This has been the case for a few months now. At least since late September.

is one seat really worth spending all this energy?

how do they know their new map wouldn't inadvertently create another blue district by diluting the solid red majorities around the bluest part of the state?

our substance use makes much more sense now that I remember the context

pearl is kinda pissed at me for insisting i was ready to go back there

fuck it we're using the men's room

purple purse & floral pants & all

feels less dangerous than getting in the way of a cis woman cleaning the women's room, given our stubble + chest binder + packer

as a disabled genderqueer in fucking Indiana. we can't risk drawing attention to ourselves in the "wrong" bathroom (there is no "right" bathroom)

but there aren't public rest stops on state routes so fast food restaurants are our best option

they returned 10min later & expected us to have called the number listed to check in for a sleep study

we're too autistic for this

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🧪That's some of the trauma I hold. Somewhere. I was a kid. I forgot a lot of it. But sometimes phrases like that come up and I remember.

It's one of the phrases Dad would use. Usually just as a threat. To scare me and my brother back in line.

In case you weren't aware of the research -- www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03...