@tillybridges 😳 Whoah. This is an incredible act of public good. What a collection! What work!
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Arizona’s New Governor Katie Hobbs Issued LGBTQ+ Protections on Her First Day in Office
https://www.them.us/story/katie-hobbs-arizona-governor-lgbtq-executive-order
#GenderEuphoria
Every morning, I roll out of bed, and look in the mirror.
Increasingly, I see a middle-aged woman looking back at me.
I couldn’t be happier about that if I tried. 🥰
Miss Puffy Eyes with Your Brow Furrows, Smile Lines, and Hair in Total Disarray, … I‘m so happy to see you today. Let’s crack some eggs and make some coffee. 😘
Confession time:
I was a free speeches absolutist teen. I think many young people latch on to this, but I couldn't conceive of anyone doing anything that would protect me-- had a lot of experience being shut down & told to be quiet.
That's kind of where my heart has always been. Even on twitter I hardly ever blocked anyone. Ever. But, part of growing up is recognizing it's just not practical or reasonable.
I'm a reluctant fan of moderation and I came here kicking and screaming. 🧵
@futurebird Same. Still wrestling with this internally, and have been for a number of years.
Law school led me away from absolutism. Unfortunately, once you accept that absolutism isn’t a solution, the problem is so much harder to reason about.
I think that’s probably why the most-visible free speech absolutists we see today are small children and adults behaving like small children.
@JenWojcik @futurebird 💯 Absolutely the funniest. 😂
@futurebird @JenWojcik Forgot to add the link. 🙄 Whoopsie!!
@futurebird @JenWojcik my favorite excanonical gospel is definitely the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. It describes the misadventures of Jesus as a supernatural child, and it’s so hard for me not to read it as the one-shot religious equivalent to Young Superman Whoopsies.
There's a housing crisis in many cities. But cars can park free. Why not claim public street-space for those who need it? If you disguise your shelter as a polluting, duly-licensed private vehicle, like artist Michael Rakowitz did...
...the authorities should be fine with it.
More on this thought-provoking art project here:
@autismsupsoc Oh gods. Printing this out and handing it to a friend. ❤️
@FabulousLisa @rooster Oh, yes, those moments when leering flips into disapproval are extremely unsettling. It's like, "I'm unhappy about this in two totally different ways right now, but you're a total creep either way."
@h5e Thank you!!
I think we all get (understandably) a little self-obsessive when transition, so I’m sure this won’t sound _too_ strange, but flipping through my selfie photo album at the end of any given day, I’m always amazed how many different people turn out to just be me from different angles and with different lighting! 😂
🏳️⚧️ Proudly Trans
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Product-Engineering Manager for a software product portfolio; former iOS dev; attorney (CA/IL); large-format photographer; marriage ministress; cinema nut; weeb; lifelong weird girl.
Lover of myths, legends, fairy tales, fantasies, and folklore; 6502 assembly aspirer; book hoarder; gaming nostalgist; gore-adverse, torture-adverse feminist horror film fan; food worshipper; Slack poet; ace-demi-recipro-crier; a total and complete mess.
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