Case in point: new Starbucks "seasonal celebration" message

I believe it, and it was appalling. Not a single positive promise for what she would do if elected--it was all trans scaremongering, all the time. Disgusting.

So sorry to hear that. Wishing you luck on the hunt.

Precedents, even.

I think Trump already made the joke in the Oval Office yesterday. Not funny.

I got it right on my couch, and I'm decidedly not the target audience for either of those two properties! I think you're doing just fine, Ken.

Caveats understood. Just struck me as an aspect I hadn't considered before.

It came to me the other day that when referring to a trans person's former name, "né" is more "correct" for some than "neé." And that while "neé" is familiar to most (because of patriarchy), the call for "né" has been historically rarer. But then I thought, do you consider former or current gender?

Despite being warned decades ago by a stand-up comic that what you needed was a pedagogical prophylactic! 💜

But is it better than a parade (or perade)?

7yo very bright daughter reading Clarice Bean Spells Trouble, years ago reported, worriedly: "I'm almost done with the book, and she hasn't spelled 'trouble' once!"