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Its not that the batteries are meant to represent yellows intelligence In any way to be honest i think its more akin to constant fatigue and having a disability that hinders how well your thoughts and words come out more than anything. Hes always been a smart boy. having trouble with words or expressing his thoughts doesn't make him any less smarter than he is!!!
#puppet talk#dhmis#on the other hand immediately having an extensive vocab doesn't make you smart either if your not using those words in a meaningful way#← e.g conservatives#saying this as a person who struggles with words and writing so so often it takes days for me to say what i wanna say and even then the-#-words dont always come out right. very important context!!!#just to clarify for anyone . if you called him smart yellow before i dont think its bad at all if this post comes off like it is!!#its just a matter of knowing and changing and understanding. yknwo? some times we just dont know things and thats absolutely fine
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Always thinking/reading/writing about sunk cost fallacy and the ways it permeates our lives, so will say that it has historically been very easy (too easy) for people to apply it to mass violence. Lamenting the dead shouldn’t be paired with statements like ‘the murder toll will never stop climbing,’ ‘it’s over,’ ‘every child will die.’ I know these are well-meaning gestures of sympathy and expressions of helplessness, but Palestine is not gone, Palestinians are not gone. To actively uncouple despair from hope is a disservice to human life. 🇵🇸
#it’s a non-partisan issue like i know people bring it up with pro-war conservatives (e.g Vietnam) but leftists do it constantly#2023
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me and the word stewardship have such a funny relationship because, despite being raised culturally white and ~christian, it is a word i was introduced to exclusively through video games and environmentalism. so my mental image of the words "environmental stewardship" is like. being the vassal of thy lord the pinyon-juniper forest. being a shieldmaiden to a couple of saguaros. being some kind of glochid-encrusted squire. which is very funny but absolutely not a shared understanding
#it feels like managing people more than managing land#but that is the legacy of colonization and interest in environmental outreach/education speaking#a neutral statement with all the pros and cons it entails.#e.g. conservation 'managing' subsistence use to the deficit of everyone human and nonhuman#on the flip side: holding other settlers to task. two roads diverge in a yellow wood etc.
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Me as a 1st years: - I feel so bad, I need to take antidepressants and ADHD drugs nyohohouuuu
Me now: - Nevermind.
#I'm glad I always prefer to wait at least several years before trying a new fashionable medication#because yk#Thalidomide scandal and stuff#when you learn e.g. pharmacology and physiology and then realise how many side effects such drugs can cause#I'm gonna be fine without them thanks a lot#when you feel bad and you can't think properly or you're just uneducated#you believe that a magic pill will solve all your problems but it won't#i remember how 2 years ago adhd drugs were sooooo popular#and now I'm reading posts about what food you should not take when you are on your drugs#i just feel like I just dodged a huge trap#please be careful when trying new drugs especially antidepressants antipsychotics opioids etc etc#medicine#just some thoughts#at first i was like: yayy let's look at the mechanism of action of some adhd drugs#and they were like: we give Amphetamine in very low doses#I am very conservative in terms of drugs smoking and alcohol. I don't care how fashionable it is#I've seen enough of drug-addicts medication-addicts smokers and alcoholics in my life#NO AMPHETAMINE IN MY BODY thanks a lot
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When pride events will literally have flag merch for allies instead of anything for aromantics 😐
#vu's posts#my local pride event didn't have one single piece of aro merch. at all#i checked all the booths... looked at flags stickers and pins... and nothing.#i'm in a very blue state so i know that it's nothing to do with ignorance#hell when i still lived in the fucking bible belt my local pride events had aro stuff#like sorry to dumb liberals who think that we're 'tainting' the community or something#by merely existing#something something conservative rhetoric frames queers as sex crazed and so ppl will go 'no we're not! it's all about love!!'#so they'll throw aros under the bus because we don't feel romantic attraction... which society deems the 'highest' form of love#we're even more demonized if we're aro-allo specifically (e.g. me)#because we 'prove' conservatives right that we hate love and only want sex... by just existing as ourselves.#anyways maybe it's stupid to mad over a sticker sheet of all things... but it's frustrating honestly#(also the one that was hit with the light glare is the demisexual one. apologies for the lighting)
