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Gender Studies I
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MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
It's my story, Kep. I might change her name later, but for now, I'm running with Karen.
And Kep, Karen is the one who asks for the manager. You're thinking of Becky or Patty.
It's my story, Kep. I might change her name later, but for now, I'm running with Karen.
And Kep, Karen is the one who asks for the manager. You're thinking of Becky or Patty.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
A little bit more; want to at least finish page 2 today:
"“I love you, but I disagree with your sinful lifestyle,” another friend posted. Karen wondered what that even meant. She wasn’t that much different than anyone else; she held a job, she drank 2 cups of good coffee in the morning, had an orange tabby cat named Schmoopie, worked out most days, and volunteered on weekends with local youth organizations. She wondered how she was sinning, so she called her pastor from The Joyful Resurrection Church and asked how. Pastor Fenton Smith didn’t mince words with her. “Cis people like you are destroying the order of creation and ushering in an age of sin. God wanted you to be trans, it says so in the Bible. I can give you a list of several Bible passages where it says this! And the elders and I talked; you can attend our church, but you will lose your place on the leadership team and you will no longer be allowed to teach Sunday school. We believe cis people are a danger to children. And don’t expect me to say anything if anyone harasses you or bullies you while you’re here.”
Eventually, she will be offered conversion therapy as a way of having her positions restored. She will refuse. She will then be denied Communion, and eventually excommunicated.
A little bit more; want to at least finish page 2 today:
"“I love you, but I disagree with your sinful lifestyle,” another friend posted. Karen wondered what that even meant. She wasn’t that much different than anyone else; she held a job, she drank 2 cups of good coffee in the morning, had an orange tabby cat named Schmoopie, worked out most days, and volunteered on weekends with local youth organizations. She wondered how she was sinning, so she called her pastor from The Joyful Resurrection Church and asked how. Pastor Fenton Smith didn’t mince words with her. “Cis people like you are destroying the order of creation and ushering in an age of sin. God wanted you to be trans, it says so in the Bible. I can give you a list of several Bible passages where it says this! And the elders and I talked; you can attend our church, but you will lose your place on the leadership team and you will no longer be allowed to teach Sunday school. We believe cis people are a danger to children. And don’t expect me to say anything if anyone harasses you or bullies you while you’re here.”
Eventually, she will be offered conversion therapy as a way of having her positions restored. She will refuse. She will then be denied Communion, and eventually excommunicated.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: Gender Studies I
You should read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. The soldiers in it are fighting an interstellar war so every time they come home after a campaign hundreds of years have passed on Earth because of time dilation. Heterosexuality has been reduced culturally to a tolerated but not approved of perversion. He deals with many of the same themes. (It's also a good story.)
You should read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. The soldiers in it are fighting an interstellar war so every time they come home after a campaign hundreds of years have passed on Earth because of time dilation. Heterosexuality has been reduced culturally to a tolerated but not approved of perversion. He deals with many of the same themes. (It's also a good story.)
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MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
1. I'll check those books out later.
2. Hope I'm doing a good job with what I'm writing. I've been consulting with my trans support group on this for assured realism.
1. I'll check those books out later.
2. Hope I'm doing a good job with what I'm writing. I've been consulting with my trans support group on this for assured realism.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
Just got a message saying I'm bashing people for who they are, that I'm advocating for violence against women, etc... and she told me I can use "metaphor" all I want, but now she's not talking to me.
Just got a message saying I'm bashing people for who they are, that I'm advocating for violence against women, etc... and she told me I can use "metaphor" all I want, but now she's not talking to me.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: Gender Studies I
God bless Natalie Wynn.
Her use of "essentialism" and "abstraction" are very useful comments.
God bless Natalie Wynn.
Her use of "essentialism" and "abstraction" are very useful comments.
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MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
The Burden of the Cis is basically done and I've made it available to anyone who wants to read it. Just need to write the ending.
The Burden of the Cis is basically done and I've made it available to anyone who wants to read it. Just need to write the ending.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
Submitted to Medium.com and it might even go under the paywall, which means I get paid for it.
I'm also working on a compilation of short stories of transgender-affirming fiction. My next story is "The Never-Ending Rise of Maria," a story on how an atheist trans woman of color becomes President, knocking off a Franklin Graham/Tony Perkins type to win the office.
Submitted to Medium.com and it might even go under the paywall, which means I get paid for it.
