Me: “I was cast in Amadeus!”
My friend: “Are you playing a white person?”
Me: (a little confused) “Uh, yeah.”
*one week later*
My friend: “OH MY GOD I THOUGHT YOU SAID AMISTAD.”
I think the historical context on this is really important to understand and promote because the reality is that there's no inherent aversion to trans people in our culture, it's one that's been cultivated by explicit right wing propaganda as another way to divide the working class against itself
Let’s talk about is how some “natural” remedies for ailments/conditions might actually be effective or helpful in the long run but are much slower acting than modern pharmaceuticals in treating/giving relief and are therefore not options for people who have to work/can’t take time to rest.
A cool thing about having a uterus is that sometimes you will just have random heavy unexplainable bleeding in the middle of your cycle and you just gotta go to work like there’s nothing wrong!
A cool thing about having a uterus is that sometimes you will just have random heavy unexplainable bleeding in the middle of your cycle and you just gotta go to work like there’s nothing wrong!
On the elevator with a few coworkers yesterday and one of them says, “Have a good evening, ladies! Oh wait, is that politically correct?” Another replies with, “Because some people don’t identify as women?” “Yeah, they identify as weird!” Everyone laughs.
Oh to be the only NB in my department.
Sometimes you do go out with somebody in an attempt to start dating again and your ex shows up at the same bar halfway through the date even though you told them you would be there so they could avoid you and then gets upset? Even though they dumped you??
Peak millennial is me and the guy I was seeing having our incredibly uncomfortable and sad break up talk at a busy bar and still stopping to enthusiastically clap for the cover musician while everyone else ignored him.
Imagine getting dumped for a ghost. The idea of a relationship that died years ago. Imagine what that does for someone’s self esteem, to be discarded in lieu of a memory that is never coming back. I want to bury myself alive