ANTI-CAPITALIST AFFIRMATIONS

- i deserve to spend time doing things that make me feel good and whole.

- i am capable of listening to my body and responding to what it needs.

- it's okay if i no longer have ambitions for a career.

- i am worth so much more than what i produce for the consumption of others.

- it's okay to redefine what a successful life looks like for me.

- i am allowed to enjoy things simply because they bring me joy.

- spending time doing something I love is enough

if you require the force of the state to enforce the gender binary it probably isn't actually inate. i know that everyone knows this already and you can't debate them with facts and logic but this is driving me fuckin nuts

CW: Biology stuff

I don't know who needs to hear this, but a lot of times, menstrual cramps are from trapped gas in your GI tract. Take Gas X, and it makes that whole thing more manageable. (The active ingredient used in Gas X is simethicone, and it's safe enough for infants, so it's a pretty low-risk drug.)

I've had to tell two different women this month, so I thought I'd make a post. Cheers!

@Julie "Sometimes this happens when you try to drive into the ocean...."

There are multiple American journalists imprisoned in Russia for carrying out the real job of being a journalist. And while they are wrongfully detained on decades long prison sentences, Tucker Carlson offers The Kremlin to interview Vladimir Putin, ask the questions Putin wants to hear, and branding this as “journalism” to the American people.

And Elon Musk is hosting it, trying to make money on Putin’s propaganda.

I really hope these two shameless grifters experience a serious case of karma.

Screen shot from an actual campaign video, from MAGA Republican candidate for Missouri Valentina Gomez, in which she promises:

“When I’m Secretary of State, I will 🔥BURN🔥all books that are grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children. MAGA. America First🇺🇸”

I remember when the Nazis burned books. I also remember what they burned next.

I’m hearing a lot of teachers talking about leaving the profession. Sadly, these are the ones you’d most like teaching your kids—smart, passionate, lifelong learners. When the innovators have all been driven out of this field, guess who will be left? The dull, the indifferent, and the obedient—a bad school administration’s dream employees. That’s who. #k12education #teachers #teaching

@Julie

[Mechanic looking under the hood of my life] "Well, HERE'S your trouble, right here. THIS life hasn't been examined."

[Pulls out the worth-living valve and holds it up to the light.]

"See? Rust."

Not that the examined life is any picnic, either.

Your sleek, plastic organizer would work perfectly for me. Now, is there any way you can completely cover it in tapestry or toile?

Merry Christmas. If your in-laws got you drunk like mine did, then good luck with Santa mode on the highest difficulty level. Don't forget the stockings.

Once you're up past 2am, it's socially acceptable to open a new can of Pringles.

I was just reading about the nuclear fusion project in Japan.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-biggest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-just-came-online

"The ultimate aim of both projects is...mimicking the process that takes place inside the Sun."

Wouldn't it be funny if this is how all stars were formed? As just the natural result of civilizations getting to a technological point where they try fusion, before they realize it will turn their planet into a bright ball of plasma?

With only enough time to think, "Oopsie."

@Julie It was quality ert, too. Not like they make now.

@bonkydog Sounds like work. I couldn't possibly.

@Julie Years ago we used to ert, back when it only cost a dollar.

Me to my husband, who's trying to get me to go to sleep:

"But I have all this inertia. What am I supposed to do with it? ERT?"

@Highlander1963 Hello there!

With two bills that passed through our city council unanimously, #Pittsburgh, PA has positioned itself as a #SanctuaryCity for #TransPeople. One bill prevents any city resources for being used to provide information or evidence to prosecute a trans person for seeking #GenderAffirmingCare here in the city. The second, largely symbolic but important, declares that gender affirming care will always be protected here, regardless of state or federal law.

I’m really proud of my home for this.

This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

#meta