Laughing at the idea publishers put out books they expect to make a loss on our of the goodness of their hearts.

The trans women I know who had a publisher (Unbound) got fucked over big time by it. I don't really see the point in them these days.

Teaching is always an option. Transcription (summarising) and most low level copywriting has now been killed by AI though.

There's a great butch/femme couple in Counterpart. That's the only one that comes to mind

Hey :(

I made the mistake once and it ruined my whole day, never again :p

If they are labour MPs or British columnists, though, yelling at them does help me

There's a terrifying amount who enthusiastically support this but also... same in the UK, so, I am deeply aware of what it feels like to live in a country where 1/3rd+ of the population have been convinced to hate anything good in life.

His anti trans and pro genocide rhetoric goes back WAY beyond the start of this year

I mean Starmer does these things because he wants to do them, going back to his early career providing the groundwork for the deployment of rubber bullets and water cannon in northern ireland

(to be clear, I also care because I have empathy for Americans but jesus christ)

Spite is, unironically, one of the best motivations to create.

I remember Shadowrun 3rd edition let you solve this problem by coating the blade in liquid diamond 😎