I can be a bit melodramatic and sassy, also like making music and looking good. Long-time fan miku fan too.

I’m also a trans woman, I don’t think you should look for anything specific that went wrong. There was always going to be an out-group to blame for all of societies woes. I’ve been saying since 10/7 that if we’re willing to just accept what’s happening there (in Palestine) then it’s just a matter of time until normalization of dehumanizing people like that blows back in our faces over here.

The last few years have been revelatory. I lost a chunk of my personal friend group after 10/7, it pushed me to instead more actively connect with other trans people in my locality in person. I’ve circulated memes to the effect prior to the election and because of that experience I wasn’t surprised to see liberals jumping right to blaming trans people for their failures after this election.

Mutual aid and solidarity across impacted groups is going to be important in the years ahead. All we can do is be prepared as best we can and look to our allies and whatever community we can build.

It turns out it was a coincidence, they even reverted the ban on me in the end too.

The two bans still strike me as a good example of archetypes of heavy-moderation action taken in different context. Shutting down a dissenting voice on a general/news board vs shutting down someone behaving badly in a more regulated space. I don’t even want to give the .world moderator who banned me a hard time, because I know how hard it can be trying to figure out what is going on in a conversation that just got reported by a bunch of people. The fact that they reverted it after pushback was enough for me, and hopefully it sets an example for the future.

There’s definitely a separate discussion to be had about the tendency to shut down dissent from the left in centrist/liberal spaces and characterizing it instead as ‘right-wing/russian trolling.’ Maybe that’s more comforting than sitting with the criticism, but I don’t think it’s a productive way to approach political conversations.

I actually spend a good chunk of my weeks on organizing work, in addition to my job. I think I’m allowed to fry my brain reading dogshit takes on the Lemmy in my spare time.

yes

2014 throwback:

They were never my favorite band. I hate the lyrics, but I like the sound.

– Paul Ryan to NYT when asked if he was a fan of rage against the machine

Not sure if this is better or worse than JD:

Don’t mistake me, I clearly see that Ryan has a whole lotta “rage” in him: A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment. Basically the only thing he’s not raging against is the privileged elite he’s groveling in front of for campaign contributions.

-Tom Morello

It’s some bullshit, update

breaking it in gaza didn’t take long either

Paraphrasing, I said I don’t consider my rights inside an imperial war machine to be worth sacrificing others for, even if they’re on the other side of the planet. I didn’t mean to imply that the genocide was ending as a result of that.

I can take that criticism, I can be quick to throw out a hot take. Though I’m not sure that obfuscation of political leanings of moderators is necessarily a good thing.

If anything it seems like it would be better for transparency to know who’s potentially censoring speech and what their opinions are, especially when something as simple as like “being trans” gets considered “political” by people.

I think it’s amusing if a little text heavy- drag doesn’t need my permission though!

panel 1: keep

panel 2: “tactical misgendering to dunk on the troll”

panel 3/4: "I get banned for Transphobia "

To be clear, I’m not advocating inaction or hopelessness or anything like that. I’m just expressing the sentiment it’s not realistic for a government designed to represent slaveowners to be reformed into working for everyone.

I’d encourage other trans people to join/start local groups and find whatever community you have where you live.

I hadn’t escalated to admins yet (been a busy day), though I do agree that it’s worth considering in the future and you should go ahead and express your concerns!

the ceasefire is holding as far as I’ve heard https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-live-updates-rcna188301

it’s at least one day without Gaza getting bombed so far I think.

obviously this doesn’t end here and the settlers are now ratcheting up things in West Bank instead.

thank you! sorry to raise a stink, I appreciate the quick response!

For what it’s worth I thought I was being respectful in my dissent, I was even keeping my comments to the one thread and not attempting to insult anyone. I’m entirely open to this just being coincidence.

Oh that is interesting information, thank you!

Thanks for that, I agree it is really annoying having moderation doesn’t federate, or is obfuscated.

you’re definitely trans

the link in question: CW transphobia

Big fan of soft bras like this:

Easy enough to size and the elastic is less painful/annoying than conventional bras. Though mine are mostly black/grey too, they’ve served me well!