happy Thursday the 20th

We need more teachers like this, I live in the hellhole of Florida and we used to have GSA (Gender sexuality Alliance) clubs at all of the middle and high schools I’ve been to . But now there gone due to the don’t say gay bill, and a few of my friends had lost a simple yet extremely important support group of teachers who were LGBT and now only have our small friend group.

My teacher because of this bill can’t even show us photos of her girlfriend without the risk of being fired and tried for showing ‘pornography’ to kids.

The don’t say gay bill is fucking stupid, and it did more harm than good for the students relaying on school to feel normal because of their parents being homophobic or transphobic.

Then they say it was to protect us, like being trans or gay was an illness.

(Disclaimer: some information about the law may be wrong, but the effects I’ve experienced aren’t. And thanks for reading this rant, I needed to get it off my chest.)

Keep in mind I’m a cis woman writing this.

So I was debating posting this but I think it needs to be said.

So I’m a student teacher and this week, we started at a new school district. Now I won’t presume to begin to pretend that I know what everyone’s political ideologies are in this school district but keep in mind that it’s in rural New York State and rural New York State tends to run red. Not as red as some other places but definitely not blue and not even really purple. 

Anyway yesterday was my first ever professional development day. So I’m all dressed up, introducing myself to other teachers, and I shake hands with the superintendent who seems like a really nice guy.

And about halfway through the day, he goes up to the front of the theater and he starts talking about the best ways to talk to and help transgender/nonbinary students. It’s the basic things we all learn in our education classes. And you can tell that he’s a bit uncomfortable and so are some of the teachers. And at last, he stops and says, “Folks, I have to be honest. My father is rolling in his grave right now.”

And I’m in the back like, “Oh no.”

And so he pauses again and then he starts implying that he was raised to have a very negative opinion on the transgender community. And he continues to say that he had to unlearn a lot in the past few decades and then he admitted that he still doesn’t get it. He outright admitted that he personally doesn’t understand how someone comes to the conclusion that they’re not their assigned gender. And he admits that of course he doesn’t because he’s never had to go through that.

Another pause.

And then he says, “But I don’t have to get it.”

The theater fills with whispers and then he says [and I’m paraphrasing here], “I don’t have to get it. I don’t even have to agree with it. Because it doesn’t matter what I think or what I feel or what my beliefs are. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is that I respect that student and I respect their choice.”

And then he reminded the teachers of every single policy that the school district follows from letting any student use their bathroom of choice to changing the students’ names per the students’ requests to not telling the parents anything unless the student gives consent to do so.

And at the end, he brought it back by saying, “My father just rolled in his grave again. But it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter what you think, it doesn’t matter what you believe, because it’s not about you. It’s about your kids. And you need to love your kids! Love your kids! Love your kids!”

Long story short, this looks like it’s going to be a good placement.

"I want to be a dragon."

I’m sorry, but the microwave one caught me off guard-

Batfam quotes as quotes from my DND game (pt 8) (but my main campaign is still on pause so this is from various oneshots over the summer)

Jason:“I'm not listening to someone who can barely touch my chin” Tim:“A pair of…” Steph:“..tits” Bruce:“No.” Jason:“If this is the job that puts me down, I swear I will come back just to haunt you” Damien:“I'm pretty sure you can see in the dark, correct”? Duke:“Oh yeah I can” Damien:“Did you forget”? Duke:“..Maybe” Jason:“Become demon- it pays off GREAT” Ra:“You wish to make one last heroic stand” Tim:“I wouldn't call it heroic but it is a stand” Dick:“Have you ever gotten hit by a meteor before”? Bruce:“...Can't say I have” Dick:“Yes, it is unpleasant” Steph:“Time isn't real, it's a soup” Damien:“That sounds like talking” Tim:“Well you see-” Damien:“That STILL sounds like talking” Tim:“-I mean that's” Damien:“Still. Talking” Tim:“Jesus... okay fine” Babs:“That's such fan behavior” Steph:“Have you ever put a hamster in a microwave”? Cass:“The fuck is a microwave”? Dick:“Congrats, You WON'T be eaten alive by rats-” Jason:“You’re making me the villain here” Damien:“God- You sound like my mother.” Dick:“Its an evil, im gonna slut shame it-” Duke:“That's my lungs not my skeleton” Cass:“Your right that's your gut not your bones”

May you have your favorite comfort foods on hand, no matter what.

May your next period be light and end quickly

this blog hates donald trump

Look how many people hate him. I’m pretty damn happy about that 😁😁😁😁😁😁

Baby’s first gore! :D

(Lol I just got really bored, the middle one is my last attempt for this painting session-)

Santa is on strike due to global warming.  All presents this year will be delivered by Sasha the Christmas Tiger.  Milk and cookies may not be sufficient.

Picked up needle felting again! A random burst of motivation hit me to make Nico di Angelo from HoO!

(Reference photo; Art is by Soia! Go check them out!)