Is it bad that I would actually enjoy reading a book written like this?

please help me find the motivation for the last week of school...big, stupid assignments galore, worth big marks. and my grades are enough that I COULD stop working and still pass. but I don't want to do that. please grab your pompoms and cheer me on.

A week left to school...lots of big assignments and such to hand in. Even with the grading incomplete, I have technically passed all my courses even if I stop working on remaining requirements. but something in me won't let me do anything less than my best. dammit.

someone who sings joyfully of their quirks can be so incredibly hot...keep singing folks

I made it through a long and pretty gruelling day...grateful still that it all went as smoothly as it did. sleep now. good night, friends, dream sweet

Dear fuckers at the college. If your linit for a file upload size is actually 250mb and not the 2gb you explicitly state then fucking change the statement. Hour three of a glacial file upload process.

Please note that everyone who argues that some people need to get left behind BECAUSE CRISIS and we'll come back for those people later (which does not happen) ... are never the ones being left behind.

(runs into woman wearing gorgeous maille & armour) (compliments her) (gets a vibe & makes discrete inquiry) (she is indeed going to a queer play party that I have to miss before of stupid stupid school assignment) (introduces self anyways & offers wish that she has a good night) I love being queer

Traps you in a strong firm embrace, and after looking intently into your eyes, bends forward to breathe into your ear: "girl, you're trapped and I'm not letting you free until you tell me 5 things you want others to appreciate and admire about you. And girl, I want you to be LOUD about it."

What the actual hell?!!

On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured. The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

There are decent men who get divorces, but at the moment there's a cleansing midlife fire going through my social circle that's taking out every shitty "why are you dating him???" boyfriend of 10-20 years ago who became a shitty husband. I'm so happy for the women taking care of themselves.

Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse LeClair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. I remember. We must always remember.

i was told posting well leads to girlkissing...who am I to try to stop the natural order of things? all I can do is follow the path that is laid out for me.

Holy cats...managed, somehow, to get three huge assignments in today...no idea how well I did but here's hoping I at least pass.

don't trust anyone who tells you what to be. they're not talking to you. they're talking to themselves.

"We are here to make other people happy" is actually kind of transactional. as in we look to buy worth and social esteem by serving and prioritizing others. And it also makes that transaction easy to abuse.

MY BRACELETS ARRIVED the new etsy seller got them to me in 5 days, kept me informed every step of the way...and they're exactly what I wanted! I am so so so happy!

to me, being queer simply means that everyone gets to finally kiss the people they want to kiss...let folks have their fun and connection, and enjoy your own

Fuck, yes! The way it should be.

Wait...do I have a sensitivity to avocados? I had plans for those things.

I've been wrapping my head around being queer for years, what it means to me...many aha moments and much growth but also a lot of work put in to clear away some internalized bad messaging I was indoctrinated with. But it has been amazing...being queer and embracing it fucking ROCKS. Also: women!

Apparently after a year, I am ready to move to hour long electro sessions once every two weeks now...this progress is HUGE for me.

I hate the concept of "cringe". Let people like what they like, you cowards. Unless it's genuinely problematic or harmful, what we enjoy is as personal and valid as we are. We don't need others to like it or to approve.

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

I refute the idea of a "listening age". Look, I have all of recorded music history to explore...it's a wide open field to wander in and I'm damn well going on a journey. I'll listen to hyperpop and lute music and anything else that catches my ear. I have nothing to prove to anyone.

maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly

Anyone who tells trans people that we don't know what is at stake is telling us they know NOTHING about trans people and don't care to,

Once again, it's another "please be ok with us treating you second class citizens for what we see as the greater good" for a tiny scapegoat of a community while the majority doesn't suffer at all either way.

How exactly do you support us, then? Because this looks like the opposite of that. And how can you stand with us if you won't let us in?

"We did a hateful thing, inspired by hate, but please don't hate us. We can still be friends even if we don't let you be around us, right? We respect you even if we treat you with disrespect." What the hell is that doublespeak bullshit, WI and GG?

I've kept updating this list which is at 650+ titles now. There's been so much cultural production by trans and gender diverse individuals and it gets so little recognition beyond the time of its release.

(In the Name of the King begins playing) (INT: man and woman lying clothed on a bed) "I knew you'd come." "I told you I would." "I mean, I felt it. I felt it before you came" "You're developing your powers" How the hell did the scriptwriters manage to keep that in there as THE OPENING LINES?

Despite the amount of deep belly laughter evil villains and villainesses seem to do, many of them otherwise seem quite unhappy and humourless overall. Also, is everthing really "exquisite" to an evil-doer or are they just trying to seem cultured or wordy or whatever?

So there's a trope in fantasy that I find a bit annoying: Characters from small villages are often wholesome and pure of heart Ones from big cities are often bratty, criminal, hard of heart, selfish, etc. (Unless it's something grimdark in which case everyone is a hurt people hurting people)

policing our desire is what our enemies do. our genders orientations expressions yearnings preferences explorations are our own damn business. my desire is already political in the eyes of those who try to chain me or deny my existence. don't make it worse. connect with who you want to connect

Was today old when I learned that praise kink and affirmation play is all a whole thing.

FUUUUUUCK

Compare and contrast: Figured original etsy seller was a no go after a month of waiting and bad comms...so ordered from another seller three days ago. New seller has sent 1-2 emails a day about progress and my order is already in the mail as of today, with tracking number. It's like night and day

Well, etsy seller finally replied. an offhanded apology but the gist was the delivery company lost the package last month & they just didn't notice. you don't check on things? they did assure me that they've "terminated the agreement with the logisitics" and I can reorder (for free!)

two dreams I had: busking remembering why I broke up wth someone

FUCK

A heavy but important read

It's been a night. Please take care of yourselves.

CW: Heavy, suicide I am heartbroken at how many folks in trans communities contemplate or attempt to take their own life in face of despair, lack of support or outright hostility. I wish I knew how to make it better for each one and for us all. Please reach out if you need to, hey? You matter.

"i would never date a trans woman" ok but first, has a trans women ever given you the time of day?

Etsy seller finally got back to me about my complaints about delivery being late: "Let me check." Check what? And maybe an apology or something? some kind of acknowledgement that I might be irked and have reason for it?

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

Just read the wikipedia entry for the Marvellous Land of Oz, which I read in a comic as a kid. All the longing I felt from back then came rushing back, my heart breaking anew. Gods, I so wanted someone to tell me that it was all a mistake or an evil spell or something and that I really was a girl.