I'm also working on a compilation of short stories of transgender-affirming fiction. My next story is "The Never-Ending Rise of Maria," a story on how an atheist trans woman of color becomes President, knocking off a Franklin Graham/Tony Perkins type to win the office.
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Lucia Apologist
unofan
Well-known member
Today's the first legislative funnel day and it didn't make it out of committee. It's dead. That's a lot of digital ink wasted on something that was never going to pass anyway.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
From someone who is delightfully queer, the outrage is more that it was ever proposed in the first place.
From someone who is delightfully queer, the outrage is more that it was ever proposed in the first place.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
And about the "digital ink:"
1. The mere proposal of these bills hurts the LGBTQ community in ways you can't begin to think. As a trans person, it's not easy living knowing the government is actively trying to harm you or possibly kill you. I will happily let you put on my size 14 flats so you can put them on for a few minutes.
2. You all tell me "sunshine is a powerful disinfectant," so in some way, I'm glad these clowns are revealing themselves so we can get rid of them.
And about the "digital ink:"
1. The mere proposal of these bills hurts the LGBTQ community in ways you can't begin to think. As a trans person, it's not easy living knowing the government is actively trying to harm you or possibly kill you. I will happily let you put on my size 14 flats so you can put them on for a few minutes.
2. You all tell me "sunshine is a powerful disinfectant," so in some way, I'm glad these clowns are revealing themselves so we can get rid of them.
unofan
Well-known member
He's a Republican representing about 5 extremely rural counties from deep inside Steve King territory. If you're going to get upset everytime someone like him proposes something bigoted, you'll never have time to be happy and enjoy life.
If you want to be perpetually miserable and angry then go for it. But for your own sanity, I'd personally recommend a different course of action.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: Gender Studies I
This. Give em enough rope.
It's also important to realize they didn't introduce this with the idea that it would become law (yet). It was the opposite of Virtue Signalling: it was Evil Signalling. They know their supporters get off on fantasies of revenge and violence against the people they fear. They were feeding their army of impotent bigots.
That is what conservatism has become. Fan service for incels, racists, phobes, and sociopaths.
This. Give em enough rope.
It's also important to realize they didn't introduce this with the idea that it would become law (yet). It was the opposite of Virtue Signalling: it was Evil Signalling. They know their supporters get off on fantasies of revenge and violence against the people they fear. They were feeding their army of impotent bigots.
That is what conservatism has become. Fan service for incels, racists, phobes, and sociopaths.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
This is why I wholeheartedly encourage groups like One Million Moms (which is more like 42 moms at most) to keep making gigantic asses of themselves. And why I laugh when so-called Straight Pride events are dwarfed by counter-protest.
That being said, I do worry and voice my concern over bills preventing trans kids from receiving hormones and puberty blockers, such as recently proposed in South Dakota, Colorado, and Ohio.
This is why I wholeheartedly encourage groups like One Million Moms (which is more like 42 moms at most) to keep making gigantic asses of themselves. And why I laugh when so-called Straight Pride events are dwarfed by counter-protest.
That being said, I do worry and voice my concern over bills preventing trans kids from receiving hormones and puberty blockers, such as recently proposed in South Dakota, Colorado, and Ohio.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gender Studies I
As for me...
Couldn't be any happier.
I mark 2 years on hormone replacement therapy March 14.
Currently writing two books, a memoir and an anthology of mostly transgender affirming fiction. With enough drive and focus, I can have both manuscripts done (including proofread and edited by 12/31). Currently putting my work on both Medium and Patreon. Felt if I could get paid for my writing, why the F not? Also, with Medium, I get paid more per read and view. Patreon is a paid subscription to my writing (minimum $5/month).
I have a job I love, and hope it becomes full time.
I restart my MSW March 30, and will graduate Summer 2022.
****, if you compare where I was two years ago to today... it's night and day. There is no comparison.
As for me...
Couldn't be any happier.
I mark 2 years on hormone replacement therapy March 14.
Currently writing two books, a memoir and an anthology of mostly transgender affirming fiction. With enough drive and focus, I can have both manuscripts done (including proofread and edited by 12/31). Currently putting my work on both Medium and Patreon. Felt if I could get paid for my writing, why the F not? Also, with Medium, I get paid more per read and view. Patreon is a paid subscription to my writing (minimum $5/month).
I have a job I love, and hope it becomes full time.
I restart my MSW March 30, and will graduate Summer 2022.
****, if you compare where I was two years ago to today... it's night and day. There is no comparison.
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