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Muriel Fahrion, the creator of Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears, was under a work for hire contract when she created them and as a result has received no residuals over the last 40+ years. If you like either of those properties, consider purchasing something from her website. She has art and cute jewelry!

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the only good feature recently has been polls and even that took way too long to properly roll out 

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nobody wants the shop icon where the account icon used to be 

nobody wants the new video player / image viewer (let us pause ! let us zoom !) 

the only good feature recently has been polls and even that took way too long to properly roll out 

we are STILL fighting in the trenches against spam bots 

There is a kind of antibiotic that is severely damaging to a fetus, isotretinoin, and my dermatologist adamantly refuses to prescribe it to me before I can prove I'm on a (semi-)permanent form of birth control aka a IUD, hormonal implant, or a hysterectomy.

It doesn't matter if I tell them I won't have PIV sex with anyone while I'm on it, or that I'll use condoms, or whatever else. They legally can't prescribe it if I am in any capacity in possession of a uterus that has even the sightest theoretical chance of successfully becoming pregnant.

Meanwhile, you could argue that testosterone itself is similar in that it can be damaging to a fetus, and yet the gender clinic was satisfied with a "I don't want a pregnancy, ever, and if it happens I'm getting rid of it. Also I'll use protection." And they've just prescribed me another medication with a warning of NEVER EVER GIVE TO WOMEN BECAUSE IT'LL FUCK UP A PREGNANCY LIKE... HARDCORE. IF A (PREGNANT) WOMAN AS MUCH AS TOUCHES IT THE FETUS IS IN MORTAL DANGER.

Now I can't help but think... How long do you think it'll take before anti-choicers and transphobes notice that legal inconsistency and move to ban people access to testosterone for the same reason as the antibiotic? And/or force intersex people with a uterus and naturally "high" testosterone levels on T blockers out of "concern" for some hypothetical fetus?

They are already coming after us for "ruining" our fertility, and after successfully restricting HRT for minors, they are just itching for an excuse to ban HRT for adults. I'm going to bet they're eventually gonna try and sneak it in under 'no one of child bearing age/ability shall be prescribed medication/have hormones that is/are harmful to fetal development unless on a (semi-)permanent form of birth control' (and then make that form of birth control impossible to get) because it neatly ends up banning testosterone if you have a (theoretically functional) uterus.

T is a schedule 3 controlled substance, and being caught with it without a prescription can result in a felony. people with felonies can lose their right to vote and will face a lot of employment discrimination. there are multiple states currently trying to ban HRT. there will be trans people who take T who will have to choose between risking their right to vote as well as their career and staying on a treatment plan that is keeping them alive. and considering a third of all trans people live in poverty, would they even be able to afford getting it on the black market? what happens when they scrounge up the money to get black market T, get caught, catch a felony, and lose their job and housing? do you think a state trying to ban HRT and transition is going to be sympathetic to a trans person with a felony for trying to illegally transition? if that trans person is also a person of color, especially a black person, do you think that will be an easy experience for them? what if that trans person is also disabled? do you really think the government who took away their right to transition is going to let them keep their disability benefits?