksilvermaid

nearly lost things, carefully tended by squadofcats @norelationtoatticus

potential gravity by zeitgeistic @lol-zeitgeistic

+ some others that don’t exactly fit that trope but which i’ve really enjoyed:

nor all that glisters by sweet_s0rr0w @sweet-s0rr0w

the boy who only lived twice by lettered @letteredlettered

revolvevlover by firethesound and zeitgeistic @firethesound @lol-zeitgeistic

dwelling on dreams by the_sinking_ship @the-sinking-ship

all our secrets laid bare by firethesound @firethesound

burn the witch by lettersbyelise @lettersbyelise

notes on a resurrection by newleaves (one of my fave fics of all time from any fandom)

soup-pocalypse and the great curry cataclysm by squadofcats @norelationtoatticus

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reading a long slow book where not much happens plotwise but i spend a lot of time with characters doing small everyday things and get very deep inside their lives and heads is akin to making a hearty vegetable soup from scratch chopping all the vegetables by hand and letting it simmer for ages on the stove and then sitting down on the sofa curled up under a blanket and taking that first bite and feeling warm from the inside out. to me

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ICE raids are starting on Tuesday in Chicago.

Yell “ICE” and “LA MIGRA” to disrupt them. Notify people and use your privilege as a citizen to make ICE’s job as difficult as possible.

Fascism has been here. It’s just loud now. Time to be loud too.

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I thought I would share this dorlene piece I had in my backrooms, I wasn’t happy with it so I never uploaded it but I love the two. Please have them 🪲

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hi! you said your next fic might be drarry... can you share what you have in mind for them?

sure 🌝🌝 i have actually already written a few chs but i’ve just been sending them to a single friend to read…probably won’t actually post anything til i have the whole fic written. it’s essentially a v self-indulgent fic that combines all my favorite tropes for drarry, so it starts w down-and-out harry who’s like Not Doing Well years after the end of the books getting turned into a vampire & basically going into a doom spiral bc of it yayyyy. & then progresses from there….

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have u watched interview with the vampire!!! the 2022 version? just curious to know what you think about it

yes i loved it <3 armand is my forever girl

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those feratus

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would you ever want your fic made into a podfic ? :0

a few people have already made my fics into podfics! whenever someone reaches out to ask about it my answer is pretty much: go for it, as long as there’s no money involved. i think it’s really cool when someone enjoys my writing enough to want to make something out of it just for fun—whether that’s podfics, hand-bound books, art, or their own fanfic!

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Ceasefire announcement, by photo journalist Majdi Fathi

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I do think with news of the ceasefire, everyone should read up on what the ceasefire actually means and what the different phases of the ceasefire are. here's a good source for what we know as of now:

Some of my initial takeaways are:

this ceasefire is temporary (as of right now, six weeks long). negotiations will continue but israel is not offering guarantees about continued non-violence. BDS remains important. be vigilant, keep pressure up

rafah crossing will open one week after the initial phase starts

israel will release 2000 prisoners

more aid will get to northern gaza, look out for ways you can help

if the second phase is initiated, israel will do a complete withdrawal from gaza. which means the initial phase will not include that. again i say: BE VIGILANT

if the third phase is reached, reconstruction will begin "under international supervision"

nothing is over, even if this is a relief. do not tape out, do not tune out.

pls still read the full article

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i need him begging for forgiveness on it

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Icarus and the Sun

rereading @rollercoasterwords ‘s dorlene fic and haven’t drawn them in a very long time so this was very fun :)

anyway back into the abyss I gooooo (imagine my voice getting softer and softer as I back away into the dark)