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men just love to run their fucking mouth about what women do or do not want without even once considering consulting any actual women on the matter

For the antiBlackness, I'm not sure how indepth you wanna know. It started as a very white company and has stayed so for a very long time. Some of their hiring processes have gotten better, some haven't, and the microaggressions seem to come and go in waves.

They recently just did a sponsorship thing with a cop show that helps recruit for the LAPD, so that's a great example.

They praised the show, its writers and actors, who are infamous for their copaganda and appreciation of the LAPD and said they thought some fans being upset about "copaganda" was worth the exposure and fun.

Their transmisogyny is immediately blatant in the fact they barely hire transfems at all, while having quite a number of TME actors/regulars, including trans ones!

In 2024, a statistician here on Tumblr even created some data based on their numerous shows, noting that around the time they'd had less than 5 openly TMA performers on their shows. In 2024. She went through over 1000 episodes! It's gotten slightly better, number-wise, but the microaggressions still come in waves and the lack of regular TMA performers is blatant.

They even did a HP spinoff roleplay in 2021(?) with no transfems involved and the game master blocked transfems on twitter for asking to at least be involved in a story that was based off of a tale that was being used to fund their genocide.

Now, I will admit, I haven't watched dropout in awhile! I have a lot of issues with the company and its members. but I did watch an episode awhile back that was some sort of "fun" Cast Members Running For President of Dropout shit (episode is called "outvoted")

On this episode, there was a pre-recorded "scandal" for each candidate that would be played around their speeches or whatever. The candidates didn't record them, it was a surprise that was part of the game.

Brennan was accused of regularly having diarrhea. Another was accused of wanting to build a pipeline on Indigenous lands. Another of drinking toilet water. Another had no accusation at all.

And Demi Adejuyigbe, the only Black trans person in the room (not to mention the only, I believe, TMA trans person), was accused of having an animalistic penis.

This was a running joke throughout an episode where another slogan was "Say NO to BLM!!!" (which stands for Brendan Lee Mulligan, but the joke was that it also does not.)

He may have been okay with it (Their initial response was confusion and then, like a badass, "So?"), he may have not but I actually think regardless, it is highly inappropriate and reeks of transmisogynoir to have one TMA trans person on your show, not to mention a Black one, and have a reoccurring bit where you joke about their genitals, much less that they have animalistic ones!

Like, what the fuck? It was the only explicitly sexual accusation and it was fucking nauseating. No one said shit and that's not just a microaggression; that's active, insidious and open transmisogynoir and sexual harassment.

I honestly haven't seen the incident with Demi discussed in the community, so it doesn't surprise me you haven't heard about it. A lot of dropout fans love Demi as long as they can ignore the realities of them being a Black trans person. Which includes the transmisogynoir and general antiBlackness.

Bronze sword and axes uncovered near Hajdúsámson-Hegedűs-hegy, Hungary, circa 1700-1600 BC

They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

she did her best! but she was not what I needed. i needed a therapist who was trans, to lead me through the common pitfalls that befall newly trans folks, but more importantly relate to me. Not so I could reach the conclusion that I was trans faster, but to test my thoughts and ideas of being the gender I am vs being another.