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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Sep 23

Taking Tylenol to get more autistic

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Sep 23

In talks with friends about fleeing the country once they start disappearing trans people like they have immigrants and ‘suspected’ immigrants. We’re living in scary times. You are not safe.

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Sep 23

Make more trans art !!

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Sep 8

Quinn <3

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Dusty Ray @sloppjockey.bsky.social · Sep 5

the best way to use ai is to kiII yrself first

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Aug 12

In my fostering new friendships era

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Jun 17

Help me fund my hysterectomy 💛🤍💜🖤 gofund.me/15cc16df

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Apr 26

It’s actually deeply disturbing to me. I know all technology has faced criticism in its early development, but can we not see how AI is fundamentally concerning? Even if AI was environmentally friendly, I’d be staunchly opposed to using it. It’s not a tool to help us if it’s taking away our autonomy

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Apr 26

I’m always shocked to hear people use chatGPT everyday cause like.. I’ve never used AI once. I even have it disabled on my internet browser. Why are people so eager to replace their humanness with machine? Why would you want to slowly take away your ability to critically think/write/make art?

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Apr 23

@skullgunk.bsky.social hooked me up with a snuppy tattoo today

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Apr 22

If I get rejected from TBQ, I still got this amazing review from my dear friend 🥲🫶

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Apr 22

I love being a little creative creature!!

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you aren’t in the know about Dirtball Zine already, get in the know! It’s a Seattle based indie zine centering queer artists, writers, and creatives. And submissions are open ❣️

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Apr 22

I submitted a raw tapestry of my innermost thoughts on being transgender and eating burritos to @tacobellquarterly.org and if they don’t accept it I will probably have to cry into a crunchwrap

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Mar 11

I get up in the morning to pick my scabs. An open wound yawning. I am gooey, sobbing, tender. I am weepy, painful, hot. I think I have an infection again. Doxycycline. 7 days. I cycle from bedroom floor to bathroom floor to kitchen floor. I puke. I vomit. I hurl.

Doxycycline

When your body is the illness // gender dysphoria

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Mar 11

I made a substack 🦷

Baby tooth

On chronic illness // gender identity

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Mar 7

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Mar 5

I went to queer figure drawing tonight and the models were clowns!

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Feb 24

The ending was profound. It felt like really seeing yourself for the first time — the fear and excitement. I was sobbing for half the movie and had to just sit there for a while staring at the wall processing after it ended. Heartbreaking, but also inspiring. It made me want to be myself more.

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Feb 24

Finally watched I Saw the TV Glow and.. holy shit. I’ve never had a movie emotionally impact me like that. If you’re trans/enby/queer, I definitely think it’s worth watching

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Feb 21

But what happens when the student on suicide watch asks for actual help? Apparently nothing. I was told to befriend my stalker. My mom was told I didn’t trust her. I was told my mom didn’t care about my mental health. None of this was right.

Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Feb 21

In February, another student shot himself. Panic. All things come in threes. I was their third. They’d decided.

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Feb 21

You know, those district trauma counselors they send in don’t really help you much in the aftermath. Sure, the first few hours, they tell you it’s okay to cry. They ask you to share stories. Then they lock you in a room away from your friends and treat your pain like a risk assessment.

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Vera @verabop.bsky.social · Feb 21

I didn’t want to die; for once in my life. It’s odd, being 17. An actual future was laid out before me for the first time that I could see. Leave Alaska. Escape abuse. Go to school. Find a job. Live a life. Live a life. Live a life. I wanted to live; for once in my life.

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