A common mantra of the anti-trans crowd is “God does not make mistakes.” When a child dies of leukemia, the same people say, “God works in mysterious ways.” Which is it? If God does not make mistakes, then he meant to kill off that child. Why? Because He works in mysterious ways. Okay, so if…
Author: Clio
FB: Empathy and Anti-Queer Bigots
Something I’ve been thinking about: Is it counterproductive to point out that far more sex crimes against children are committed by clergy than by queer folks? This came from another thought: Are anti-queer bigots mad at the wrong people? Which merged with another, longer thought: Imagine you’ve been taught your entire life that sex is…
the goth girls
the goth girls sang me lullabiesas i drifted off to sleep they came to me from the shadowsand scraped their sharpened nailsblack and crimson knivesacross my skin but i had no fearthere was no fear to be hadonly the release of succumbingto the me i’ve always been the goth girls sang me lullabiesas i drifted…
Dream: Rummage Sale and Train
This is me recording a dream so if you find those boring, scroll on, no problem. If you want to peek inside my brain, read on. (I am *not* looking for interpretation, though, so don’t do that; obvious parts are obvious, personal parts are personal.) It started as a promisingly boring dream: We (V, J,…
Gender on Passports
During this discussion of gender markers on passports, one question lingers in the background: Why do US Passports have gender markers in the first place? It makes sense that some legal documents would need a sex indicator, for medical purposes. There’s some argument to be had, although I find it questionable, that driver’s licenses and…
On Masking vs DID (from my own experiences only)
The other day I was talking to a student about DID and how it seems like people claiming to have DID seem really common in certain online communities, far more common than DID really is. That got me thinking about my own experience with masking and thinking I have DID. To be clear: I am…
Pat Answers
It’s time to revisit Pat. Recently, Julia Sweeney appeared on The View to discuss the 50th SNL anniversary, and one of the topics was about her character Pat. The intended joke for that character was that nobody knew Pat’s gender and they were trying to figure it out through gender stereotypes. Sweeney’s position appeared to…
On the Unreliability of Folk Etymologies
Two folk etymologies in less than an hour means I have to comment. Especially since they both involve dogs. Here’s the truth about the origin of most of our oft-repeated phrases: We don’t know. Because idioms are generally spoken long before they’re written down, at least in the pre-internet era, terms get mutated and decontextualized….
On Exclusiveness in Marginalized Communities
This screenshot was shared by Franchesca Ramsey on her Facebook account. This is related: Over on TikTok, there’s a transgender woman who commented that nonbinary people don’t have the same experiences as transgender people, and she’s been attacked for being a transmedicalist. Basically, transmedicalism* is the belief that you can’t be “truly” transgender unless you’ve…
You Down With SPD?
I believe one of the reasons for the “rise” in Autism is that the modern world is increasingly hostile to Autistics, especially those of us with sensory issues (which is one of the four “must have two of these” criteria). That was reinforced at yesterday’s PD. My school’s library is one of the worst places…