I find it so strange that there are people who don't think being transgender is 'real'. Yet many of them can accept that there's a variation in humans that means people can be attracted to the same sex, but not one that means people can feel they are another sex.

If you see this and wish to post four female characters you love

It really is extremely funny that no New Zealand media interviewed Helen Joyce, largely because TERF culture has so little mainstream influence here that nobody knows who the fuck she is. Anyway, I believe she’s buggered off home now, leaving nobody the wiser as to who the fuck she is.

Bought a little sketchbook to spark my imagination and I’ve decided to fill it with mini dungeons. Stay tuned for more!

My first @kawaiicon.bsky.social done and dusted! Was an amazing experience; I *think* I learned a bunch, but only time will tell. Loads of entertaining and informative speakers, maybe next one I’ll be brave enough to participate more!

Had an amazing 10th wedding anniversary yesterday, thanks to my wonderful husband @seagoatscreams.bsky.social Can’t believe it’s been a whole decade! ❤️

The women who actually use Kenwood Ladies Pond spoke clearly: the 900 members democratically voted to maintain their trans+ inclusive policy, in place since 2019. 🏊‍♀️ notinourname.org.uk/nion-women-r... #TransInclusion #KenwoodLadiesPond #TransRightsAreHumanRights @nionwomen.bsky.social

RIP to the 🪦 Prostate Cancer Screening bill 🥀, we barely knew you.

NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...

Update on the update! NZ First has, in an utterly bizarre move, reshuffled who owns their existing member's bills so only Jamie Arbuckle now owns his own Bill. The 'Definitions of Woman and Man' Bill is back, but this time under Dr David Wilson. Absolutely fucked-the-head bullshit going on.

NZFirst Bill Tracker Update! Jenny Marcroft has dropped the "Definitions of Woman and Man" Bill in favour of the Bill proposed in NZ First's press release yesterday, the Fireworks Prohibition Bill. NZ First were pushing the "Woman and Man" bill just 29 days ago, but appear to have lost interest.

The "Definitions of Woman and Man" Bill is GONEBURGER! It has been removed from the Member's Bill page on the parliament website - just one month after NZ First tried to push it again, per the post below. A nice victory for trans rights in Aotearoa NZ!

“WHAT IS THE CHARGE? THROWING A SANDWICH??? A SUCCULENT SUBWAY SANDWICH?????”

Idk who needs to hear this, but restorative justice only happens if: - The perpetrator pleads guilty - The victim agrees to it - The Judge allows it

🖼️ Jane Carkill

Book Cover of the Day:

Was a great day 🌊🍰🥤

Wild that in the 80s one of the most popular shows was about a suburban white family sheltering an illegal alien being hunted by the government, even though he was actively trying to eat their cat

Brianna Wu is an extremely privileged person who can absolutely disappear into a world of wealth and anonymity any time she likes. As such, her latest stunt is probably just narcissistic bullshit due to her not having enough attention lately.

These were my nails for the UN event btw 💅

Was very fortunate to be invited to Government House for the UN 80th anniversary function. Had a blast, met some cool people, got to wander around the house again, where I used to work one day a week in a previous job. 9/10 Friday night activity, would probably be 10/10 if I drank alcohol!

This year’s work whiteboard Halloween mural 🎃 Slightly rushed, but happy with it still!

Managed to get a news publication to remove my deadname and some other info from a shitty article about the ongoing HDCA case. Nice little win!

Cracking day, except for the wind 🌊🍰🥤

Not a bad spot for lunch 🌊

My uncle died recently. Sad that another family member is gone.

Unsurprisingly, science backs up trans women on HRT who say their bodies have become less like cis men and more like cis women. www.transvitae.com/research-fin...

Reclaiming its place as my all time fave 💅

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clutching serpents

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The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892. Wellcome Collection.

The flower gem

From James Sowerby's Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms, published in three volumes between 1797 and 1809.

No, I will not use male facilities and you cannot force me to. Get over it, because that’s the only option you have available that isn’t criminal.

No, I will not use male facilities and you cannot force me to. Get over it, because that’s the only option you have available that isn’t criminal.

There was a thick hazelnut and leek stew, warm arrowhead bread, a deep dish of cheese'n'mushroom'n'leek bake, and a hazelnut and elderberry pudding with meadowcream. After the meal, they sipped mint an' rosehip tea.

Still not fully caught up from Daylight Savings. Where's Māui when you need him to give the sun a hiding?

I feel like chrome skittles are my new thing. How do I top these though?

From Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods, Sarah Price.

Book Cover of the Day: #31DaysOfHalloween

M. F. Lewis' Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods.

I see NZ First is still pushing this member’s bill. Unless drawn from the ballot, this bill is little more than vice signalling to a very small voter contingent.

Making out that Caitlin Spice is just a name I 'go by' and not my legal name (on all my docs and records) is so incredibly dishonest and shitty. Caitlin has been my legal name since 2008 and Spice my legal surname since 2015, after I got married.

Congrats to Dr Melissa Derby for abandoning the 'Gender Critical' cult and speaking out in support of transgender rights. Proof that it's never to late to change!

Wasn’t sold on this manicure initially but it’s grown on me 💅

Race against tide 🌊🐚

From Illustrations of British mycology, Anna Maria Hussey.

It’s also #UKFungiDay today. 🖼️ Fungi, Ainsworth.