You don't have to be focused on any of the above topics, just have something interesting to say, and a decent webcam to record with (unless you live near #Portland and want to record an interview in person!) Bonus points if you're willing to appear nonsexually topless on screen with me, but definitely not required. I'm also happy to blur your face out or whatever else you need, if you want to keep your identity anonymous.
And if you'd like to check out previous interviews I've done, you can see them here: https://www.toplesstopics.org/interviews/ (please keep in mind some of these are really old when I was a lot worse at conducting interviews, I think they're better now 😅 )
Always looking for people to #costream during my #livestream whether that's working on a #collaborative project together, playing #videoGames, or even just chatting, so hit me up if you wanna 😁
Men are 100% XY chromosomes and women are 100% XX chromosomes. FALSE.
Men and women are completely hormonally distinct. FALSE.
There is a male brain and a female brain and these can be 100% distinguished in imaging scans. FALSE.
Human beings either produce large gametes (women) or small gametes (men). FALSE.
How you decide if you see a man or a woman in public on 99.9% of occasions is a matter of chromosomes, hormones, brains or gametes. FALSE. None of these things are available for inspection on these occasions.
A TRUTH
On the overwhelming majority of occasions whether someone thinks you are a man or a woman or not is a matter of if you pass socially as either of those things according to cultural customs. It relies on prior social cues and understandings and has nothing to do with whats in your jeans or your genes.
Today in Writing History September 10, 1960: Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator was born. She is most famous for her “Dykes to Watch Out For,” comic strip. And for her “Bechdel Test,” originally intended as a joke in one of her comics, but which has since become a routine metric used by critics as an indicator for the active presence of women in a film.
Today's queer small press review! Apprentice's Luck" by K.L. Noone:
"A gentle tale about a young magician coming into his power, and finding love along the way. Throw in a little court intrigue and a plot to overthrow a good ruler, and it's quite an enjoyable read."
I have observed (at least here in Bavaria) that gay couples who have married are the same way closed up and conservative like the hetero married couples
Both appear to have the same kind of disinterest or even hostility against poly and single L(G)BTQ people for us not having the love and marriage as the holy goal for life
🎂 A delightful birthday treat today, visiting Down House - former home of Charles Darwin - for the first time. This was long overdue!
Amid all the staid Victoriana, I couldn't help but think of Darwin writing about gynandromorphs, 'latent sex,' 'vice,' and 'extreme sensuality' here . . .
I think one think I loved about reddit's #aaaaaaacccccccce subreddit was how inclusive it was. No matter what part of the #LGBTQ spectrum you were, your posts were often well recieved by everyone there. I hope to continue that on #kbin's aaaaaaacccccccce community
Hopefully that does remain the same yeah. I think we’ll be fine though. Most ace or aro people will probably be inclusive because they understand what it’s like to not be (fully) straight. At least to me this made it a lot easier to also understand the struggles of other LGBT+ people.
I also hope that we can shake the “pendulum effect” that the subreddit had. Where there seemed to be a constant cycle of “subreddit is mostly sex-repulsed memes -> sex-neutral and favourable people feel left out and get annoyed -> subreddit is mostly sex-neutral or favourable memes -> sex repulsed and averse people feel left out and get annoyed -> subreddit is mostly sex-repulsed memes” .
Yeah, it seems like part of being ace/aro is that understanding of what it’s like to not be exactly straight, in whichever way is specific to their kind of asexuality/aromanticism. So in general it can be way easier to understand other people being different, even if the understanding of how it feels to have attraction to someone may or may not be there. And so ace/aro people tend to be more inclusive, sometimes even more so than other parts of LGBTQIA+ it feels like.
And on that sex repulsed vs sex neutral/favorable balance, it seemed like it was a hard balance to keep there. I myself am sex repulsed, but I’m not going to complain just because someone else isn’t. If anything, I’m quite supportive of people being comfortable with what they do or don’t enjoy. So I’m not entirely sure what would avert that constant back and forth shifting of overall tone.