Unfortunately there are a lot of people, including other trans people, who will insist that even if it is a trans man. It mostly comes from radfem types that view trans men as 'joining the enemy', and they usually accuse femboy trans men of transitioning in order to selfishly escape society's misogyny.
Source: me, a very femme transmasc person who has had this thrown at me both online and in person, even in queer spaces.
X, and sometimes other signs in the sand, mark the spot 😉
I updated all of the mods I wanted for the PC version of the game while I wait for the Switch update in a few days. Working towards the Community Center now, hoping to complete it in year 1 like I usually do.
No actually! Napster bought Rhapsody and now runs a music streaming platform.
I get the reaction though lol. That was my reaction too when a friend of mine recommended it. But I tried it and it is actually really nice, and the price hasn't gone up in the years I have had it.
I pay about that already (~$14 a month), but for Napster, which afaik gives the biggest cut of any streaming service to artists. They also have really good custom playlist management, I never get intrusive popups or emails, and premium means no ads, even with hours of listening. I switched after the Joe Rogan thing happened with Spotify and never looked back honestly.
If you like that and want more, I also recommend her book The Will to Change. It is about the same length, but goes into much greater detail about the ills that men, especially marginalized men, experience under patriarchy.
Can we not use a super abelist rendition of mental struggles as our meme, thanks?
I tried to read this, as someone with PTSD, and I couldn't get through the article. It has far too many grammar mistakes, the pacing is clunky at best, and the language used is incredibly vague. The article also doesn't list an actual author, just the company that published it. I wouldn't be surprised if this was AI written.
Regardless, while I have found some help in cannabis for things like sleep and muscle relaxation, I would be hesitant to recommend it to people with PTSD. Cannabis is proven to cause or worsen anxiety and panic in a decent portion of the population, with the worst affected being people who already struggle with anxiety.
That may change as we are able to study it more, but right now I don't think it is responsible to suggest that weed can help PTSD when there is a big risk of someone self medicating and ending up worse than when they started.
Avocados and peppers to make guacamole 😋
Regardless of how much good vegan diets do for the climate (which is already quite a lot), it is important to note that most vegans, myself included, are vegan for ethical reasons.
The vast majority of humans can thrive on a diet the does not include animal-based ingredients. Even B12 is easier to get, as the only reason meat is currently a good source of B12 is due to the animals being fed supplements. You are still getting supplemented B12, just one step removed.
There are some people who cannot live without meat, which is why we also advocate for lab-grown meat. But in my own experience, the majority of people who say they need to eat meat for health reasons do so more for convenience or taste reasons. They often only mention these health issues after they are confronted with the reality of animal agriculture, and will continue to claim illness even when they have never tried alternatives.
At the end of the day, ending the life of a sentient being simply because you want 15 minutes of pleasure in the form of a particular kind of food is morally abhorrent. If it is considered abuse to hit an animal for not doing what you want (which is the case for every animal except those in factory farms), then killing them for an even less consequential reason should also be seen as abuse.
All of the above is not even to mention the absolute horrors that workers endure in slaughterhouses, the number of zoonotic diseases people die from as a result of squalid conditions and overuse of antibiotics in factory farms, and the fact that we grow more food to feed livestock than we do to feed humans, despite meat and dairy making up less than half our food supply.
Animal agriculture is unnecessary at best, and downright psychopathic at worst. Animals are not commodities; they are living, breathing, feeling beings that have been proven time and again to experience suffering and pain. Going vegan will not hurt you, the climate, your health, your children, or anyone else, and it will ensure that another creature is not forced to live a short, torturous, and painful existence simply because you want a particular kind of sandwich.
As a trans person who is disabled, while wrath month is still a good sentiment, please don't forget that July is Disability Pride and Awareness Month as well!
The intersection of our communities is vast and varied, and as such we should join forces to fight against the systems that seek to trivialize or eliminate our existence through medicalization, disenfranchisement, and systemic removal of accommodations.
Stay or leave?
Future me would know what I was asking, and be able to answer wkth few words.