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you know how there used to be all those posts going around like “I don’t know any political theory, it’s not hard to have good politics, it’s called being a decent person” type stuff, where it’s like okay, well, if it works it works. but this year more than ever has convinced me that actually it’s really important to have political values to fall back on even in cases of high emotion, e.g. anti-imperialism or bodily autonomy. feelings like kindness, empathy, concern, just on their own, are politically neutral and can just as easily motivate conservative or even fascist political positions. you know. like what happens to empathy-based politics when it’s people whose lives are very different from yours, or where there’s a culturally-ingrained bias against seeing them as people, or if they are just interpersonally offputting and unlikeable. like how etiquette is for being polite when you’re not “feeling it”, you need something to fall back on, a metric to evaluate what a “just society” looks like for people you don’t personally know and/or like. am I making sense here
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Western chauvinism (e.g. SAG-AFTRA's support of Israel) is one of the principal issues with the mainstream American labor movement. To the extent that communists should be engaging with the conservative mainstream unions (and to be clear, there should be engagement), countering this chauvinism with support and solidarity towards the workers of the Global South is paramount
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sorry I’ve seen people on fucking polar opposites of the ideological spectrum call themselves liberal - you mind if I ask what it means when you use it?
Liberalism is an ideology born from the "enlightenment" thinkers, during the birth and rise of capitalism. It is an ideology which markets itself as not an ideology (despite very much being one) and as universal. Hence is why you see "western world" as a short hand for "liberalism" and "democracy" as a shorthand for "liberal democracy". Its founding thinkers include figures like Hobbes, Mills, Locke, among others. Liberals believe in universal rights or freedoms such as the right to life and property, liberty and justice for all, etc. etc.. However a key aspect of liberalism is that its practice often requires making exceptions to these "universal" rules. Even its founding thinkers did so. Locke though indigenous peoples were "savages" unfit for democracy and that slaves were rightful property. Mills thought "barbarous races" were unfit to rule entirely and must be taught to rule. The key point to liberalism is thay the exceptions made to their "universal" rules are always determined by those in power, largely, white people like mills and locke, and the bourgeoisie.
Every ideology, works as so: certain facts are more prevalent than others which justify certain actions against/for it, most often, violence. For liberalism, an example of such is it placing property rights above all else and therefore, violence in preservation of private property is justified (e.g. increased policing of vandalism, theft, etc.). Alternatively, people who are not citizens of a liberal country do not get access to the "universal" rights they proclaim, which justifies putting migrants in cages extra-judicially.
The liberal analysis of the world is (a) immaterial, meaning its basis of analysis is based on "universal" values (life, justice, property, etc.) and abstract ideas (freedom, liberty, etc.) rather than tangible, material causes, conditions, and effects, and (b) analyzes society with individuals as the basic social unit. This has the effect of breaking down problems into too atomized of a model to effectively be useful to society as a whole. Marxism, on the other hand, analyzes the world based on material conditions with classes of people as the basic social unit.
The liberal ideology suposed that, because it believes in "universal" rights (as defined by white european thinkers and boirgeoisie), liberalism must be applied everywhere. This is the ideological justification for its actions to bring liberalism to other countries as a cover for imperialist infiltration and superexploitation of the global south.
Finally, there are many different flavors of liberals. Classical liberals, conservatives, whigs, tories, progressives, many populists, neocons, social democrats, neoliberals, and many more. So long as you: believe in "universal" rights which can and should be applied everywhere, uphold property rights as one such universal right in some capacity, analyze the world using immaterial and abstract analytical tools, and/or view society through the lens of individuals and their actions, you are a liberal.
