Johanna Bates

@hanabel@front-end.social
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Overly-seasoned web developer, co-owner of DevCollaborative, nonprofit web technologist, CSS fan, #a11y lover, feminist killjoy, questioner of binaries n' dichotomies. Most posts auto delete.

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Co-founder, co-ownerhttps://devcollaborative.com/
Queer
PronounsThey / them

I keep thinking about how two of the 9 Zoom bombers on my call today forgot to turn their video off so I could see their white boy 4chan dumbass racist faces

I hate them and I am not afraid to say so

My monthly nonprofit open source community call just got Zoom bombed by a bunch of white dudes who then deployed super racist porn and it was awful and I hate literally everything

Public broadcasting has disappointed me for decades but I am an alum, started my career in PBS/NPR, and though I have wanted it to do better, I strongly believe in its importance

apparently these cuts are making me cry

It’s just too fucking much, all the time

I’m tired

Ever bite the inside of your lip and then every time it's 99% healed, you re-bite it and it starts all over again

well if not, I am so glad for you

i don’t need to see Dinosaur Jr close up because I see J Mascis in Whole Foods all the time

Buying kombucha

But @muffinista got me a Snail Mail hat 💖
The bro to queer ratio at this Dinosaur Jr / Snail Mail show is entirely too high

I feel like many of us queerdos are surviving this time by keeping our heads down, staying as present as possible with our loved ones and communities, taking care of them, and of ourselves so that we can be here for others.

When I peek out of my little bubble, it’s terrifying, it’s sickening beyond anything I realistically imagined when I was young.

I am only giving my energy to my chosen family and my queer community, staying in my bubble right now. That’s how I am getting through this time.

every time I make a salad I recall Home Ec in public middle school, our teacher told us it was gauche to chop lettuce with a knife, and that instead you have to rip it into pieces with your fingers

(I failed Home Ec *and* shop class, and this is how I found out that I am nonbinary)

Instagram thinks nonbinary marketing is mixing ads for post-menopausal cis women and transmasc people

It’s not as easy as mixing Diet Coke and Coke Zero, guys