The Leewit @ghost_bird@witches.town

@MariBari Actually, now I re-read it I see they talk about Japanophilia and (implicitly) white supremacy, too. Which is pretty good for something written in 2012.

@MariBari Do you know “Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity”? It’s probably the most comprehensive take on the whole “geeks are a minority” thing.
https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc54.2012/SolesKunyoGeedom/

@snoothy (I have trouble calibrating praise, so to put it another way.. You’re good at writing and you should consider sharing what you write more often.)

@snoothy That’s pretty successful. Sweet story, and the writing is good.

@ethanandco Congratulations!

@hollyamory I can’t think of any British accents that would put a long “a” in avocado, but there are so many to choose from. I’m pretty sure “arvo” is Australian, though.

@naidje Hang in there

@kara Those are pretty compelling reasons, tbh.

@kara I’m pretty interested in Gender Takes if you ever feel like it.

@imani I’m pretty sure you didn’t just wake up this morning and think “hormones sound fun”, so...

@imani Seriously.
I’ve reported them for what good it may do - they seem pretty spammy so maybe someone will take notice.

And yay hormones! You can do this.

@Murkrow Thanks. It also means I don’t have to feel guilty for not joining the picket line today.

Starting to get over this cold, but a ten minute walk to the Turkish supermarket and back was still enough to wipe me out.

@guerrillarain @Maenad (I remember looking round the shops in the otaku district of Osaka years ago and being struck by how much the imagery everywhere spoke to a fear of women.)

@Maenad @guerrillarain ...and that’s another way to gatekeep while feeding the fantasies of rejected outsider-dom. Hence all the “2D waifus are better” memes.

@guerrillarain They’d rather hold on to their fantasies of rejection than admit they’re the problem and do the work.

If my sinuses would unblock and my head would stop hurting, that would be lovely. Failing that, it would be nice if I could just sleep through this bit of the cold and wake up when it’s going.