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This Biology Teacher Disproved Transphobia With Science 

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Sex redefined

“The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that.”

THE WOMAN KING (2022) - In this sweeping, historical epic inspired by true events, General Nanisca (Viola Davis) of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the 1800s African Kingdom of Dahomey, trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, written by Gina Prince-Bythewood and Dana Stevens, and starring Viola Davis, John Boyega, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes, and Adrienne Warren. 

It tells me next to nothing about whether I'll be able to access a venue/ event. Even as a wheelchair user, all I can assume from "fully accessible" is that there's probably step-free access which isn't enough.

It doesn't tell me the width of the doorways. It doesn't say whether there's a changing places toilet, an accessible toilet, or an "accessible" toilet without room for a wheelchair. I don't know if there's music in the background, a quiet space to retreat to in case of overload/ emergency.

Not to mention that conflicting access needs exist - it's literally impossible to be "fully accessible" to everyone.

“Squirrel makes a home outside a window and then moves the family in over the cold months”

Among ND people I know, the response to masks has varied. Some really like them, because they don’t need to spend a ton of energy thinking about their facial expressions. Some have basically gone “I don’t like them, but whatever. It is what it is.” And a small few have had sensory issues they can’t figure out a work around for, so they just do curbside pickup and avoid situations where a mask is needed as much as possible.

And when you think about it, it’s not very surprising. ND people, whatever our individual issues, are pretty used to having to move through a world not designed for us. Why would a pandemic be any different?

Meanwhile, we got to witness NTs having meltdowns because they couldn’t get a haircut. The pandemic had interrupted their routine, and they couldn’t handle it. For the first time, they were living in a world that wasn’t designed around their desires.

MULTIPLE people in my life have told me they can “tell” I’m “self conscious” because I look at my feet when I walk and they say it like they want me to open up about some social insecurities, like I have some wall they’re about to break down and we’ll have a moment

And I tell them the same truth every single time:

As a kid we had two MASSIVE Holly trees in the backyard and my dad and my uncle, both well meaning but perhaps poor planners, said “yes a great place for a swing set is directly beneath those.”

So they built it there and the issue is that entire section of yard was a Minefield of dried Holly leaves with one final mission before they became dirt which was to Stab themselves into a child’s foot

And being that my siblings and I had some feral rage aversion to wearing shoes, we took to running to the swings on our tiptoes, staring at the ground for the leaves

And to this DAY I still look at the ground when I walk out of habit formed by a decade of that

I’m playing with my hair because I have ADHD and can’t stay still.

“I can tell you’re lying because you’re looking up and to the side.”

I’m looking up and to the side because I have ADHD and can’t hear you if I’m looking directly at you.

“I can tell…”

Inspired by @mayastormborn​‘s ingenious contribution to a conversation with @commandermollyobrien​ in the AWAU chat. 

@commandermollyobrien​: “i like to imagine that vesemir always lectured his pups about “don’t get emotionally involved with humans! they won’t understand the dangers of life on the path, and they inevitably grow old and die. totallynotspeakingfrombitterpersonalexperienceoranything" 

and they were like "yeah, sure, whatever” and then they grew up and lambert went and fell in love with a cat witcher and geralt had a string of open relationships and questionable hookups with assorted sorceresses, vampires, scoia'tael officers, and dragons and eskel, well, still waters run deep and there was that thing with the succubus and vesemir was just like “….i suppose i did ask for this”

@mayastormborn: “Vesemir the “I guess!” meme”

Used KC Green’s lovely comic* to trace this beauty out. His webpage’s here: Gunshow Comics