Even if Rowling were a staunch trans ally I'd still be perplexed at the enduring popularity of some derivative elitist public school fantasy where some kid discovers he was upper class all along & joins the police while the status quo persists forever. Including slavery.

I just honestly can't understand the politics and views of someone who sees someone as sweet as Ms. Rachel who advocates for ALL children and their care and safety... and they hate her for it. Think about that. Hating someone because she cares about children. I will never understand those people.

Trump could have sent any number of groups to the airports to help TSA. He chose ICE for a reason! Because it’s another opportunity for them to kidnap people! Airports are a great place to find people! You think ICE quotas are gonna disappear at airports??

Oof. This is both funny and sad at the same time...

I remember just hearing here and there about bathroom laws and other such anti-trans laws cropping up here and there. But I think it's no surprise there's a boom after Roe v. Wade was repealed in 2022. The GOP found a new target. It fucking sucks.... They hate women and they hate LGBTQIA+ people.

Fuck. I....I don't understand it. I don't understand how ppl struggle to separate the actions of the Nation of Israel & "Jews" who are vast, varied, and NOT the Nation of Israel. Like, not even all Israelis support Israel's actions. MUCH LESS ALL JEWS. WTF???

I never felt bad for being white after learning about what my ancestors did to slaves a few generations ago. But you know what did make me feel bad? Being told I'm a sinful human deserving of eternal punishment because my ancestors several thousand years ago ate a piece of fruit. That fucked me up.

I don't like that "how are you" has become just a greeting. Because I'm a literal and honest person. I can't say "I'm fine" when I'm not! And anytime someone asks me that now? All I can think it how everything is on fire. So no, it's not fine. But you can't bring that up, because it's a greeting!

You don't have to be good at art to enjoy it. One of the things that makes us human is we create. Go create! Just for the sake of it.

If your god is one who is okay with rampant death and destruction and is on your side, then no, I will never pray to that god. I will never worship that god. This is the harm and danger of Christian Nationalism. They literally think the creator of the universe is on their side. It sickens me.

it’s incredibly blackpilling to me that it takes rising gas prices and rising gas prices alone to have people turn against the war in iran, and not the american government murdering thousands of children and civilians in iran. americans are incredibly selfish

This is pedantic/unimportant, but I worry about how many trans people are suddenly using the term “cross sex hormones.” There’s no such thing. Everyone produces both, even without gamete-producing organs. The right is promoting the term because it sounds unnatural, experimental, and even dangerous.

One fun thing about being non-binary is it makes it easier to sniff out who is also non-binary. I can see a random person and go "I bet they're non-binary" and see if they list their pronouns and it's "they/them." I know my people when I see them!

They're basically saying the quiet part out loud, aren't they? Evidence shows LLMs reduces critical thinking skills and I don't think that's a bug. It's a feature. They want you to not be able to think for yourself.

When I was back on Twitter, a TERF argued with me that there are no trans people in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries similar to that. I tried to explain to her there probably are, they just aren't safe to come out. And it hit me... she wants that for EVERYWHERE. She saw that as a good thing.

I'm either tired or stupid, because I kept wondering why Bianca del Rio was in the running for the Oscars... and I now realize it's an actor named Benicio del Toro. 🤦‍♂️ Can you blame me? I was catching up on Drag Race this weekend. It's been on my mind. But a drag queen Oscar winner would be cool.

"Do you recognize Israel's right to exist [...] as a Jewish state [...] which necessarily entails the denial of national equality to the at minimum 2,000,000 non-Jewish citizens and at maximum 7,000,000 non-Jewish subjects of the state" is the actual question. To which the answer should be flat no.

Sometimes, you have to enjoy the little things.

Every time you conflate Jews with Israel, you affirm zionist propaganda and HELP THEIR CAUSE. Cut that shit out AND spread the word!

This is so interesting, and I think it's good to see different perspectives that indigenous people have. Not only in regards to religion, but really for anything. I'm so tired of the narrative that Western ideals are the best. We can learn a lot from indigenous people www.youtube.com/watch?v=innT...

Facts are facts... We wouldn't be in this mess if everyone who didn't want Trump to be president voted. No, Harris wasn't perfect. BUT LOOK AROUND!!!! You happy with the result? Are you? It's pure chaos. I made a mistake by sitting out in 2016. Never again. I learned my lesson.

