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  • I’ve never had problems using terms like “look man,” “oh boy,” or “dude” In “normal” conversion with anyone until recently. I was talking to a trans-woman I know and definitely stopped myself from dropping “hey man” in our conversation because I thought she would not appreciate it. That’s caused some self reflection and while I’ll probably continue to use genderbent language when talking with my wife I’ll probably seek to minimize it elsewhere. I don’t really know how in tune a given woman I’m talking to is with their muliebrity and it seems not my place as a cis man to make that determination for them.

    I would say for a lot of people it probably doesn’t matter, but for those that it does it does a lot and it’s no skin off my back to try to be courteous in my speech with whomever.






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    7 days ago

    In Denver most of the big box stores have remote police surveillance boxes erected in the parking lot that alternate between playing classical music and announcing that the parking lot is being recorded. In downtown some establishments (especially if they’re near warm air vents) will play the sounds of crying babies or screaming women.

    These are attempts to keep people experiencing homelessness away from there.




  • And the “principled”, “unwaivering”, and allergic to nuance helped usher in a fascist who is the self proclaimed “protector” of Israel.

    Anyone who thought that the guy who recognized Israel’s contested capital, who “fought for Israel like no president ever before,” who claimed "Anybody who’s Jewish and loves being Jewish and loves Israel is a fool if they vote for a Democrat,” who believes that the US election day was “the most important day in the history of Israel,” who wants to deport students exercising their right to protest the genocide, and who’s only criticism of the genocide was that it was too public and slow would be better for Gaza is a deluded fool.