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Those were some fun facts! Thank you 👍

I think its funny that you mention us still having cavemen levels of designated gender, I’ve seen references to neolithic and Neanderthal people as being less rigid, example skeletons buried with weapons or hunting equipment designated male until DNA shows they’re female, also bodies of tattooed female shamans. I can’t point you in the direction of any links yet (I’m in a hospital right now) but I think its assumed that child care, “womens work” keeping the home fire burning and the food cooking was more of a joint community effort with both male/female involvement

Perhaps our ancestors were more accepting of the natural mosiac of gender and sexuality than we are now?

I think the dogma of the Church has destroyed a lot of natural rhythms of human nature, the whole “its Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” strict gender roles/rules and misogyny, which is ironic as Jesus was always about love your neighbour, do unto others, let he who is without sin etc And let’s face it he probably had a wife and female disciples

Its always about power and control to stop the majority overthrowing the rich minority, then as now

So fucking sad

I’m part way through the article, and its a fascinating read, and very well explained

I think its interesting how people tie themselves into knots with the whole binary male/female with convoluted descriptions of large small gametes defining gender (I’m particularly thinking of jk rowlings tweet and all the terf stuff)

I can see how binary definitions can never adequately reflect the complexity of an individuals internal experience. And also the designation of male/female is a social construct than biological reality

I am a late in life diagnosed autistic woman, my experience of reality will always differ from someone who doesn’t have sensory issues because of my autism. I’ve had my mother, teachers and friends deny my experiences of reality because it doesn’t match theirs. It seems barbaric to apply outdated social constructs to something as varied and complex as a human being

I think I may be waffling, but TLDR thanks for the link, its helping me understand things more clearly

Edit, just finished reading it now, and I love how it suggests using the description of a “mosaic” definition of gender as opposed to binary or spectrum

Really good article

RAWRRR!!! 🦖🦖🦖👍

Loads of things especially if its colourful, textured, shiny etc

But, mostly bugs, plants, wood, rocks, patterns, wool (that really nice multi dyed stuff), art materials and paint

The list is endless…

Can you post a photo of your rock? So we can see how cool it is? 🦖

You had me at the ‘what is the best smelling glue’ post

Subscribed 👍

I drove past Penistone the other day, I giggled and pointed out the sign to my bf

I do it every time we pass by…it never gets old

This is something I need to work on, and its more apparent to me after having a conversation with my mother recently.

She said something quite unpleasant to my bf, and when I said how hurtful it was to both of us I was met with her denial, her refusal to see how hurtful it was and it was my fault for being upset, and also that I should just move on and forget about it

If she’d said that it came out wrong, or was sorry to have said something that had landed in a hurtful way etc that’s all I/we would have needed

Unfortunately i can see this attitude in myself, in the fact I find it near impossible to apologise for anything

I think my mother has a lot of her own issues around this, and I have my own ‘version’ because of my issues (my autism, and the fact that she’s my mum)

So I’m now going to do my best to rethink my behaviour and do some self reflection…

I really don’t want to be like my mother at all

I love the fact that you have a 3d printed dachshund trophy for your wife’s trophy wall

So sorry this has been used against you in such a horrible way

I have a naturally resting removed face, and the tone of my voice can sound pissed off even when I’m not. It really boils my piss having to justify myself when all I’m doing is happily being somewhere in my own head minding my own business

What a beautiful experience, you’ve put in words a similar experience I had, but so much better. It triggered a very happy memory and a big smile 🥰

I’ve had a few quite profound experiences, one where I saw all the patterns in the universe, a peak behind the curtain of the maths that creates all natural phenomena. And another where I dissolved and became the northern lights

I also became the mushrooms once, I was in the ground amongst the soil particles existing as the mycelium threads, then decided to grow upwards as the fruiting bodies of the mushrooms above ground

I’ve had some amazing experiences of being other things in nature

Its not just the crying for me, its those random shrieks of delight that also get me, especially in supermarkets with all that noise and light reflecting surfaces

There are many reasons I never had children, but the crying would have been a special kind of torture

I used to have budgies, one of the males used to chat up his (male) friend whilst perched on my head… and then he’d start grinding away while still on my head

Fortunately he never left a deposit

Freaky little (head) fucker

47 when I met a woman with autism, then researched the shit out of it (naturally) got tested, and Behold! Autism

I think I also have ADHD mixed in with it too

It explains a lot!

Seconding this, sometimes you just have to sit down and draw/make even if the end result looks like shit, and even then you can rip it up, use it for collage, over paint it and make it into something else

Maybe go on a tangent? Explore colour theory? A different medium? Look at other people’s work for inspiration?

Even a crappy doodle can be the start of something new and interesting 👍

I think I’ve got it…

Just like your painting!

I was having trouble uploading it, I’ll have a go later from my computer

They’re really pretty little frogs and look quite ‘lickable’ too

Me and the bf saw one of these today at the zoo!