Posts by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
 (DIR) Post #AVBnmaqamVLDWoyx4S by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-04-30T20:37:43.785945Z
       
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       @Piss_Ant @Tony Bear with me but have you tried meowing back?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVBnr935YwtelEzuhU by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-04-30T20:43:58.372446Z
       
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       @AnungIkwe @TriptychTwins-partdeux They’re not actual shoes, they’re fucking canoes!
       
 (DIR) Post #AVCWKWg7BSluQZ4WoK by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-01T05:10:35.479214Z
       
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       @Piss_Ant @Tony Talk back to him! He probably thinks you’re a moron kitten who just stares at him and can’t understand anything. Do you do slow blinks at him? Let him sniff your closed fist and then slowly move it toward his cheek so he can scent mark you? Purr at him? Head bump him?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVG1femNwIJLgfRNE8 by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-02T21:35:10.430428Z
       
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       @AnungIkwe “She called me a man so got in her face said Shut the fuck up with my big booming man voice. I’m so ladylike la la la”
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHAtMtALXSH04BX9c by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-03T11:07:52.029036Z
       
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       @Flick Delete your memes, sisters. If you like I can give some examples of wrong think which they don’t want you to have.Here’s one:
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHAuljFTeDSKVDLH6 by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-03T11:09:01.265442Z
       
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       @Flick And these too, they’d definitely be hate crimes. Tut tut.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHAunETt0nEzepnay by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-03T11:10:18.436560Z
       
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       @Flick 
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHGhpMzEE6DaA0uJc by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-03T11:23:22.432687Z
       
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       @HebrideanHecate @Flick We haven’t circulated some of these for ages!
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHqIeL0hjLoTgNnWq by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-03T18:51:39.086325Z
       
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 (DIR) Post #AVIL2Utf8SrV8tMwXQ by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-04T00:18:42.947991Z
       
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       @AnungIkwe “Don’t mind me, just peeling my balls off my leg!”
       
 (DIR) Post #AVIxcXubCQ2FB1QJfc by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-04T06:18:37.275335Z
       
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       @TheWitchBitch She’s using he so that’s probably a daughter.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLj6xd9E97dn5BYky by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-05T15:39:59.013628Z
       
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       @Tiggy Eww she looks like a big spider! Do people keep slapping her with newspaper?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLvYJUXFsPurOxxy4 by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-05T17:46:08.127913Z
       
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       @Piss_Ant Does he still think you’re a bit slow?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVgV2BhaeCz9VqXaxE by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-15T16:20:52.038838Z
       
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       @tangleofsnakes I fucking love ducks 🦆
       
 (DIR) Post #AVgV32h3cv3DrXhPyy by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-15T16:23:13.081153Z
       
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       @ninafromcanadaeh @tangleofsnakes If I was a duck, I would flap my wings in your face and say QUACK QUACKQUACKQUAAACKKK
       
 (DIR) Post #AVmH5GwFXnLxX4qqcy by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-18T04:58:03.246519Z
       
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       https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/liberal-mother-daughter-came-out-trans/What happened when my daughter said she was transOne mother describes how her young daughter’s gender decisions are a wake-up call for families“If you can’t accept me, you will lose me forever.” My undeniably female child came out at the age of 12, during lockdown, in a letter to me and her father, first as “nonbinary” and later as a “transboy”. For clarity, I shall call her “she” and “Jo” here throughout, but she demanded a new name and pronouns and immediate acceptance on threat of withdrawing all communication and love.  I felt my world shatter.  You’d be forgiven for thinking that I’d be happy to have a trans child – I am an openly bisexual, atheist, Left-wing arty-type with bright blue hair. I should be waving the Progress Pride flag. I certainly supported trans rights and considered myself an ally to a vulnerable group who, based on what I had read in the media, had always felt deeply unhappy with their bodies. Like any parent, I’d give anything to help my child be happy, confident and thriving.  But my husband and I quickly found that while our natural inclination to be open-minded and empathetic was well-received, our impulse to ask questions and receive satisfactory answers was not welcome among the agencies who position themselves as experts on this topic.At the time, questions had begun to be asked about the NHS’s Tavistock clinic and how, as a country, we were managing the sudden uptick in children reporting gender dysphoria. This week, a poll published by the Civitas think tank showed one in ten 16 to 18-year-olds in England say they want to change gender, or have already done so. The authors warned sex education policies in schools could exploit vulnerable children – almost a third of the teenagers surveyed had been taught that a woman could have a penis.Alarmingly, almost all of Jo’s friends adopted a trans identity around the same time, strongly suggesting to us that social contagion was an issue. Her letter to us, in November 2020, was in her hand but the words didn’t sound like her own, and I feared she was repeating narratives she had seen on TikTok. Such a cruel ultimatum was so out of character for her; just a few months before she had excitedly and unabashedly told us that the girl she had a crush on was rumoured to be crushing on her too (she was, we took them bowling, it was adorable). We wondered what had led to these feelings of dysphoria when she had never shown any discomfort with her sex or body.Our daughter is now confirmed autistic, has poor mental health, and suffered bullying for her same-sex attraction. These are all things I learnt are common features in teenage girls who experience rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD), It seems far more likely Jo’s trans identity was a coping mechanism for a difficult period than that my child had somehow been “born in the wrong body”.We tread on eggshells around Jo, who soon will be old enough to make her own decisions. I wish we could simply sit her down and explain we were wrong, we should never have affirmed her adopted identity, that these feelings of wrongness are common to adolescence and will likely pass. But I know such a direct approach would only drive her further away. Instead, we talk around the issue, by discussing the harms of porn, beauty standards and celebrating the amazing abilities of women.  There are signs it’s working; I hear my words repeated to her friends and while she still calls herself a boy, she’s no longer unwilling to include herself when discussing sex-based issues. Skirts have reappeared where once they were shunned and she no longer becomes hostile when “misgendered”. She seems happier and more confident. I have hope that Jo may yet come to accept herself as the incredible young woman I know her to be.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWDbJcVkdlxietjVGS by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-05-31T11:52:16.754308Z
       
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       @EatKnitSleepAgain @FeartnTired I agree
       
 (DIR) Post #AWErAat964rRRcLy64 by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-06-01T06:11:30.577047Z
       
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       @Piss_Ant 
       
 (DIR) Post #AX1wT7gt3S3EYYG5lg by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-06-24T22:27:54.546686Z
       
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       @Flick Fry the mushrooms and have them in a sandwich with a pile of raw mange tout on the side to chomp on. Give the aubergine away.
       
 (DIR) Post #AX1xHx1kSe0WFjFkFk by You_cat_to_be_kitten_me@spinster.xyz
       2023-06-24T22:37:57.339868Z
       
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       @Rogue_Koala @shrikefliesfree But have you ever eaten onehttps://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/2017083-He-has-eaten-a-fat-ball