🌈Raven is Writing Queer Mythpunk👩🏼🎤
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Raven J. Demers: Mama. Writer. Anthropologist. God of small pleasures. 🏳️🌈♿️ 💛 queer | pan | genderfluid ☿ 💚@niwa_writers (Banner art by @sarahinhes)
In a forest near Seattle
Joined December 2010
What you're in for:.1. SF/F posts.2. Politics.3. Cat pics.4. Kids' quotes.5. Snark. To illustrators:.Love your art. Want to marry it. Hope to one day hire you. Works:. Latest: The Corvid and the Calico
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@_TallieRose Really sounds like their idea of the LBGTQ+ community is: Lesbian Gay Biphobia Transphobia Queerphobia.
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@nytimesbooks Mary Shelley would like to have several words with you, broken up by an abundance of em dashes.
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@ask_aubry Can we find a doctor willing to offer free vasectomies to every one of those commenters? Because none of them should be getting women pregnant if that's their attitude.
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@AFeralDavid @kittynouveau This girl is to going to go low/no contact with her mom soon, and likely not even invite her to the wedding.
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@Jem758 @THoedinson @getBiglikeBev @maxine_shaww Don’t forget the back cramps that are Back Labor Lite.
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@TrinerScot @meakoopa @alexvtunzelmann Apparently. I don't think they know much about the diversity among athletic bodies.
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@DoctorAjayita A strong sense of self-preservation, as well as a basic understanding of the functions of gravity and the force of objects in motion.
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@EAWwrites So you're not a writer, you just used AI to blend the works of others and churn out mediocre stories. You're not an indie writer if you don't actually write anything.
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@puddingnbiscuit @LockpixNLipstix @wahweepop Unacceptable. My mother used to bleed heavily for weeks at a time. The ER doc told her not to feel ashamed for coming in because “someone bleeding for weeks from any other source would be a cause for alarm. This is serious, and I’m glad you came in.”.
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@jeanho Racist, ableist, and classist!. If they’re this controlling over Zoom, I’d hate to see how these teachers behave when not in hearing/visual range of parents. We don’t wear street shoes in our house and I don’t make my son wear his dance shoes during Zoom dance classes.
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@ingloriousgigi If I were teaching Shakespeare, I'd start with watching a good performance of the play we're studying. They're meant to be seen and heard!.
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@interesting_aIl This is inaccurate from a bio standpoint. Within the sexes, there is huge variation of pelvis sizes, and attempts to classify sex by pelvis are not 100%. Also, during pregnancy, pelvises generally change to accommodate birth, but some remain too narrow, thus c-sections.
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@FredTJoseph Thank you for sharing this story. I've had 5 miscarriages; it's so hard, and too often people think abortion care is separate from miscarriage care. It's all tied together. I wish you and Porsche the time and space you need to grieve and one day become parents as you so desire.
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@farahbakaari This is so beautiful from your dress to the painting to the story of community. 💛💚💛.
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@TrinerScot @meakoopa @alexvtunzelmann Anyone wanting to draw Batman's physique, would do better to look at male gymnasts' bodies or acrobats. A lot of what Bruce studied to become Batman was gymnastics, acrobatics, martial arts, and stage magic. None of that requires bulk.
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@imteddybless He smoked two packs a day, kept a coffee maker by his bed, overhead light was a red bulb, and he was fastidious about grooming and housekeeping of a run down apartment. He whistled the theme from “Peter and the Wolf” and watched WWE. He was the most cunning of linguists.
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@oka_vivian @RendalSune @mcgee_mauve @lovettejallow I can't imagine not feeding a child left in my care. Even when we are on food stamps; no kid goes hungry.
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@KitKatK4ty @l4urrr_ As someone who had a lot of 20-somethings interested in me (and dating me) in my mid-teens, let me tell you, there’s something very wrong with them thinking it’s ok to date a 16yo. You might feel sexy and powerful for it, but when you’re older, you’ll realize how sick they are.
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@daynamcalpine_ @GMLmusic Sheesh. If I thought someone had said necrophilia during a date, I’d make sure to first clarify if I heard them correctly.
