A decade of trans advocacy has taught me people believe lies because they want to, not because they don't know they are lies. They believe trans people will regret our transition because they want us to regret our transition. They believe we are a "social contagion" because that is how they see us
When I see you “playing around with” ChatGPT “for fun” this is what I see you contributing to btw. It’s not cute, it’s not fun, it’s damaging. Just because you don’t personally see it doesn’t mean there’s no cost.
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
*vibrates violently holding a degree in interdisciplinary communication and collaboration*
You do not need genAI to communicate your ideas as a non-artist to an artist! A generated image doesn't actually share the key info that needs to passed on AND it discourages fruitful discussion
And with how good genAI is now on imitating art styles, it's becoming more and more common to see folks wrongly accusing artists of using AI art. These artists were probably the ones that the AI algorithms were trained on, without their permission. Research thoroughly, and double check first!
Between Greta Thunberg and her fellow activists being kidnapped by Israel and Trump turning LA into his personal war zone, I hope people realise that protest, no matter how peaceful, will always be met with violence by dying empires.
So proud of Belgium!
"Under a new law, sex workers will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance, pensions, maternity leave and sick days. Essentially, it will be treated like any other job"
“It’s an opportunity for us to exist as people"
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did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great
Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
I keep fucking saying this and people are like oh she doesn’t profit from the game or whatever. The hell she doesn’t. She DOES. And she uses the money for evil. Do NOT touch that IP. I don’t care that it was important to me as a kid/teen. Fuck all of that.
March means rainbow dotty cuties for me and my patrons! 🥰
Hap birth 💜💜💜
Np 😊 I also struggle with "loving" myself but when I heard someone explain it like that it also was like a lightbulb moment lol. I guess it should really say something like "respect yourself."
I'm full of cold atm!! 😩 But ty 💜 just saw your posts about being sick too 😭 get well soon 💜💜
(And as a victim of domestic abuse, I'm not saying this to blame victims at all! However long is takes to get out of that situation, it's never your fault. So i say this as more... well this is about recognising the signs sooner I guess)
The way I've seen it explained is you need to know your worth. Some people end up ignoring or not recognising red flags and taking longer to get out of bad situations because at some level they may feel they don't deserve better. So it's about loving yourself enough to not tolerate poor treatment 💜
Finally, something to work with that explains why everything under the sun is being called “A/I” now.
Wish tools would just call it what it is and let people decide if they want to use it
I have so much respect for people who examined their gender, found they were happy and it fit, and unlocked cis+. Thinking about your own gender and what it means to you, even if you know you're cis, is a genuinely good thing for everyone to do
The link between autism and trans identities isn't because we're being "coerced into transitioning," it's because as autistic people we care not at all for arbitrary social norms, and gender is the largest arbitrary social norm of all.
I'm not speaking for all queer people but I personally encourage allies to be visible with their support because it makes it less of a signal that you're coming out to non allies. It provides room for someone who feels unsafe to just say they're an ally (around family for example)
Honestly, this isn't just about the US, so many fascist regimes these days look to America as a bellweather as to what they can try to get away with themselves. This will have a knock on effect for women, ethnic minorities, the disabled and LQBTQ+ people everywhere.
Stay strong. Stay safe.
The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
A colourful mural with two people hugging and the text "hello my beautiful people." A Palestinian flag has been put up on it.
I've been passed this mural a few times and always kicked myself for not getting my phone out quick enough to snap a photo. Thankfully today we stopped in traffic and I finally had chance to take a photo :)
I think it’s weird when people ask artists to quiet down about their identities and just do art. being queer informs every part of my art from how I draw people to what stories I want to spend time on.
if people aren’t allowed exist as ourselves, neither is our art that you enjoy so much.
I listen to the same things over and over so my top artists are never a surprise. The "evolution" names however... 😂😂
Being told that my ADHD friendly to-do list notepads are actually helping fellow ADHDer's in my community has made me feel all 🥹🥹🥹
The reward section is my happy place.
I usually write "video game time" or "chocolate" 😂
What would your reward section say?
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