What a lovely man and a great way to describe how gender dysphoria is treated. But you know transphobes... they won't care. They want trans people to suffer MORE, not less. They want to force them into a box they don't fit it and will continue to call it a mental illness.

I've been watching Markiplier play through the new Resident Evil game, and it was fun watching him play Village when it came out because he was goo goo for Lady Dimitrescu, and now he's gaga over Leon, saying how cool he is and how enamored he is playing as him. It's great.

It's crazy how many times people accuse me of purposefully being weird and different so I can get attention or something like that. I very much care for authenticity. No, I didn't choose to be this way. This is just who I am. And it hurts every time they accuse me of putting on a performance... 😕

""I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state for your wedding and need to use the restroom at the venue ..."

And for some reason... the MAGA cult have been convinced these are all good things. I'll never understand it. Things are so much worse than I even anticipated, yet Trump supporters continue to be happy with everything going on. I just wonder how they can't see it.

This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.

I still can't get over the name of the operation our government came up with... they've killed school girls and called it Epic Fury. Like they're a bunch of 12-year-olds playing Call of Duty or something. Children are dead. And they act like it's some video game.

"Gender is a fixed biological reality, like gravity" ok but you're not passing 50 laws making it a crime to defy gravity, why do you suppose that is

Wait wait wait wait wait

An opinion that makes you a fringe radical in this country is that the life of a person who is not an American citizen is not an abstraction, and is worth just as much as that of an American citizen

I just saw a video of some Trump supporters being interviewed and asked if what's going on in Iran affects how they see the president. I swear, they sound no different from the people who say "God works in mysterious ways." They are loyal no matter what. There's no line he can cross...

Honestly, it was a "death by a thousand cuts" situation that had been ruminating from teenage years into adulthood. But what really kicked it off was 1) constantly praying for guidance from God and never receiving a response and 2) leaving my ex-church of 20 years and looking for a new one.

A lot of transphobes and people against drag queens do seem to think men and women are different species. So honestly, that comment tracks.

The Discourse has become sort of numb to the fact that the richest guy on earth and owner of a major social media platform just routinely spits out the kind of nakedly white supremacist shit that until a decade ago you rarely saw outside of places like Stormfront.

I was finally able to spend some time with a long-term friend and I always forget whenever we're together we end up talking for hours without getting bored. Ended up talking for 7 hours about the state of things and some fun stuff to lighten it up a bit. I forget how needed that is...

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Things start to make a lot more sense when you remember that our government is now run by Christian Nationalists who want to help create the conditions that will bring about the end of the world. And no, I'm not joking. They really want the End Times to happen now. It's why they side with Israel.

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

I just saw this video about women engaging in everyday acts of micro-feminism, and I have to share this one bc I CACKLED: Next time a guy tells you that you should smile, say "You first". Then, when he does, say, "Good boy," and walk away without changing your expression at all. 😂

Am I surprised that a man who campaigned on promising not to start any wars is actually starting wars? No, I'm not. Liars lie. What I *am* surprised by is all his followers going along with it, even though they said one of the reasons they voted for him was because he wasn't going to start wars.

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!" counterpoint! the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

The back of my throat makes a fizzing sound when I'm super hungry. It's only when my stomach grumbles, and the back of my throat makes a sound like Pop Rocks.

Also, remember you have to change the settings on both the browser version and the app. It unfortunately doesn't apply to both if you just change the settings on one.

I don't see much difference between transphobes and how young earth creationists talk about evolution. They greatly misrepresent the opposition and show they don't know what they're talking about. "They'll trans a boy for playing with dolls" is similar to "they think humans evolved from rocks!"

It’s so weird that not so long ago, like, less than 20 years, the progressive feminist position was gender de-segregation in sport and other male dominated spaces. Then the terfs came along and convinced the mainstream that the most progressive feminist position is that women are weak and feeble.

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like 1) no one is ever forcing masculine women / feminine men to get on HRT it’s only given to people who specifically say “I am transgender” 2) thinking of that tweet where a trans woman responded to ppl saying “why don’t you just live as an effeminate boy?” With “I did. You were mean to me”

Yeah got no real patience for people making excuses for soldiers following evil orders cause of their fear of the consequences like im sorry you Would die for your country but not for what’s right?

The people who try to make it harder to be able to vote in this country to make sure "illegal" immigrants aren't able to "interfere" in our elections seem to be the same people who have no problem with our leadership getting to dictate the leadership of other countries. How does that make sense?