friendly neighborhood medieval history nerd

Thanks for the poll request, anonymous! Keep 'em coming, folks.

thought about this because it's so frustrating when people argue that 'dying in childbirth' is a historical sort of event that doesn't happen nowadays (false) and therefore is irrelevant to the legal status of abortion, since it's not a real danger.

except it super is, and i think a lot of people haven't noticed that this argument in addition to simply being incorrect is basically the same as when people say we don't need vaccines for deadly diseases because no one gets those now anyway.

(Apparently the average age of one’s first period is around 12, but I’m curious to see where the demographics are here, and if it’s been trending younger in younger generations! I had my first period just shy of my 10th birthday 😭)

Pedestrian traffic lights

I used to use Google docs, but the white mode only was really annoying me (tires my eyes), so I swapped to Ellipsus (which I genuinely love and recommend), but it was bothering me a bit that I need wifi in order to use it, so now I switched to LibreOffice Writer, which I do like.

It very much has a Microsoft Word feel, but is open source and you need no accounts to use it. It's local on your device, so no AI can scan it, and no wifi is needed.

happy pride! remember that being transgender is everything but fiction. there are so many real historical figures from every century about whose transgender identities we aren't even aware of

2026 - 2025 - 2024 - 2023

in spite of it all, happy 2026 pride.

you can download current and past hi-res versions of these over at my ko-fi (ok to print for personal use): https://ko-fi.com/mxmorgan/shop/freedownloads

you can also snag shirts here which go to various orgs: https://mxmorgan.threadless.com/collections/pride

these get reposted a whole lot from here to reddit to twitter to tiktok and on and on, and i don't personally care whether or not i'm credited. i made these for everyone to use, enjoy, and find meaning in them. i appreciate folks who do credit me, but if able, please at least link to the threadless shop in the previous post - folks can get an official shirt where 90% of earnings go to trans led orgs focused on mental health (which is an important matter in general, but very personal to me) and not from a scam bot site selling AI-churned maga garbage where you probably won't get one anyway. i also suggest downloading the files from my ko-fi - they are free/PWYW and you can use them to make your own shirt, patch, embroidery project, whatever. tips are always nice, cuz i do like a pizza now and then, but never required for download.

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"Hi! My name is Kayah and I am a crochet cosplayer based in Nashville, Tennessee. I have been cosplaying for 9 years, crocheting for 5 years, and competing in cosplay competitions for 3 years. My goal is to share the craft of fiber arts cosplay with others by showing that it is a beautifully creative way to create the cosplay of their dreams.

I created this dress inspired by Tiana from the Princess and the Frog along with an additional dress for my friend inspired by Charlotte from the same film. I absolutely loved competing in Tiana, winning awards for her, and look forward to creating more projects to share with the world!"

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you are in the medieval era and you have this role!