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Opposition to attempts to confine minors to a carefully curated bubble where things conservatives don't like to talk about aren't talked about should be centered on advocating for the freedom of minors to experience pleasure on their own terms and learn on their own terms, not on a binmenist opposition to "coddling."
School library book bans and V-chips and the like aren't about making the experience of being a minor more congruent with the preferences of actually existing minors. You can tell by looking at how minors react to them (see, e.g., every teenager who's ever lied about their age to access a porn site) and how the adults pushing them in turn react to those reactions (with punishment, increased attempts at control, and more-or-less zero receptivity to feedback from actual minors). They're about trying to use selective exposure to information to shape the personality of minors to values-align them with conservatism; they're petty tyranny, not coddling, and insofar as this adult-directed control-centered personality-shaping project involves some "coddling" that's one of the least bad things about it. Opposition to this form of petty tyranny should be centered on advocacy for minors, not attempts to values-align minors with a different adult-centered political project; it should center solidarity with the actual minors who resent and resist this form of petty tyranny, not catering to adults who think reading Maus at 12 or sneaking into an R-rated movie at 13 builds character.
Note: this also means the proper reaction to things like "I'm a minor and I think I need to be protected from seeing somebody's Wincest Omegaverse fanfiction" is one that centers "you don't get to give up important rights on behalf of your entire demographic group and you also don't get to take away my important rights," not "I must defend my adult rights and superior older generation culture from those awful puriteens!"
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hi i have an embarrassingly stupid question. ive seen the word "ontologically" used a lot in your general space online (you,mutuals,mutuals-in-law) and i have absolutely no idea what it means. i looked it up in the dictionary AND on simple english wikipedia and i still have no clue what it means.
i am ashamed.
specific contexts ive seen have been "ontologically perfect/online/evil/incapable/pure"
can ypou please help me Understand thank you
lol this isn't a stupid question at all it is not exactly a common turn of phrase dw. so, yknow, 'ontology' is used here in 'a state of being'. an 'ontological evil' is something that is evil simply because it exists, separate from any harm done to anyone. an evil way of being, rather than something or someone that acts evilly. it's a position held genuinely by e.g. a lot of religious conservatives and people with adjacent ideologies -- a trans person is bad even if a trans person isn't hurting anyone because being trans is an evil way of being. i think usually people in my mutualsphere mostly use it quite flippantly to poke fun at viewpoints or value systems which prediscursively ascribe traits to objects or people for being, as some external-to-causality-necessity-for-their-existence, rather in those objects and people's actions and circumstances
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🔥 Subtle Loki Worship 🐎
Sitting around a bonfire or campfire, especially with loved ones
Being kind to children; playing with them if offered
Supporting organizations focused on marginalized groups; spreading the word, donating, volunteering, etc.
Supporting organizations focused on children and children's safety
Volunteering at a homeless shelter or an animal shelter
Teaching yourself that it's ok to ask for help, even if you don't receive it at first
Seeking out a community you can join; this will help with creating a support system as well; LGBTQ+ support groups, gamer groups, fandom groups, etc.
Having horse, snake, raven, or wolf imagery around; having skull imagery is also cool, but may not be acceptable in all households
Engaging with your childhood media or toys
Having literally any stuffed animals
Keeping a list of jokes and quotes that make you laugh
Supporting animal conservation efforts
Learning to accept yourself for who you are; embracing unique aspects of your identity, especially those that are looked down upon by others
Showing support for marginalized groups, such as being an LGBTQ+ ally or purchasing from POC small business owners
Identifying your strengths and weaknesses; finding healthy ways to acknowledge them both
Learning new ways of coping with emotional turmoil, including mental illness related situations
Listening to scary stories
Having a candle that reminds you of him (no altar needed)
Collecting lost or interesting objects (so long as it's not reclaimed first lol)
Being a little mischievous/silly with loved ones
Finding little ways to express yourself if you can't do so openly (e.g. wearing a bracelet with the colors of your gender identity, wearing shoelaces with pride flag colors that aren't easily recognizable, etc.)
