Thanks. It’s been a couple of decades now, but as with many victims I just started to actually process this in the last couple of years. I agree that silencing stories of violence ultimately harms the efforts of activists, but I do see why it’s touchy. You can bet if I posted my story somewhere it would immediately…

Oh yeah, for sure. Like, being butch/MoC doesn’t mean you’re incapable of being harmed. I strongly suspect there is a type of man who specifically likes to “break” butch women, nearly every butch/MoC person I know has been assaulted by a man and there is def a TYPE of dude who does it.

I feel the pain. I stopped sharing my story of sexual assault (by an older transwoman, at 15) because people would give me a confused look that felt like “who would rape you...?” and then move to the next subject as quickly as possible. I think people don’t take rapes seriously if they’re not forced on traditionally…

I had a friend whose family built their house on lakefront property they owned and were sued by a neighbor for “obstructing the view”. They ended up owing $350,00 that they didn’t have and essentially had to go on a sort of monthly payment plan to the neighbor.

I was working at an *explicitly feminist* media company in 2015. My male boss and I were were the first two people in our department, having been hired in tandem to create said dept. A year later we grew to another employee, a man with slightly less experience than me to whom I was senior. He left 9 months later, and…

When I was in my early 20s, I was a butcher at a grocery store/restaurant in NYC. It was the sort of job where you just don’t take breaks - you work your shift and eat on the fly. I only ever sat down to use the bathroom or have my shift beer after work.

Maybe The Fates are just prejudiced against someone with a phone holster? Idk, yo.

Okay! Your husband has trouble with his charger because he puts his phone in his pocket and lint collects in the charging port! I know this because I have the same issue. Take a toothpick or compressed air or something and clean that sucker out, you’ll be shocked how much crap gets packed in there over time.

Oh shit! I never really bought into the orb photos, but having the same orb in every photo? Dang. It’s too bad she felt cold and shaky, not like... comforted or something. I hope if I can visit my daughter during her vows it won’t feel uncomfortable.

This happened to me with my uncle! I was staying with some friends and was getting ready to leave their house to meet another friend at a bar. Suddenly, in the middle of saying goodbye, my chest siezed up and I felt like my heart was going to explode. It lasted for like 15-20 seconds and I was seriously convinced I…