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since im seeing some self-medicating Discourse on the blue website again let’s just go over this again:

1. doctors are fuckers and if you’re not being served properly by the system you are in no way immoral for self-medicating

2. the dangers of hrt are consistently exaggerated but nevertheless are real. if you are self-medicating and are able to/have doctors who will help, please monitor your health in order to ensure that you’re not at risk

3. if you can’t do #2, #1 still applies.

thank.

infrastructure, education and "stability" are provided by the taxes you assholes keep doin' everything you can to get away from, dorkus

The richest people in our nation are the ones who provide the rest of us jobs, services, technology, education, infrastructure, convenience, stability and insurance.

Let’s stop demonizing them.

Wikipedia, for those not familiar, is the largest online encyclopedia. Think Cracked but with slightly fewer fart jokes. Some people want that. Go figure. Despite being such an influential site, Wikipedia has fewer than 10 percent female editors. That leads to some strange problems. For example: The entries on porn stars and Pokemon are both more extensively detailed than the entries on prominent women. This page on American novelists is divided into “Female American Novelists” (for the women-folk) and “American Novelists” (for the men). They once removed all the female movie directors from their list of horror directors.

Basically, it seems like Wikipedia has some weird problems with regard to gender – so what’s up? Well, I was an editor from shortly after it was founded until just a couple of years ago. I am also a trans woman, and I can tell you exactly what’s up.

Wikipedia Hates Women: 4 Dark Sides of The Site We All Use

HEY YOUNG PEOPLE: Stop living your life in a way I don't approve of. Stop not getting married and not having good jobs and living with your parents and not owning cars. None of these cost money you don't have you lazy fucking

In yet another shocking example of a corporate giant exploiting its workers, employees of a New York City Domino’s claim they were fired from their delivery jobs after complaining to management about unfair wages. According to CBS, Domino’s said the delivery drivers worked extended hours inside the restaurant, but still for less than minimum wage — and without tips. Following a meeting with management about the issue, 24 employees were terminated.  Currently, the employees receive $6.00 an hour plus tips just to scrape by. (more—->)

Bigotry

Is

Ingrained

In Society

Often less about hate

And more about ignorance

And to

Refuse

To turn

A critical eye

On things

Even things you like

Even things that you think have merit despite their flaws

Is to do

A disservice

To both the art you love

And the causes you claim to care about

NOT

EVERYTHING

IS

ABOUT

SEXISM

OR

RACISM

OR

LGBTQ-PHOBIA

AND

SOMETIMES

THINGS

ARE

JUST

THINGS

AND

YOU

DON’T

NEED

TO

TURN

EVERYTHING

INTO

ARGUMENTS

FOR

EQUAL

RIGHTS