I've been scared, friends. Really scared. But two people have helped me immensely to regulate and focus, so I'd like to shout them out. (A thread...) - ThreadSky

blackberry-pi.bsky.social • 29 days ago

I've been scared, friends. Really scared. But two people have helped me immensely to regulate and focus, so I'd like to shout them out.
(A thread...)

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blackberry-pi.bsky.social•29 days ago

First @mskellymhayes.bsky.social. Most people reading this probably already follow her. But I have to say, reading her must-read list this morning was a huge breath of fresh air.

They weren't just stories about how severe Trump's first days have been. They were stories of resistance...

blackberry-pi.bsky.social•29 days ago

They were stories about people who have *not been detained by ICE, because an organized community mobilized immediately to make teach them their rights and how to avoid detention.

Okay I don't really remember much else about what I read. But I'll always remember how it made me feel. Hopeful

blackberry-pi.bsky.social•29 days ago

Second I just have to say, my 11yo daughter is amazing. I finally decided to explain to her what was going on, and why is was dangerous (I showed her pictures of the Holocaust to try to explain fascism). She took it like a champ. I though for sure when the convo was over I had traumatized my kid...

blackberry-pi.bsky.social•29 days ago

We talked about leaving the country, steps we would take to be prepared to do that, and "we will stay until ..." I told her no one knows how this will play out.

She reminded me of Steven universe. We think, what if something bad happens? Yeah, well, what if something *good happens? 😭😭😭

blackberry-pi.bsky.social•29 days ago

I thought carefully, and I made an appointment to restart and increase hormone therapy. Fuck em. I'm going to be *more trans.

I'm going to stop policing my pronouns. Getting misgendered is better than hiding my queerness. And it will give me a convenient indicator of who's a transphobe.

blackberry-pi.bsky.social•29 days ago

I'll use the men's room when I have to. I'm not going to try to legally change my gender marker. If they make my medicine illegal, I'll get it anyways. What are they going to do, make it illegal for a man to wear a dress? Arrest men whose boobs are too big? Criminalize using pronouns voluntarily?

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