Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️ / is on Nostr

An #ActuallyAutistic Latino trans man in St Louis, Missouri (Midwest United States).
Non-commercial artist in many media, looking for a new day job.
Default tones of voice: Big Gay Platonic Compliment, Solemn Moralizing, Earnest Joy.

Last Notes

2024-07-23 17:03:58

Anyone noticed that the bot armies are down for reprogramming? That's why socials seem so dead right now, I think.

2024-07-07 14:33:21

We're seeing very hopeful signs in Missouri. Republican billboards, bragging about how Trump-like the candidates are, are coming down, and being replaced with Democrats' ads. People who had hung up obnoxious Trump signs are neglecting them, they are being vandalized, or they are being taken down in favor of local Republican candidates for lower offices.

2024-06-30 17:02:01

trans men are love, trans men are life!
#trans #transmasc #LGBT
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2024-05-21 20:18:31

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@npub1j4v…p4ys I had to look it up, but it's a dice-shaking dance move Seth Rogan does in the movie "Knocked Up".
That said, I believe we should all start referring to Dungeons and Dragons as "the dice thing".

2024-05-21 00:41:49

leveraging the profit motive to remove discrimination - love to see it.
#trans #solidarity
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2024-03-27 15:46:55

Like, I know I say it A LOT, but this shit would be hilarious if it wasn't deadly.
I don't know what's wrong with everyone in #USpol today. At least be original. Also I want my hurricane powers back.
https://www.ksl.com/article/50962289/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-phil-lyman-blames-baltimore-bridge-collapse-on-diversity
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2024-03-05 15:13:37

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 I think one overlooked factor is that this sports knowledge is how important men tend to establish trust. Fundamentally, a lot of men in power do not trust anyone who doesn't have an encyclopedic knowledge of their own preferred sport, though often they'll accept deep knowledge in any "masculine" sport. They act like something is wrong with you if you don't have it - there's a barrier that can't be overcome.
(I get by on repeating my husband's knowledge. I don't care about sports now, after the Royals tried to hire a molester, and then acted like the fans were overreacting when we objected.)

2024-03-02 16:53:30

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@npub18lj…80hq I think this is super interesting, and my introduction to it was this post, about "Ask Culture" vs. "Guess Culture":
https://www.tumblr.com/mefitours-blog-blog/351510194

2024-02-02 22:32:49

This isn't a subtoot of anyone, I'm just responding to something I read earlier and immediately forgot the source of:
The reason that queer and trans people are so afraid right now is not because it's necessarily *worse* for us than it was in the 1990s.
For me, it's worse now because it represents such an incredible backslide from the very recent past. It's also worse now because of how violent, specific, and individual the threats are.
There is a sense that the gloves are off, and hurting us is overtly the point - the veneer of civility is gone. The fact that most people are not responding uniquely to this unique level of hostility is worrying, to me!
There's also a demographic problem happening right now that was never present before: As we come out, and as we choose to be visible, our true number becomes more apparent. The other side doesn't seem very chill about the fact that like three queer or trans people could simultaneously citizen's-arrest every cop in the US!
The transphobes are responding to the actuality of trans people now, not the fictional idea that someone, somewhere, was transgender. That is new, and I think it's dangerous.
#trans #queer

2023-07-13 18:19:03

I need to hear this about 200 times a day. Being "normal" isn't very fun, and it's not as safe as it seems.
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