Being kind to yourself when you're having a difficult time
Learning to forgive yourself for past mistakes you've made
Sleeping with comfy blankets
Drinking hot chocolate
Eating candies and sweets or spicy foods
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May add more later! So far, this is my list of discreet ways to worship Loki. Hope this helps, and take care, y'all! ❤️
Link to my Subtle Worship Master list
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🌙 Subtle Artemis Worship 🦌
Spend time out in nature (e.g. go on a hike, take a walk outside, visit a nature preserve, etc.)
Dancing, especially at night and to music that makes you feel wild and free
Playing an instrument (although this is more for Apollo, I believe it also works as a form of Artemis worship)
Wearing jewelry that reminds you of her
Having imagery of deer, horses, or dogs around
Having literally any sort of animal symbolism around (she is a Goddess of Animals)
Investing in nature/animal conservation efforts (can simply be spreading the word if you can't afford to donate or volunteer)
Creating art of your favorite flower, plant, or animal
Keeping a picture of her in your wallet
Taking a walk outside during the crescent or full moon (only if it is safe in your area to do so)
Learning about self-defense (I feel dedicating a pocket knife, if legal, to her is a great idea)
Learning archery
Befriending neighborhood animals, such as cats, birds, or dogs; leaving food out for them
Lighting a bonfire with friends and having a good time together; dancing around it is especially great (please be safe about doing so; I don't recommend drinking first)
Star-gazing and moon-gazing
Showing compassion to others, such as through volunteer work or holding doors
Taking a warm bath at night
Having a candle that reminds you of her (no altar needed)
Wearing animal-inspired outfits or doing animal-inspired makeup
Visiting a local zoo, aquarium, or butterfly pavilion; taking the time to learn about new creatures
Watching nature documentaries or movies about animals (it can be movies/shows starring anthropomorphic animals)
Being curious about local fauna and flora
Learning how to safely forage for food, such as picking berries or mushrooms
Meditating in the dark of the night, especially on a crescent or full moon
Making a list of your goals; focus on completing these one step at a time
Taking new risks, especially ones that give you a sense of thrill and excitement
Sending kind messages to loved ones, especially those having a difficult time
Learning to prioritize your own well-being; taking care of yourself first and foremost
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Link to Subtle Worship Master list
#helpol#hellenic polytheism#hellenic pagan#artemis deity#artemis worship#deity worship#paganblr#pagan tips
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The Arcana HCs: Play fighting with M6
Julian
A duel, you say? Allow him to demonstrate his years of combat experience - oh you're stronger than he expected
Wait that's kind of hot
Makes no further effort to win. Does he pretend like he's trying? Yes. Have you seen how he fights when he's actually trying? Yes. Is there a marked difference between now and then? Absolutely
Oh no, you've pinned him again, MC, oh nooo ...
The only way to convince him to take it seriously is if you make some kind of bet ahead of time for something that you know he wants (e.g., unlimited quantities of caffeine for the next 24 hours)
In which case you will actually have to struggle, but you must bear in mind that this is someone who has survived so far on wit and the ability to make himself useful. He is not a combat artist
You have a good chance at winning anyways, only this time he's significantly sweatier from the effort of losing
Will absolutely try to distract you so he can get the upper hand (again, assuming that he's interested in winning)
MC, look over there! MC, has he ever told you about that one adventure near the strait of seals? MC, are you ticklish?
Asra
They are stronger than they look, and to this day nobody knows why because you've never seen them work out in their life
(it's the lifetime of constant magic use, it takes more physical stamina than you'd expect)
He's also got more practice getting through a fight than he'd like to admit to after spending his childhood on the streets
All this to say, they know how to win and you can tell
Except that he's not nearly as focused on winning as he is on finding ways to make you laugh and smile and plant a kiss wherever you're the most ticklish
Play fighting with them follows the following steps:
1) initiate fight
2) get consistently pinned into different snuggling positions
3) give up and snuggle, OR
4) alternate ending: don't give up, keep squirming out of his grip until he's tired of it all and
5) they grab the closest blanket (potentially out of thin air) and wrap you into an MC-burrito so they can snuggle you in peace (finally) while you wriggle and pout
Nadia
Hasn't done this since she was a child and her older sisters would challenge her to it. Doesn't know why you're interested in such a childish past time, but if it makes you happy ...
