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Elizabeth, Gender Pirate
@woebetide.gay
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A 40's trans girl in the bay area, trying to keep from spiraling into darkness, with patchy success
Writer of queer fic
Special interests: scifi, plastic blocks, queer fiction, aerospace stuff
opinions my own, for better & worse

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(where rocks = trauma dumping)
A falling rocks warning side, a yellow diamond with inset black line, and black all caps text that plainly reads: FALLING ROCKS.
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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PIES BAKED! 😤
A Cherry Pie sitting on foil on a black granite counter top, a pair of cherries on stems with a leaf are done as vent holes. Apple Pie, with a FruitCo logo sketched in the vents on top. Sitting on a piece of foil on black granite counter tops
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Whee!! Dina plush arrived!

I love that the hood is removable to see The Forbidden Zone™
A Makeship Plush of Dina from Dumbing of Age by @damnyouwillis.bsky.social in her Tricera-Top™, a green hoodie with white triceratops horns and neck frills sticking out around the hood, and yellow slitted black pupils beneath the top two horns. Her black hair sticks out from under the hood top, and her hands are on her hips. She has a signature smile on her face.
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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treadmill and my phone disagree on how fast/far I went by quite a lot… but I'm doing the getting into Zone 3 and staying relatively steadily there thing, which is at least a start! Also, had to go faster today to get and stay there, a whopping ~2.5 miles per hour according to the threadmill
Workout heart rate screen. At the top is the average heart rate for the workout, 148BPM. Below it a graph of heart rate over time, with varying colors as the dashed line climbs. Itstarts in blue, proceeding through light blue to green at 8:07 seconds, and stays largely in green until near the end where it dips during cooldown. The bottom section is a list of zone's to heart rate ranges, and time spent in them. 4:12 spent in Zone 1, less than 138BPM, in blue. 7:09 spent in Zone 2, 139-148BPM, in light blue. 20:24 spent in Zone 3, 149-158BPM, in green. 0:15s spent in Zone 4, 159-168BPM, in orange. Finally, 0:00 spent in Zone 5, 169BPM+, in red.
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Sophia:
Yellow text on a blue background in the style of the Zohran For New York political signs. In place of the text it reads: Basement for brain worms
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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eee! finally did it, plush hammock! in rainbow colors to go with my rainbow of plushes, as well as my rainbow plushes
A panoply of plush toys sitting in a rainbow mesh net hanging in the corner of a room, from rainbow Peeps, and LEGO Space people, including many makeship, and sentimentally valuable to Liz items, like the teddy bear with a swiss flag shirt she got for her grandma way back when, and then it returned to me. On the bed beneath the plush toy hammock is a Blåhaj sitting on the bed's pillow (not visible).
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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pizza time!
A 12 inch pepperoni pizza with vegan cheese on a round pizza pan sitting on top of a pizza peel on top of a black granite countertop.
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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hmm, 'za, just in time for my sugar crash
a 12 inch sausage pizza with vegan cheese on a round silver pizza pan, sitting on a black granite countertop.
October 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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eee! @assumptionprime.bsky.social 's Basically How It Happened arrived! Great start to the weekend =)

glad to add it to my collection!
A white stable bound booklet sitting on a yellow mailing envelope, on a red placemat, on a brown table. The cover of the booklet has pink block outline text at the top that reads 'Basically How It Happened' in all caps, with 'A Trans Comic Collection' in grey all caps text. Beneath that is Robin's signature, and then some selected artwork from the book in panels, as well as an self portrait of Robin in a green strappy dress, with a tan cross body bag hanging over her shoulder, with various pins and badges on it, including a trans pride flag.
October 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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The choice is an illusion! The cover art of my Dorley fanfic, Dorleypilled, made manifest because the sequence of events that lead me to it could not have happened any other way.

(Also bonus shot of my second favorite mug: the Trans Rights or I Bites shork)
A white mug with red interior. On the mug is text that reads: You take the Dorley pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the basement goes. The words Dorley and Basement have a blue background, and are canted at angle as if a sloppily applied label maker over the original words: red, and rabbit hole. Beneath the text are two palm emoji’s with premarin in place of the classic red pill, and an estradiol pill in place of the classic blue pill. In the background of the image is another white mug with a cartoon open mouthed shark bursting from the water that reads Trans Rights or I Bites.
October 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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turned out okay, tried turkey pepperoni this time (less grease), and I did somewhat better with the crust then the prior attempt

going to try to make it a weekly-ish thing (although not on Sunday night)
a cooked 12 inch pepperoni pizza on a pizza pan. It's crust is a good brown, and turkey pepperoni's are scattered on top.
September 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Felt cute, first time in this (Ramona’s) dress…
Liz smiling and wearing a white dress with splashes of colors behind music bars with colorful notes arrayed behind them.
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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look ma! No cardboard pile!
Liz's living room, with its gray brown wood floors, various rugs, and light wood furniture along the wall, and dark brown dining table visible. The bookshelves and media center's contents are easily visible, as is the legs of the table, the doors of the sideboard, and the floor.
September 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Babe wake up, new flag just dropped!