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@ask_aubry Hm. Let's see:. •Spent $10K on child 1, knows 1's interests, helped 1 select and buy gift. •Spent $300 on a gift for child 2, shows no concept of 2's interests. Difference? Gender. •Volunteers use of his *wife's* car to appease 2. But he's not sexist. Right.
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@jkh1710 @AnnaWolcott @FFigureFBust Our medical journals also say that Black women have a higher pain tolerance than white women, and thus, don’t require as much pain management. This scientific inaccuracy is a form of racism that’s lingered since slavery, and it’s at its most insidious in ob/gyn practices.
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@Nantanreikan @Ntombi I gave my kids this book (10+), It's So Amazing (for 7+), and A Kid's First Book About Sex (5+) as part of on-going conversations about sex and consent. Highly recommended.
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@BadMedicalTakes Account suspended, and I think I have an idea why (related to the fact that he calls children "women").
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@TyWebbBeTheBall @heyitsSandraDee @RealDealerMike @hpeZageM @jaimetoons How is using sidewalk chalk on one’s property “weird” behavior?.
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@kittynouveau If she’s been planning this for months? Then she’s had time to come to terms with finding other gifts for Christmas. I had to cancel 3 major parties—one of which I’d been planning for TWO YEARS. I was disappointed, but when shelter-in-place was announced, I made new plans.
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@hamishsteele I don't know what legal standing they might have, but a class action suit by creators whose works were wasted for tax write offs ought to be a thing. If HBO doesn't want to air it, rights should go back to creators to distribute it as they are able.
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@DeniseWilson64 @patriottakes Don't insult neanderthals like this. They made art, had coherent language, and contributed to the human race.
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@DisneyPlus Hey Disney intern, are you ok? Do you need us to call someone? Sing "drip" three times fast, and we'll send a rescue team.
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@theashleyray Hey @SixFlagsOverTX; are you aware that someone tested positive for COVID-19 and knowingly came to your amusement park in the last seven days?.
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Hey dudes,. Don't hit on people working in service positions, especially ones serving you. And *especially* any person to whom you just stated they sound/look like they're 15. It's creepy and gross and stop it. Ew. —PSA from the ad council of Just Stop Already.
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@ask_aubry She doesn't just need to dump him; he needs to be in prison. He's literally poisoning her to get a skinnier girlfriend.
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@Sewerin7 @drborishabit Tell them it’s double for family. If they really loved you, they’d pay full price and a 100% tip.
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@EDDIELlVES @strwbrrydrop Similar vibe to "not all men" and "all lives matter," and sometimes said by the same people who use both.
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@ellle_em With those symptoms, depending on how far along she is, I’d be calling an ambulance for my wife! Sounds like something is really wrong; she may be having a miscarriage or had a “missed” miscarriage and could go into sepsis.
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@MantaComics This is a fantastic comic being misrepresented by terrible advertising. A woman with a severe speech impediment and abusive childhood has been told she’s worthless all her life is married to a man who truly loves her, and it takes him time to convince her she’s worthwhile.
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@InsiderFood That’s one way to rip off the 1%. Trick them into eating $10 wings with tasteless (both meanings) $30 gold sauce and make a $960 profit.
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@thisismewhatevs Remember when there were non-smoking & smoking sections of airplanes, and each plane had a little cigarette sign that would tell you when you needed to put it out?. As a kid who'd get very sick around cigarette smoke, I recall every last ridiculous accommodation made for smokers.
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@RosieeThor @BayAlden Recasting dark-skinned characters with lighter-skinned actors when their roles became bigger. The most noticeable of these was Lavender Brown.
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@akmonday @theegoddess1212 @_ItsNicci @_AyeshaA @Phil_Lewis_ Probably defense will claim he's a "troubled young man" . at 28.
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@surtaylor @faineg @sarahhartshorne My guess is he only ascribed that age limitation to women, like many incels often do.
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@nocturnalxlight @grumpyshrubbery I've always told my kids (we're all ADHD/autistic), "Life isn't fair and this world can be cruel, which is why we need to do what we can to make it a little better for each other." They get it because the first part alone is glib and unhelpful on its own.
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@_harjitsingh I can immediately recall dozens upon dozens of shows in my 43 years of life that include *at least* one smart blonde woman or girl rep. The author himself said he approves the casting! That she's right for her character! What more do they need?!.
