Off Topic Friday: How's It Going?

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It's been a while since we've had an Off Topic Friday post.

How is everyone doing? What's going on in your life? Positive or negative, feel free to share or vent here.

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[–]worried19[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm doing okay. Kind of stressed out. The pandemic and the way the world seems to be falling apart is weighing on me. Sometimes I find it hard to stay in a healthy, positive frame of mind.

My partner and I decided to go out of town for the first time in ages and visit my family. It will be good to see them again, but I wonder if I'm being too paranoid or not paranoid enough about the virus. Should I wear a mask the whole time? As far as I know, neither of us is infected, but we can't be sure without being tested.

[–]FlanJam 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I visited family not too long ago, and was also worried about covid. I've been pretty strict about quarantine so it turned out fine for me. But on the other hand, I know people who've spread covid to their families. Its scary because you just don't know (unless you get tested or something). I suppose all you can really do is be cautious, avoid crowds, wear a mask etc.

[–]worried19[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, definitely wearing a mask. Probably won't go to visit my grandparents either this trip, just to be safe. They're healthy, but you never know.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’m glad you are visiting your family! As long as you do masks, I’m sure it will be fine. You could probably get a test before you travel if you really wanted too. We traveled a little while back and got tested before it just for peace of mind.

[–]worried19[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hey, I'm back. It was a little too late to get a test. Also hard to keep the masks on for an extended period of time. I was just with my immediate family, so we ended up taking them off. Didn't go out to socialize, and only saw my grandparents outdoors briefly. We kept our masks on for that. All things considered, I think we were pretty safe.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I’m heartbroken about RBG and really frightened for what this will mean for women’s rights. Things were tough before, but it hard to imagine how abortion rights or the contraception mandate survive now. She was a champion for sex-based rights and she’s going to be replace with someone (probably a woman) who will help dismantle everything she believed in. 😢

[–]CatbugMods allow rape victim blaming in this sub :) 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It’s getting warmer and I’m disappointed to find that I’m still tripping over myself into weight obsession because of shorts existing. Straight up bored by my own melodrama.

Biggest nephew is turning two! Got him a kangaroo costume and a book and can’t wait to give them to him! He’s such a beautiful boy you guys. We play cars and farms and he feeds me blueberries and we pet the chickens together.

Oh and I can finally leave the house and find new inventory for the shop. I’ve sold off 90% of the vintage clothes I had collected and was starting to worry I’d run out entirely.

Still searching for a mask that I can wear with my glasses and not fog up, too. I miss being able to see at the post office.

[–]FlanJam 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Was pretty annoyed a couple days ago because I saw yet another cotton ceiling think piece on a (supposedly) lgbt media outlet. Its was kind of ironic how people in the comments were saying no one actually supports cotton ceiling... right under the article supporting cotton ceiling. I didn't want to make a thread about it cuz its just the same old crap, but I'll take this opportunity to vent lol.

The thing that annoys me the most is how people were saying the article was very nuanced and not cotton ceiling at all. So I read it and frankly, it said nothing insightful. Mostly the usual crap but with just enough ambiguity and plausible deniability to get away with it. Basically said "you don't HAVE to date trans women, but you SHOULD or else you're a bad person."

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt tho, I don't think they intend to push cotton ceiling. And I understand they're just trying to destigmatize the way trans people are viewed in society. But goddamn, their rhetoric is creepy and incel-y as hell.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It’s frustrating those articles are still coming out. I feel like people will preface it saying no one has to have sex with anyone, but then follow it by all these reasons you should question how you feel. It’s super manipulative and seems to almost only be directed at women.

[–]FlanJam 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's exactly how the article was like. It paid a little lip service to your right to refuse anyone, followed by multiple paragraphs telling you who you should date. They're saying it without actually saying it. And its so frustrating because I don't think QT has bad intentions, but they're so oblivious as to why their rhetoric is harmful.