People used to give themselves tapeworms to get/stay skinny

I feel boring for the fact I’d mostly just wind up with a more functional body, bigger boobs, being more cis passing, and I have no idea how tall I’d be (it’s a complicated relationship I have with my height)

Oh it’s such a huge thing. Some people suspect Rowling is one of them even

In general I think we need to look to what feminists from similar cultural backgrounds to this say we should do and amplify their voices. I really don’t want to get into a position where many of them see feminism as at odds with their culture, religion, and other beliefs. It’s an ideology that must adapt to a culture in order to serve as a liberatory force within it

We should obviously ensure it’s safe for them to leave such a situation and provide education on the resources available to anyone looking to flee a hostile domestic environment.

Update: I am apparently not immune to holiday creep and now have a bunch of pumpkin beer and oktoberfest style beer

It has the equinox and oktoberfests though. But yeah fake labor day is really mid. Glad to have the day off for sure, but yeah

I’ll keep enjoying the bread themed half season. Then at Mabon I’ll switch to beer and pumpkin spice.

Like, I’m edgy and witchy enough all year that I guess I don’t really feel the need to let Halloween creep into summer. Also living somewhere where the trees are mostly coniferous does weaken the feeling of autumn a bit when I’m used to leaves changing.

Or a dude in more flamboyant menswear that isn’t professional, but is definitely nicer

I really don’t get people’s issues with jeans, I can sleep in them

Ah, but they consider themselves farmers

Same color as animals were

Because evolution isn’t actually guided and is really just a process of mutation, reassembly (for sexual species), then checking to see if it works well enough to pass genes on. Apparently red leaves work for that plant

Well I do love licking clam…

Absolutely, I love polyamory, but holy crap the way some people do it seems exhausting

I combine that with making sure my friends know I struggle with time dilation and so I make sure to give an eta when I’m out the door

Blackout curtains may also be necessary depending on when you need to be up

When everyone is too invested in everyone to the point where it’s clear they don’t have much life outside the polycule. When one member of the polycule is clearly in charge of it or is taking a significantly disproportionate amount of the time/energy/effort. When it’s clear that individual relationships within the polycule are expected to take a backseat to the group relationship. When there’s backstabbing, gossiping, or anything similar within the polycule. When metamours intrude on conflict between partners. I’m sure there’s more.

These types of polycule are unfortunately not super uncommon. Internet rationalists imo are the worst for it, but they’re by no means the only ones doing it. In general just watch out for relationships that look/feel more like a commune/cult than they’re upfront about being and make sure that if you do enter a more communal relationship dynamic that they’re keeping safeguards to make leaving accessible for anyone who wants to.

That comic is so old I remember seeing it before I transitioned. Glad to see it’s still going around

I wasn’t familiar with the term immersive Sim, but yeah, they’re a beloved genre and the only thing other than RPGs that I actually want out of AAA companies