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In-between moments of righteous activism, we all have lives we attend to. What did you do last week, or what are your plans this week? Watching any good movies or shows? Go on any dates? Struggling with, or achieved, any major life goals? Survive any alien invasions?

Do you want to promote a new sub, or discuss topics that otherwise get removed? Do you want to introduce yourself, but are feeling too shy to make your own post?

Feel free to share here!

NOTE: our Rules are relaxed, but not gone entirely. Be excellent to each other!

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[–]julesburm1891 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I finally got the ‘rona. It kind of feels like losing a two-year long dodgeball match.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

LOL, right. I've been dodging it myself, yet expecting it all the time. It will come for me too, I'm sure.

Most everyone around me acts like the current "vaccine" actually does what it's supposed to do, meanwhile everyone is dropping out with illness and positive tests.

Hope you're not too sick for too long, and I hope you recover well!

[–]julesburm1891 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks, Tumbleweed!☺️

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're welcome! <3

It's been a couple days, you feeling any better?

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

A week or two ago, I shared a comment about the MTF-infested state of the r/actuallesbians mod team.

Would anyone be interested in me (and WV/NBF, she helps a bunch) diving into the mod teams of other Reddit subs and making a post about all of them? If so, reply and let me/us know the subs!

As a post, I would highlight LGB subs specifically since, yanno, that's our thing here ... but I'm willing to look into male-only or female-only subs and what I can find about them as well, and can share that info in a comment instead.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’m at limited capacity but this sounds like a worthwhile project. What kinds of information would you be interested in gathering? You may have more luck if you could break the project down in stages like: (1) identifying the universe of relevant subs or selecting a few for a pilot program, and (2) then creating a template chart/spreadsheet to fill out with the relevant criteria to look into for the mods in each. I think then more people would be willing to sign on if they just had to commit to a particular bite size of particular mods or a particular sub and had specific guidance on what to look for. I think I could sign on to something like that.

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

The criteria we're using is:

1) which subs
2) identify mods' claimed sexuality
3) identify mod's biological sex
4) identify mods' gender identity

To show you what I mean, this is what I shared after me and WV (NutterButter) dug into things:

The mod team for r/actuallesbians:

We're not asking any of you to do this! We're asking if you would be interested in us doing this again, and sharing what we find with all of you. And if so, let us know which subs you want us to look into.

[–]TarshishJupiterpolitically homeless 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pulling an all nighter this early in the semester is a bad sign...

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Does anyone have on hand the artwork of the letters LGBTQI where L, G, and B are on the bottom supporting everyone; L is looking weary and has cracks in it while I think G looks up angrily; B is holding up the following letters but looking down unsure at L and G; and T and Q are being held up on top of I which is on its side and getting walked all over by them? I think it's a powerful image that communicates a lot and sets the table for the discussion of this sub's mission. I wanted to avoid making a separate post if possible, but would really like to get my hands on it.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know EXACTLY the image you're talking about.

Going down the rabbit hole to find it for you. Be back soon.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you thank you thank you! I searched far and wide but couldn’t locate it on my own. I want to show it to my therapist. 🤞