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2024-08-28 22:15:13

Update: half-arsed bailed on the online course that looked to be a wokefest. I said I wasn't joining tonight due to vague family situation. Next week I'll pull the plug entirely.
Yes, I am a wimp.

2024-08-26 02:45:44

$40 for this delightful objet d'art, featuring a real taxidermy mouse.
Should I get it?
https://media.spinster.xyz/a11e539d0a9a38045c67ae973d9340cf4fea597a147c90fc85bbedb2da848860.png

2024-08-03 21:19:03

An acquaintance just shared this but like, it makes no sense.
The terfs ARE in charge of the internet! They hate masculine women and love rapists!
Fucking idiots. It's the same ol' patriachy in both cases.
https://media.spinster.xyz/5ea10973c19747565b2184083b48a33c81a7fb96c8cbcfd55c5dd982385e0153.jpg

2024-07-30 05:54:32

Wait, I'm supposed to braid my friend's hair while we're wearing matching underwear outside?
Am I even a woman?
https://media.spinster.xyz/0b0cf655a2756c015878b447fa0dc99cd5bf5bba9a7940545792377590c7531d.png

2024-07-26 00:34:08

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And one assumes there are many other law enforcement officers who also know this and have said nothing this whole time

2024-07-19 02:03:26

I went to the beach with a friend and her two children, 8 and 5.
They complained the whole time about heat, dirt, bugs, a rock that looked like a skull...
They were so happy to get home to their air conditioned house.
I see this more and more with children I teach. The reality of the outdoors is unbearable for them.
My mom says I didn't complain about bugs when I was 8.

2024-07-14 21:34:33

Had to listen to a queer aka straight couple talking like this:
Woman who looks absolutely ordinary: "Ooo candles! But they won't let me get more candles"
Man with long blue hair: "They're only allowed to get candles if they burn them eventually"
Woman: "They make me burn them, I never want to!"

2024-07-09 16:27:38

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When ordinary people won't fall into line, call on corporations!

2024-07-09 14:07:57

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Ah, what a shame. My cups would runneth over....
I can recommend this silk sports bra though.
https://juliemay-lingerie.com/collections/non-wired-organic-cotton-bra/products/georgia-silk-back-support-full-coverage-wireless-cotton-bra-1?variant=47038707204444

2024-07-09 05:33:49

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where does one acquire such a bra?

2024-06-25 04:34:34

Oh! I nearly forgot to share today's trans-in-schools moment!
A teacher next door did the puberty talk today and showed me the anonymous handwritten questions. "Does a transwomen get a period after the operation?"
The teacher didn't know the answer. She thought the operation involved a womb transplant.
I told her it was a piece of colon.
Ack the misinformation!

2024-06-18 14:11:42

From an illustration account I follow.
Pride= pink eyebrow people ready to stomp, demanding respect
https://media.spinster.xyz/5d15c8949e83cb9ced7f5069fe2751d7b94d6e656db5f31cf25359bb56d304bb.jpg

2024-06-16 23:02:51

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Admiring a well-crafted tweet. or whatever they're called now

2024-06-05 00:42:44

Today I sent some gr 7 boys to the art supply room to get something and they took a long time.
Turns out they had dumped paint on the floor for fun.
Fuck. how am i supposed to do this job for 20+ more years

2024-06-04 03:10:08

Who speaks French?
My students (ages 10-12) had to do a menu in French.
Very basic stuff: une pizza, un hamburger.
One student has used an online translator and has come up with some unusual dishes:
-Problème de pêche
-Le beurre c'est moi
-Je suis à l'ail
-Moi regulier
Any idea what these were supposed to be in English?

2024-06-02 14:58:58

How many more days of Pride?
Just saw 'trans people are sacred. Queer kids are precious'

2024-06-02 02:09:01

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I think students have an inborn sense of the right ratio of exasperating: adorable to keep teachers coming back.

2024-05-26 16:30:50

From a National Geographic infographic on "Would you survive Doomsday?", the most important jobs chosen by reddit.
Don't know which sub, a prepper one I would guess, and a male-dominated one for sure.
No one needs any clothes, post-doomsday, or cooking/baking, or houses or furniture....
https://media.spinster.xyz/ae6d8ef9670cb94f2d55ba01c1412ca7790fa6bbf8fdd763475bef1ddcc4b898.png

2024-05-20 05:49:24

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I complained that everyone is poly these days and my friend said it's because they're finally getting in touch with their sexuality.
I think it's a bad scene but wasn't sure how to respond

2024-05-20 05:04:54

And what do we think of polyamory?

2024-04-17 04:29:10

One of the many things that made me shut down online dating was seeing a profile from a man who liked a lot of weird sex stuff. He proudly proclaimed he was a teacher. In my district.
For context, I was told in teacher training never to be photographed holding a glass of wine on my private social media because it would hurt my career.

