whitney

Chicago!

Autographed title page of detransition baby

I got to hear a lumberjack sex scene reading in the public library, happy pride

I still do

Something the Skrmetti decision drives home: "Puberty blockers" should be abandoned as a goal; the goal should be HRT for any minor that wants it; puberty blockers should be a tool for minors who choose themselves they need more time to decide and *nothing else*.

Compromising achieved nothing, here

Is this the best camera for women?

Headline saying "Colorado governor vetos landmark ban on rent-setting algorithms" with a photo of a very bald Jared Polis

I have a homophobic slur to say

i will go into menopause, decline mentally and physically in my 30s, develop osteoporosis, and die an early death if HRT is banned

and for what reason?

none

senseless violence against me and other Americans like me

Let's fucking go

I just have 5 or so but still

I've got a few grey hairs now, neat

im really excited for National Panic Sell Day tomorrow! let's all sell our stocks right as the market opens to celebrate!!!

some photos of paris

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A chalet called "orchis"

I see some people at the physics workshop are in for a surprise

A copy of stag dance by Torrey Peters

I'm surprised that I found trans lit at an airport bookstore on release day but hell yeah

I need to do this

Alas this would require an overnight layover

Riding your bike back home from the function while exceedingly drunk is a religious experience

Shot on fp4 pushed 4 stops to iso 2000, and I still had to shoot at f/5.6 (wide open) and 1/30th

This is the camera

Sometimes you just end up at a drag show with a large format camera

Do I take the Eric Adams special?

I dropped this tiny part in the carpet yesterday, and just found it now. I have regained the mandate of heaven

It's frankly embarrassing how much of americian politics is just being mad that the burger ads aren't sexy anymore

Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc.

Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.

A mannequin with a forlorn expression wearing a low budget sonic costume

How it feels to be applying for postdocs while all federal grants are frozen

Universities rely enough on grants that they might eliminate positions — perhaps tenured faculty — if the financial situation becomes dire enough. But in the meantime, grad students, postdocs, and “soft money” researchers typically are paid ENTIRELY on federal grant funding. No grant = no salary.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

and by cool I mean that I'm terrified that if I point out a now illegal clause in my lease that my shitty landlord is going to try to fuck me over for and make it impossible for me to rent anything