Millennials heard about it too 😑 My boomer mother used to tell stories about refusing to sit next to black people in school when she was a teenager in the 70s. It's all very gross.

Omfg 🤦‍♀️

This man is aging me faster than if I stood naked on the surface of the sun, istg.

Fucking forreal, like I have the extra money or space in my 600sqft apartment to be buying extra stuff, jfc 🙄
Useless advice is useless.

Most of all, I'm taking the advice of a dear friend who passed away yesterday: "Don't forget to have fun. Because fun is necessary... Also, remember that every little thing that you do means something. Everything. Walking by people you don't know and smiling is the best thing that you can do."

Trying to remember to fall back on what brings me joy. Theatre. Gaming. Streaming.
Trying to remember that I don't have to do everything by myself. Partners. Friends. Colleagues.
Trying to remember that my authentic self has value, even if I'm awkward sometimes.

Don't even get me started on the seemingly unending process that has been my burnout recovery, financial struggles, medical issues, and mental health stuff. But this is the world right now and I'm doing what I can, however slow I might be moving.

On the other hand, I'm joining professional organizations, researching and training in gender-affirming care, looking at university teaching jobs, and still trying to get my medical license for this state as though the future isn't resting on a foundation of quicksand.

I understand enough about human psychology, sociology, and history to know that forced censorship. Is bad. No matter who is doing it.

But, "the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears." And here we are.

I know enough to know right from wrong. I know that laws that infringe on bodily autonomy are not ethical. Period.

I know enough to know that a few thousand people shouldn't hold more wealth and resources than the rest of us combined. Especially when so many struggle.

Not only have I lived in many different places, thereby experiencing a variety of cultures, customs, and local economies, but I've also been privileged enough to have traveled from coast to coast in the southern US as well as abroad in Europe.

People are people are people. I promise you.

There are a number of subjects where I have surface or slightly advanced knowledge. And a select few where I would consider myself an expert.

My interests and stores of knowledge are varied, ranging from arts & crafts to knowing the names of all the B vitamins.

There's a lot I would need to research if I wanted to start a vegetable garden (hoping to get to that sometime this year). Car maintenence gives me anxiety, forreal. VERY few things I could do to my own car without extensive reading and watching of tutorials.