“but we’re often other things too.”

if you absolutely must, in primarily muscle force-based sports, create competitive classes like in boxing except separated by body comp, not just pure body weight. i mean, if you must. this will eliminate any tiny advantages in muscle mass. some will say basketball should have height classes but frankly some of the NBA's most impressive players were not tall so idk that this actually matters ever

the primary athletic impediment to all women is overwhelmingly cultural and psychological. i have won probably half the physical competitions with cis men that i have engaged in, friendly or otherwise. even without the benefit of a lifetime of people trying to make me throw or hit balls, i have won wrestling matches, sparring matches, funny backyard foam sword fights, video games, equestrian activities, dance, endurance tests of various kinds, etc. i'm small and weak. men think theyre stronger and more skilled than they are, women think the opposite about themselves

humans just arent that differently-sized or -shaped, as a species. we have almost no sexual dimorphism at all compared to the vast majority of other mammals.

animals that have similar levels of sexual dimorphism to humans, for example cats, dogs, and horses, do not generally have competitive events segregated by sex. the dog agility trials dont normally have separate leagues for male and female dogs (gendered competitions exist they're just unusual). because it doesnt matter. there is no kentucky derby 2 just for girl horses. thats not a thing

Men are stronger than women. This is inconvenient for human equality, but nonetheless it is true. Those men let you win.

Also fun fact:

Blueberries - Teija Lehto

Finnish, b. 1965 -

are we cooked because the pope died………..???

yeah. lol. lowkey yea. okay. sit down. pull the shades. light a black candle. i'm gonna explain this in a way that doesn't make everyone go "oh no....uhhh..."

so, obviously, this wasn't just any pope. this was the pope who pissed off american conservatives so much they started calling him the communist pope. the man literally said capitalism kills. he met with trans people. he said atheists could go to heaven. he called climate change real. he didn't ban gays from the church, he hugged them.

and now he's gone…..

which means the conclave is gonna do what conclaves always do when they get scared: swing hard right. (mostly to “get things in order”). like trad caths in lace veils reciting aquinas and plotting crusades on telegram right. we're talking incense and indulgences and anti-abortion absolutism on megaphone. it's giving bring back the inquisition, but make it fashy.

and contextually............yeah, we're fried. barbecued. cremated. america's having an escher sketch of a fascist relapse. trump is foaming at the mouth with jd 'man-made horrors beyond my comprehension' vance whispering in his ear like a steubenville snake. climate collapse is escalating. billionaires are LARPing as greek gods while the rest live in the second act of a von trier film. and now the most left-leaning pope in modern history just left the building. even historically, the vatican got bought out by mussolini in ww2 and promoted fascism . so

this isn't cooked. this is cassandra tearing her hair out while the trojans say lol he's just a horse :)

like. we just lost the last soft voice in a room full of screaming patriarchs. and what's next? pope benedict 2.0? pope jordan peterson?? pope elon i??  

brace. get a rosary. get a gun. get a philosophy degree. the next decade's gonna feel like being locked in a cathedral while it floods and the only thing playing is ave maria (bass boosted).

we are so cooked.