cannibalkitteh
joined 10 months ago
Happy Locktober to those who celebrate.
Filing an impediment because the cafeteria is out of microwave burritos.
Now Livingstone has released Alice, an AI-assisted five-track EP she describes as "a psychedelic rock opera featuring Alice who returns to explore the crazy 2026 world of the internet and AI."
Oh, it's AI :(
A cis person will be along shortly to explain how objecting to transphobic Democrats is the same as voting Republican.
The mental closet is a hell of a place to escape.
It's not so much a closet thing. It's just one of the few days a year when societal expectations about how you should dress are loosened.
It's weird to have something in common with a Republican Senator.
I have trans people in my life that I very much fear for, most especially under Republican “leadership”. However, if a Democrat isn’t giving full-throated support for “men in women’s sports”, I don’t consider that the same as throwing trans under the bus. The candidate may need to evolve on that on particular thing, but then so does most of the American population (75% have reservations about transgender females in women’s sports).
Engaging in right wing talking points and transphobic framing of them is in fact, transphobic, whether or not the candidate has any particular hate in their hearts about it. In fact, it's about the easiest thing to deflect and redirect to a solid issue with something like "I trust that our state and local sports associations are best positioned to make and define rules that are appropriate for their sport as they have done for decades, but what I am worried about is the rising cost of living."
If one is willing to cede to conservatives on that, what is the next thing they are willing to cave on? Bathroom use? Heathcare? Civil rights?
Blue no matter who, because you’ve got to be reasonable about these things, and we can only fight one meaningful front at a time. We don’t want a repeat of 2 years ago.
What is unreasonable about not wanting candidates to cede entirely to conservative talking points? If they don't want to engage on trans issues, they can always redirect. If they think that they're winning more votes by taking actively anti-trans positions then why is it incumbent of trans people and their allies to vote against their interests and not on the candidates to adopt a position that doesn't abandon folks?
This is covered in the essay, at length. It sure is bizarre to see the same stuff it talks about as a reply in the comments section.
In a saner world, they would partner with technology and information security watchdogs, get briefs, and advice on how to approach issues and tackle things in a way that are forward thinking and updatable.
While most Democratic officials remain steadfast supporters of the transgender community, an increasing number in red and blue states are distancing themselves from their party's unflinching support for the transgender community's policy priorities, such as allowing athletes to compete on teams that match their gender identity.
This is an extremely dishonest and inaccurate framing.
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