I'm not in public bathrooms or at parties all that often cuz I'm a nerdy homebody. But I'm the transwoman who has pads in my purse that I don't need just in case someone else does. With pain relieving medication, of course.

I keep a heating pad with me in the trunk of my car in case someone at work needs it. Got to save someone's day about three times with it!

Extra hair ties and scrunchies, safety pins, gum, and so much more in my purse at all times.

Now I keep a few sewing supplies in my purse just in case someone tears a hole in their clothes. Learned how to sew during COVID19

Ladies I fucking got you, because I know you got me. Have cried in a few bathrooms and been comforted. So many compliments on my hair. When I'm doing makeup nobody stares or makes me feel embarrassed. We're sisters no matter where we are.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Immediately. When I started transition in the late 2000s, my prick psychologist and psychiatrist wouldn't let me get on HRT unless I came out to my entire family and immediately started living life as a woman.

    It was sorta fucked up but I made it work. Passed very quickly (about six months on hrt). Always used women's restrooms. And I have never once been harassed in one. Quite privileged and I know it.

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  • What it comes down to isn't just the soul, but knowledge itself. Knowledge is the ultimate power of the series. Or, so it seems to make argument for. We see essentially all throughout the story that knowledge and science-like discovery brings great wonders and horrible terrors. Animals don't hold much information or memory. It's not that they couldn't use animals for philosopher stones. It's more likely an efficiency problem, or like you pointed out they'd just use animals.

    Another reason why human transmutation is prioritized is because it's a lot more taboo. You're not gonna feel the same stakes watching a show where some alchemists make a philosopher's burger out of cows and use it to get their bodies back. Tada! story over. Humans don't care much for animal life the same way. We already benefit from the mass slaughter of animals. It's when humans see themselves in the slaughterhouse that horror is properly introduced. It compels the viewer and the main characters to find more ethical alternatives (eventually discovering that with alchemy, there are no ethical alternatives).

    That's why the ending is about sacrificing knowledge to regain a human body and soul. It brings the conversation full circle.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    It's a nice gesture. But so long as we keep not holding Trump, his administration, or the UDoJ to account for breaking laws whenever it suits them, it's security theater. At the very least it's not hurting the voting process and may hold some immediate benefits in getting more participation.

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  • Okay. Require how? I didn't even take the 2020 census and nobody came knocking on my door about it. Worst they ever say they'll do is fine you, and they've almost never done that before. This is some actual scaremongering shit. Especially with how gutted the federal government is now.

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