What the fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk I have a test today I definitely did not study for at all
its a miracle if I pass this class
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What the fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk I have a test today I definitely did not study for at all
its a miracle if I pass this class
I hate colds. They're the worst. Woke up feeling like crap. About 2 days of symptoms behind my wife, so I know this won't be a quick one.
Also, I'm 4 weeks away from my bottom surgery. You can tell I'm excited because my dreams are just constantly filled with dreams of that day. These next 4 weeks are going to draaaaag.
saw them in the mirror just now, i t's a nice feeling, I hope everyone else is feeling great <3
Shoutouts to yall for all being extremely good at posting
Conversation with the goodreads lady has been stilted and painful which I guess is pretty normal. Why is talking to people so like pulling teeth? Interests too weird I guess.
Anyway I'm about to finish up this Lily Seabrooke novel and then start Unjust Depths, finally.
Currently unmewing 🧏♀️🤫
*sigh* Guy I became friends with is well on his way on the fascist pipeline. Had a discussion with him tonight and he's very insistent on "glassing" the US's enemies among other things. When presented with evidence to the contrary on his talking points, he wished to change topics. Considering he knows he's talking to a transgirl, I can only imagine that he's on the pipeline rather than at the final stop. Not sure if I want to bother continuing to agitate or just drop it altogether. :\
I actually have a fair amount of experience with this. I've talked a few people off the pipeline in the past. I've made a lot of mistakes and lost some friends along the way, but I like to think I'm pretty good at it now. A few of biggest tips I can give are:
Don't push too hard. This isn't a debate, and debate is for dweebs. This is a dialogue between friends. Keep it light, but persistent. You are teaching him to think critically, not what to think.
Be prepared for burnout and pushback. If you push too hard they will shut down. It will turn into a debate, at which point they are no longer receptive to your attempts. If it happens, drop the subject and move on to something light. Give them time to think. This is more about planting seeds than it is about harvesting results.
Learn the Socratic method. It's a powerful tool for this kind of stuff.
Be prepared to land on and argue from softer opinions than what you actually believe. Be prepared to fight dirty. You don't have to be 100% in good faith all the time. The metaphor I use for this is that critical thought is like a building you're constructing with them. you've already climbed the stairs and know what the roof looks like. Even if you really want them to climb them with you, you're going to have to stop on lower floors. And you need to be ok with that. Small steps win the race here.
And above all else, your safety is top priority. If things go south, bail. You don't need to put yourself into danger.
Keep up the fight! One deradicalized fascist could mean dozens of lives improved.
I'm certainly going to try. Just makes me nervous since this guy lives fairly close to me. Never really attempted to pull someone away from the fascist pipeline before, so this'll be a journey for me. Hopefully not a bad one.
I got called "Daughter" by a random woman in the market today
I split up with my boyfriend today. It hasn't hit me yet, but I'm probably going to be really sad later.
God genital preferences are absolutely painful and kind of feel dehumanizing, even though I understand they’re valid
I’ve already internalized my bits as part of my identity so even though they’re not “supposed” to be what I identify with, it still hurts, like someone is rejecting my very self
What do you mean exactly?
EDIT: Ahh. This is the same struggle I had leading up to my egg cracking. Once I started to realize that the bits don’t make the person, the person makes the person, it helped me better internalize who I was. It ain’t easy. I dealt with this for years before I was able to accept it and really see it for what it was, but I eventually came out the other side a better woman.
sexual reference
I mean that someone I was sexting/RPing with basically dropped me because I had a penis and I didn't want to change myself in the RP world to not have one. While I would normally love the ability to change my genitals at will doing it for someone else feels wrong.
Ohhh…yeah. That’s a major feels bad moment. I’m sorry you had to deal with someone like that. No one should have to go through that. :<