Hm. This is more fun than she expected
Especially when it involves lovingly pinning you and watching you try to struggle out of her hold
Actually, if you want to conserve energy, you might want to try adjusting your grip - like so - see?
And when it comes to grappling, you'd do well to shift your weight to the other leg a little more - yes, exactly like that
What starts as a play fight will quickly turn into a grappling lesson
Which is still plenty enjoyable, but it's not exactly what you were going for when you started it
No worries though. Your countess does enjoy a challenge, so improving your own skills will only serve you down the road when you initiate a rematch
If you get tired but don't want to surrender, tickling will work to get you out of her grip
Only do this with caution, as she will remember it and pay you back
Muriel
Play fighting with Muriel is impossible, but not for the reasons that you would think
To begin with, it's difficult to initiate. If you walk up to him with a broad grin and say "let's fight", he'll start checking you over to see if you've hit your head
If you run at him for a playful tackle, he'll just stand there unmoving and watch you "splat" onto him. You have strange ways of initiating physical contact and showing affection, but he doesn't judge
If anything he'll just awkwardly pat your head and then look away so you can't see his blush
The closest you'll get is by telling him you want to spar, but then he'll take it very seriously because it's important that you don't let Morga's training go to waste (and you should protect yourself)
He'll make space in the clearing and fetch your bow and his staff and set up some practice targets for you
By then you won't have the heart to tell him that that's not what you meant so it's going to be an afternoon of training instead
On the plus side, you have the benefit of watching him work out those muscles
Portia
Oh, now you're speaking her love language!
She is also very strong, but she knows that the whole point of a play fight is the fun of testing each other's limits, so she's not going to put all of her strength into defeating you
Unless, of course, you don't seem like you're giving it your all either
Well now she's fired up
Something to know about being close to Portia: she gets competitive very quickly and doesn't like giving up
The more she thinks you're holding back, the more she's going to push you until she's either found your limit or you've found hers
Play fighting has been known to devolve into a pillow fight, by the way, which begins with flying pillows
And continues with Pepi getting worked up and pouncing on said flying pillows
And ends with feathers flying everywhere while the cat subdues her foe (the now shredded pillowcase) and Portia spends the next two days picking them out of her hair
She will unironically shake your hand and say "good match" after
Lucio
He always starts off by taking it more seriously than is warranted
This is a golden opportunity to show off how strong and manly and impressive he is
Ooh, this is a lot of physical contact
He likes this. He likes this quite a lot
He thinks he can take advantage of this
All of a sudden he's completely lost focus (which you're lucky for, because unless you have a level of combat experience similar to his, he's got an advantage in both skill and enhanced arm strength)
Hey, if his shirt "accidentally" comes even more unbuttoned than it already is, that's a mere coincidence and he has no idea what you're talking about (though he doesn't mind you looking)
Oh no, there goes his cape too!!
And his shoes. And his jacket. You should probably call it quits before Mercedes and Melchior decide to play tug-of-war with his satchel and ultimately run off and bury it
Speaking of, the dogs will come running and barking if they think Lucio is losing and can't tell that it's on purpose
If his makeup gets smudged he'll pout until you kiss it better
#ask arcana brainrot#the arcana#the arcana headcanons#the arcana hc#the arcana game#asra the arcana#julian the arcana#nadia the arcana#muriel the arcana#portia the arcana#lucio the arcana#asra alnazar#julian devorak#nadia satrinava#portia devorak#lucio morgasson
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Odd question but - I'm looking to study in the UK this fall, and I'm trying to get to grips with the grading system. Could you explain the grading boundaries to me please? It's different from the US, as far as I can see!
