💫Alyx @alyx@witches.town

@fillertrack in an ideal world windows would completely avoid eye contact while booting

@Maenad lookin' at the author list 4 were livejournal friends and one who i didn't know kindly gave me really good voice tips

the community is so tiny sometimes

@Maenad Meanwhile, Elsewhere is a trans sci-fi anthology that came out recently. been wanting to read it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34750876-meanwhile-elsewhere

@srol *idly scratches at eyepatch*

years later when reminiscing about their past decade of work they blogged "we had a truly special team. ... [deadname] and i had a falling out, but i wish [wrong pronoun] the best."

eat all the shit ever you cistricking fuck

"hey medium-tier friend, uh, i wanted to tell you that i'm coming out as trans. like, i'll be living as a woman. not many people know at this point so PLEASE keep this to yourself. no #cistricks, okay?"

"yes, of course. what's a cistrick?"

i later found out they blabbed to various acquaintances. and then acted like they were the wronged party when i expressed displeasure. and next time our paths crossed at a tradeshow they avoided eye contact as they walked past and pretended i didn't exist

i fell prey to this classic cissism at least twice, the last time with my then-boss and HR. (do not trust HR to protect you or keep your confidence.)

@frostotron i'm sorry people's suckiness affected you. :/

@frostotron oof. i hope that never happened to me. maybe i'm too naive.

"you're going out of your way to be offended, 'dude' and 'guys' are gender-neutral"

and also "man" now, horrifyingly. "oh, i say 'man' to everyone!" reasonable response: "well, please eat shit. i say that to everyone, politely."

#cistricks, overlapping with linguistic sexism that erases women

@thindol "You don't look like a non-asshole either, but here I am treating you like one."

could use a little workshopping

@thindol yikes.

@thindol you have definitely seen a few #cistricks

@srol it's probably one of these
https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=0_0&q=crest+of+the+stars

@srol banner of the stars?

the eternal struggle of finishing the fucking article when you'd rather be looking at attractive furries

here, look for me
https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/carat/

the funny part is, they often think trans people are deceptive, but they're the ones pullin' basic verbal tricks to hide their true feelings about us