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The German Election The General Election in Germany is likely to be the most fiercely contests of any since the war. Chancellor Hitler has proclaimed a Four Year Plan to banish unemployment and make Germany great once again but others have made promises of this kind before and failed to deliver the goods. --The Rugeley Times, 11 Feb 1933

1933

The vast majority of Americans voters understand Barack Obama to be “liberal” and Bernie Sanders to be “very liberal,” this attempt to import a meaningful left-liberal distinction into American politics is an annoying affectation by people for whom politics exists entirely on their phones

the reason why we have terms like sinophobia, antisemitism, antiblackness etc is not to downplay the fact that other ethnic groups and races exp racism. these terms allow those groups to be specific abt how racism manifests for them. all of this is RACISM, but sometimes we need more specificity

anyway, transmisandry as a term doesnt make sense bc misandry isnt real. period. what trans men go thru is transphobia. i think there are things trans men go thru that trans women dont, but its still transphobia right, its like saying we should abolish racism as a term bc ppl exp it differently

Anti-LGBTQ orgs have explicitly stated they USE sports as a "gateway drug" to undermine trans people's rights. They've also said this is how they eventually roll back all progress on LGBTQ rights. Newsom falls for it hook, line, and sinker.

What the frak is happening on Reddit. Or do I not want to know.

I found it kind of curious that trans people weren't labelled on this chart despite being the second-most discriminated group according to both cohorts surveyed (63% and 92% for R+leaners and D+leaners respectively), so I labelled all the data as well as made the axes equal.

There are too many AFAB people in this discussion loudly proclaiming that trans women _can't_ get periods.

There are also a bunch of trans women claiming that even if we do get something like a period we shouldn't call it that because it… might upset someone?

wtf.

The stairs of the supreme court courthouse light up in trans flag colors. The words "NOT PEOPLE" under it in all caps, backed by Devin (Legal Eagle) with a grimace on his face. Video titled: "How the supreme court ended trans rights" Legal Eagle. 52k views. 1 hour ago

I cannot describe to those of you who are cis what it feels like to log in to youtube and see this as the first recommended video.

I cannot even begin to approach an explanation of what it feels like.

Taking a job as an SRE is like signing up to be Cassandra, I swear.

I've been using non-alcoholic wine and liquor at LARPs recently and it has been _great_. Most of the advantages with none of the drawbacks of actually having wine and liquor.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" Explore the speech "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" delivered by Frederick Douglass in 1852, including full text and historical context.

Every 4th of July, I take the time to read "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July." Let us begin:

"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."

I am seriously done with boomer psychology.

Most times I see people complain about “transandrophobia” or “transmisandry” it’s almost always whining about trans women, yet when I see trans women vent about “transmisogyny” it’s usually about experiences with cis people

0 days since horse first aid skills have come in handy for a person (me, I’m person)

I have now learned more in the last 3 months about the behavior and lives of 12th and 13th century catholic nuns than I ever thought I would want to learn.

Welcome to LARPing, I guess. Come for the hitting people with plumbing supplies, stay for the copious amounts of research and emotional trauma

Social media was supposed to be a magical Power-to-the-People technology. Instead, its effects on politics have largely been two-fold:

1) Causing grassroots movements to render themselves impotent with Discourse-driven infighting.

2) Absolutely nuking the brains of power-elites.

Using testosterone for the reverse practice with (short) boys is still done today.

Nb, it used (as in within my lifetime) to be not especially unusual to use high dose estrogen to stunt the growth of girls who would be “too tall.”

Often without her consent.

Heh. On the Autistic Burnout construct assessment I score a 43.

Out of 48 possible. Burnout is assessed at anything above 32.

Weird how he's complaining about this one and not Columbus Day or Thanksgiving or some such. Absolutely bizarre.

Also. Union members. It would be good to be doing some education as to your membership about this administration right now so that we don't have a repeat of the 2024 Teamsters.

Yes, being denied puberty blockers and seeing kids be denied puberty blockers hits trans women differently than trans men

There are myriad reasons this is true, and no this isn't saying that it doesn't suck or isn't destructive for all of us. This isn't a better/worse

Just acknowledge differences

What Covid “Lab Leak” and “Rushing Kids into Transition” Have in Common and more general thoughts about conspiracy theories and negativity bias

NEW ESSAY: rather than reading the legalese SCOTUS used to justify Skrmetti, learn about how conspiracy theorists hijacked mainstream discourse on gender-affirming care:
on Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l...

Scared trans kids can see adults be scared online. Especially adults who are like them. It's fine.

Don't silence people grieving with "think of the children who might see your post!"

There's a nuanced conversation I can have about talking about it with kids in your life. This is a public forum.

once again — if you’re one of the fortunate ones in a big blue city you need to start thinking about how your community can handle a big influx of vulnerable, scared newcomers. this is not hypothetical, it is happening now

"We do not have to accept the [death] sentence!"

That's not how sentences work.

Like sure, rage against the machine and all of that, but people are going to die and others are going to live lives much poorer off because of this.

That also needs to be acknowledged in all of this.

"But won't you think of the children" to people who are grieving, scared, and in pain is not it.

Okay if you use “femcel” unironically I’m blocking outright, and if you use it ironically you are on thin ice.

Androphilia and masculinity are absolutely elevated in the vast majority of queer spaces. If you think otherwise, you need to touch grass. Lesbians are a minority in the queer community and even their spaces are constantly under pressure to be as inclusive to queer and non-queer masculinities as

“Good,” Bea says. “You’ve got to nip that sort of silliness in the bud, early.” “Have a lot of experience with trans women, do you?” “Enough to know that if you give them an inch they’ll steal ten years from themselves.”

oof.

#DorleyHall