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You can be unhappy with your appearance, clothing options, style, etc. I'm not going to deny you that, I'm there with you. What I mean is you're not a horrible person for making mistakes, getting things wrong, making stupid choices or even bad ones; you're learning. You should remember the reasons why you'll make better choices in the future, take better actions, learn new things, create better habits, etc, but you shouldn't let your failings beat you endlessly over the head. You shouldn't constantly put yourself down because you don't think you deserve kindness, complements, or even praise. The fun thing about 'deserving' nice things, is you often don't get to decide what good things you do deserve, especially when the kindness is coming from friends, because that's how they're showing they appreciate you.

Your worst critic isn't giving you the "real take" on who you are, they're highlighting the worst without comparing any of who you are with your best. That worst critic is you. Learn to tell yourself to shut the hell up, and accept the kindness, complements, and care others show you.

The simplest way to put it is: You need to be kinder to yourself, and ditch the self-depreciating internal and external commentary and jokes. It's not helping you, it's tearing you down. It's self-destructive. Focus on building yourself up. You and everyone else around you will appreciate that much more. And if you don't know where to start, then my suggestion is to find a gender affirming therapist. Get help; you deserve it. Not because you're broken, but because you deserve the upgrade, the improvement.

First up is a petition to alter the rules for our "Third Safe Country" agreement with the United States to allow LGBTQI+ folk to seek asylum here. At current, any request for asylum from the United States regarding LGBTQI+ discrimination is blanket denied. So, lets change that with Petition e-7195:

The above petition closes for signature June 25, 2026, at 3:13 p.m. (EDT).

Second is a petition that covers quite a lot but the essence of this one is that we have a clause called the "Notwithstanding Clause" in our constitution that allows provinces to shield laws they locally pass from judicial review for 5 years so they can pass laws to solve their problems without the Federal Government from getting involved. In practice it's being used to remove human rights, and ignore aspects of our constitution like the right for those under 18 to seek gender affirming care and to deny teachers their right to protest. Petition e-7269 is requesting our government to annul the recent uses of the Notwithstanding clause to uphold the Charter that gives Canadian Citizens and Residents their human rights (this is within the Federal Governments power to do, they just haven't done it yet):

The above petition closes for signature July 24, 2026, at 11:04 a.m. (EDT)

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HELLDIVERS 2 but every time Naomii_Nova gets a donation to her Ko-Fi goal I eat a spicy chip!

So you know what THIS means! That's right! Another item added to the girly girl list on Throne! For those that don't know, every bigoted or transphobic comment only force-fems me faster.

4 clothing slots now open.

You think this would shut them up but they're just making me speed-run my transition at this point.

I've since felt that perhaps the same way we have kids read the works of William Shakespeare (with the breakdown on the next page) should be the way we host a class on media literacy for high-schooler's. At the current state of education in North America (specifically Canada and the US), we relegate such breakdowns as the realm of college's, universities, and other post-secondary education institutions in the area's of film or cultural studies. With the way that media is now so easily accessible, and has been for decades now (starting with the home TV, moving to the home PC, to tablets, laptops, and cellphones in the modern age) the need to move such education from post-secondary to secondary education I think is pertinent, and dare I say, vital to educating minors as they begin to approach adulthood. Especially since many politicians and public figures use such narrative elements in their addresses to attempt to seem legitimate, or well meaning when they could be anything but with their true intentions.

I know this is a long essay, but I don't think it's wrong to want children and teens to be able to more accurately understand media framing and censorship, and have them develop the skills to identify themes and tropes that might otherwise bias their interpretation of the events they see. In fact, it's an aspect of critical thinking we should uphold and promote. I think half of the grifters, and bad role-models we see in media wouldn't have half a leg to stand on with the younger generation if we taught them the basic skills. Just so that they know that a white T-shirt, a bright background, and a clean or formal look doesn't automatically land a point in the 'I should listen to this person' column. To teach them that perhaps the compare and contrast skill of "how would my mother/father/brother/sister/best friend (boy/girl/etc) at school feel if this was said about/or was them? And what if this was said about me?" are more important questions to ask before taking someone's advice.

I personally think we should make sure when we as adults today say "think before you act" that them as the next generation of future adults that WILL BE making the decisions of our later years know exactly what we mean. At current, we've done a massive disservice to a vast number of minors and adults by lapsing on such important education. And honestly, I know many of us simply didn't have the power or means to make the changes we wanted to, a lot of the power has been kept in the hands of the oldest generations in a death-grip, but that is soon to change if by no other means than time finally catching up to them and nature running it's course.

Hi. A fun little gaggle of various streamers are trying to raise $5000 USD for Trans Lifeline.

You can find more about Trans Lifeline here: https://translifeline.org/