You read female to me. Enough so that my brain does a quadruple-take when I remember that you're trans. You're your own worst critic, girl. 🫂

The fellowship tried to deal with it by committee but still, that’s only a small gathering.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Having seen you: No, you are very much not a monster.

Having worked somewhere with a customer service department like that, if they do things right, outliers like that won’t count towards her performance as long as it really is an outlier. That said, some management wants any excuse to deny a raise or performance bonus…

I’ve always felt we have a responsibility to strive to be better than those who came before us, but those who benefit from the old way will fight tooth and nail to return us to it.

If you look at human history, the kind of world that the far-right wants for us is the norm, not the exception. It’s possible that we’re seeing the end of an enlightened era and a return to humanity’s default state.