Posts by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
(DIR) Post #9wL6plHDoYjZK6ODlA by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-06-22T06:06:55Z
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I found the same. Even with links my Tweeps posted to invite friends to their new Parler accounts. Apparently nobody knows how to share these "public" posts. None of them mention whether they have their own little themed section like Spinster, or is everyone in one giant mess with all the MAGA fans? @issdeinschnitzel @realcaseyrollins @alex @Locksmith
(DIR) Post #9yZE4A21IHLxb1rcky by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-08-28T02:14:51.911724Z
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I read deep into the Maya Forstater case, and found plenty of justification for saying #IStandWithMaya. When I saw #IStandWithSasha trending I assumed her situation had been similarly vetted, and didn’t dig for myself. It took awhile, but eventually one of the people I follow to keep track of cringeworthy news linked me to this tweet:https://twitter.com/shadipetosky/status/1298043711926878208NY Literary Assistant Agent Sasha White, who announced the job a few weeks ago, was fired for transphobia. Like many anti-trans folks, Sasha maintains that her firing was merely due to a feminist stance. This concerned me when a Radical Feminist DMed me — so I took a look…Yes, #Shadi is a trans activist, but she is also a notable writer and LGBT+ historian. And she’s collected a scary trove of evidence that #Sasha White does not deserve to be revered alongside #Maya. Her agency, Tobias Literary Agency, has leadership that is EXPLICITLY looking for diversity and has looked for LGBTQ and BIPOC voices in genre fiction. They recognize historic inequity. Why would Sasha choose to work there? Sasha’s main account was created in 2015 but her anti-trans anon account was created this year … A lot of her anon account (her real name/face went on in June — most of this was anon) is stanning JK.Shadi includes many examples of Sasha’s tweets… (Sorry, some are disgusting.)Here she is making trans people’s genitals the butt of jokes — complete with vomit emojis… There will be liars who say she was fired for saying “biology is real.” They will say she has mere feminist analysis. But she made an anon account explicitly to attack trans people and filled it with hyperbole, enjoyment of mocking trans folks, anti-trans posts to celebrities. She directly confronted individual trans people on Twitter, advocated for bathroom assault as defense, criticized the appearance of individual Black trans women, and @ replied authors and people in her industry. No job is going to be ok with that unless your job is transphobiaI get that Shadi is partisan, and criticizes GC feminism as a theory as well as Sasha’s expression of it. Perhaps Shadi calling out Sasha personally is verging on the tactics Sasha uses against individual trans people in her alt account. I’m sad it has come to this. But I can’t accept Sasha’s ugly personal harassment of trans people to be in any way equivalent to Maya’s simple statement of her own beliefs.
(DIR) Post #9yh5Jahh450OL6Jp4K by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-08-31T20:09:47.067965Z
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California’s AB-2218 “Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund” has now been passed by both houses. In a Sunday meeting that spent its first two hours collecting a sufficient majority to suspend the rules about committee meetings and amendments on the next-to-last day of the yearly session. It still does not appropriate any actual funding. Nobody in government has been able to answer my questions about how it could be funded. I suspect by some “line item” hidden in some “must pass” appropriation bill. (Does anyone here know?)So the governor is the only remaining hurdle. A low one I suspect. At least the language was somewhat improved in the last amendments. #AB2218
(DIR) Post #9yhlnB6qz4RDirsUVc by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-08-25T05:23:04.531611Z
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Looks like California’s #SB132, the “choose your way to a women’s prison” bill, got amended instead of passed today. It can now be overruled by Corrections officers, but it has a lot more fine print that might be manipulated. And it still blatantly co-opts #intersex in service of gender ideology. (Excerpts):(a) An individual incarcerated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who is transgender, nonbinary, or intersex, regardless of anatomy, shall:(3) Be housed at a correctional facility designated for men or women based on the individual’s preference, including, if eligible, at a residential program for individuals under the jurisdiction of the department. These programs include, but are not limited to, the Alternative Custody Program, Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program, Male Community Reentry Program, or Community Prisoner Mother Program.So there are other housing options now. But for the prisoner, not potential victims. (4) Have their perception of health and safety given serious consideration in any bed assignment, placement, or programming decision within the facility in which they are