A group of anti-transgender protestors showed up at a women’s soccer game between the Seattle Reign and the Orlando Pride at Seattle’s Lumen Field on Sunday following several local news reports that Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank had been encouraging a demonstration.

But many attendees at the game only saw a “fortress” of trans Pride flags surrounding the protesters that largely blocked them from view, as one fan described it on social media. Some of the flags bore the slogan “Trans Rights Are Human Rights.” Per social media posts, the protesters wore apparel from the XX-XY brand, a women’s athletic gear brand that often contains lightly coded anti-trans messaging such as “Refuse to Pretend,” and that advertises its mission as restricting participation in women’s sports only to those with XX chromosomes.

Prior to the Sunday match, the Tacoma-based News Tribune reported that the sheriff for Pierce County, which contains Tacoma and the surrounding area, had allegedly been organizing an anti-trans demonstration through email.

Emails obtained by Defend Washington, a political action group opposed to a current Washington State ballot initiative seeking to ban trans girls from playing in girls’ school sports, showed that Swank allegedly planned to disrupt the match with anti-trans messaging. According to the leaked emails, he was looking for a group of people — up to about 90 — to purchase tickets in the same section of the field where Reign fans often wave Pride flags and other regalia.

An October 26 email from Swank, with the subject line “stand up for women and girls,” asked people to “Go into the stadium with your shirt covered, and at half time, put it on full display.”

Swank did not respond to a request from The News Tribune for its October 30 story about the planned demonstration. However, after the reporter attempted to contact Swank, he reportedlysent another email to the group of demonstrators claiming there was an "infiltrator" in the group who had leaked the protest to the media.

While the alleged emails between Swank and protesters were obtained by Defend Washington, Swank also posted about his plans on his official social media page. On October 24, Swank posted that he was looking for “a few (actually a lot) good men and women to join me. We will go to a sporting event where these radical leftists are (soccer or wnba), and we will wear xx-xyathletics.com.” He continued, “We will stand up for free speech. It will be a lot of fun. If you want to join just email me at: boysareboysandgirlsaregirls@gmail.com.”

Saw this on mastodon and thought of you all

Having paid to have my eyebrows waxed a few times I really enjoy the effect but it’s so expensive I can’t keep up with it.

The effect isn’t super pronounced but when wearing a full face of makeup the extra polish of the brows adds to the whole so I set out to learn how to do it myself.

I decided to do plucking and shaping with tweezers and scissors so I could go slowly and minimize mistakes.

I started by watching this random YouTube video on the subject: https://youtu.be/iWCV851MnZ8?is=pgKgG5iNXHxpU5YG very helpful and to the point!

Tools assembled: tiny scissors, good tweezers and I just learned this little spiral brush is called a spoolie.

Here’s what I’m starting with, decent overall shape but a bit caterpillary.

After following the steps in the video, plucking the edges and then brushing and trimming the excess I got it to look more polished. I didn’t end up doing the shaving part from the video.

I love it!

The overall effect is subtle - the one on the left (your left) is trimmed but the right is not yet. I’m very happy with how it’s turned out.  Total time spent was about 20 minutes (on the one side) and I already owned the tools but they cost in total less than a single wax would have at my beautician.

I would recommend giving this a try to anyone unsatisfied with the state of their brows it was really not as difficult as I had feared!

Now to just get the other side to match 😉

update: very happy with this it looks better than my last waxing!

The elections are coming. Here are the races we are watching at EITM for transgender rights.

“That’s my president! I never doubted you,” Erika Hilton shouted.

For over 2 years now every time I run out of foundation I try a new brand hoping to find one that’s a good value. The Lady Gaga I started with is lovely but prohibitively priced. The new one I have just started is from Maybelline and I’m in love. Drugstore priced -even cheaper than BB fresh but it goes on very well, blends easily and evenly and holds all day when paired with primer and setting spray!

If you have a recommendation for the next one I would love to hear it!

the Democratic Party is really showing its ass this cycle. I hope the DSA continues to gain traction - it’s not perfect but it’s better.

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