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Maggie Dods
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Maggie Dods
@MagDods
Author of A Short Guide to Writing Well, What You Know That Ain't So, and Boo & Hooray. And a few novels about witches: https://t.co/gsdxa1TZyn
London, UK Katılım Temmuz 2010
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@MagDods @allie__voss Haha I think the stereotype is that earlier European immigrants to the US were English/Irish/Scot/German who by comparison had more rounded features than later southern/central/eastern European groups, so someone with a nose like mine probably has more recent immigrant ancestry🤷🏼♀️
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A friend was once visiting me in Germany and asked what to wear to "look European" and not come off touristy
I told her that was a silly thing to care about since she was a tourist, everyone knows you're American anyways, and "looking European" isn't necessarily a good thing
RS Archer@archer_rs
Americans, if coming to Europe this summer, some suggestions of what not to wear ANY hats indoors Trainers with every outfit Cargo shorts Loud logos and graphics Ill-fitting clothes A shirt of your sports team Flip-flops everywhere Clashing colors and patterns Beach shorts
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Stephen Fry warns about a “rising tide of transphobia”.
He says it’s being used as “a kind of lever” to open up “all kinds of horror”.
I'm guessing he doesn't think women being compelled to undress in front of men - to affirm the identities of males who say they are women - is also 'horror'?
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@JohnCleese They were built by valued employees who were treated well - ask an Egyptologist.
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I suppose the pyramids were build by volunteers
The ignorance is breathtaking
Wanjiru Njoya@WanjiruNjoya
The corrupt UN wants to pass a resolution blaming Europe for slavery. "it will label the European-led slave trade as history’s greatest crime ... the 1,300-year-long Arab trade in African slaves will not be mentioned."
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@KatieH6290 @allie__voss Where do all the snub-nosed people come from? Russia?
My nose was probably a gift from French ancestors - thank goodness I had it straightened.
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@MagDods @allie__voss I guess that's a stereotype to some people? To be fair, I inherited my nose from my Polish great grandmother 😆
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Maggie Dods retweetledi
Yesterday was International Detransitioners Awareness Day
"Had the first doctor questioned my son instead of affirming him, had teachers not hidden information from us or pushed this agenda, my son could have moved on. He could have had joyful, normal teenage years instead of five difficult years.
Later, my son told me the truth: he was rebelling. Rebelling is a normal part of adolescence. It should never have been affirmed by teachers or doctors, and medicalization should never have been on the table.
As a mother, I am angry about what was done to my son and to our family. And despite the growing body of evidence, the gender-affirming care insanity continues.
To all detransitioners: we see you. We hear you".
pittparents.com/p/dear-detrans…
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@RoisinMichaux So solo polyamorous people are not solo. Oh, I do see. Lots of "true X is Y" around this week. Month.
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How do you feel knowing that the people who make graphics like this are the same people who are ageing into managerial roles in the civil service and the NGOs looking for funding from the same civil service?
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@Gaynotqueer1 I have some ideas and they involve water pistols, cold water and soap.
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Man asks women, "What exactly are you going to do?" if they object to him in the women's bathroom.
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@tex_alt11847 @allie__voss Definitely! Make sure your whole group wears the same design.
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@allie__voss When I was in college someone kept telling me that I "looked European" but by that he meant I had a prominent nose
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@allie__voss @Old_Newspaper Please don't dress as if you were on safari and we were the wild animals.
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@Old_Newspaper Genuinely! Why do you care about looking like a local to people you'll never see again?
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@allie__voss @BaronVanBurgum The English don't wear loden coats and man bags. People like this also look too neat and as if they've just shaved this minute!
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@allie__voss I find that over the past ~15 years, the average European dresses more and more sloppily, and the stereotypes no longer hold. Your two pics below are excellent examples of this. Source: lived in Hamburg 2015-2017. Visited a few times since then.
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@allie__voss Please don't wear those trousers - they are fading slowly.
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Almost without fail, after I share my BPD recovery story, strangers slide into my DMs to inform me I'm actually autistic.
They never keyboard diagnose me with anything else.
But they never tell me what criteria they're using to make this determination.
It's almost like they think autism is a catch-all diagnosis. Where they got that idea, I haven't the foggiest.
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@marycatedelvey I don't think they know what periods ARE!!!! And if they're bleeding and in pain, they should see a doctor.
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For all the Howards out there, NO!!
MEN DON’T GET PERIODS 👏
Not if they call themselves trans, not even if they mess up their endocrine systems, not ever.
This is madness
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Maggie Dods retweetledi
and this is exactly why we need MORE neurodivergent psychologists because neurotypical ones like these assume things about them and make incredibly ableist tweets like this one.
also, in many parts of the world, autism is still stigmatized and underdiagnosed ://
Barbara fringe psychologist@12PursueTruth
Autism: “The spectrum has become so accommodating that I fear that it has now been stretched so far that it has become meaningless and is no longer useful as a medical diagnosis.” Problem is that psychologists, and increasingly a flood of master’s level therapists have come to rely on the autism diagnosis to support their practice. Their livelihood. I suspect schools face a similar reliance on autism diagnoses for extra funding. Furthermore: Parents love it because their child gets extra services. Students love it because it makes them special. Drug companies love it because they profit from drugs. Psychologists are supposed to be the gatekeepers on diagnoses, but we are not doing very well at it.
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@NoNonsenseND Oh, of course. They called me "intellectual", meaning "cleverer than average". But they didn't think I was clever enough to go to university.
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I was seen as smart therefore not disabled and that was a problem
Autistic Lauren 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈@Autistic_Lauren
Asking autistics, were you seen as the "gifted child" when growing up?
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@Amalgamyte_VT Meanwhile, everybody is accepted. Apart from the asexuals! Why do they imagine we care? Can't they just shut up etc.
They need an awareness day.
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@Amalgamyte_VT What's the matter with you! Why aren't you normal? A lot of faking went on. But there was no way of finding you you were supposed to fake it. And if you did find out, what did you do? Is there a book? Can you take lessons? Impossible to get a straight answer out of anybody.
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The thing is Dr House is right, asexuality isn't real. It is a hormone imbalance, extreme trauma, or some other physical issue. Every living creature in this world reproduces, being "naturally" asexual just doesn't happen, as it quite literally goes against nature
friedel✨️@im_friedel
As an asexual person I was kinda mad that house invalidated asexuality in this episode but then I realized that's exactly how being asexual around house would be. Really immersive storytelling 10/10
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