housed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) or subdivision (b), including, but not limited to, granting single-cell status, housing the individual with another incarcerated person of their choice, or removing the individual or individuals who pose a threat from any location where they may have access to the individual who has expressed a safety concern. If, pursuant to this paragraph, the individual is not granted an alternative based on their perception of health and safety, the department shall document the reasons for that denial and share them with the individual.Does that really say the prisoner can benefit from “removing the individual or individuals who pose a threat from any location where they may have access to the individual who has expressed a safety concern”? But not provide any way for potential victims to ask for the prisoner to be removed? (b) If the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has management or security concerns with an incarcerated individual’s search preference pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or preferred housing placement pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the secretary’s designee, shall, before denying a search preference or housing the incarcerated individual in a manner contrary to the person’s preferred housing placement, certify in writing a specific and articulable basis why the department is unable to accommodate that search or housing preference.Well, that pretty clearly allows “the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation” to deny a particular prisoner’s choice, so I guess the amendments improved the bill! And the really good news is the amendments restart a long process that probably can’t be completed in this session. We have a lot more time to light up the insanity of this bill! Thanks, @feministstruggle
(DIR) Post #9yhlnBu81rqyBgvqJU by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-09-01T05:01:06.111479Z
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I guessed wrong. They managed to pass CA #SB132 back through the Senate today - last day of the session. The governor could still block it, but I suspect he won’t. I do sympathize with anyone who fears being locked up with stereotypical men. And at least the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation now has the right to deny exploiters of the new policy. They need to be watched… https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Transgender-women-could-avoid-men-s-prison-15528275.php@feministstruggle
(DIR) Post #9yrlmxlMmGjdzkbdOy by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-09-06T01:04:46.700830Z
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@mk I’m finding a bunch of my old notes with now obsolete links to my posts from before the new version changed their URLs. Is there some way to lookup the new replacement for an old URL? If not, I’m extra thankful the new search is much better at finding old posts!
(DIR) Post #9yv77x5j9Op4VMrKDo by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-09-07T15:45:38.437691Z
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@Chronic-Yonic That "gender is a heterosexual concept" may be a breakthrough insight. I'll be giving that a lot more thought...
(DIR) Post #9z6EK2qJFH48KHxs1o by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-09-12T23:56:43.510023Z
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Twitter philosophy… Yes, it was posted by a man, and his probable meaning is obvious. But is there a non-sexist depth to it? I’ve been deeply attracted to beautiful minds, creators of beautiful art or performance, beautiful spirits regardless of physical appearance. And even stereotypical physical beauty has power. Maybe the problem is just prioritizing it over less ephemeral beauty?
(DIR) Post #9z6Gcn825tl304JzLE by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-09-13T00:05:23.132557Z
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The one taken down from Edinburgh Station actually had no complaints. But 158 complaints about the removal! @hearthmoon @AnneBevan
(DIR) Post #9zOTneP5faBGpleTa4 by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-09-21T05:27:09.266411Z
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I found some time to dig into iPhone apps for Spinster. I used Tootle for ages, but about the time of the Soapbox update it began acting very flaky, and now it crashes back to the home screen every time I tap Notifications. Tried deleting and reloading it, it now can’t connect to Spinster at all. I tried Tootoise, and it connected, but dropped a “Request Failed” warning the first time I asked for Notifications. Now it just shows the empty page. Must be something incompatible with conventional Mastodon. Fedi explicitly supports Pleroma, and grabs notifications properly - but it only shows the person involved, not the content. Settings does show full notification choices with background refresh. And it does have DMs, chat, and emoji, but no dark mode even in iOS 13 - way too much open white space for me! Mercury finds the Notifications and shows the full text - usually… There is a big “Done” at the top that takes you out to a confusing authorization page, and sometimes “Back to Spinster” doesn’t work. Much of the interface is very familiar, in fact I suspect they are just showing Safari’s view of the Spinster web site. No push notification setup… Unless someone has other suggestions, it looks like the new Spinster web site is the best iPhone interface. Except I’m not getting push notifications… @mk
