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"if you were on a deserted island would you still be xenogender" if i were on a deserted island i would be dead i think. i'm not really much of a wilderness survivor.

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getting bottom surgery not because i'm trans but because i could just pee in a bottle during long car rides instead of suffering for god knows how long until the next gas station

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refraining from a lot of election joke posting and instead I just donated $55 USD to gaza soup kitchen and i encourage anyone else to consider donating even a couple of dollars to the people who will be affected the most from whatever outcome happens

you can also donate to care for gaza here

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local man asked to stop "thanking his boyfriend for loving him" because "love is not a favor". 500 dead 500 billion injured

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i joined twitter just to have another social media to post my art to and i'm consistently so surprised how a social media can be *so* reactionary and negative. i thought tiktok was bad. *reddit* is more friendly than twitter. what is even happening.

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leaving tumblr for a little while and then coming back with a whole new hyperfixation (house md) and having to re-curate your dash to suit it better

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see when people try and nitpick me because i call my dog "my dog" when it's technically "the family dog".......well first of all i still call my brother "my brother" and not "the family boy". although maybe that should change. second of all sorry i'm still thinking about the family boy. btw i fell asleep while making this post last night and i think you can tell

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The way voting discourse gets this time of year is deeply exhausting because I don't think we should spend this much time thinking about it so here is a concrete thing you should do instead of posting about voting:

Open the search engine of your choice

Type in the name of your city or county.

Type in an issue that you care about the most

And then type in the word "organizing." Or maybe something like "preparedness" or "solidarity."

Spend twenty minutes going through the results until you find something that feels resonate with your values. Maybe it's a nonprofit. Maybe it's a scrappy mutual aid group with a twitter account. Doesn't matter. Find something that's more organized and consistent than a one-off protest.

If there's not results, that's okay. Think of another issue or expand your geographic area. Maybe into look into a national organization.

Send them an email! Ask how you can get involved. Tell them your time restrictions, any skills you have. Ask what they need.

(if contacting a group feels risky at all, make a proton mail account and don't use your real name; there are plenty of mutual aid groups where everyone is definitely using a pseudonym and that's fine!)

Maybe send a few emails, if you like multiple organizations or aren't sure.

Follow up if you haven't heard back in a week. Organizations can get busy but they do need you!!

I'm a paid organizer now but whenever I move on to a different career, I will continue to do organizing work as a volunteer. I've also done mutual aid and attended protests. I'm working on getting involved in disaster preparedness in my neighborhood.

Organizing groups always need more people to help and being involved in something meaningful in your community will save you. Literally it will save you from despair. There are multiple ways of doing this - sometimes what people need is help with social media and you don't even need to leave your room. Whatever you do, you will develop new skills, you will find people who care about the things you care about, you will refine your own political beliefs through concrete action.

Regardless of the outcome of any given election, there is so much work to be done in the world and every single person who decides that they want to do that work opens the door to more possibility and begins to create the conditions for that new world we all want to see so desperately.

Don't let anyone convince you the best you can offer the world is your vote. The world needs your voice and hands and dreams and anger and laughter and creativity. It needs you.

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I never did post the Title Page, did I? lol

First Page!

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Listen up! They're trying to change marketing tactics to appeal to Gen Z. I found this article explaining this from the POV of "how to get the teens interested," but it's still handy to look at what they're suggesting to be aware of what they'll try.

Here are some highlights from the article, but I suggest you read it for yourself. (The screenshots should have full image IDs too)

Have they caught on to how bland that corporate style of art is? Or do they think that's DIY?

I was going to cut this paragraph down, but damn, they just keep going. Tldr of it is "said a slur? Surprisingly, the Gen Zers want you to acknowledge and apologize for it! No more sweeping it under the rug!"

This I had to cut the last word of the sentence, but it's 'communities.' Otherwise, I can't comment, they've done it themselves.

Now, let's talk about the Gen Z like they're wild animals we must try to understand. We understand the new form of habitat they flock to.

"It's all about trust!" Word of advice, don't trust corporations.

No... please no. They bring up Fortnite concerts as an example. Oh no...

Man, this article keeps getting worse. Shopping as a sport, oh lord.

I'm actually tired after going through this, but it was definitely worth it to put this together. Know what they're doing to sell to you, and remember that their top priority is making a sale. Read the article, know your enemies. Damn.

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PSA FOR TESTOSTERONE USERS!!

if you’re getting a lump/itchiness at the injection site, TELL YOUR DOCTOR!! you could be the 1 in 20 people who’s allergic to the most widely used formula of testosterone. how do i know this? turns out i’m 1 in 20 people! (the doctor gets very disappointed in you when you describe an allergic reaction as “probably normal, right?”)

there are other formulas out there! you don’t have to be itchy! who knew! (clearly not me)

EDIT: basically, tell your doctor ALL of your symptoms. even if they seem normal. you never know.

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Source: Dyke Strippers; Lesbian Cartoonists A to Z , edited by Roz Warren

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hasbro hub shows were peak

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I love it when people use "shrimp" to mean "beyond the human range". like "shrimp colors" but applied to other things. "shrimp emotions" "shrimp sounds" "shrimp morality", as if shrimp are living some kind of transcendent existence that humans can never comprehend

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Not sure what's going on with Chris but it's not cis that's for sure.

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cutely drops these and leaves

feel free to use them! (they're a joke though so don't take them seriously)

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happy valentine's day to the arospec community!!

happy vday to the loveless, romance repulsed, heartless, and unlovable

happy vday to the romo aros, sexuromantics, recipro romantics, grey aros, lithoromantics, and frayromantics

happy vday to the lovefluxes and arofluxes!!

happy vday to aroallos, aroaces, aromant-aplatonics, non-sam aros, and any other combination of aspec

happy vday to aromantic people who love valentine's day and happy normal ass wednesday to aromantic people who dont like or don't celebrate it

i hope y'all have a good day if you're spending it alone, with friends, or with a partner. if you're celebrating or not. we're an underrepresented community every day of the year, so i hope you can make something good out of today if you're feeling extra isolated.

buy yourself some 50% off chocolate tomorrow, whatever community you're part of!