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It has some genuinely fascinating stuff to say about gender, and I feel like it's worth looking at/thinking about in the context of Historical Gender Stuff. This 100 year old book has the following to say:

"The truth is that some young gentlemen would rather they had been born young ladies: they cannot admit this openly, because in the male world to confess as much would lead to instant ostracism if not worse; but they cannot conceal it either, and by preferring the company of girls, and soft, feminine clothing, and by flinching during the rough pursuits to which all boys, willing or no, are occasionally heirs, they attract opprobrium."

"Such boys weep too readily for their fellows' tastes - weeping is a great crime among boys unless it is generally admitted that circumstances left little choice - and are hounded for that reason."

"Just as there are girls who had rather been boys - we all know examples of the type - there are boys who, in a kinder world, would have been born into the gender more suited to their dispositions."

"Many young people of this sort are riven with a guilt they do not deserve but have been forced, by the conventions of society, to adopt; they are confused, ashamed and thoroughly unhappy."

"The ideal thing to do would be to treat these cases on their merits, send them to girls' schools, and so on. (The same thing should happen with those girls who would rather be young gentlemen.) Boys of this sort are girls in any case-in all respects save one."

i think about this a lot bc like. ultimately i do think cars should be banned altogether. that said i think it’s 2fold for me-

- If traffic is majorly reduced by efficient, timely, effective public transportation, the roads will be more open for those who really do need a private vehicle for disability accommodation

My folks could be divided into two main groups - people with intellectual or developmental disabilities learning to use transit independently for the first time, and people with acquired disability who had been using cars to get around and now needed transit (new wheelchair users, blind or low vision mostly).

I need everybody to understand RIGHT NOW that every bit of extra added difficulty in using public transit - every added expense, every extra stroad cosswalk to cross, every missing curb cut and broken crosswalk audio box and every fucking route with 30 minute intervals - is an order of magnitude more damaging to disabled groups' ability to ride safely. Every bit of extra walking distance on shitty American infrastructure kills disabled people more than it does anybody else!

These failures trap disabled people in homes, isolate them from social engagements, make it difficult to access care or recreation. These failures mean that it's so much more a matter of luck - do your class, geography, and familial background meet your support needs with private transportation, or are you at the mercy of shitty caregivers? Can you ride on a decent transit system, or are you stuck using systems that don't work well for you and are much more likely to kill you as a pedestrian than someone who isn't disabled yet?

With the new Harry Potter series she will be making a reported $20 million per-season renewal + other performance dependent royalties. She has been open across multiple interviews regarding her intentions to use said funds to push forth even more trans targeted legislation in the years to come.

This isn’t a “she gets paid no matter what” situation. The more eyeballs on this show the more money she has to actively harm vulnerable communities. By engaging with it you are directly supporting this and otherwise making a conscious choice to consume HP over doing the literal very least possible to not destroy the lives of trans people across the world.

If my stating the objective facts above upsets you then feel free to unfriend and move along. Your nostalgia-goggles feelings for a tired, problematic franchise mean nothing to me compared to the welfare of my trans friends and loved ones."

If you care more about badly written children's books and imaginary wizards more than you do about real people in the real world do it far the fuck away from me.

Don't try to be in my life.

chill af short dude i met weaving gold on his badass loom: oh yeah no i understand completely. do you want that baby or can i have it

Jellycat of the Day | 16th June 2026