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omg. this is not a "technology bad" post. if anything capitalism and consumerism are to blame - both for parents not having time outside work to raise their kids and for advertising towards children being increasingly more common.

As someone who once had a school who tried to restrict bathroom breaks – due to apparent goofing off during classes – all it took for them to immediately change course was one super pissed off mom. Yes, my mom heard that, and charged right into the office to “have a word” with the principal, even going so far as asking to speak to the superintendent.

I still occasionally get the sir uh no ma’am no sorry sir comments almost 6 years on T and a lot of people don’t get why that happens to me but what people don’t get is that most people out in the world aren’t like expecting to see trans people so if they catch sight of my bra line under my shirt or hear me talk slightly high pitched something short circuits in their brain as they try to rationalize that with the rest of my appearance.

A lot of the way to combat getting misgendered around normies and conservatives is just to act like they’re stupid for thinking you’d be anything other than what you are. There’s mannish looking women and womanly looking men out there and everybody knows that and if they make wrong assumptions about you that’s egg on their face. Like asking a fat person when the baby’s due. The embarrassment in that situation lies on the person asking that question. Not the fat person.

So I work at a library and about a month ago I helped a little old woman who is legally blind figure out how to listen to our audiobooks on her tablet. We got to chatting and I mentioned that I always listen to audiobooks while I knit, which made her very excited and she told me all about the afghans she used to make when she could still see. She was so sweet and I was so glad to be able to help her figure out a way to still enjoy books without being able to read.