Yeah, same

I dont think everyone needs a gender transition but everyone needs to practice the radical self-knowledge, abolition and community building inherent in the practice and that part DOES threaten this world and Im so fucking proud of each and every one of us who shows the world that

Well I gotta say I was a bit taken aback getting shouted out by some weirdo right after I followed on a whim, buuuut… you seem pretty nice and the kind of weirdo I’ll like, so… I’m glad to meet you, ig? 💜

👀

Hi, you’re friendly!

old man (approaching): would you like some help?
lady (quickly moving as far from me as politeness allows): so, you see here where it says "hot chips" ...
me (suddenly hungry for Late July nacho cheese chips): ...?
me (putting a bag of Late July nacho cheese chips in my basket): ...?

me: so you're looking for spicy chips?
lady: yes
me (looking at rows of spicy chips): um... so are -
lady: you see, my husband - oh, maybe I should just call him
me: oh yeah, mayb-
lady (pointing to a bag of Late July nacho cheese chips): oh god, nobody would ever want to eat those
me:

me: so, did you want something?
lady (holding up a shopping list): well, you see here where it says "hot chips" and then there's these scribbles here: dun- dun-something. you see, my husband asked for hot chips and-
me: by "hot chips" do you mean "spicy?"
lady: what?

Wait, is this the activation signal for the sleeper cell of sad drunk xillenials? Or was I’d something by granddaddy? Sorry, I think I may have been crysinging into my whiskey when we discussed this

Regardless of how vapid and nihilistic this argument is, it’s demonstrably wrong! The republicans have been a party of single-issue voters my entire life, while the democrats have consistently courted every piece of shit bigot in the country. WHO IS IN POWER RIGHT NOW?!!

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social had a pretty great thread on this

bsky.app/profile/eric...

The problem with this argument is that this is exactly what we’ve been doing for at least 2 generations now, and all it’s done is create a 1-way ratchet toward ~all this~.

Why do you always think a tactic that has repeatedly failed will work out *this* time?

the way to do that is to create as many systems of care as possible with orbital pathways into these systems that pull as many of us as possible away from the black hole of power at the center of this galaxy looking for every reason to seek the wanton destruction of every trans particle in existence

A republican was civil to me once (looked at me with sad eyes and mouthed “I’m sorry” as he voted for a bill that would send me to a torture camp if I ever tried to pee in a public restroom 🥺)

Sorry, still trying to guess how you define civility.

Is it when you systematically reform the supreme court over decades in order to deconstruct every civil rights gain made over the last 100 years?

You mean the people seig heiling on the convention stage? Or maybe just the people pretending those were just awkward waves?

Or maybe it was just the people shaking their heads sadly while they smash that yea button for every fascist vote on the senate floor?

You mean the party violently deporting immigrants, forcing women to carry unwanted pregnancies, forcing people of color out of positions of power, forcing trans people out of public altogether, promoting genocide, promoting fossil fuel in the face of a global climate crisis?