What opinion of yours has aged the worst?

Ms. Respex, LCSW@respexy.bsky.social · 21h ago

One of my opinions that aged the worst is that circa 2016 or so I would often argue that in terms of attitude, antics, ego etc. Kanye West was not that different from any of our parents' generation of musicians. Time would reveal that there was, in fact, something different going on 🤷‍♀️

One of my opinions that aged the worst is that circa 2016 or so I would often argue that in terms of attitude, antics, ego etc. Kanye West was not that different from any of our parents' generation of musicians. Time would reveal that there was, in fact, something different going on 🤷‍♀️

Blasting this post in front of the eyeballs of every Democratic candidate forever.

If the redpill movement actually gave a shit about men at all, one of its absolutely fundamental issues would be the way gambling apps target advertising at men despite (no doubt because) men are demonstrably more vulnerable to gambling addiction.

What's something that you think you would be good at with zero evidence (meaning, you have never tried it but you have a hunch you'd be a natural)? I think I'd be excellent at being a hot, charismatic leftist politician on social media. I would, however, be trash at the actual governing part.

Crazy to me that "cope" or "coping" have become insults online. God forbid a person is able to cope. Some of you should learn how to cope tbh.

Maybe a genuinely unpopular opinion, but "love bombing" has gone the way of "gaslighting."

it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

I once saw a post, I wish I had screenshot it, that said that 20 years ago women would say "I'm not a feminist, but" and then say straightforwardly feminist things, whereas now women will say "of course I'm a feminist, but" and say straightforwardly antifeminist things. This is not an improvement.

At this point Scarleteen is intergenerational. We have parents who grew up at Scarleteen sending their kids to Scarleteen! Help us serve the next generation, and stay a safe, supportive landing place for people who are often isolated and scared.

Supporting Scarleteen is a vote for learner-led sex ed from people who don’t treat young people like objects to be lectured at. It’s for a queer- and trans-led, majority-disabled team doing immediate direct services all day every day. I know many of you have benefited from Scarleteen!

Scarleteen’s moderated direct services are there for people experiencing sexual violence, being kicked out of their homes, struggling to access gender-affirming care, navigating toxic family relationships, and more. The site also has a HUGE resource library including some articles from yours truly!

Young people are having an extremely hard time right now and they come to Scarleteen with AI misinformation, pregnancy scares, and terror as the state closes in around them. Sex ed is about caring for the whole person and that’s what Scarleteen excels at. pro.gofundme.com/fundraiser/7...

As long as everyone’s talking about sex stuff, a reminder that I’m fundraising for @scarleteen.com (link in the next post). Scarleteen has been at it with high quality, free, inclusive, joyful sex ed for almost 30 years. They’re one of the few online resources left standing.

Note that in two articles today, WaPo describes a "sale" of bombs to Israel. This is extremely misleading. The reported $2.bn package is 100% funded by US taxpayers via the Foreign Military Financing grants for Israel to buy US weapons.

I promise you do not need to qualify your statement of solidarity with Macklemore by loudly proclaiming that you don’t like his music. If he can be brave and lose touring opportunities for saying Free Palestine, you can be brave and risk people thinking you might have enjoyed Thrift Shop.

she deleted this once she realized that based on the time difference she was implying that schoolchildren in Scotland knew about 9/11 before it happened

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · last mo.

A helpful key here for understanding what wingnuttery is and how it works, here. I 100% guarantee you this did not happen and that the boys she’s talking about - she later clarified they were “Pakistani” - do not exist. And yet, I can also assure you Eve is *absolutely convinced* she saw this.

The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.

Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈@kennedy.northsky.social · last mo.

That rock skipping, yes tossing stones across a pond or river, is a gender segregated sport, should tell you something about how gendered sports are not about fairness of physical ability, and is instead about the male ego

Is it fair that the school on a shoestring budget has to play the one in the affluent suburb that has a budget for brand new equipment and groundskeeping for a shot at state finals? Fuck off lol

“The Miami Herald will no longer have a Miami beat” is the state of local journalism in a nutshell. Really, really bad.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last mo.

Good lord www.poynter.org/business-wor...

YOU GET IT

Shivvers in Fear 🙀@shivvy.blacksky.app · last mo.

Not only can you not cogitate properly if you’re starving, it’s hard to coalition-build when you’re an absolute fucking cunt and I am only speaking for myself when I haven’t had a little snack every 3h

The hill I will die on forever is that I am an absolute radfem tinfoil hat freak about diet culture and the systematic underfeeding of women.

I would not say that I am afraid of dogs, I like dogs just fine, but I would describe myself as quite cautious around dogs I don't know. That is to say, if you have your dog off-leash on a busy urban street I WILL cross the street to avoid your dog and I hope you see me do it.

Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/

You want to talk about pictures that have rewired my brain? After working on my novella at my laptop all week and not moving my body very much, I finally stretched my back and shoulders and when I experienced how tight they were I thought to myself "oh no, I've been a bad little shrimp this week."

here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?

The NIH has quietly dropped its loan repayment program for researchers doing health disparities research and for researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds. As an LRP awardee who had six figures in medical schools loans, I know how transformative this funding can be. Losing this funding will…