so much time spent in bed

[ Link to survey ]

The 10th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 9th May 2023.

It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

For the curious, you can also spy on some graphs and demographic data for the incoming responses here.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

i’ve read all vigdis hjorth’s english translated books so far except ‘is mother dead?’ but i’m so excited for that ~ i absolutely love her stream-of-consciousness writing style (she’s definitely one of my favourite authors)

{side note: would love to talk books with u more ~ do u have a goodreads or storygraph? weeeeeeeeeeee}

pls see attached a bit of the intro to ‘the freezer door’ ~ mattilda bernstein sycamore which i ♡ and i hope u do also

Omg first of all thanks!! And love that u have the Care Work url / explanation! That book looks really good, I’m excited to read it.

Just half way through the last chapter of Will and Testament. And because I’ve been listening to the audio book and falling asleep to it I feel like I haven’t fully experienced it.

I am really enjoying it though. I think the writing style is perfect for this narrative and she’s able to convey some very nuanced interpersonal stuff in a very clever way, without being explicit with it. The subtle humor in some bits is nice. The looping narrative and descriptions of how she feels is very relatable, she has a very good understanding of what it’s like to be grappling with and trying to live with such a life experience. Im also in a vaguely similar place in my recovery from the same kind of thing that happened to Bergljot and the book has given me useful new ways to think through some things.

I haven’t read any of her other books. You seem like quite a fan! Which one is ur fav?

And I don’t have good reads or anything. Would love to see yours tho! Is it linked somewhere?

erika de casier—do my thing [music video]

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erika de casier—no butterflies, no nothing [music video]

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i love how much she just has fun revisiting early 2000s r&b sounds & archetypes but in a slightly-unserious & self-aware way that like the lyrics are authentic to what’s going on in her life but she’s recognising that it’s all kind of absurd anyways

Jean-Michel Basquiat preparing for his first London show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), December 1984.

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