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Hot Girl Summer 1.0 was some of the best fun I've ever had, but now I can take all I've learned and really up my game. Some immensely satisftying breast growth will allow me to crank up the heat in all new ways...

I've worked at Whole Foods for 9 years now (yes, I know).
I've seen quite a few management changes, and finally switched departments last year. My current manager is the sweetest human being: I forgot to do temps once when she was shifting (a big no-no) and she just shrugged and says, "Don't worry about it, it's not a big deal" and just did them herself. The store manager threatened to fire me for missing them once (he's an asshole who seems to take a special delight in digging out obscure sections of the dress code to enforce).

The one I had longest sucks. Total company man, middle-manager type, would routinely throw his employees under the bus to ingratiate himself with the higher ups.

Chicken posted...

They should do this and make a transgender m&m or something to piss off the conservatives

I wouldn't buy trans pride M&Ms but I might notice them and think, "Heh, another corporation paying lip service to trans rights while probably funding conservative politicians who're stripping our rights."

viewmaster_pi posted...

uhhhhhh

frankenstein i guess

Oh shit yes.

Non-fiction: Whipping Girl by Julia Serrano

Fiction: Earthsea Series by Ursula K. LeGuin

JoeDangIt posted...

I don't mind the rotating stages from the first game and I actually like blue spheres but every other special stage can go to hell.

The Sonic 1 mazes are uniquely nerve-wracking, but the trick is just to take it slow: there's no time limit. Usually rings lead good places. They work but don't feel all that thematic.

The Sonic 2 half-pipes are cool AF, but they're too much for the Genesis: it's almost impossible to see what's coming around bends (memorizing special stages is fun, right?), and, of course, AI Tails is infamously an active detriment. The first few stages are really easy, but the ring requirements quickly tighten the fuck up. At least getting into them is really easy.

Blue sphere...works, I guess? I never really liked it, but it at least avoids most of the pitfalls of the half-pipes. Constantly picking up speed is a horrible pain though, and they intentionally make several of the later stages these tight, labyrinthine nightmares that require great precision and patience.

The Bills are frauds who pile up gaudy stats against bad teams but easily lose control against peer competition.

I have awesome kids!

https://twitter.com/ZJemptv/status/1617160388998479877
Here's another great Twitter thread about the anti-trans group that the NYT's repeatedly platforms in these articles - Genspect.

TL;DR - Genspect sees transgender identities as an illness akin to alcohol addiction that should be treated the same way. I am a social contagion to be eradicated to them.

https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1617214241148370952
https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1617231852942643205

Two good Twitter threads on this. Basically, stoking anti-trans panic is a very intentional choice being made by the New York Times and, naturally, deeply irresponsible. LOL the article literally platforms someone who called LGBTQ+ people cockroaches which, according to Alejandra Caraballo, the reporter who wrote it was aware of, it's juts straight-up fascism all the way through.

Very normal society where cops and even EMTs can summarily execute someone for the crime of existing while Black.

ROOTFayth posted...

I mean blaming the community as a whole may be a bit harsh, most LGBTQ people I've talked with actually hate those labels so I guess not everyone is in agreement, I just think it's really confusing for kids, especially those who are prone to anxiety, like the way I see it we should just accept people for who they are and they wear whatever they want to wear but we don't need to label every little differences, because then kids feel like they need to CHOOSE one which... they don't?

As opposed to the actual real queer people you're arguing with and demeaning in this very topic?

It's also literally not our fault society hates us or treats any deviation for cis and hetero out to be bad and negative. Cis society creates that anxiety!

It's funny how there aren't even arguments against this, just the lamest ad hominems imaginable. The Emperor truly has no clothes!

God forbid children should feel safe at school.

Next you'll suggest school lunch debt is barbaric!

rexcrk posted...

Annnnd thats why I dont base my life around politics LOL. I cant imagine being someone who sits down to watch TV and is like I cant wait to make this about politics

Easy for you to say. When your existence is treated as a political debate wherein asserting the legitimacy of your identity is treated by self-proclaimed arbiters of truth as divisive, you cant be so naive.

Isnt she also supportive of Indian PM Narendra Modi? Like, thats literally all you need to know to know that shes trash.

That's sad and shallow, and I'm sorry for you.

gunplagirl posted...

And that's how you catch a CEman

I can't read Japanese and you know that's not what I am.

The right side is gross though.

I mean sure, but right now I'm dating a sweet mommy gf.

Thrifting is awesome, I love it!

I used to be a bit over 5'11.
Now I'm a bit over 5'10 and hope to get to a bit over 5'9.

