mary midgley's "evolution as a religion" sounds like evangelical tripe but it is actually a fascinating philosophical investigation of how evolutionary metaphors have infiltrated sociological and political thinking when darwin himself was actually horrified at people taking his ideas out of a purely biological context
a few days ago I was listening to a podcast I otherwise really liked until the host and the guest went off on a protracted tangent about masculine and feminine energy and the divine masculine and feminine
if there's one thing that makes my eyes roll so hard that they create grooves in my skull, it's that
Reinforcing gender norms by transitioning from weird androgynous girl who reads as gay to weird androgynous guy who reads as gay
This is a really weird strain of transphobia to encounter, brought to you by the same people who believe in male and female energy
Identifying with my body, instead of the life of the mind, and demanding foolish things like food, shelter, or medical care
@dreamsofcheese "as far as I can tell there must be a shared map of natural law for all humans and this specifically coincides with what I was told is right and wrong, well that's about it I guess theory solved"
Trans, guy of center, well over 18.
I'm in tech and it feels weird.