We're close enough to a college campus that I'm sure these guys get plenty to look at. I haven't heard any catcalls, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say they aren't the "worst possible version of construction worker". Still, my own comfort aside, I think going out in my inside clothes would be a barrier to communication.

I want a new head. Yesterday was a migraine. I woke up at 5am feeling like it wanted to explode. I've made it through the majority of work I need to accomplish today and that icky nausia feeling is coming back.

In not me news...CJ is doing another fire ride-along. He is spending 12 hours at the firehouse across the street from us. I hope he gets to go on some interesting calls (not that I want anything on fire or anyone hurt...).

x-posted from Bitches, for those who don't read in there...

Today, for your viewing pleasure, Star Wars: The Radio Play, as performed by Animated Batman, Bender Rodriguez Bending, Stimpy/Fry/Zoidberg/Invader Zim, Ironhide/Captain Hero/WALL*E, Twilight Sparkle/Bubbles/Harley Quinn, Brain/Morbo/Calculon/William Shatner, and Yakko Warner/Pinky (AKA Kevin Conroy, John DiMaggio, Billy West, Jess Harnell, Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, and Rob Paulsen):

[link] (YouTube link) (WARNING: The video runs about an hour and twenty minutes, and you may not want to stop watching. Also NSFW at various points.)

Huh. I was just testing to see if I could see indents on my mobile devices (which I can--if anyone has any information on how bon and Amy can force theirs to refresh, please help out in BBaBB++), and at the start of this thread I was reading trans* tumblrs who are filled with hate for cis women, and now I'm reading a tumblr of a cis lesbian who is railing at the rape culture propagated by trans* men. It seems they are worse than cis men, or no different.

Now I have to go look up this "cotton ceiling" and see what in hell is the deal.

Can't we all just get along?

I know that certain people for several reasons have blanket hatred for any number of specific populations. However, I am wondering if they have given reasons for hating cis women? Not that I'm going to argue with their reasons, I'm just curious.

Where does "cis" come from? Is it short for something? I know what it means, I just can't figure out where the term originated.

I think the "cis" is the Latin prefix.

I am starting to get twitchy. Husband has to find a new job, we're going to have to move, and now I have the urge to throw out half of everything in the house.

According to wiki, cis- is the Latin antonym of trans and was first used in 1998 by a German sexologist.

No, clearly we cannot.

Now, if you were really pre-occupied by the meaning of the term cotton ceiling, Roz Kaveney (I'm not sure why so much stuff comes back around to her. She must talk a LOT) had an article in which she discussed the way that lesbian support of trans* people (women in this specific case) stops at the cotton panties--they're willing to advocate, but not to recreate. Trans* women aren't womanly enough for a lesbian.

Which...is pretty confusing. When someone says they'll never fall for an Asian guy, I get all bristly. But when someone says they'll never fall (all the way down) for someone born with a penis, whether or not they have one at the time, it sounds both different and very much the same.