Writing Mayhem

- Had zero stations for water on the 26 mile (42 km) course

- Accidentally gave North American competitor Tom Hicks a cocktail made of egg whites, brandy, and actual fucking rat poison

- Had a guy come into the race late wearing a beret and cutoff slacks, sneak into an apple orchard during the race because no food had been given to him for 40 hours, eat rotten apples, projectile vomit onto the track, fall asleep for hours, and finish in fourth place OVERALL because most of the other runners collapsed of exhaustion or injuries

- Conducted the race on a dusty road, which caused so much dust to be kicked into the air that an American runner somehow inhaled enough to tear his STOMACH LINING open

- Accidentally released feral dogs onto the track

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tags from a different post i wanted to make their own thing because this is a good analogy i think

there's good reasons someone might be genuinely committed to gender liberation while not ascribing to the specific term "feminist." but generally when someone makes a big stink about not being an feminist but an "egalitarian," there's discomfort with what they think feminism is and what Being A Feminist means that stems from having poor experiences with feminism + hearing and seeing a lot of anti-feminist talking points + general society's lack of knowledge about good feminist works and feminist self-critique. and when your "egalitarianism" is based around not triggering your discomfort with feminism, it becomes a lot weaker, because in that discomfort lies a lot of the things that one most needs to understand to fight patriarchy.

and similarly, there are good reasons someone might be genuinely committed to discussing transmasc oppresson while not using the specific term "transandrophobia." but generally, when someone makes a big stink about not using transandrophobia, there's a discomfort with what they think the term means or how it used and what it means to be The Kind Of Person Who Uses Transandrophobia that that stems from having poor experiences with people using the term + hearing and seeing a lot of anti-transmasculine talking points + general society's lack of knowledge about good discussions on transandrophobia and self-critique of the term and how it is used.

and when your activism on behalf of transmascs is based around not triggering any discomfort with "transandrophobia" and The Kinds Of People Who Use The Term Transandrophobia, it becomes a lot weaker. because in that discomfort lies a lot of the things one most needs to understand to fight patriarchy.

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Insurers would get into the personal loan business

Under Trump they will have no incentives to keep interest rates low

Because the loans will be more lucrative than the original bills, they will be incentivized to cut insurance coverage in order to sell more loans

There will be shittier and shittier insurance policies because they're "backstopped" by your ability to sign a loan to pay for your medical bills

Over time the lower end of the market will increasingly resemble a loansharking operation