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@clairewillett Indeed, you are correct. On a related note, Burton’s work would never have been as successful or appealing without Danny Elfman’s music, and there’d be no Nightmare Before Christmas, which seems to be almost entirely driven by Elfman from voice to music to certain plot points.
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@showupforthis CW: talk of sex. After dinner filled with engaging conversation at a restaurant near my house, we got into his car (he didn’t think it safe for me to walk there late at night). “I’ll allow you to give me head, but no kissing.”. I walked the eight blocks home. Blocked his number.
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@ReedGentry0911 @prageru What kind of logic is “if an adult can’t have statutory rape with a child, then an even younger child can’t announce the gender they feel they are?” How do those two have anything to do with one another?.
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@WaltzForEz @BadMedicalTakes Insulin is a medicine required by many people to live. Its inventor sold the patent for $1 to make it cheaply available for all people. Drug cos have been price gouging diabetic customers (100s of $$/vial) leading to many deaths. Free meds for poor ppl keeps them from dying.
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@CastleMacSteven @LockeDrachen Me: *buying 6yo son his first set of proper, green dice*. My partner: But we already have a lot of dice. Me: *glaring while grabbing fistfuls of loose, green dice and adding them to the order* These are for our SON.
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@goplonewolf @yourcloutsensei @YS @RichardDawkins And Jewish girls were wed at the age of twelve 2,000 years ago, so in the Christian Bible Mary/Miriam was a child. What’s your point? You think myths are a good basis for discussing modern ills or the crimes of living clergy?.
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@sebdoesart @forexposure_txt Seriously. "I can't get free art, so I'm gonna diiiiiieee and my boyfriend is gonna leeeeaaaave meeeeee." . I'm going to chalk it up to teenager behavior and hope they grow from this when their brain is done cooking.
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@Karnythia Notice how "she seemed nice and we had a bunch in common" is something you say before describing a date that went south. Also, half of his excuse was how stressful his wife's pregnancy was for *him*. He regrets getting her pregnant, and likely taking his stress out on her, too.
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@Nikkimac187 @DFB1959 @DrJenGunter Having a failed miscarriage at 17 weeks and waiting a week to see if my body would naturally abort, I asked the OB who later performed my D&E if I could at least hold her first before disposal and was told the body jellifies. So yeah, jellified fetus in amniotic sac = blob.
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@cobywb @spekulation They thought they’d make an example out of these protesters, but it only adds fuel to the fire. Responding to injustice with further injustice only escalates matters. Maybe SPD—like other parts of the country—are hoping for an excuse to install martial law ahead of the election.
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@paulisci While I expected the mix of amusing and despairing predictions, I did not expect how many of these were on the nose (U.S. population, pulp and cement use, faster Atlantic flights, etc.).
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@yoshisquared CW: oversharing about menses. I’ve dropped 2T. between just the bed and the bathroom. I’ve had clots the size of my palm and bled through 3 overnight pads in an hour. Even after better regulating my cycle thanks to a doc who listened, mine are still heavier than most 2 days/mo.
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@hankgreen That's accountability, and I respect it. I unpublished a book in a similar situation—enjoyed by my readers, no kerfuffle—I realized it wasn't my story to tell. When we grow, we change our behavior to suit, and sometimes that means removing our own work from the world.
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@BadMedicalTakes Hematospermia is something to see your urologist about, it doesn't mean your semen is magic.
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@ashwllliams CW // CSA. Ok, but I'm pretty proud of 14 year old me for telling my mom that I was being raped and rented out by my step-dad. I did a lot of foolish shit after, but I rediscovered my voice that year.
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@glowInthed0rk @gapingmaws Except Slytherins aren’t inherently evil? Their primary drives tend to be cunning and prioritizing power, but most of the children’s behavior is learned from parents who were in the last war. It’s political. There have been evil wizards from all four houses.
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@WSJ That’s some serious tripe. People aren’t missing their commutes. My partner’s waking at a reasonable hour, stretching, working when he’s most focused, then playing in the park with our kids and taking a hot bath after . all because he doesn’t need to commute 2-3 hours/day.
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@LaurenJShields @AGeekwithaHat I primarily think of them when they either get in the way or become uncomfortable. Much of the time, they’re just more flesh on this shambling corpse I drag through the house.
