If enforcing gender norms requires a constant state of surveillance and censorship then they probably aren't as biological or innate as you think they are
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Some of the things being said about trans people on this platform tonight are so vile.
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This could only possibly be a bad thing if you think being trans is a bad thing
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Sapir is bringing up this study that showed the majority of trans youth persisted in that identity after 5 years.
He is arguing that all of these youth had socially transitioned, and therefore had locked them into being transgender.
dallasnews.com/news/2022/05/0 #txlege #LGBTQ
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Don't overlook this, it's a big deal: Michigan Dems are passing pro-labor *and* pro-LGBTQ/abortion bills. They're explicitly casting this as a pro-worker agenda, economically *and* culturally. This is the blue state answer to red state culture war madness:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/
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He signed the law that enables those parents--the accountability should be on him. But the enforcement mechanism of the law means he's now invited a nonstop stream of headlines about the stories of Rosa Parks or Ruby Bridges being banned and there's nothing he can do about it.
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DeSantis tries to skirt responsibility for the book bans because they're being brought by any given parent and not his administration directly, but it's increasingly having the opposite political effect--he's forced to bear responsibility for whatever any given parent wants.
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Don't overlook this, it's a big deal: Michigan Dems are passing pro-labor *and* pro-LGBTQ/abortion bills. They're explicitly casting this as a pro-worker agenda, economically *and* culturally. This is the blue state answer to red state culture war madness:
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An Ohio church was hit by Molotov cocktails over the weekend ahead of a drag queen story hour happening there next week. The Community Church of Chesterland, which is also home to a preschool, suffered minimal damage.
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A St. Petersburg elementary school has pulled a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges after a single parent complained "scenes of white people threatening Ruby as she entered a school might result in students learning that white people hate Black people."
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If you're wondering why your boyfriend isn't texting you back
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Many red state Dems have been very brave & principled in holding the line on trans issues. Conversely, the reactionary centrists urging a sell-out of trans rights comes from people who mostly live in New York and Washington.
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This is why you don’t write off red states: twitter.com/therecount/sta…
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What other city has crowd control measures for flowers
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If it's like any other technological shift AI will increase overall productivity while helping to justify continued wage stagnation. You'll still have a job and you're boss will get richer.
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In practice I've found it's utterly impossible to get most people to think about the impact of AI on the labor market in terms of replacing TASKS instead of replacing JOBS.
But goddammit, I'm going to keep trying anyway.
noahpinion.substack.com/p/will-ai-take
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Somebody send this worksheet to Pamela Paul
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The 6-year-old’s first opinion piece. Can’t really argue with it.
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Every time I hear people complain about DC's metro I wonder if they've been to any other cities
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What’s something you love about DC that maybe others don’t?
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to transition is to make peace with yourself at the cost of going to war with the world
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Inside of you are two wolves
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I truly do hope all of the men in these photos get the help they are ready and willing to accept.
I know folks are calling for him to be censured as well, but there is a stark difference between me and all of the men in these photos. I did not commit a crime.
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Three House Republicans in Oklahoma are in trouble with the law:
Dean Davis (top): 2019, 2023
Terry O’Donnell (bottom left): 2021
Ryan Martinez (bottom right): 2022
@OKCFOX @wsuares @WayneStaffordTV
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Maybe waterboard someone just to keep the edge off
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the calmer voices in DeSantis's camp are saying, keep your cool, take the weekend, get a handful of pudding
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saw a pair of pink cat ear headphones at the pawn shop :( always hard to see someone detransition
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"I lost half a day of skiing" can rich people feel pain
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This trial is fully an Adderall talking to a Xanax
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Everyone pointing to his smile or the effect of T but this is what stands out to me. The recognition of a future you never thought was possible.
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Wait until I tell you about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide
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Drop the “gender affirming care” euphemism and ask people how they feel about the sterilization and chemical castration of children, then come back and let us know the results twitter.com/AriDrennen/sta…
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The phrase "queer landlord" ringing through my head like the Kill Bill siren
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Kids these days and their genders
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Walter C. Cole, better known as Darcelle XV, the iconic drag queen who performed for decades, has died of natural causes in Portland, Oregon, at 92.
The Guinness Book of World Records named Darcelle the world’s oldest working drag performer in 2016. bit.ly/3K6Y1r5
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The news in my space has become a series of disappointments and defeats, and eternally thankful for the reminder to be not only hopeful but ambitious
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I'm struck by how routinely people don't want to do anything whose successful outcome is not guaranteed when it comes to big stuff like climate. (Imagine if people played games that way. But also imagine the dismalness of history if everyone was that way.)
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Fun fact: If every voting member of the House had been present, this bill would have failed.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy celebrates the passage of the “Parents Bill of Rights”:
“[Parents] now have a say in your kids’ education … You get to know what the reading materials are.”
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I’m not as mean as I could be and I want people to be more grateful for that.
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Ahh, memories
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Ten more of her in every statehouse please
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New bills will come to the floor in the coming weeks, including ones I support. I will filibuster them all.
Every. Single. One.
Why? Because I am not giving extremists any chance to legislate their hate against the trans community.
#DontLegislateHate
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New bills will come to the floor in the coming weeks, including ones I support. I will filibuster them all.
Every. Single. One.
Why? Because I am not giving extremists any chance to legislate their hate against the trans community.
#DontLegislateHate
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