I found this handy table which you might find useful - I don't really understand the US system either lol.
Here's what I will say though - I have many times before seen Americans online seeing the percentages for the UK grade boundaries and immediately wax lyrical about how EASY and SIMPLE it must be to do well in the UK because OH MY GOD I could tooootally get 70%!!! In the US that's barely a C!!! Wow education must be soooo simple in the UK -
And uh. I have seen very few Americans in those discussions stop and ask themselves how much harder it might be to hit 70% in the UK. Which, as the international academic office in every university will tell you, is the crucial question you absolutely should be asking. Does an American 70% look the same as a UK 70%?
(It Does Not.)
So don't be fooled by that! Over here, at undergrad the pass mark is 40%. 40-49% gets you a third; 50-59% gets you what's varyingly known as a lower second (formally), a 2:2 (most commonly), or a Desmond (by sad people. It's a reference to Desmond Tutu - two two). A 2:2 is also the most commonly awarded degree classification over here.
60-69% is a 2:1, or upper second class honours. And then the top level is the first - 70% and up. The vast majority of firsts are earned by students who got 70-79%. Exceptional work pushes into the 80s. It is incredibly rare that you ever see a mark in the 90s, and when you do, it's almost always on maths papers where there are right or wrong answers and that's it.
I can't remember how the US's summa cum laude etc stuff maps onto that, though you could probably find that on Google as well. But as a rule of thumb, think first = excellent, 2:1 = good, 2:2 = fair, and third = you need to be careful and see what you can do to improve (although that is still a pass at university and that is not to be sniffed at).
Ooh, as a final point, though, there's also how assessment works, which again, I know is very different over here (again I don't really understand it in the US). Your lecturer cannot set random work here and there to count as summative assessment. Every module is different in how it's set up, but let's give an example:
Module: Coastal and Marine Conservation
Two assessments, each worth 50% of the final grade.
Assessment 1: A report on the biodiversity of Ramsey Island in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Explore the cause of the lower biodiversity there than nearby Skomer/Skokholm; how was this challenged/rectified? How have species recovered since? What should be done into the future?
Assessment 2: A two-hour closed book exam. Half of this exam (50 marks) will be a mix of short and medium length questions; things like "Define these five terms (two marks each)", or "Describe the process of longshore drift and its impact on sedimentation patterns (15 marks)" or what have you. The second half is a 50 mark essay - pick one of three essay questions offered, and off you go.
(Essay questions are a staple feature of exams over here, and multiple choice questions are extremely rare and generally frowned on as being Not Sufficiently Academic.)
Now, in the case of this module, these are the only two assessment points. Both the report brief and the exam paper are registered with the academic office in the summer before the academic year even starts, and both are triple verified - by the lecturer who writes/sets them, by an internal verifier in the department, and an external verifier from another university. This is part of quality control.
If, for some reason, you fail one of these, or cannot submit them by their due date, or what have you, you still have to do them. If you claim for Extenuating Circumstances (e.g. "I was made homeless and my cat blew up, so I couldn't do it in time") then you get an extension on it; as long as you submit by the end of the academic period, you're fine. If you don't, you need to resit it. This normally means over the summer after the main term ends.
But, in the UK system what we can't do is go "Okay never mind, how about you submit a write-up of the volunteering you're currently doing with SeaLife instead and we'll count that?" The reason being, under the UK system that is not a quality-controlled solution. That has not been checked and verified as an equivalent assessment to what the rest of the class has done; so if you do that and get a 2:1, there is no assurance that you are actually of the same academic quality as one of your peers who got a 2:1 for that research report on Ramsey's biodiversity.
Which... don't let it scare you! As I say, there are a LOT of systems that can help you if things start going wrong (always, always, always keep Student Support and your lecturers in the loop). But that is a different system from what I understand you might be used to, so heads up on that.
