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everyone living in EU - please support the citizens initiative for safe and accessible abortion!!

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as far as i know, jkr has not apologized for playing a heavy hand in turning imane khelif into a world wide punching bag for the crime of being a strong black woman who didnt meet up to her code of gender. and i doubt she will with banda, only this is soccer. will people care now? will they do anything to uplift black women, trans women, intersex women? or will you all continue to only pick them up as trends.

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Do you have any resources about early(-ish) trans communities, and how they became more inclusive over time? I read Lou Sullivan's autobiography recently, and I'm fascinated by how he fought for the inclusion of trans men, even getting a San Francisco trans support group to change its name from Golden Gate Girls to Golden Gate Girls/Guys. Do you know of any stories similar to that, especially ones about nonbinary people?

i checked my library for similar groups and i haven't been able to find much information yet, but i'm hoping to find some more. it is really difficult to find groups back then that were focused around genderqueer, non binary, gender non conforming, etc. people. most of the time, non binary people hung out in the other communities instead. but i would absolutely love to see any evidence of the earliest non binary communities we know of in modern queer history!

feel free to send any information you may have on this topic, i haven't been able to find anything yet. if you know of anything like this, feel free to send feedback our way!

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I think at some point in time we need to sit down and start explaining to artist who want to make a career out of art that there are FAR more options than just "living off of commissions" and "posting my art online and praying I get paid for it".

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should you delete twitter and get bluesky? (or just get a bluesky in general)? here's what i've found:

yes. my answer was no before bc the former CEO of twitter who also sucked, jack dorsey, was on the board, but he left as of may 2024, and things have gotten a lot better. also a lot of japanese and korean artists have joined

don't delete your twitter. lock your account, use a service to delete all your tweets, delete the app off of your phone, and keep your account/handle so you can't be impersonated.

get a bluesky with the same handle, even if you won't use it, also so you won't be impersonated.

get the sky follower bridge extension for chrome or firefox. you can find everyone you follow on twitter AND everyone you blocked so you don't have to start fresh: https://skyfollowerbridge.com/

learn how to use its moderation tools (labelers, block lists, NSFW settings) so you can immediately cut out the grifters, fascists, t*rfs, AI freaks, have the NSFW content you want to see if you so choose, and moderate for triggers. here's a helpful thread with a lot of tools.

the bluesky phone app is pretty good, but there is also tweetdeck for bluesky, called https://deck.blue/ on desktop, if you miss tweetdeck.

bluesky has explicitly stated they do not use your data to train generative AI, which is nice to hear from an up and coming startup. obviously we can’t trust these companies and please use nightshade and glaze, but it’s good to hear.

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Hey everyone, House just passed H.R 9495 as of 11/21, which is a bill that prevents non-profits for helping with causes such as Palestine and other acts the government deems "terrorism."

The guardian explains why it's a massive problem here.

This could seriously hurt non-profits that are trying to help multiple good causes with the vague terminology they are using to give themselves power to dictate what that means.

They are trying to fast track it while everyone is panicking about the results of the election. CALL YOUR SENATORS AND SAY NO TO H.R. 9495.

If you can't call for any reason, absolutely spread the word and reblog this post.

This is extremely serious and a dangerous bill. We should do what we can to stop it.

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You might have to do it for us, please. (Please, pretty please, we're on our hands and knees--BEGGING) I'll try though, once I finish my WIP.

so basically who’s gonna write some john q fics or am i gonna have to make a comeback n write them myself??

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We all know what erectile dysfunction is but literally no one is ever taught what vaginismus is and it can cause people to feel extremely lost, broken, and cause people to take their own lives. Raise. Awareness.

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And for the record, it's fanartists and fic writers doing the heavy lifting in all your little communities, just keep that in mind next time you decide to defend corporations and big labels for taking down fanworks

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walkable cities also means sittable cities send tweet

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this is from a real diary by a 13-year-old girl in 1870. teenage girls are awesome and they’ve always been that way.

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aagh, these look like my little guys. I know lab rats just look like that, but it really makes me miss them.

last week i took home 8 lab rats and found them permanent homes, so now they all have a nice life ahead of them. they are sooo cute and very social, i love them so much<3

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Men, go put your loosest, comfiest skirt on rn!

more cishet people should crossdress. builds a vibrant ecosystem