Zinester, writer, library worker. Ex-evangelical & abuse survivor who will finish that goddamn memoir about it all. Bigender trans weirdo (they/them)

Portland, OR
Joined October 2010
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6 years old & most of my friends were like “I want to play with boys now” & then I went and played by myself & tried not to cry
ftm childhood when all ur friends are boys and then u start 6th grade & they start ignoring u
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also the experience of all your friends being boys & being okay when it’s just you and one of them, but if they play together suddenly you are the target for heaping quantities of misogyny that they use to bond with each other
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the response people have to even the hypothetical of self-driving cars are always so weird esp when it’s coming from people who do not take public transportation anywhere. driving is such a class issue & lots of ppl need nondrivers to exist to maintain their class & it shows
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like if your anxiety abt self-driving cars is that it will put ppl who would otherwise not drive on the road, increasing traffic & the amt of cars, but you yourself do not take public transit, then you want a class of ppl restricted from car access to maintain -your- car use
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if the existence of self-driving cars makes you worry more ppl will opt for cars over bus or train, then you are acknowledging there is something cars have that buses and trains don’t. & that you want some ppl to *have* to take those limited options so *you* don’t
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The response to Shane Gillis's joke is why we lose elections, by the way.
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new fitness goal
This is why you should be able to squat 150kg at least because what if a baby elephant wants to ride your back and you don't have enough strength to pick it up. Couldn't be me.
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bored of normal sex I want to have the sims sex where we jump under the covers and pink lovehearts appear over the bed while kissing and sensual laughter and "mhm" sound effects play
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I have to say that when I'm at the gym, I'm too busy paying attention to my own workout to even bother paying attention to what anyone else is wearing
Men complain about seeing women’s asses (something they are vocal about liking, until it’s the woman’s choice to show it off I guess?) meanwhile I’m forced to see men’s ugly faces everywhere I go and you never hear me say they can’t go out in public
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Me mistaking politeness for affection and desire for friendship
A bear mistakes the vet's attempt to measure its body for a hug 🥹
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being retraumatized and reviolated is the currency survivors pay in exchange for justice and it is so deeply embedded into our conception of how we even *get* justice that it’s obvious “reviolation” and “justice” is the stereoscope through which we’re seen
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The animals all dug in to heaping platters of fresh dandelion cheese, candied nuts, plum an’ currant pudding, roasted carrots and leeks piled high, and kind of a lemony-garlicky-miso-gochujang easy weeknight protein noodle situation
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My best friend when I was a kid was a boy a year younger than me and if I was told I was too young for something but HE was included oh the fucking RAGE in my body
“Women became feminist because of social media” me at 9 fighting for life at the family meeting cause they asking me why i can’t cook but i’m wondering why my male cousin who is the same age as me isn’t being asked the same thing
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thing is, being overpowered has very little to do with physical strength & everything to do with the social power backing you up. It’s why rape culture fears less the “strong badass fighter” woman & more the rhetorical power she could gain if her word was believed over his.
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if survivors’ anger wasn’t a source of power, it wouldn’t -scare- people so much
Daily reminder: You have the right to be angry for however long you want or need, or forever. I will always be angry about the abuse I and my children endured. I think that is very healthy.
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There’s a book about this called “Why Does He Do That” by Lundy Bancroft — every woman should read it
Funny how a man who supposedly "can't control his anger" can stay polite with his boss, patient with clients, and calm around his friends, then suddenly explode at his girlfriend? That isn't losing control. It's choosing a target, which is why abuse is a choice.
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My brother going to prison for 6 years saved my life...for 6 years and I am uninterested in a world where people view my life a necessary exchange for the cause of no prison
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I've long stopped entertaining any kind of perspective on alternatives to dealing with sexual violence that cannot answer how to deal with the problem that after 6 years he was back. How do you build me a world where I was -more- free of him than prison offered?
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