wormat.bsky.social
Australian trans guy living for his community garden plot & groodle. I am not, contrary to popular belief, the dog in the profile picture
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I really think you're going to be fine, jsyk! Shock and denial are their first steps.
Not gonna lie it's rough. They're going to need time. Lean on your supportive friends as much as you can. At some point, your parents will be ready.
I'm sorry it sucks. I really do think you'll be ok though 💛
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It really can!
It took my mum ferrying another mum through the 'my kid just came out' process to really process things.
Are your parents otherwise pretty compassionate people, or did they seem accepting of queer people until you came out?
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Ooooof feel this. I went to an all girls school, first came out as bi at 14, then as a trans guy at 17. Parents definitely were like 'you just aren't around boys'
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It can get better. In my experience, my parents took time to grieve, I took space from them, and after about 2 years I couldn't ask for more supportive parents.
They were so scared for me. But when they see the real you, and see you thriving, they realise you're going to be fine and settle down
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Fuck.
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Why do some newspapers have a vendetta against 'the' as a word. Strains THE bounds of propriety. Makes it so much clearer that 'bounds' is a noun, BC sometimes it's a freakin verb
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Liminal space
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Aussie election is this week too. It feels like every second question our two major party leaders are asked are about Trump
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If you're a good author, (especially of dystopian fiction, great fantasy authors) your writing is always rooted in present and historical politics and social dynamics. A thought experiment as to what's possible if you broaden the current social dynamics, or imagine them functioning in another world
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Ok I can't watch the clip rn, but legit why is he tanned darker than the two POC he's standing next to?
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Dystopia isn't ever about the future, it's about the consequences of continuing on the current path.
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Fair call tbh. Only real reason to keep twitter is to keep an ear to the ground, if you're gonna block people what's the point
Hasan does try to deradicalize folks tho, which I'm guessing is why he keeps it
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Blocking Elon Musk is a fair move by anyone, right, left, centre - the man posts like 500 times a day, it's the only way to make the barrage tweets stop
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Insane take. Wish America had preferential voting, because at least then Dems would have hard numbers proving their voter base swings left
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I feel like it's starting to sink in for some that the Nazi vibes emanating from the far right are not totally fine and normal. It's encouraging that there seems to be a 'too far' for some of them still... I'll take that over Nazi simps any day
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I literally saw MAGA lesbian Arielle Scarcella tweet about "the woke right" hating lesbians today. Apparently some right wingers are separating themselves out from what they're calling the woke right and woke nationalism
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Community engagement and class solidarity can be the catalyst for people starting to question racist, xenophobic, transphobic etc beliefs. People who share the same struggles are more likely to see eye to eye
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Trust me, I'm trans, and dealing with people who have drunk the kool-aid is not fun at all. But I'd rather engage with them face-to-face and try to find common ground as part of the same community than keep hurling abuse at each other online
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I'm saying some people lapping up what Trump said re-election are going to inevitably be hurt by his actions, which will create personal turning points. I feel like it's best to meet those people with empathy and try to introduce them to better ways of thinking
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I feel like with such big rifts between folks in America, the only things that can repair that is finding common ground on a community level. Turning the pain inflicted on folks by this administration into community solidarity is one positive that can potentially come out of this shitshow
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Hold irl public impact hearings as much as possible & encourage colleagues to do the same, invite press - stream them.
Where repubs cancel town halls, make public forums where people can share the real impact of the administration's actions and put it on record - that's what's going to unite people
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Like c'mon how is that not copy/pasted. I thought they were about efficiency and yet they're over here typing out 'ecexutive order' then on top of that have to go back and fix it when the radical leftists have too much fun over it. Fire whoever did that, not Dave from the CFPB
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Yeah, they used to have someone who stopped you making spelling mistakes, but he got fired for having a trans second cousin
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She's ORANGE
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She's still growing up 🥺
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This was so good!!!! Congratulations, it's a banger 🎉
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It was great!!! 10/10 I will be watching any and all future episodes. I'd also never seen Memoria before Austin posted about her recent video essay, which is just a goddamn banger. So glad I found the channel!
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Yes they'd freak out... I think this misses the broader point though, they don't actually want us in the opposite bathroom, they don't care what bathroom we use at all - they want us to not exist, and for us to be bullied out of public spaces altogether
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One day this kid will look back on these photos and be so sad... Imagine having fond memories of your birthday steak