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Member Blogs / Re: Allie's Blog IV: Revenge o...
Last post by imallie - Today at 08:53:45 AM
Quote from: Oldandcreaky on Today at 08:19:33 AMSmart to solicit input.

Thanks!

The point of the letter is to make the people who read it comfortable with what's happening and explain to them that I'm still "me." The letter can't be a navel-gazing exercise.

I'm more than happy to answer any questions about my narrative in person with them but I think making the letter an origin story misses the point. It's FOR them.

So seeing how it lands with an audience is the best and only way I could think of it to make sure it's hitting right.
#2
Beauty / pull-thru "braid"
Last post by Faith - Today at 08:31:02 AM
I posted in my 'blog' about how my hair was done yesterday. After admitting I am terrible at braids, I realized that others may benefit from a quick tutorial. This is where I found reference to using hair ties to facilitate a braid. I never got that far, I stuck with just the hair ties  :P

I call it a faux braid, they call it pull-through

https://www.wikihow.life/Create-a-Pull-Through-Braided-Ponytail


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Member Blogs / Re: Allie's Blog IV: Revenge o...
Last post by Oldandcreaky - Today at 08:19:33 AM
QuoteSo it's now at the point where it's good enough to see the light of day. I'll show it to my wife in the next few days, and if our son wants to see it over the weekend, him as well... plus there are a few others to whom I've mentioned it whose input I would appreciate.

Smart to solicit input.
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Fun and Games / Re: Last Person To Post Wins: ...
Last post by Jenn104 - Today at 08:08:15 AM
I am winning but this is a bit of a caucus race, from Alice in Wonderland?

"What is a Caucus-race?" said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything.

"Why," said the Dodo, "the best way to explain it is to do it." (And, as you might like to try the thing yourself, some winter day, I will tell you how the Dodo managed it.)

First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, ("the exact shape doesn't matter," it said,) and then all the party were placed along the course, here and there. There was no "One, two, three, and away," but they began running when they liked, and left off when they liked, so that it was not easy to know when the race was over. However, when they had been running half an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called out "The race is over!" and they all crowded round it, panting, and asking, "But who has won?"

This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, "Everybody has won, and all must have prizes."
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Fun and Games / Re: Bad jokes and puns
Last post by ChrissyRyan - Today at 08:02:04 AM
She was "only" a whiskey maker; however, he loved her still.
#6
Fun and Games / Re: Two Word Association Game ...
Last post by ChrissyRyan - Today at 08:00:34 AM
Pi pie
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Fun and Games / Re: Last Person To Post Wins: ...
Last post by ChrissyRyan - Today at 07:59:02 AM
My turn!  You could be our next winner though.

Chrissy
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Cooking / Re: What are you having for di...
Last post by ChrissyRyan - Today at 07:58:30 AM
Last night I enjoyed Chicken Kiev.
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Powerlifter Angel Flores, like other transgender athletes, tells her story in her own words

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/powerlifter-angel-flores-like-other-transgender-athletes-tells-her-story-in-her-own-words/ar-BB1kJYxN?ocid=windirect&cvid=09c2280eab5f48689dfd22c467abad23&ei=9

Story by Sammy Gibbons (29 March 2024)

Angel Flores wants people to understand something about transgender athletes. These are frightening times for them.

"All athletes need that good mental game to keep things in check," Flores, herself a multisport athlete, told USA TODAY. "I don't see how a trans athlete can have a good mental game with everything that's going on with the news, with waking up every morning and seeing another bill dropped, another law passed, another person has been persecuted, or jailed, or assaulted, or killed."

What's often missing from the discussion of transgender athletes is hearing from those athletes themselves. They are talked about, but their own words are often ignored by the mainstream media. Or what they say isn't reported.

Laws in several dozen states restrict trans athletes from participating in teams or divisions that align with their gender identities. Similar bills or regulations have been introduced in other parts of the country.

One of the main goals of supporters of these bills is to both demonize and spread misinformation about the trans community. They've identified sports as a vehicle to attack transgender people. Some cisgender athletes, in fact, have taken legal action to try and stop trans athletes from competing in various events across the country.