Aromantic, asexual, and aspec joy is important to celebrate because it reclaims the narrative of fulfillment. Rather than following societal expectations, it unfolds in moments of self understanding that affirm our identities and experiences as a part of what makes us whole

Well…the one good thing out of all this is giving a speech to piss off all the Generals and Admirals, while shutting down the government resulting in the military going unpaid, and on top of ensuring the deployed National guard isn’t getting benefits, all while firing DoD support personnel

And this is the military that Trump wants to unleash on American cities.

I want to sing you a litany of all the reasons to be alive. (Inspired by "trauma is not sacred" by Kai Cheng Thom)

I LOVE this song so much and combined with the poem, I had a lot of big feelings picking these. Neither being consumed/consuming as traumaporn nor brightsiding spiritual bypassing is the way. We must go through the paradox, the grief and the joy, the gratitude and the rage, loneliness and belonging.

SO many thoughts about this poem. I'm grateful for @razorfemme.bsky.social putting concise words to concepts I ramble on and on about. :D

It's gonna be good, y'all. I have plans you don't want to miss 😈😇

I made a meme inspired by an r/Episcopalian post. ⚓

Age yourself with a film you saw in cinema as a kid.

“Bad Bunny has been vocal about his distaste for ICE and the Trump admin … Back in June, he seemed to witness an ICE raid in Puerto Rico, and posted a video on his Instagram of the moment: ‘They came here… Sons of bitches, instead of letting the people alone and working.’”

Ever wondered why Episcopalians only exist in the United States? In 1783 an Anglican priest named Samuel Seabury in the newly independent United States was in a pickle.

A lot of our political discourse boils down to "I have the RIGHT to say that I don't believe you are a person, and if me saying so results in you suffering the harms of non-personhood, that's not my fault, and if you try to stop me from dehumanizing you, you are discriminating against me."

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?

I'm really tired of being expected to extend grace and sympathy to people who wouldn't spit on me if I was on fire.

We have to remember, it's different this time. We're not so tiny and disposable and hidden. We're not so easily erased and discouraged. We're not a scandal or a shameful secret no one talks about. We have power, united together, like never before.

Came across this! Some animation students in Spain are working on a short film and asking for asexuals and aromantics to share their experiences! 💜🖤🤍💚 Survey below! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I wish that Bluesky could come up with a simple tag I could add to certain posts that means “Hi! I am critiquing certain Christian traditions, but I’m still a Christian myself, so please don’t flood the comment section with statements about how all religion is bullshit. Thanks, much appreciated.”

“Your citadel of normalcy Is destined for decay.” (Also, I need “in drag, in dance, in defiance” engraved somewhere 🌈 💃🏻 ⚔️ 🔥 )

Got this book by bell hooks recently at the San Diego Book Crawl and excited to engage with it.

You, you, you otter know… 🎶

All About Love by bell hooks. I feel like everyone should read at least one bell hooks book and that's the one I recommend the most

Aromantic, asexual, and aspec people redefine intimacy by centering personal boundaries over normative expectations. In discovering what closeness means for us, we create space for fulfillment without compromise, rooted in self understanding and care for our identities

ChatGPT worth it to you?

"Big Pharma is an all-powerful leviathan" well,, i hope

100 percent tariffs on all prescription drugs coming into the US... Trump really has me [God's most medicated child] out here praying for Big Pharma...

People need to understand the fascists are coming for everything. There’s no negotiating. There’s no hiding. We either come together or we get picked off one by one.

We are going to win this. They know we will win, which is why they threaten, but they are paper tigers. Empty, hollow-chested men are nothing to fear.

Man, this is a great year for shitty Christian men dying 🥂

GERD/reflux folks, I need meal ideas. Struggling to cut out all tomatoes, peppers and spice (even mild), garlic, onions, citrus, pineapple, and chocolate. (I refuse to give up tea too on top of all this.) Already can't have mushrooms, seafood, broccoli/cauliflower family, lemongrass, or grapes.

The science is clear; what's unclear is why NPR is disinclined to acknowledge it.

This is why people who don’t have cervices should also get vaccinated!! If you have sex, you should get the jab before you ever start, and since we don’t know how our kids are gonna turn out, they should ALL be getting it just in case

jesse singal is a lying hack and publishing him will actively damage the reputation of any news org dumb enough to do so

Another one!

Hark! A copy editing internship!

Oh good we're doing shame discourse again. Like we didn't already do this for the last 12 years. Call it whatever you want, IDC, but define your terms. Convict people to do better. Hold them accountable. Whether it's Ezra Klein or a Democrat politician or a city school board member local to you.

This is *stunningly* disingenuous, and the fact that Singal continues to enjoy a career writing at the highest levels about a topic that he either unwilling or incapable of discussing honestly is such an indictment of the Anglo-American prestige media.

American College of Obstetricians &Gynecologists advises: “In more than 2 decades of research on the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy, not a single reputable study has successfully concluded that the use of acetaminophen in any trimester … causes neurodevelopmental disorders in children.”

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

Don't you first have to be an "organization" before you can be designated a "terrorist organization"?

Stop giving Jesse Singal bylines in 2025 difficulty level impossible apparently.

"I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE that movie."

No wannabe king can match the power we wield when millions of us take action together.

We are now at the point where health agencies will try and restrict life-saving drugs and vaccines on a whim, with no regard for evidence or due process. These are such dangerous times.

Insert here my semiannual thread about conservative ideology/theology revolving around suffering as a measure of purity and worthiness i.e. "strength" and "toughness."

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

Also, Autistic people are awesome. The big announcement is designed to: 1) keep making autism seem like a bad thing, and 2) to pressure women into suffering more while pregnant. I also wonder if they have some backroom corpo deal to try and discredit tylenol? But that’s just supposition.

p l e a s e

How grim. How foolish. How fallow The castle built for sameness. Now a plain, dull, drab Myopic of potential greatness. ----------- Strict rules of what to do and be, Keep tongues under lock and key Loose lips, loose hips, loose chains And hate will fill the sticky heat