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@yungpastel Yeah, that mom ruined her own reveal party. First, she tries to force her kid into doing something scary, continues to coerce her when her kid says no, refuses to accept that the kid doesn't want to be involved, and then slaps her before letting go of the balloon.
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@Chad_WestReal @redsteeze Men aren't sucking each other off at the parades. Don't confuse the parade in public with the adults-only late night after parties you've enjoyed.
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@naomipieX @PortiaNoir Yes, this, just to make her aware, and if the child still says, "I'm going to be a boy," then you ask what the wedding was like in the dream.
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@cyberomin This is creepy, unprofessional behavior, and it smacks of a complete lack of awareness of how to approach candidates or the use of various forms of media. Contacting a woman on an anonymous app and *knowing her name* without a proper introduction smacks of a stalker come calling.
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@ketzal I’d take a small family. Why keep the kids separated from their parents?. And since the government is paying $775/person/day, I’ll drive them to their legal and medical appts, buy them what they want to eat and wear, and help them with ESL lessons, which I’m qualified to teach.
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@TyWebbBeTheBall @AtkristenS @heyitsSandraDee @RealDealerMike @hpeZageM @jaimetoons It’s almost as though it isn’t hurting anyone, and thus, none of my business.
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@IWriteAllDay_ @nicoleamaria @AshleyKSmalls @FFigureFBust We can at least start with, “Please put in my chart that you refused to [run these tests, provide me with necessary treatment, etc.].”. Can also add, “. unless I meet your vague demands I lose weight, without scientifically proven reason, program, or target.”.
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@DawnA2768 @SparklyB @MissPotkin @MooseAllain Abusing her now so you get the short-term results you want and damn the long-term consequences. Gods, what a parent you are. Rather than behave like an adult and teach her life skills/communicate effectively, you lose all self-control and treat your kid as less than human.
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@plsleaveamsg @invisibleinkie Absolutely right. When I hear it, my first response is, “Oh good, so you’re teaching them how to cook meals, wash laundry, and make doctor appointments?”. No, no that’s never what they mean.
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@ask_aubry I think I can spot his problem. Once they've "past school," they're not girls anymore. They're women. Might also not help that he doesn't see women as human except in terms of the species' population.
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@steveshanyaski I’ve only seen one film three or more times on its first run: . Amadeus. Six times in U.S.; once in Monaco. I was 6 years old. My bored parents took turns taking me to see it. An aside: I’ve seen Rocky Horror Picture Show 10+ times across five different theaters ages 6 to 33.
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@theyspants @AITA_reddit And there’s a good chance he goes to a private/prep school. I went to several as a kid (we moved a lot), and this smacks of the attitude of so many of my former classmates. Wealthy white boys who think being mediocre people with a high priced education means they deserve it all.
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@cthulhu8books @AITA_reddit And the cost of surgery to amputate her breast when it turns septic will likely cost a whole lot more than even sterile saline solution does (assuming she’s in the U.S.).
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@EnnisRookBashe @TheUnshored Transcript, as written on dispenser:. "LET IT BE KNOWN THAT SOMEONE FOUND IT RIGHT TO STEAL THE BRASS SPOUT FROM THIS CERAMIC WATER DISPENSER HEREWITH. IT WAS THE COMBINATION OF THE VESSEL AD SPOUT, WHICH GAVE THIS PIECE ITS VALUE. YOU MADE IT VALUELESS." 1/n.
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@oldenoughtosay I occasionally grow single strands of super fine white hairs that get ridiculously long ridiculously fast that remind me of the fur of a long-haired cat. If I pluck one, it doesn't grow back, but a few weeks later a new one will grow somewhere else. Wispy fairy hairs.
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@quinoa_biryani @AlixEHarrow @usmantm I’m in the former. This whole thread is adorable and I love everyone in the latter group for their innocence.
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@branewurms @WSJ I’m guessing this was written by someone who is chauffered everywhere and can sit back and relax with a good book in the backseat.
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@KikiDoodleTweet Incredibly self-defeating. After ECCC this year, I went through a thick stack of cards. I followed every Twitter/FB account, signed up for newsletters, and bookmarked websites. That’s the point of the cards in the first place! Post-con followers/ long-term sales!.
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