Wow, all so outraged on behalf of shitty parents and terfs.

Thank goodness nobody at the New Statesman asked the kids what they needed … I’m sure they will be overjoyed at higher numbers of queer teens committing suicide.

Bunch of fucking ghouls.

Yes, these days that’s allowed too - we’re living in the future, after all!

That sounds relatable

In other news, I need to stay up for another half an hour or so to try and push myself into the right hours … a couple of short chapters, then :-P

Yup.

Cisgender woman here, I’ve had two trans girlfriends in the past. They were definitely 100% women … I checked very very thoroughly.

Didn’t you find that you couldn’t remember the book well in that instance, though?

I’ve just read a chapter after finishing about 22 hours of travelling … I’m pretty darn tired, and it’s just not going in :-/

Okay, okay, no homo.

Buuuut, what if just a little bit homo?

What then?

This got the guy who I’ve been training in a bind while I was off on holiday last week - I got a phone call saying he didn’t know what to do with a big complex task that had been asked for by management early … he does know it, it’s just overwhelming.

They ended up delaying the thing it’s needed for, tomorrow I’ll be going through it with him again :-/

Oh my bee’s knee’s, I am so bad at this! I get started, and before I know it I’m up far too late on a work night :-/

I’m not on the internet reliably enough - sometimes I’m off for a few days, or only online for 5 minutes in a day

For the apostrophe, yes.

Print screen is usually marked “Impr Pnt” or similar.

Source: I use a Spanish keyboard

If I could have found a nice cheap bikini I would totally have gone for that instead, but I could only find ugly or expensive ones this year … my last bikini top had stitching coming apart - had I realised I’d have had a go at reparing it

This has always been my go-to, has never failed me yet (plus, I get something useful done :-)

I went shopping for a swimsuit last week … fuck me sideways, all the fancy stuff was either stupidly expensive, or frumpy, or full of that shaping shit.

In the end I went and got a basic one-piece that’s made for people who actually want to swim, there’s nothing extra in it - for better or worse - all eyes will be on my nipples, I’m sure.

It was really cheap, and in happy colours, too :-)

Porn is, and always has been, an exploitative medium.

That being said, in the 90s it allowed me to make an entire year’s worth of money in one (unpleasant) day. That allowed me to afford my own car, so I could get a legit day job, and the other stuff I was doing became a what would now be called a side-gig where I had the option to say no.

I was very very lucky.

Comic book art, which encompasses a huge variety … but the generally string lines and colours are appealing to me :-)

Close runner up would be tattoos … the way some artists Dan overcome the limitations of the medium is fascinating

The Dragonoak trilogy will do that … not much sex, but a decent amount of kissing :-)

CW: it’s quite violent in places

Edit: I should mention there are full written books, not manga

The Voodoo 2 never brought anybody any luck … it was shit.

So, just to revisit this … not YA but the Dragonoak Trilogy is fantasy where this kinda happens a few times

Thank you!

I nabbed a copy of both already, so she has some homework to do (and she’s much happier now knowing she has my full support, too)

I’m going to read the topping one as well, because it’s been a while since I dommed, and maybe I have some bad habits or I can learn new tricks … when I’m finally back home from working abroad in July I might go looking for a sub - talking about this has reminded me of how I used to enjoy it :-)

Where I live there are some young feminists who manage to cultivate a full pelt on their legs … and while it’s not something I want, it makes me happy to see them doing their thing proudly :-)