we turned the water off and expect to start working on it when we can. but me and him discussed prioritizing the health of the animals and all the things that come with it. theyre very old and need daily medication.

the negligence of the homeowner (both to the leak and the animals) leads us to our need to move out in about 6 months to a year. ill be here writing, jus support me when you can.

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On page 14 of the 2024 trade paperback addition where Serano says "[ . . . ] our society tends to single out trans women and others on the male-to-female spectrum for attention and ridicule. This is not merely because we transgress gender norms per se, but because we, by necessity, embrace our own femaleness and femininity. [ . . . ] While trans people on the female-to-male spectrum face discrimination for breaking gender norms (i.e. oppositional sexism), their expressions of maleness or masculinity themselves are not targeted for ridicule—to do so would require one to question masculinity itself."

My annotated note (underneath a note about the way she quite literally contradicts her own definition of cissexism on the same page): This section frames misogyny as a pure public spectacle. Serano is deeply blind to the misogyny present in the intimate lives of FTMs and trans masculine individuals and masculine/masculinized women.

Like. Just off rip in my own life before I ever had an inkling I was trans I was actively discouraged from cutting my hair despite desperately wanting to because I would "look like a boy" and then was literally bullied for half the 4th grade when I cut my hair short after having it down to my waist since kindergarten "because I looked like a boy". I was a quirky little 8th grader in the 2010's who liked wearing vests and bow ties because the 11th doctor was airing and I was ridiculed by my peers and family for wearing masculine clothing. There were several gender segregated events throughout my entire schooling where I was required to wear dresses at the threat of tangible punishment. It goes on that's just a handful to make a point.

That's quite literally as traditionally sexist as it gets. Punishing or threatening or ostracizing someone perceived as a little girl or young woman for defying the feminine gender role "she" is meant to fill. That's like. a very standard feminist analysis of baseline regular old sexism and the only reason that doesn't still happen to adults on a broad scale is because of feminist action.

It's like. sometimes adult trans people are like every other adult ever and they act as though their experiences once they came out and had the autonomy to express themselves fully after the age of 18 are the only experiences. Forgetting that often our most formative experiences with being oppressed, coerced, and forced into gendered categories happen in child and young adulthood.

And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”

Hello, friend. Something I believe that may be able to help you is engaging more with creative projects, if you don't already, such as painting or drawing any natural scenery in your environment, using clay to mold figures into being, creating or drawing on the features you had in your life that you do not possess now. It will help you connect with one half of your domain and hopefully satisfy any urges you may have relating to it, while also making you feel more like yourself.

As for the other half, perhaps taking care of another living thing, perhaps a plant or pet, could help you feel more in touch with the life aspect of your domain. This could be a virtual pet, if you aren't able to take care of a physical one, or through playing games like 'the Sims' and taking care of your characters. This would also combine both your domains under one activity, which could be helpful for you.

im divine in the way that i am part of magick itself. ive been practicing magick for years now. i quite enjoy nature, animals, and water - so my magic stems from those enviroments and i feel recharged when i am in nature. putting on documentaries and researching about fish and the world raises my frequency; i feel fulfilled.

as a divine, you can do many things with this part of you. this community seems to have branched off into its own thing outside of nonphysical alterhumanity but inside its influences of language (with actually divine being the start of that). when belief systems related to us appeared (god shards, modern god spousing, deitykin worship, pop culture worship), it redefined how godkin spoke about tihemselves and their spirituality. to keep that creativity, to keep that system, you gotta build on it - and that starts with self reflection.

for me, it was realizing that i was a shapeshifter because of magick/aura. that loving that above else would help me in living the life i want to live; a magical, witchy one. but for the most part, i was spiritual to get here. i was religious to get here. i was physical to get here. and i belive that to be divine, you have to take both the belief in your divinity and your domain into the reality and be physical about it . how you protect yourself, how you define your actions, how you preach to others. it must be something of a scripture to yourself, your divine identity.

I would say Non binary people are both hypervisible and erased in ways that are similar and different to binary trans people. Like your example of the targeted attack on non binary people afab-

gender itself is not something the trans liberation movement should be focusing on but instead the full and complete informed consent regarding the change and alteration in our bodies and legal standing.

i do really hate this popular definition of xenogenital leading (and ending) with "wishing," which in most contexts is heavily implied to be all it is - a fantasy impossible to actualize, even through changing language. biohacking can achieve nonhuman/alien results, including genitally!

was also surprised to see eunuch defined so narrowly; while that's certainly the most common and prototypical, and it can be hard to find more inclusive communities, to my understanding there's much more (eg chemical castration without gonadectomy, and applicable for mullerian sex traits, and sometimes nullo can be thought of as under the eunuch umbrella)

As pride month comes to an end consider helping fund a trans man's binder + packer.

I outgrew my old binder and haven't had one in a very long time. This makes me incredibly dysphoric. I've tried to bind with kinesiology tape but it leaves reactions on my skin.

I've also always wanted to pack. I don't want an expensive packer, but I don't have the means to get one at all on my own.

If anyone can help I'll appreciate you forever:

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