#Gatekeeping

#BirthCerts4AdopteesNOW

IzzyKamikaze

Where is this public changing of sanitary protection happening? It's just, I menstruated for over 40 years & never either did that or witnessed it. #PeakTERF https://twitter.com/helenstaniland/status/1336087123485749248 It's lik

Heidi N. Moore

moorehn

Co-sign this.I think it's a fundamental societal failure that we see a lack of degrees as a comment on individuals, rather than on gatekeeping, bureaucratic, unfathomably expensive institutions.It's a classic

Brianne Benness

bennessb

Let's talk about the advice we give patients about interacting with doctors.You know "become your own best advocate" stuff.Or more importantly, let's talk about the many ways this advice breaks

MonaGee 🏳️‍⚧️

TheMonaGee

Things I Wish I Knew When I Began Transitioning: A ThreadSo there are a ton of things that the average trans person may not know when beginning transitioning. I thought

Barry Block

Mf144Simon

Why are Gamers Called Reactionaries? (A thread)If you look at mainstream Twitter discourse, you'd think gamers are Ben Shapiro-watching racist misogynists who love dunking on libs for no reason other

Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚💖

BooksandChokers

My last annoying thread before I lose myself in the monstrous self-promotion we have to push when we have a lockdown book:I was asked a really great question at a

Clown

Toskuen

I asked a senior lecturer (now in a professorial chair) what the “issue”with black applicants was and she replied, with a straight face, “it’s the interview process”. She alluded to

William Gillis 🏴

rechelon

Ideologies primarily evolve as a consequence their social base and recruitment channels. Who you recruit and why shapes the direction of your ideology because some people have stronger affinities to

John Jackson 桜の侍

johnjhacking

1/Anonymous, a thread: When I first learned about #Anonymous as a Freshman in Highschool, I always dreamed about being part of it. As a poor kid, I was unliked, I

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/This is exactly what @jordanbpeterson addresses when he talks about "the call to adventure" and "fighting off dragons." and the entire elite class has opted ignore him, laugh, and hand

Meg

Bisexual_Meg

"Excuse me, but I wish to be disrespectful towards you in a manner which is linked to your actual identity. If you would, please fill out this identity survey for

Social Justice Warlock

charllandsberg

Okay a few things.a) Let nonbinary people define themselves for themselves. If I say I'm a nonbinary woman and my partner calls me their girlfriend, they're not misgendering me, because

William Gillis 🏴

rechelon

Leftism exploded in social cachet for a variety of reasons, and newly minted leftists needed to slap an identity, a brand, a flag of status and association on themselves."Stalin did

Tiffany Leigh

tiffanyleigh

So many groups & long-standing board game communities don't moderate or moderate enough, thinking that "everyone loving board games" is enough and that inclusion and empathy takes care of itself

big dybbuk energy

bagelpicbot

feel like adhd is becoming really visible recently which is good! but i’m not seeing any talk of the actual really difficult aspects of having it other than like hehe

Liam Gender? Fucked!

LiamDel

Instead of focusing on Genderfck, I'm thinking about the type of people that are vulnerable to the predatory manipulation they're using, why that manipulation works on them, and what things

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