Notices by Revoluciana (revoluciana@chaosfem.tw), page 2

So many crimes to choose from.

Can I just say, though, I think the most boring crime that comes up in basically any burglary/grift story?

Fencing. Boring.

Pickpocketing: magic
Burgling: adrenaline, skill
Heist: puzzles/planning
Con: acting/persuasion
Smuggling: thrill, cleverness
Getaway driving: vroom vroom

Fencing: yawn

Has anyone ever written a compelling story about fencing stolen goods? (Seriously asking)

I can't think of a single story about fencing at all that wasn't mostly about the crime(s) that brought the item(s) to the fence.

Wait. Is this why some people like watching Pawn Stars?

Goddamn, even money laundering and counterfeiting sounds so much more fascinating than *that*

@salad_bar_breath definitely dangerous. I'm just trying to imagine a story where it's interesting at all. Even in shows or movies where it's an aspect, it just seems like I want to fast forward through that part. I can't imagine how to make it interesting.

I once read a book about (legal) financial derivative trading scandals that was all about the financial mechanisms themselves using financial language and even those stories were fascinating. But somehow I can't find a way to make fencing interesting.

Not that it needs to be, just. I somehow make a mental note of it every time I see the fence in a movie or something, so it just keeps becoming this recurring source of curiosity-- how to make fencing interesting, and when or where has this ever been done?

Crime is so hot right now

Don't incriminate yourself, but have you ever wondered, if you were to have lead a life of crime, on your own terms:

* Which crime you would be best at
* Which crime would be the most fun

And, would these two match?

Every once in a while someone will say the word *guy* and for a brief flash I remember that the word *guy* in English comes specifically from Guy Fawkes.

My spouse just came across some pre-transition pics of my hands preparing supper.

But also, holy shit those are a completely different person's hands. They look sooooo different. I had noticed this (joyously) along the way, how the size has gotten smaller and how girly my hands look now 🥰. But this is the first time I've actually compared to an old picture.

Wild y'all.

What are your best #poverty meals and tips and tricks? 🍚🫘

*Boosts appreciated*
With the loss of #foodassistance for over 42 million USians, difficult times are ahead. If you don't rely on #SNAP, it will put an overwhelming and potentially insurmountable strain on people you know and care about.

I fucking love the winter and the cold, but I hate the clothes I have to wear for winter because they all make me feel dysphoric. I don't want to hide my body anymore because it's beautiful and it's me and I'm queer/femme AF and it's so difficult to feel queer and femme under so much insulation.

And simply having it be pink or darted in at the waist is not enough to do the trick.

Plus, winter clothes cost so much more money than crop tops.

And they hide my accessories which are also typically helpful when feeling me.

We also believe in heating people not spaces. We heat our home with a wood stove and keep it colder than most USians would think reasonable, especially since it's a drafty old farmhouse that was abandoned for over a decade before we got it.

So, I don't need to wear a coat inside, but I definitely need to wear sweaters and such. And sit under blankets on the couch, a heated blanket for the coldest months. Plus, blankets are cozy.

So, in the winter, which I otherwise adore, I don't have a lot of ways, opportunities, or reasons (aside from dysphoria) to dress in a way that feels more me when the goal is just to feel warm.

This #fascist regime would rather force 42 million of their own citizens starve to death than allow a single #trans person to exist.

#SNAP #antifascist #shutdown

What do you think will happen when there are 42 million hungry people in the US for at least one entire month because they've all lost their #SNAP benefits?

What do you think hungry people will do?

What do you think desperate people will do when their children are hungry?

#fascism #antifascist #resist

Do you think 42 million hungry adults and children will just accept the fact that they won't be able to afford food anymore because their #SNAP benefits are gone?

Emma Goldman said ask for work. Most people receiving these benefits already work, or they otherwise can't.

She said if they don't give you work, ask for food. That's what SNAP is. They just took it away.

Emma said if they don't give you work and they don't give you food, take the food.

#fascism #antifascist #anarchist #shutdown

And don't let anyone tell you that 42 million people can just go to the food pantry.

No.

Food pantries are not designed for this and we all fucking know it. And even if they were, the federal government has *already* cut federal funding for food pantries. The money is already gone, and so is the food. They don't have the resources to feed 42 million additional mouths for even a day, let alone every meal indefinitely.

#snap #shutdown #resist #fascism #antifascism

169,812 people in #Maine will not receive #SNAP benefits for November.

Let me say that again.

169,812 people won't be able to afford to buy food in November in Maine.

Maine has a population < 1.5M

Not just Maine, but 42 million people across *all* states will lose SNAP benefits during the #shutdown while they all watch the president building a personal ballroom.

#fascism #antifascist

[Edit: lowball estimate adjusted to the exact number of people who won't receive Maine SNAP benefits. Clarified that 42 million people will lose SNAP benefits in all states.]

Historically, when people don't eat, they revolt.

What do you think will happen when you fund your personal extravagance while people watch with hunger in their stomachs and their children crying for food?

You don't even need to crack a history book. It happens constantly all over the place. It's happening right now and I don't even need to name the places because you already know them.

You think it can't happen here?

What do you think will happen?

#fascism #antifascist #SNAP #shutdown #resist

Omgomgomg, I just got the April O'Neil yellow jacket that I've wanted since I was a little girl and I'm so excited!

$10 thrift store find, it fits, it's super comfy, and I look hot wearing it! 🥵🔥

Came home and I'm watching the first movie with my spouse to celebrate.

Also, my kids had no idea who I was talking about when I said April O'Neil and showed them the jacket.