(DIR) Post #9zQi6l96c7gEvA6Jeq by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-09-22T21:41:43.456707Z
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Twitter wit…
(DIR) Post #9zkFc8BADlzdTl2gWO by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-02T02:37:42.832131Z
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LegiScan is a good support source here:https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A05257/2019https://legiscan.com/NY/text/A05257/id/1901765One section specifies:“and has a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, as set forth in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”The rest say:“an inmate who has a birth certificate, passport or driver’s license that reflects his or her gender identity or who can meet established standards for obtaining such a document” Messy. Needs serious clarification. Or elimination! How about the presumption is genetic sex and the exceptions happen by an appeal process? Like California’s new law, “placement may be overcome by a demonstration by the chief administrative officer, or the chief administrative officer’s designee, that the placement would present significant safety, management or security problems.”Except this seems to rely on a single official instead of CA’s committee. Too soon to know how that will be implemented… Such an appropriate user handle to have here: @FUCKTHIS
(DIR) Post #9zkFc8aKiC7sjoomki by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-02T06:29:25.495232Z
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A few differences between this Senate bill and the Assembly version…“or who self-identifies as transgender or gender nonconforming”Not even a need to be qualified for an ID change. “unless the person opts out of such placement”I guess that was implied in the other bill, but good to have an explicit pre-escape for FtM inmates. “determination in writing by the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee that there is clear and convincing evidence that such person presents a current danger of committing gender-based violence against others”That’s going to be much harder to prove. Scary! “incarcerated person experiencing harassment, violence or threats of violence due to his or her gender identity … must be housed in a least-restrictive setting where he or she will be safe from such behavior.”Now if we could just guarantee the same safety to potential victims of Self-ID prisoners… I guess solitary confinement is “cruel and unusual” so we can’t just isolate the threats. “Determination of evidence of threat of violence” is our only hope - it certainly needs to be defined much more clearly! @FUCKTHIS @feministstruggle
(DIR) Post #9zlsiSuk8FA8tbKhlY by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-03T02:34:37.151546Z
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The Four Horsemen of the Gender-Critical Apocalypse - https://uncommongroundmedia.com/the-four-horsemen-of-the-gender-critical-apocalypse/ - is the strongest analysis of the “rational tran” phenomenon I’ve seen. Obviously Joey Brite is deeply familiar with this segment of social media. And it is hard to fault anything she concludes about them. But where does that leave me? She says: Having personal experience living as a gender non-conforming lesbian for over fifty years myself, and as someone who was on the psychological tract over 30 years ago to undergo what I thought would be a ‘sex change’, I know it’s risky but feel the time is right to call this critical moment out for what it is. We’ve all been groomed and we need to recognize that. We should instead be celebrating those rare women unafraid to demonstrate the range of expression and presentation of what it can mean to be a woman. The very authentic tension that only non-conforming lesbian women carry creates a confidence that needs no medical intervention to prove anything, and to medicalize this is to surrender to the danger of gender once again. I’m in no position to ‘splain lesbianism. It seems to provide a home for Joey’s thought. But I know I’ve never been homosexual. Not that I didn’t try, in 1970s San Francisco - it just never worked. I know I’ll always be male, no matter what interventions I try. But relating to other males in the “man club” never worked any better than pretending to be gay. So my option for honesty with myself and people around me seems to be somewhere dangerously close to the “horsemen” spectrum. I’ve adopted some “feminine” stereotypes, but casual versions that make me comfortable and my presentation less jarring to others. I’m not chasing some unattainable performative mastery. Yes, “We should be celebrating those rare unafraid to demonstrate the range of expression and presentation of what it can mean to be a “. But I don’t see public examples of that outside the “horsemen” spectrum. And I’m not comfortable with any of those identities. So I guess I continue to be “just me”, a male with a feminine identity but a compulsion toward honesty. I so wish we could just turn down all the stereotypes and let kids and adults be whomever they feel! And earn acceptance one-on-one instead of making categorical demands. @TheHistoryMachine