Green gender inclusive trans pride flag! (at flat pack furniture co)
a felted cloth blanket on a white bedspread, with a white store tag in the middle identifying it. The pattern from top to bottom of the image is: Blue, green, blue, pink, white, pink, blue green blue, the segment between the green resembles a trans pride flag.
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Gifs? GIFS! 🏳️‍🌈
September 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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No bingos! I'm a perfectly innocent angel 😇
Brat Bingo: Liz's selections highlighted in pink: 1A - Refuses to eat food they dislike 1B - Keysmashes 1D - Clingy but doesn't like to admit it 1E - Walks barefoot when they can 2A - Loves animals 2B - Gets excited easily 2C - Has at least 1 fandom personality trait 2D - Jealous easily 3B - Has a loud laugh 3C - (free space) 3D - Gets embarrassed easily 4A - Texts back really fast 4C - Owns 5+ plushies 4E - Wants to protect everyone 5D - Secretly likes watching drama 5E - Likes making people feel good Brat Bingo: 1A - Refuses to eat food they dislike 1B - Keysmashes 1C - Chaotic 1D - Clingy but doesn't like to admit it 1E - Walks barefoot when they can 2A - Loves animals 2B - Gets excited easily 2C - Has at least 1 fandom personality trait 2D - Jealous easily 2E - Never will admit being bottom 3A - Can't do math 3B - Has a loud laugh 3C - (free space) 3D - Gets embarrassed easily 3E - Gets teased often 4A - Texts back really fast 4B - Wants to be carried but won't ask 4C - Owns 5+ plushies 4D - Can handle conflict 4E - Wants to protect everyone 5A - Scared of bugs 5B - Short 5C - Big tease 5D - Secretly likes watching drama 5E - Likes making people feel good
September 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Verdict: it tastes good to me, with the caveat that I've only rarely had pizza with even vegan cheese on it, and never with real cheese
Pizza dough on a round non stick pan, sitting on top of a metal pizza peel with a wood handle. The dough has a somewhat crude lip around it. Pre cooked crust covered with tomato sauce, vegan mozzarella shreds, and pepperoni slices. It sits on a nonstick round pan, which in turn sits on a sheet metal pizza peel with a wood handle. cooked pizza, it looks a bit greasy, and the crust is a bit uneven and lumpy.
August 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Books get!
4 graphic novels, clockwise from top middle: Tiff & Eve, by Fran Sundblad. Ava & Bird, by Dylan B Caleho. If You’ll Have Me, by Eunnie Boo. The Deep & Dark Blue, by Niki Smith
August 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Shelf finish! It fits the space perfectly, and gives me a place to store various things that don't belong on/under the vanity, or in the medicine cabinet.
A white vertical open sided shelving unit, with 4 shelves (plus the top), tucked into the corner of a bathroom, with it's grey tiled walls and floors. Beside it on the floor is a black rectangular trashcan underneath a toilet paper roll holder. On two of the shelves higher up, there are towels of various colors, light blue, dark blue, and a light seafoam green.
August 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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(mini) Blåhaj for scale in my Mini

plenty of room! Home safe and sound
Photo through the open back hatch of a Mini cooper with black and light tan interior. A large tan box bisects the middle of the photo, and the car, with two (small) stuffed blue sharks (Blåhaj) sitting beside it. The box sticks past the rear seats, and clear up between the front seats. Picture through the open door of a Mini Cooper with black and light tan checked seats, a large brown box protrudes from behind the seats to about 6 inches behind the dash board, resting on the arm rest.
August 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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its not my last photo, this is from our ~96 trip, the 1401's main drive wheels are still taller than me as an adult!

(also, the lighting in this room was and remains terrible for decent photos of it)
Young Liz and her mom standing in front of Southern Railway 1401, at National Museum of American History, and holding hands. The windows behind the train nearly blow out the photo, and Liz and her mom are very small and low detail. Liz is wearing blue shorts and a blue/white patterned shirt, while her mom is wearing pink pedal pushers and a white shirt.
August 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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obligatory
demon core gf meme. A stick figure drawing of a girl in with reddish brown hair, and a pink dress. Her head is split open like its the demon core and behind held open with a screwdriver. From inside, there's a blue glow of Cherenkov radiation. Around the drawing are various phrases that make her seem... dangerous... Going counter clockwise from top left: "sweetie i have a gift for you" [gives you radiation poisoning] scared of mirrors. "will you still love me if i'm feeling blue?" radiates warmth and kindness. exhibitionist streak positively glowing hates cops & security guards DIY girl. wanted for seven counts of murder in New Mexico favorite planet? pluto of course "babe let's get risky" "don't use shims" plays the Half-Life games repeatedly loves science can light up any room with just her presence a little screwed up but wonderful in spite of her flaws can light up any room with just her presence a little screwed up but wonderful in spite of her flaws a top and a bottom but always sub(critical)
August 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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getyarn.io/yarn-clip/07...
Freema Agyeman holding the box from the previous post in a clip from Sense8, in her matching red outfit. Only Freema's hands are really visible.
July 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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closest I come is my 'Give `Til It Heart' box from Sense8, S1E1, Limbic Resonance. It's only on screen for a tiny amount of time, but it means a lot to me on multiple levels
A red glittering heart shaped box with a sculpted vagina shaped hole for putting donations into. Over the hole, there's a molded gold ribbon that reads `Give 'Til It Hearts`. It's displayed in a light brown wood look display case, with a glass front door, and glass shelf to center it in the box. The box is hanging on a blue painted wall, with a white and pink flag just visible on the left edge of the photo. On the right, a door frame in white leads to unknown places.
July 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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I walked with my employer today because they fund my transition, because they show up en masse at Pride, and every show I’ve watched of ours has at least one queer character in it.

I love my job, and I love my queer coworkers!
Elizabeth in a straw sun hat with a safety yellow band on it. Around her neck is tied her custom pride flag based on the Wichita, Kansas flag. Her white Apple pride shirt with curvy stripes in pride colors is partially cut off by the bottom edge. She’s holding a bamboo slatted fan in pride colors in her free hand and making a peace sign with her fingers. She’s wearing her flomask with a seafoam green ring around it’s edge. Around her, tons of coworkers and their loved ones stand assembled in (more or less) matching white shirts with Apple Pride logos.
June 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM