Go, Susan!

Yesterday I went to a robotics tournament, and it was so much fun! My nephew was in robotics all through high school and now he is mentoring a team, so I got to go cheer them on with my sister. The robots had to remove a bunch of big balls from a rack of tubes, accept wider tubes from a feeder chute, then manipulate the latter into the right angle and put them on the rack, over the narrower tubes. Then they had to grasp a dangly thing and raise themselves off the floor. It was surprisingly engaging, with balls and tubes flying everywhere and people cheering on their teams. My nephew’s team ended up in the top third, which is pretty good for a rebuilding year in a competitive region.

My personal favorites were one individual whose gender identity was "gender nonconforming" and gender expression was "genderfuck femme"

Awesome, Tep.

My agender child is in an improv class where their characters are usually gendered during scenes, or as we call it, "Assigned (Male or Female) At Bit"

Schumer has a "Why I Did It" (not the real title) article in the NYT today and part of me is compelled to read it to Be Informed And Shit and another, angrier part of me just wants him to grow a fucking spine.