(DIR) Post #9zlw5hjzTNtJP14nbs by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-03T03:20:20.102350Z
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… Yes, “We should be celebrating those rare men unafraid to demonstrate the range of expression and presentation of what it can mean to be a _man_“. (Don’t paste left/right angle brackets into markdown posts!) 🤦
(DIR) Post #9zlw5i0eTRDcEgs6a0 by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-03T03:25:11.723998Z
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OK, why did men (surrounded by underscores) get italics, but man equally formatted did not? Wonder if it is repeatable… @mk
(DIR) Post #A1Y3qBRsoSOcDM9fI8 by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-11-25T05:47:34.089321Z
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A strategy against “wokeness”? Or at least a name for being reasonable in social interactions… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/style/loretta-ross-smith-college-cancel-culture.html(Typical NYT paywall - sorry)What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?Jessica BennettNov. 19, 2020Loretta J. Ross, a visiting professor at Smith College, is challenging them to identify the characteristics, and limits, of call-out culture: the act of publicly shaming another person for behavior deemed unacceptable.A radical Black feminist who has been doing human rights work for four decades, she was one of the signatories of a widely denounced letter in Harper’s Magazine, for which she herself was called out. “There’s such an irony for being called out for calling out the calling-out culture,” she said. “It really was amusing.”The antidote to that outrage cycle, Professor Ross believes, is “calling in.” Calling in is like calling out, but done privately and with respect. “It’s a call out done with love,” she said. That may mean simply sending someone a private message, or even ringing them on the telephone (!) to discuss the matter, or simply taking a breath before commenting, screen-shotting, or demanding one “do better” without explaining how.Calling out assumes the worst. Calling in involves conversation, compassion and context. It doesn’t mean a person should ignore harm, slight or damage, but nor should she, he, or they exaggerate it. “Every time somebody disagrees with me it’s not ‘verbal violence.’” Professor Ross said. “I’m not getting ‘re-raped.’ Overstatement of harm is not helpful when you’re trying to create a culture of compassion.”There was call-out culture when Professor Ross was young. “We called it ‘trashing,’” she said, referring to a term used by Jo Freeman, in an essay in Ms., to describe infighting within the women’s movement.During quarantine this summer, she began offering an online course called Calling In the Calling Out Culture, and is working on a book of the same name.“‘We’re on Indian land,’ ‘we’ve got trans students,’ ‘we’ve got buildings named after slave owners.’” The hardest part, she said, is “to convince them is that they aren’t each other’s enemies.”“You can’t be responsible for someone else’s inability to grow,” Professor Ross said. “So take comfort in the fact that you offered a new perspective of information and you did so with love and respect, and then you walk away.“We have a saying in the movement: Some people you can work with and some people you can work around. But the thing that I want to emphasize is that the calling-in practice means you always keep a seat at the table for them if they come back.”#lorettajross #cancelculture #callingin
(DIR) Post #A43IDDyVqxCKtoXrnM by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-03T00:57:55.212696Z
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Nice summary of the (UK) trans prisoner thing. And there is real data to back it up:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/one-50-prisoners-identify-transsexual-first-figures-show-amid
(DIR) Post #A9dbmsQLg2WfLpkZ4S by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2021-07-25T05:24:04.552711Z
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@BitterFleabane @Fullycaffeinated @AnneBevan I have induction indoors. Never needs more than a sponge wipe, never smells of funky burnt-on residue, incredibly fast, power efficient. But of course you need iron or layered cookware... My only complaint is the steps in the heat setting or temperature setting are too large - always a bit too hot or too cool. (But you have that problem with any electric.) If they were infinite dials it would be perfect. But then if I'm _seriously_ cooking, I use the ancient commercial Wedgewood gas range out in the "summer kitchen". Huge oven, six big burners, indestructible, spills fall in the easy to dump drain pan, and infinite heat control! (But no way I'd want that much gas indoors...)
(DIR) Post #ACtjczHeQmBtzFVhqa by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2021-10-30T18:01:35.354728Z
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Chinese creativity:https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/10/28/china-says-it-defends-womens-rights-so-why-attack-feminists(Paywalled - Sorry)