Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es

Amiga was a good name for a computer. It makes two important things clear:

1. computer is girl

2. computer is friend

Every time someone makes a stink about identifying #trans people properly all I can think about is this episode of #ds9 and like, motherfucker, Klingons figured it out. I think you can manage.

There are 385.5 million trans people alive today

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/there-are-3855-million-trans-people

#transgender #trans #lgbtq

People who hire people in tech, remember this:

If you are requiring a degree in the field, instead of simply the skills needed for the job, the people you are filtering out is the poors.

Please boost if you’re still masking indoors (in public places)

It's done and out: my first full-length album, Beatrice's Rose, is free on Bandcamp https://spriteguard.bandcamp.com/album/beatrices-rose

Wise words from a wise man.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Reminder that if GitHub can make a functioning website without any fucking cookie and "consent" popups then so can you

Been thinking about this quote of Stephen Silberman in a paper I read early this morning:

“ The shocking levels of premature death and
suicide among people on the autism spectrum
should be a wake-up call to governments and
service providers worldwide: dramatic proof
that bullying, lack of support, inadequate
health care across the lifespan, insufficient
allocation of resources to create options
for housing and employment,

happy belated womens day to all the belated women

I love the explanations from trans autistic people of why there some correlation between someone being diagnosed with ASD and being trans.

It's like, when you're autistic, society can be quite unkind to you sometimes. Gender rules are already weird and messy and don't make a lot of sense...

So like, if there's this incongruence with you trying to be your AGAB and you feel any measure of relief by exploring a gender identity away from that, then it's kind of hard for society to deter your from transitioning. They certainly try, but you already see their rules as flawed, bullshit, and they weren't very kind to you anyways. Might as well live as your authentic self 🤷‍♀️

2. Probably almost every adult autist has at least suffered from PTSD for some period of time in their life. Probably very few ever get the support and resources needed to recover from that.

3. We are at greater risk of PTSD because our sensory experiences are more intense and our reactions to that are more intense.

4. That the world continues to become faster, louder, and providing relentless and multiple sources of stimulation make it harder for us to find respite and repose.

Every year I write a blog post for #InternationalWomensDay about women in folktales.

This year's theme is: Folktales about women who slay monsters! 🐉 ⚔️ 👸

People often criticize traditional stories for having "passive female characters." So, I made a list of tales and legends about women who are definitely active. In defeating dragons, ghouls, and giants.

Read it here:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/folktales-about-women-who-slay-monsters.html

#women #WomensDay #folklore #folktales #storytelling #GirlPower

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