This is based, I suspect, on the immortal 17th century protest poem:
They hang the man and flog the woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leave the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine.
I can't possibly know what she was thinking or how she feels about me.. it's all in my head. But earlier in the evening I had used a deep voice to project my words, so I know she heard a "guy voice" from me, and so did everyone else. And I'm new there. No one knows me, these are basically my first impressions.
And now I'm afraid of something that's probably not even real. And I can't stop thinking about it.
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Transphobia is a form of life long trauma.
It doesn't matter that I'm probably imagining it. It doesn't matter that I don't know her at all and she's never said a word to me and I don't really know what she's thinking.
She looks like a terf I knew way back in high school, with her height and her clothes and her haircut and her nose ring. And when we made glancing eye contact I thought she looked uncomfortable.
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Had my first roller derby training yesterday
Wow this is super fun, how did it take me so long to discover this sport
The US media help the fascists because it wants the fascists to win because it's owned by the fascists.
People need to stop acting surprised and confused about this.
The media isn't an inherently democratic or democratizing institution and never has been and doesn't deserve your unconditional support because of principles they don't share.
The Fourth Estate works for fascists right now and should be treated as such.