hazel's hideout

let’s do the pros/cons real quick.

Pros

No need to work to survive under a corpofascist system of capitalism

No bigotry allowed

I can be a catgirl for realsies

I can be property of Mistress and just be her pet

Star Trek replicators!

Core cuddles

constant praise and affirmation

free bottom surgery and healthcare

Access to the cultural databases of six galaxies

No more war, poverty, or hatred.

Did I mention the free bottom surgery, super HRT, and catgirl for realsies?

Open source supremacy/Space Plampt Linux

Cons

No self-determination we live in a society that is democratic on paper, but where all our decisions are made for us by uncaring elected representatives. The Affini actually would give a shit, would rather have them as my plampt overlords.

No goals to work towards because the perpetuation of capitalism is apparently a goal worth working towards the reason why this is dumb is self explanatory

Constant infantilisation by the society around me I get that anyway as an autistic person

Constant surveillance by the state Hey, at least the Affini are interested in my wellbeing, unlike fucking ECHELON and FIVE EYES.

Not being allowed to have complete control of my life again, when have any of us been free from the chain of capitalist oppression? At least in the compact, my role would be to be an adorably cute kitten for a caring owner who hopefully allow me to still roam free and be as curious and playful as I desire.

Our species won’t be allowed to develop at its own pace in accordance with the Prime Directive and achieve interstellar flight we will be astonishingly lucky if we don’t make Dmitri Glukovsky an accidental prophet and nuke ourselves in the next half decade. I think we shouldn’t be allowed to develop at our own pace, all things considered.

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A major new survey from The Trevor Project released on Wednesday (6 May) has found that transgender and nonbinary young people who wanted hormone therapy but were unable to access it were nearly twice as likely to report a suicide attempt in the past year compared to those currently receiving hormones.

According to the report – which included over 10,000 responses from trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people – 15% of trans youth denied access to hormones reported a suicide attempt, compared to 8% of those able to receive care.

Ideally I'd make a post like "It is pride month! Yay! :D" ...But it is getting increasingly hard to exist as a trans person, let alone celebrate it.

We should still celebrate it. That celebration doesn't need to be loud. It doesn't need to be noticed by anyone except yourself.

They want us to feel shame at who we are. They want others to fear what we are. Pride in yourself is the antithesis of shame. So please, now more than ever, make sure you celebrate pride. Celebrate you.