The Great Dragon Migration

Jelly

"the world isn't kind" ok??? Much more importantly are you?????

Christmas advice for ladies (crossposted from Old Weird Scotland on mastodon, with permission)

I want you all to keep this in mind!

The only way in which selling sex is exceptional as a form of work is that it involves having sex.

Sex work is not more emotionally intimate than all other forms of work. Emotionally intimacy can be involved in therapy, care work, and writing about deeply personal topics.

Sex work is not the only form of work which can involve genital contact. This happens in medical environments, care work and when giving genital piercings.

Sex work is not uniquely dangerous. Fishing, construction and underwater welding all have high fatality and injury rates.

Sex work is not more prone to trafficking than all other forms of work. People are trafficked in huge numbers in the agricultural industry and for the manufacture of textiles.

Sex work is not the only form of work which involves frequent sexual harassment. People are often sexually harassed whilst doing bar work, waiting tables and providing health care and social assistance.

Sex work is not the only type of work that is criminalized. Other types of work like busking without a license, drug dealing, con artistry and any kind of job which requires authorisation form a third party where that isn't obtained.

Stop it with the sex work exceptionalism! Treat it like other work.

Another thing I just love about dishonored is the casual queer representation.

Ace Daud

Bisexual Billie

Bisexual Delilah and in a poly relationship

Gay Stilton

Emily's partner Wyman being nonbinary

Edit: Trans Mindy

More edits:

Bisexual Geoff Curnow

Billie, Delilah, and Breanna were previously in a poly relationship

Like it's so nice just to see these casually mentioned and not a big deal made out of them. It's part of the world and no one questions it. I absolutely adore it.

I feel that whatever part of the diagram I find myself in, my mind is capable of spinning a depressing and self-judgmental narrative about the situation. This post offers an alternative to rephrase these narratives and be more encouraging and empathetic to oneself. In the end, is it really our achievements that count, or the story we tell ourselves about the meaning of our life and what happens to us? Some people succeed so much and are never content, neither kind to themselves. Maybe being kind and encouraging towards ourselves through our journey is more important than what we can or can't do. Maybe we need both to fail and succeed, to persist and walk away, if we want to fully experience what it means to be alive. Maybe it is all just very interesting.

This post genuinely altered the trajectory of my life and how i make a lot of my decisions and i think about it so much

I think if there was a god it would look like a whale.