Posts by oseagh@hcommons.social
(DIR) Post #AjYH0dHuBz9ClU26hE by oseagh@hcommons.social
2024-07-03T11:17:59Z
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@futurebird I really appreciate this post. I grew up as a cis het boy with small feet. Absurdly, I took a lot of shit for this as a teenager, lots of subtle and not so subtle attacks on my perceived masculinity. Decades later, I'm still healing from it, still trying to bundle up all the internalized masculine norms and the shame, isolation and violence that grow from those norms, and throw them out of my psyche.I do have some gratitude for my small feet now. I realize they forced me to approach masculinity from a different angle, and I think I'm a happier and healthier adult man because of it. All that is to say, solidarity from an otherwise privileged cis het man who has felt the sting of bullshit gendering!
(DIR) Post #B06AeQKm9hvsETRUDg by oseagh@hcommons.social
2025-11-08T13:25:52Z
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@futurebird @JessTheUnstill I've been following you for a while, always impressed by how clearly your incredible teacher-vibes come through in your posts. Your students are lucky to have you! Are you part of an educator's union?
(DIR) Post #B09J8SuGXPyE0Pl49g by oseagh@hcommons.social
2025-11-11T21:59:47Z
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@ricci this is why I got involved in my union, it wasn't perfect but it was a small, accessible, defined social unit. Community is stressful in its own right but it sure beats that alternative. And I'm constantly blown away by how few options there are for this type of community in the suburbs in the US.
(DIR) Post #B0GngPRC5GjnViHPV2 by oseagh@hcommons.social
2025-11-15T12:45:01Z
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@futurebird @gbargoud I've been thinking of this too! Driving is objectively incredibly dangerous and stressful yet it's still held up as a luxury to a staggering number of suburbanites. It's also a huge waste of time compared to pub trans- I don't care how many audiobooks you listen to in a car, most of your brain is focused on not dying, so your ability to actually take in that information, synthesize it, be changed by it, interact with it, enjoy it, etc. is very low, especially compared to someone listening to or reading the same thing on a train.This all from a lifetime unhappy suburbanite who drives for my job a lot now.
(DIR) Post #B0Gnz6HLXYWBanaPYm by oseagh@hcommons.social
2025-11-15T12:48:25Z
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@futurebird yes to this too! So much wealth is trapped in housing stock that boomers are sitting on. I don't wish for anyone to die (my still living parents are boomers!), but it would be nice if they as a generation could see what their housing choices are doing to their kids and even more so their grandkids and decide to take a different stance than "I'm living in my giant house until I die." Not only would this increase stock, it would unlock tons of wealth that could start flowing through the economy.