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“Native people used to live in this National Park” No. They still do.

“Native people used to tell these stories-” No. They still do.

“Native people used to use this plant as a natural remedy-” No. They still do.

It also goes without saying that bioessentialism inherently can’t be trans inclusive no matter how hard you try. “All men including trans men—” probably not. “This is only a woman’s issue—” is it really? “Afabs only—” why? “All trans men are like—” what? what are they like? finish the sentence i dare you.

Beyoncé, P!nk and Britney Spears appearing in Pepsi's Gladiator inspired commercial (2004)

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

suna rintaro takes a second to respond, "uhh, yes," he sounds distracted, "i'll be leaving in a sex-, er- sec, ..in a second"

you hum. he's acting weird but no weirder than the normal suna rintaro would, you think

" 'm wearing the top that makes my boobs look good," you say absentmindedly, brushing shimmery powder on your collarbones, the angle of your shoulders, and the tops of your breasts, "not sure if i should wear heels or not," you continue, "i know we're just meeting a few of the guys from inarizaki, but-"

you hear suna groan, deep voice reverberating through the speakers. it takes him a moment to speak, "if ya do heels, who's gonna carry you when ya start complainin' about yer feet hurting,"

you smile, "my best friend, suna rintaro, of course," you say, sweet lilt in your voice as you finish with the gloss on your lips

you hear suna shuffling on the other side of the line, some more grunting through the phone, followed by some cut-off mumbles of ‘best friend’

"what are you doing?" you finally ask, satisfied with how your makeup and outfit turned out and now fully focusing on your conversation with the man on the phone

you pout, hoping he can hear your expression by your puckered lips, "are you working out or something?"

suna laughs, "hah," then you hear another grunt from the end of the line, "somethin' like that," he says

"hmm," you tap the screen of your cellphone to check the time,

"rintaro," you say, realizing you're supposed to meet your friends in fifteen minutes and it takes suna exactly that time to drive over to pick you up, "you better come quick, don't leave me high and dry over here,"

you think you almost hear suna whine on the other side. his voice is gruff and he breathes shakily, "don't worry, baby, i'm almost there. y'know i'd never keep ya waitin'"

you suck in a breath, teeth impulsively digging into the plush of your bottom lip at the sweetness he just called you; then you gasp, quickly reapplying more gloss over the area. suna hears you through the phone, chuckling lightly

"yer gonna ruin my makeup," you say, trying to clear your throat after being caught of guard like that. you don't tell him that you spent hours on it, hoping he likes it

a sigh on the other end of the line brings you back from the thoughts about your best friend you've avidly been ignoring.

suna calls your name, you think maybe its static the way he stutters around the first syllable of it, "can you say my name one more time?" he pleads, voice an octave higher

"rin-ta-ro ?"

"f-fuuck"

the line goes dead on the other side. you get a text from him a few minutes after,

cumming

coming* haha

—

suna rintaro looks down at the mess between his thighs, sighing. he wishes the mess was on your pretty tits instead, maybe some of it on your face, too, ruining your makeup, just like you told him not to do.

you'd forgive him, he's sure

especially if he were to fuck another load into your pretty pussy and finger it deeper into you right after

Rhetorical dogwhistles are things that most people would not be able to identify as bigoted because they're INTENDED to have plausible deniability.

The wording changes are meant to be subtle enough that people really can mix them up accidentally when they don't have much information!

So when the gender critical movement calls trans women "transwomen", they're hoping for 2 things.

this usage will spread enough among people who don't know any better, to give transphobes the plausible deniability of not LOOKING like a frothing bigot constantly.

the usage grammatically places trans women in a different category than other women; it's changing "trans" from an adjective to part of a noun to make this distinction.

The more we can avoid this usage, the less deniability have transmisogynists have when using it, and the less rhetorical ground we cede to the degendering and misgendering of trans women.

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