At times it was really hard watching my daughter’s biological mother go through the pregnancy because of the envy and dysphoria that it constantly brought forward.

The first six months of her life I had a hard time being around her without feeling the dysphoria intensely and I was so terrified that her first word would be “dada” or “papa”.

So I guess this is all to say that IMO it is a totally normal thing for us and I think it’s also something a lot of cis women who struggle with fertility issues go through.

I know a few cops too.

The problem with ‘good cop’ logic is that after a while it becomes a distinction without a difference because of what you just described. Eventually the system grinds them down and they either quit or accept it for what it is.

So maybe the more accurate sentiment would be “cops either quit with their principles intact or fall in line because the system doesn’t allow ‘good cops’ to stay that way” but it’s a little bit clunkier than the shorthand.

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Considering it crashed multiple digital storefronts the minute it launched, had hundreds of thousands of players on Steam within an hour, and had been one of the most hyped game launches in years I think it’s safe to say this wasn’t a huge factor. Not that it doesn’t help.

And the $20 price tag is in the same boat, I know plenty of people (myself included) who would’ve paid double without hesitation considering the good will Team Cherry has earned from their first game.

Maybe a bit mundane but I think the reason the game is an enormous success is because it’s a sequel to one of the best games of the last decade. That and the developers were able to pour their passion into it instead of having to force it out before it was finished with a bunch of predatory monetization garbage.

Really dig the air cooling setup on this one.

I actually knew what my name was going to be more than a decade before I transitioned. The first time I had ever heard it I sort of latched onto it, somehow I never met anyone else with the name (it's not a particularly uncommon name) but it always stuck with me.

So when I started thinking about socially transitioning it was sort of a no-brainer, it felt like my "real" name had been there waiting for me all along. I know that must sound trite and cliche and not at all helpful but it was a really affirming moment in the process for me.

Don't forget a box of those Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches, I'm tired of oatmeal for breakfast.

What’s fair about telling a sixteen year old who’s been on hormones for a few months/years that they can’t play sports anymore unless it’s with their assigned sex at birth?

What’s fair about being the only girl on the boys soccer team and not being able to socialize with other girls in sports? Is it so important that high school sports are as biologically “fair” as possible (even though there is no such thing in either men’s or women’s sports) that we must ensure trans teenagers are completely ostracized, singled out, and unable to integrate with other students of their gender?

There were less trans athletes in the NCAA last year than there are students in the average high school classroom, do you think it’s important that we litigate the fairness of allowing them to compete on a national political stage? Do you think, maybe, that this whole issue is just a Trojan horse so the average person who has no opinion on trans people is made to think about them in the context of “protecting women from men”?

Or are you just carrying water for bigots who want to litigate trans people out of existence?