Jam

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Blerd That Does the Most. Tech/Security OG in transition. They/Them. Neurodivergent. MN (KY Born and Raised). Duckie enthusiast.

When you ask out a person in Minneapolis and give them your number, only to realize that since it's out of town area code they might not ever respond to you because they might think you're a Fed. 😂 #deepsighs

I feel like with all my recent new friends I've had to remind them that when they set a boundary with me, my autism follows shit to the letter, and will hold friends accountable to them. And I've had even family members in the past be mad because me respecting their boundaries feels like rejection.

Anyway I would love if you or your library would buy/share A Second Sight with folks. We write books b/c we want you to read them, b/c the subjects matter deeply to us, and these scams promise the readers and the marketing/sales we often have to generate ourselves. It's all a bit harrowing!

A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom

"I have been waiting for a book like this, and I’m so glad it's here." — Clint Smith, author of How the Word is PassedSince the nation’s founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the ...

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When a gubernatorial candidates' safest option to address transgender rights is to give remembrance to Karen Clark without directly tying it to how you will protect her legacy in light of today's news....

Yup. Had I been playing sports as a youth now, I would be considered a Black intersex athlete, which means I'd be under much more scrutiny, and with my selective mutism at the time, I probably wouldn't have played sports. Which means I wouldn't have gotten the social skills I needed later in life.

Dex Anderson@dexanderson.com · 2mo ago

The suspicion here will always fall upon the bodies of black and brown girls and intersex athletes. Having been assigned female at birth will not save you from being treated like a second-class citizen.