Catoblepas

It’s been a while since I’ve read that one, but I do remember enjoying it!

I have bad news for you: you will never be able to arrest your way out of child rape and it’s not only the ultra wealthy that do it. And making angry comments on the internet at people pointing out that the victims need to be acknowledged in this is not trying to “hold powerful people to account for their crimes.”

You should ask yourself what makes you so mad about centering victims even 1/10th as much as centering punishing pedos, because that was the bar I set. Not half as much, not a third as much, not to the exclusion of talking about punishment at all.

Not to project too much onto your friends, but based around my own experiences of being a trans teen/young adult at the time it would not surprise me at all if the ‘fucking crazy’ was PTSD.

Not ragging on you for framing it like that or anything even if it was from PTSD; I have PTSD and can be fucking crazy sometimes too, lol. Growing up in the 80s and 90s while trans messed with a lot of heads, mine included.

Very true :c

🫂 I’m sorry you’re dealing with this BS. I hope it gets through in case you need it.

Also like, wasn’t there a freaking order from a federal judge saying passports had to be issued with the correct, updated gender for trans people and not your birth sex?! Did that get overruled or were they just in flagrant violation of the law? Neither would surprise me, shit just moves so fast nowadays I don’t know if I’m out of date.

There are for sure bright spots, and Zooey Zephyr’s work is definitely one of them!

I do try to not drown in all the bad news, I’m just particularly upset about the closure of the trans clinic at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital recently. So many kids depended on it, and we’re not even in a red state! The people who are supposed to step up are just immediately buckling when a stiff breeze blows.

We will get through this, because it’s not actually possible to stop trans people from existing. But not all of us will get through it. Decades ago I was a trans kid with zero support who tried to kill myself, and I’m basically only here by stupid luck. It’s gut wrenching that even the ‘safe’ areas are fine throwing kids into dealing with that rather than put up any resistance to MAGA.

And yeah, the irony of typing up such a dark comment immediately after saying I do try to focus on the bright spots isn’t lost on me, lol.

Assuming autocorrect got you, but for anyone that is trying to look up more info: the play name is Antigone.

I’ll read anything T Kingfisher puts out! I’m especially fond of her Paladin of Steel series and the Sworn Soldier series, but the standalone ones are great as well. The Twisted Ones is great if you want some Blair Witch, rural southern Appalachia horror. A House With Good Bones is also good southern horror that uses the supernatural as a way to explore breaking free from familial abuse.

Unless you are a child survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of the ultra wealthy, you and I are not the we in this story. The survivors are, and I believe the point being made was that nobody who is obsessed with the Epstein list is 1/10th as concerned with making sure the survivors have what they need to recover and thrive to whatever extent is possible.

Can’t forget the 4% lizard man constant.

Not enough cross hatching!

mrroww :3