We millennials have been through it all, man. 9/11, a pandemic, the baja blast gelato, the KFC double down, the McRib, the Grimace Shake, that Panera Bread lemonade that kills you. When will it end?
pre-transition, I had decades of memories that are just beige blurs. Looking at the past made me feel so much anguish
But now, I have dozens of moments throughout my transition that I cherish profoundly. I can look back on the (recent) past without regret. I am alive and whole for the first time
Asa's Finnish friend was on a multiyear waitlist to be seen at the gender clinic. They moved 20 minutes away, and was kicked to the bottom of a new multi-year waitlist at a different clinic.
For comparison, the first time I went to Planned Parenthood I had HRT three hours later. It's fucked
This is what AOC and Bernie get for sticking by Biden, and we can debate the policy, but this is a super-tangible win for the left side of the Democratic Party
more than any other character, I'm surprised how much I love Jean in this run. the tragedy of her death hits after 30 issues of her filled with so much joy and life.
Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only Β£3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.
I'm reading Claremont's X-Men run for the first time and have the same sensation. Dark Phoenix has been adapted over and over again in X-Men media, but the original comic run itself is just breathtaking. Incredible art, outstanding storytelling, and a genuinely tragic arc for Jean