Oh! You know what I'm especially pissed off about? The disingenuous talking point that it's about "privacy." You know who gets no privacy? People who have to "prove" their gender all the fucking time! For fuck's sake.

Yup

Basically I hate the Gender Police and am so glad that I live in weirdo LA where anything goes and the only people who ever make snide comments about my kids and the way they do gender are their RELATIVES. (I don't usually complain about it here because getting mad about it makes it more annoying than just eyerolling it off.)

In other bigoted news, the Black Lives Matter sign at my mother's church was really badly vandalized the other night. In Harvard Square! The most liberal zip code anywhere. Sad. Thanks to the smart thinking of the building administrator, they had a backup on hand.

Boo, Jesse. Damn hateful people. My friend's UU church in DC has had their sign vandalized repeatedly. So dumb.

My copy of The Jewel and Her Lapidary is in, so I need to go pick that up. And then, you know, read it!

Timelies all!

The little guy is getting into everything. He's pulling himself up on things and crawling all over. I have to get up every other minute to keep him from pulling over the trash, or grabbing power cords. I actually uttered the phrase "Socks do not belong in the CD player" last night.

The glamour of parenthood, everyone.

This guy said something about "I csn't just decide to be a pony". I just posted that I did not know much about trans species, but he might be interested in the pony or furry communities.

"I csn't just decide to be a pony". I just posted that I did not know much about trans species, but he might be interested in the pony or furry communities.

That doesn't even get into otherkin. The dude just isn't willing to consider all his options.

I suspect the bronies can traumatize him into never offering unsolicited opinions about minority groups ever again.

There are a lot of people out there who order gluten-free because it's trendy, but as they're the ones making it economical to offer more options to those who actually suffer from Celiac disease I can't work up much disapproval. Let them pat themselves on the back for eating healthy and then reward themselves with a cupcake or glass of lager—it's not actually hurting anyone.

Cackling forever at your response, msbelle.

NPR spoke to the governor of NC this afternoon. I spent some quality drive time yelling "Fuck off and DIEEEEE!"