You do you, ok?

Not only do I have a girlfriend, I am a girlfriend. And both experiences are everything I could ever have wanted.

Get on my level! It's a lovely level.

Chill.

Yes, but female Byleth can be gay with Edelgard and forge a yuriocracy.

bjrk ft. shygirl : ovule (sega bodega remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99nPVXWtPc

Yup, it's a new twist on a song from Fossora.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/3/AAIAInAAEG5X.jpg

Kim Petras - brrr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi7yD4Qae_M

Oh my, it's a great time in my musical universe. This one is brand new too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mqVCCy2np0
Seriously, how could I worry listening to *this*?

Genevieve Artadi - Visionary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDyiOpMLSNE

Sweet and comfy. Love Genevieve's voice!

Caroline Rose - Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mqVCCy2np0

But this I'm madly in love with. It's hot, it's gay, it's queer, it's pulse-pounding, and meditative. Quite possibly Uncle Carol's magnum opus.

Both tracks are brand spanking new!

It was down?
Uncle Carol and Genevieve Artadi both dropped new tracks this morning, and the formers in particular slaps haaaard. Ive just been vibing.

Happy birthday!

I want one so bad! Hes perfect!

I haven't but would definitely try.

Keep the goods, France. Dont give those bastards so much as an inch!

Scotland seems sanest on the issue of my existence, but really any part of the UK is a worse place for me to live than Connecticut, just because of how inexcusably long it takes to get gender-affirming care through the NHS which, of course, is by design.

Medussa posted...

to be fair, most people don't stop HRT.

Having a reason to temporarily cease may make it more common for those of us who want kids and are in a position to utilize our own....*ahem* genetic material.

In any case, this is good news and I love sharing good news.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hormone-replacement-therapy-wont-make-trans-women-permanently-infertile-study-finds

A new study from Amsterdam UMC and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Australia shows that transgender women can retain the ability to produce viable sperm if they pause hormone replacement therapy after years of useupending a major talking point against such care.
As part of the study, published Jan. 17 in Cell Reports Medicine, clinicians from both research institutions observed the effects of hormone therapy for nine transfeminine women who were transitioning. Norah van Mello, one of the authors of the new study, told The Daily Beast that the women in this cohort had been on hormone replacement therapy for an average of around 58 months, or nearly five years.
Participants were drawn from The Netherlands and Australia, with the youngest member of the cohort starting hormone therapy at the age of 18, and the oldest starting at age 33.

Traditionally, when starting hormone replacement therapy (HRT), transfeminine people undergo a regimen of anti-androgen medication along with estrogen. The purpose of anti-androgen medication is to suppress testosterone production, which reduces the size of testicles and in most instances stops the production of sperm.

Within 10 months of ceasing HRT, eight out of the nine study participants produced viable sperm samples, with one patient producing viable samples from a testicular biopsy 17 months after cessation. Four of the patients attempted to conceive naturally with their partners after stopping HRT, of which three were successfully able to do so.
The new findings could have major implications for transfeminine people who are contemplating family-planning options and deciding when to begin medical transitioning. For some, the cost of preserving sperm in a cryogenic bank is too prohibitive to justify when family planning may not even be something they are considering. Preserving genetic material can cost hundreds of dollars a year and is rarely covered by medical insurance.
Thus far, the assumption was that after the start of feminizing hormones and testosterone blockers transwomen would become infertile, therefore the results were surprisingly positive, van Mello said.

Transfeminine people who no longer want to undergo surgery can delay preserving their sperm until after starting hormone therapywith the caveat of having to pause treatment in order to produce viable sperm again. Otherwise, van Mello said, the best time for transfeminine people to preserve their sperm is before beginning hormone therapy.
The new study challenges that notion that medical transition leads to permanent infertility for transfeminine people, and may inform changes in both transgender medicine and as well as policymakers who are contemplating public health legislation affecting the trans community, Kellan Baker the executive director at the Whitman-Walker Institute, an LGBTQ-centered health clinic, told The Daily Beast.
I think that this shows that hormone therapy can play a role both in gender affirmation and has the flexibility to make it possible for trans feminine people and trans masculine people to be able to make choices in the future about family planning, Baker said.

