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Cake day: October 22nd, 2023

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  • Yes, she’s been very upfront about it. She makes it clear at her fundraising events that the proceeds are going to charitable organizations. Her campaign has been soliciting canned goods and menstrual hygiene products, instead of cash, in exchange for yard signs and stickers.

    I get your cynicism, it’s a well-known adage that anyone who seeks power doesn’t deserve it. But for as long as we have elected federal representatives, I’d prefer to elect representatives who actually make tangible efforts to take care of people. Even if you see it as self-serving, to me it’s refreshing to see a candidate appeal to voters’ compassion instead of appealing to their fears and prejudices.


  • I was too, but then again it says she’s the first to be on the COVER of the swimsuit issue. So out of a few dozen models in the swimsuit issue any given year, only a very select few of them are going to be a front cover model, and the same highly recognizable models are often on the cover multiple years. I notice a lot of the big name models are married to male soccer/football stars, musicians, etc… so it’s actually not that shocking to me that it would take this long for an openly lesbian model to be on the cover.

    Congrats to Lauren Chan, seems like she worked very hard for this and she’s doing what she can to be a voice for inclusivity and positivity. The photos look great.











  • What lies? What “dirty work?” They’re not giving the kids a script. The assignment is to either make an educational video about why young people shouldn’t use THC (do you not agree that minors shouldn’t use THC?), OR share a personal anecdote about how marijuana use has affected them or someone they know.

    You say it sounds desperate, but to me it looks like a way to catch kids’ attention and get more young people thinking about this. Submit a skit, get a gift card, be engaged in the conversation. Maybe learn something new. What’s so exploitative about that?

    Is it automatically “propaganda” to suggest that there’s anything unsafe about marijuana or that kids shouldn’t use it?



  • You remind me of my mother-in-law. She came out as lesbian about a decade ago and I can’t even imagine the struggles she’s been through in her life. She married a man and raised two amazing daughters while grappling with her own sexual orientation, identity, and society’s expectations of her.

    Today, she complains about trans activists and Pride participants “drawing too much attention and making the rest of us look bad when I just want to feel normal.” She’s concerned about the backlash, just like you. But the thing is, her second marriage wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for loud, visible, robust activism.

    At one point in time, the policy demands of outspoken gay activists were probably viewed by more conservative members of the gay community as “overreaching.” But their efforts uplifted the gay community and, by extension, the entire human race.

    The fight for trans and genderqueer rights is the fight for human rights. This is my position.

    Now, if there are specific policy demands that you’d like to point out as truly unreasonable and harmful to the LGBT+ community, or if you feel like I’ve made a fallacious argument, I invite you to let me know and tell me why. Until then, I take issue with the assertion that our trans brothers and sisters are making things worse for the rest of us, when they just want to be safe and comfortable to be open about their identity.