She/Her, 28 years. Still refuse to change my blog theme. Sometimes my actual personality might make an appearance, like a cryptid. Pro-feminist, anti-terf. Black Lives Matter, abortion is a human right.
fun fact one of the world champions in pepper-eating contests is a trans woman and she actually faced significant backlash because people somehow thought she had a biological advantage. to eating spicy pepper
update bc i went back and checked: her name is brianna “the chilli queen” skinner and she set a record in 2017 by slamming back 23 carolina reapers consecutively. she only stopped when told to by the referees, and the next year she stepped down out of boredom. queen
Fun fact! Having a job every day is actually a fairly new thing.
In olden times, people had daily chores and other things to do but their workload/ daily working hours was actually much lower than it is today. Even in farming communities.
The concept of working super hard every day actually comes from capitalism, which in turn comes from Puritanical ideology.
The Puritans believed in salvation through work and in no play.
Early capitalists adopted this ideology because it meant higher productivity and therefore more money if their factories were running near constantly.
The idea of needing to be continuously productive in order to be useful/ allowed things like food and shelter, is actually quite an insidious ideal that is deeply rooted in the American culture.
4 day work weeks have actually proven to be more productive than the 5 day week. But corporations won’t adopt it willingly because it means less of a stranglehold on their workers.
‘stockholm syndrome’ being invented by a police negotiator to explain away why a hostage said police actions were making her and the other hostages feel unsafe is like. yeah
The state had to prove to a jury that feeding the homeless is a criminal act and in doing so, probably convinced a few members of the jury to sign up for food not bombs lol.
This is a great time to remind everyone on here about Jury Nullification
Fun fact: anytime you hear a story that boils down to “and then some ABSOLUTE FOOL sued this totally innocent megacorporation for assloads of money AND WON! Can you believe it? Ridiculous. Some people, right?” 99 times out of 100, the corporation super fucked up, the plaintiff 100% deserved that money,.and you’ve just been fed corporate propaganda.
… Even that one time someone walked into a glass wall at apple?
The one where an 82 year old woman broke her nose because Apple hadn’t followed proper safety and building regulations. Where this same door that, again was violating safety codes, had already injured other guests and the store hadn’t fixed it. Because they wanted that sleek aesthetic.
Yes, even that one. (Also it was settled out of court and Apple paid her the money she asked for. So.)
normalize calling viagra and menopausal hormone treatments gender affirming care
the absolute terror people have about transgender hrt is diminished when you point out that actually, my mom does the same thing and so does yours probably 🤷♀️ pretty banal in reality
If it’s not derailing, let’s start calling laser and electrolysis treatments gender affirming care when cis women get it, not just when trans women do it!
and also plastic surgery, and boob jobs, and botox, and hair plugs, and when gym bros take t.
When the music swells and Rocket reads “common name: raccoon” and he uses the key he saved all these years to open the cage and he scoops up all the baby raccoons
