@EatKnitSleepAgain@Sherri_Ingrey@ellepalmer1 My assumptions: The parents don't mind having a detrans daughter. The fact that she's speaking out against the progressive cause du jour and through "the wrong channels" is what bothers them. Good People™️ can't be associated with conservatives or their opinions in any way. It's not about the daughter, it's about the parents' image.
Embed this noticeJerrica makes art (jmakesart@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 22:11:44 JST
Jerrica makes artAs a child I read American Girl Magazine at my local library. They had a section for publishing letters from their readers, and there were many that said "my dream is to be the first woman president." I thought about those letters, those girls, a lot leading up to this election... and I'm thinking about it a lot now. Those girls were my age, we are all adult women now. Their goals have likely changed since then, but they have yet to see another woman succeed. And the young girls of today have yet to see a woman succeed.
This is all I can say about the election at this point.
- The middle class doesn't exist apparently. - What does "self-educated" mean in this context? I wasn’t "traditionally educated" my entire life, but I didn't do it by myself either. - What is society's definition of sane, attractive, and emotionally stable? - "Temporarily able-bodied" sounds less like a privilege and more like a threat, lol. - So North Americans have more privilege than first world countries in Europe too? Wow, lucky me. - The amount of healthy I am changes. Does this mean when I catch a cold I am "less healthy" and therefore less privileged?
If TQs want to be COMPETITIVE in sports, they would advocate for more categories where they could get their own records and medals against similar athletes (who also use substances that affect their bodies).
But many (most?) don't. One is left to assume the worst sort of ulterior motives.
@EatKnitSleepAgain Yes, you make an excellent point about the emotional significance being a part of the situation that shouldn't be left out. I almost wonder if it's like "sex worker". A push to make it more sound more clinical for the people who "choose" it. I don't know.