For some of the patients in the cohort, going off HRT to try and conceive was a different life path than they had when first seeking out gender affirming care. The results of the study show that more options with family planning could be available to transfeminine individuals than previously thought, many of whome are told they will be infertile after starting HRT.
So far, four states have passed bans on providing gender affirming care for minors, which includes hormone replacement therapy. In Arkansas, the first state to pass such a ban, the law is currently being challenged in court by the ACLU. In addition, Texas and Florida have used executive actions from Republican governors to prevent transgender minors from receiving gender affirming care.
Some states have even gone further introducing laws that would ban any sort of gender affirming care for adults up to age 25. In many of these cases, lawmakers or other state officials have repeatedly stated that such care can cause permanent infertility in justifying healthcare bans. However, there has been robust evidence that shows that transmasculine individuals who stop hormone therapy have similar egg yields to cisgender women.

Its not just policy makers that have waded into the scientific debate about gender affirming care. While the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has put out its Standards of Care best practices for medical professionals, many media outlets have begun focusing on transgender healthcare practices largely from a cisgender-led perspective. This has led to the rise of columnists decrying the lack of science surrounding greater access to gender affirming care.
These columns have been criticized for largely focusing on healthcare practices, without centering doctors or patients who are at the center of a debate over their care. In a rare-step, WPATH issued a multi-page release that attempted to provide more context on how reporting on transgender minors falls short in understanding the science it tries to question.
This type of perspective, Baker said, is an example of what cisgender people think is important to transgender peoplein contrast to the new study from Amsterdam UMC and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
There are plenty of examples of research that is asking questions that really arent that important to the lived experiences of trans people, he added. And its nice to see that this research is asking something that's important for a lot of trans people, something as fundamental as forming a family.

For years, transfeminine people have shared anecdotes about going off hormone therapy to produce viable sperm and confirming this via research is a step towards better understanding the healthcare needs of the trans community. Given the range of diversity within the trans community, having as many options as possible and having more understanding about family planning needs and wants is so important, Baker added.
More research will be needed before any definitive conclusions can be drawn linking the cessation of hormone therapy and the production of sperm, van Mello cautioned. The youngest participant in this study began hormone therapy at the age of 18, meaning it is unclear about whether those who start earlier can achieve similar results. It is also unclear if any of the participants underwent puberty blocking drugs before starting hormone therapy. The researchers couldnt identify any specific timing of for when sperm production resumed after gender-affirming hormone therapy was stopped. And lastly, the sample size of nine participants is quite small for a clinical study, and follow-up studies will be necessary to strengthen the findings.
WPATHs current guidelines suggest beginning puberty blocking drugs after puberty to prevent future infertility, and an overwhelming number of patients that begin puberty blocking drugs go on to undergo hormone therapy. Continuing research into their futures will be important as advancement in transgender medicine continues.
Van Mello says that she hopes that more studies are done to learn more about the quality more insight in the process of restoration of sperm production following the cessation of hormone therapy.

It's one study, and a small one at that, but it appears all you have to do to restore fertility is stop HRT for a bit. Which will suck, but is also a testament to our fertility's resiliency, and could open up more family-planning options.

And yes, this might be the literal first time anyone's bothered to do a study on this, mostly nobody cares about us unless it's to hate on us.

Because, for the entire history of the country, even the most direly poor, mediocre, mean, uneducated, miserly, abusive cishet White man could console himself with the notion that he was still better than any woman or racial minority.
And that notion motivates them to rally around the powerful and the status quo, because they are existentially terrified of a world where being a white man doesnt automatically put you towards the top of the social hierarchy by itself.

Theres still banger Freezepop tunes for them to use.

Transphobia rots your brain and makes you burn down a country until youre stuck ruling an even smaller, more irrelevant nubbin than before.*
Scotland, you know what to do. Wales: time to step up. Northern Ireland: its time to bury the hatchet.

*I know Brexit is a bigger issue but LOL.

P.S. Starmer is human garbage too.

Uncle Carol - Feel the Way I Want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u51_WLbkFF8

Men need to be better, to everyone. Including other men.
Instead ya'll just cry about it on the Internet and blame everyone else.

Ive known a few women who do or have had an OF page, as well as my enby work friend. (Who could def make so much money)
One of my former coworkers actually quit to focus on sex work because she was making waaaaaay more money doing it than working a shitty retail job.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/0/AAIAInAAEF5G.jpg

Oh, I'm livin' life alright. I'm finally living it right, though I could do so much more with a little more money...

She wouldn't be as good a president as she could be because she seems to genuinely believe in the goodness of soulless careerists like Nancy Pelosi, Pramila Jayapal and Hakeem Jeffries, even after they've thrown her and her allies under the bus on numerous occasions.

And she has precious little to show for being such a good girl.

Edit: Her ultimate reward will probably be being knifed in the back by the establishment in favor of Mayo Pete for the crime of paying lip service to social democracy.

https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1614481840764493826
Posted in the other topic, but LMAO only the Chargers!