I think having sex with customers should be illegal, period. Often the customer is in a one-down situation, and sometimes it’s the reverse (e.g. wait staff).

I read so many stories about the backgrounds of movie stars that I’m starting to wonder if being abused or from a dysfunctional background is as much a risk factor for acting (in Hollywood, at least) as it is for prostitution. Not because there’s anything wrong with acting (any more than there’s anything wrong with…

A lot of trans people are killed by people they know, so more of a domestic violence thing than an impersonal hate crime (though domestic violence could be considered a hate crime, too). I have no idea how the numbers compare for trans and for women in general on a per capita basis.

What??? People don’t choose their sex, though they can choose how to present themselves. They also don’t choose how masculinized their bodies and brains are or aren’t. All of that is biology. Accepting who you were born as means *not* transitioning. Transitioning is a way of running away from the totality of who you…

Puberty blockers can have nasty side effects.

The other thing you can do if you don’t get it tailored is wear a long necklace, like a gold chain, to break up the front.

Me too. Way too many pies over the last couple of weeks. I’m bloated and need to stop (but I have half a pie to go!). I’m seeing a psychic tomorrow to get some advice on what direction to focus on since I’m so scattered and confused right now.

It’s reflex. I know someone like that. It’s exhausting keep up with it all.

Some trans activists have rejected individual bathrooms, unfortunately, because of stigma or fear of being outed. However, if all bathrooms were individual bathrooms, or if there were enough that anyone who wanted could use them, I don’t see the problem from a human rights perspective, just from a how long will the…

the Meryl Streep speech at the Golden Globes. I feel like her time would have been spent more wisely if she addressed the room in front of her. If she had said, “We need to do better. We need to understand that the stories that we tell affect this culture. We need to understand that for the past 20 years, we’ve…

When I was in grade 2 or 3, there was this doll advertised on TV that I wanted. It was $20 and my father said that was how much he earned in a week and he couldn’t afford it. I repeated this at school and someone said “Are you ever poor!” I had no idea how much money that was. Of course my Dad was lying because he’s…

Psst. It’s silicon, not silicone. Silicone is what they used to use for breast implants, and people also use it to weatherproof boots and de-frizz their hair.

No, I’m pretty cute. Just intimidating, I think.

I must have been really lucky when I worked in high tech. I just got ignored, and that was bad enough. It’s possible some of the men on my team were afraid of me. (I do believe you. I’m just wondering why I never saw any of this. Better company? Or something about me.)

It took me a while to realize you meant the direction arrows on the floor - I was thinking weapons. (Like, I didn’t get it when I was here reading earlier today.)

Yeah, that’s what I figured. Best to wait. It could be a long time, though. It was 9 months between my eviction and the decision. This guy is such a drama queen. :)

That’s . . . not what I would put in my bedroom. But it’s amazing, especially for free paint.

Anyone have any experience with bailiffs? I’m trying to get the money I was awarded from evil ex-landlord, and I will have to go through a Civil Enforcement Agency and force a sale of one of his properties or a lot of his junk (probably easier to go after one of his properties) to get what he owes me. But I will have…

I had kidney stones last summer and fall (May-Oct) when I quit oxalates cold turkey (you’re not supposed to do that). Most of them just hurt for about 20 minutes and I didn’t even know what the first ones were, but one was so bad I had to go to the hospital in an ambulance and get morphine. Based on my experience,…

I made myself moccassins about a year and a half ago, with velcroed straps across the instep to keep them on (for some reason no pic of the straps), but the velcro wasn’t sticking properly anymore, so this week I replaced it with D-rings and elastic laces. I also narrowed the seam edges to make them less stiff in the…