(I am not arguing that one is better than the other, by the way. Last time I explained a difference in the UK university system I got a very hostile and aggressive American in the notes throwing a right strop over how terrible the UK system clearly is because XYZ, right up until I had to actually say "I am literally just describing how it's different, not claiming superiority," and then they went mysteriously quiet and stopped replying. So to forestall that, I am only describing the differences. There are advantages and disadvantages to each.
The UK system is certainly more inflexible. But it does, incidentally, at least free you from the tyranny I see reported so often by US students of the dreaded Tenured Professor who deliberately as a matter of pride sets impossible exams that everyone fails. Over here, that shit Does Not Fly. So there's that.)
Anyway - hopefully that answers your question! Any others, hit me up. Good luck, and enjoy your studies!
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We are living in a moment of serious gender revanchism in the United States. Feminists who self-define as “gender critical” and are otherwise openly transphobic will object to the comparison, but it is striking how much the movement to criminalize gender-affirming care for young people shares with the movement to criminalize abortion. Both find their fiercest champions in white, religious, conservative men who dismiss the evidence put forward by medical professionals that the treatment in question saves lives. Both claim to speak on behalf of silenced “children,” be they conveniently unborn or too young to be taken at their word. Both struggled to find widespread support until a father took his crusade on the road: abortion was not “an Evangelical issue” before Dr. Francis Schaeffer, a charismatic pastor, promoted his son Frank’s 1979 anti-abortion film Whatever Happened to the Human Race?; and anti-trans legislation was initially “hard to sell,” according to the Texas Tribune, until a North Texas dad named Jeff Younger built a sympathetic following online by accusing his ex-wife, a pediatrician, of wanting to “chemically castrate” their trans daughter. Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s order that citizens report parents of transgender kids to the authorities so that they can be investigated for child abuse echoes the section in SB 8 that rewards vigilante citizens for reporting abortion providers to authorities. Both movements have become central to the Republican Party’s strategy to raise funds and win elections. Not least, both movements have forced pregnant and trans people to prove, in preordained terms, their absolute certainty that they need the treatment they say they do. As the opposition puts up resistance in the form of misinformation, mandatory waiting periods, sonograms, and extensive psychological testing, patients lose precious time as hormonal processes they hope to forestall come closer and closer to transforming their bodies.
The experience of gender dysphoria is not identical to the experience of forced pregnancy, but it should not have to be for us to defend one another’s right to bodily autonomy as if it were our own. To respond to the heartbreak of losing Roe by further scapegoating trans people, as some cisgender feminists have done, is not only an unnecessary cruelty but a logical and political error that none of us can afford to make. There is no evidence to support the claim that inclusive language in reproductive health spaces “erases” or “harms” cis women, as Pamela Paul recently argued in the New York Times. (If anything, terms like pregnant people are more precise, as not all women are capable of pregnancy and not all pregnant people — e.g., cisgender girls under 18 — are women.) To say so anyway, with no basis in fact, is to do the far right’s work for them.
Dayna Tortorici, Your Body, My Choice The movement to criminalize abortion
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If you are not Jewish, please refrain from responding, and check back in a week if you're curious about the results! There unfortunately wasn't room in the poll to include a throwaway "show results" option this time.
(Do feel free to reblog, though, whether or not you're Jewish, in case you have Jewish followers! Larger sample size, etc. etc.)
If you're Jewish and affiliated with multiple movements (e.g., "I sometimes go to Reform services and sometimes to Reconstructionist"), or if you identify as an in-between place on the spectrum (e.g., "Conservadox"), try to pick one you feel most connected to in some way — whether that be based on your halachic observance, the services you most often attend, the services you would want to attend if you could, or something else.
#jumblr#frumblr#judaism#jumblr poll#polls#poll#dandelion polls#I feel like I have a general sense of what the demographics here look like#(and I'm curious to see if I'm proven wrong!)
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