LOL, I am crying (tears of blood)

I made the mistake of reading the comments to that article and it wrecked my day.

Yes! I’d be the worst flasher of all time. And would never buy another lighter again.

Oh. Well, damn. I had not considered that possibility.

Can you explain the part about not focusing on the victim’s face? Why?

Be uneasy about it all you like; it’s still not going to change the fact that gender identity is formed early. And there are a lot of transfolk out there who don’t necessarily need or want to conform to strict stereotypes about gender presentation. Off the top of my head I think of Julia Serrano.

Formation of one’s gender identity (not sexual orientation) seems to happen in childhood for a lot of people, sometimes as early as 3. There’s evidence that suggests that transfolk have white/grey matter distributions that more closely resemble that of their gender, rather than their biological sex. So it’s entirely…

That’s interesting; I was thinking along the lines of insects with brightly colored false “eyes” on their backs. Something about the exaggerated features makes me want to run. Or punch.

That was a really beautiful comic; I’m sorry(?) but not sorry that you are depressed. I know it too well. I’m not sorry because it sounds like you recognize complexity in your own world and are working with and through it even though it can be painful or maddening or tiring. I wish you the best.

By “inherently harmful,” I’m saying that being willing to do or doing sex work is not necessarily the result of one being “damaged” in some way. Sex work has a strong tie to the economic opportunity of a place in a given situation. This bond may strongly differ between that of increasingly indebted college students…

I like “resting incarnation” more than I do “reactor in process of meltdown”. I’ll go with that one.

My mom wanted to murder people with her bare hands (she never did, and I’m still alive). Also she did HRT.

Definitely. It was disconcerting to know that the drug use was an open secret, especially with that kind of access to power..

It wasn’t just you specifically, but a lot of the comments did. I also wanted to say hi to Slut Panic since I usually appreciate this voice in a discussion of sex work, even when we disagree. Personally, I’m loathe to tell you to fuck off as a matter of course, but I strongly disagree that sex work is inherently…

Was feeling overwhelmed and hoping you’d comment. Not disappointed.

One of my fave people is a CPA, and she’s been as such since my freshman year of college. When she’s free, she’s always adventurous, down to earth, and has been able to support a family of 3 in a major city (even though she doesn’t have to) as long as I’ve known her. I think the amazing things about her vs. her role…

Is Canadian food produced by its own set of multinationals? I guess I wonder if your own foods are as heavily corn syrup-ed and processed as ours. Or if you struggle with economic inequality and access as much as the US?

Which is silly in the first degree anyway. All of the shitty cops in my last town were into uppers and things that would clear out of your system quicker.

It was (is) an oft-cited response to explain away the deaths of black people shot by officers.

If he didn’t have access to social media, I think he’d be flashing people on the street.