2024-04-14 14:22:48

I wish I had a screenshot of the dating profile that started "I have a dirty mind ..." and ended in "BTW, Jesus is my friend"

2024-04-07 21:02:54

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i wanna read that profile!

2024-04-06 14:01:51

I remember reading some classic novel and being struck by how deeply the character felt a sense of moral duty.
Gonna read some 200 year old books by women and think about how impossible this timeline would have seemed to them.

2024-03-25 16:43:26

Trying to write report comments without using his/her so I don't have to used forced pronouns for a 12 year old student who says she's a boy but wears false eyelashes.
Integrity! 😬

2024-03-15 04:01:40

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To give more context, high schoolers are doing interviews instead of exams at the end of the year.
Is this a kinder, gentler education that works for more students, or are we creating people who don't have the discipline to study and can't handle stressful situations?
Please weigh in.

2024-03-15 02:48:53

Questions about testing in education:
Was taking tests in school traumatic/demotivating for you?
Do you think test taking is a valuable skill?
Do you think testing should be used more/less/the same in education?

2024-03-11 03:09:36

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I love the Memoriam part too
I didn't post Laverne because you need eye bleach after.
Rita had a new dress this year but I love her '62 look.
I did not care for Emma Stone's look. Say no to peplums!

2024-03-11 03:02:12

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it's not Laverne in the picture

2024-03-09 00:57:16

I wasn't bowled over by the Google doodle for Intl Women's Day.
What do you think of it?

2024-02-08 19:03:23

My friend is spelling my name wrong and I'm not sure if I correct it or not. We've been friends for years. It's only now with instant messaging that i have discovered she leaves out a letter.

2024-02-06 01:56:31

Why are they still making commercials that promise men that a product will get them a girl? In this case, cereal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikqA22nQVB0

2024-01-25 15:10:19

I read a clickbaity blog post from a supposedly feminist writer about having lunch with family friend who broke down and cried about being divorced in his 80s.
I have no sympathy if the only thing he can say about his wife after decades of marriage is:
https://media.spinster.xyz/01f9b58a61fd5c876f445dd84bb13203abfefe73e58c7ae471e346c8d0e9cfeb.jpg

2024-01-20 17:08:42

I had a dream about a new British TV show called Martin and Martin, two cantankerous old friends living in a small town. And also one of the Martins and his female partner had adopted/fostered several older children of various ethnic backgrounds who adorably struggled with the usual crises of growing up. AND there were also woodland stories in the style of Thornton Burgess with puppet badgers and possums and whatnot (because let's not worry about what continent they actually live on).
So yes, just letting you know I will be leaving teaching to become a screenwriter.

2024-01-17 01:08:58

Feeling defeated as a teacher. Whatever I do, it's not good enough. The kids are rude; it's on me to turn them around.
I have spent hundreds of dollars on supplies and admin pretends not to know. It's hard to put so much in and to be made to feel you're not measuring up.

2024-01-14 19:03:06

Anybody got any good memes for 'can't wear a bra this next month because one arm is in a cast'?

2024-01-12 22:35:52

I slipped on ice and broke my wrist. Send bunny and donkey pictures.

2023-12-31 20:09:48

Up all night nursing a sick rabbit. I think he's on the mend.
Not quite out of the woods yet but he's eating a bit on his own.

2023-12-26 16:34:12

Would someone who strongly dislikes the crime/mystery genre do okay with JKR's latest books?

2023-12-20 01:22:11

I stayed afterschool to clean up massive holiday art project. My room is used by the afterschool club which is mostly 11 and 12 year old boys. There are teenage girls who come volunteer to help.
I'm not sure, because I'm at the sink washing paint brushes, but the boys kept saying the word 'gorgeous' really loudly repeatedly. Someone said 'You look sexy!' twice. They are definitely eager to talk to the teenage volunteers.
There is an woman hired to lead the club but she doesn't seem to notice these remarks.
I think it would be a good idea to squash anything even remotely resembling sexual harassment NOW. It's not okay in adult workplaces and it's not ok at school.
Not totally sure of the place of this afterschool club in the school district bureaucracy. Is my school principal is responsible for it or not? I will try to talk to the club leader but not sure what to do if it gets more serious.

2023-12-19 00:37:07

My grandmother called my mother to ask if she thought I'd like a pink sweater in 2XL from an old lady clothing store. My mother gave several reasons why I would NOT like a 2XL pink sweater. My grandma, who lives in her own reality, said "I'm going to be near there tomorrow and I can get it then."
So it's going to be a pretty-in-pink Christmas. Make that pretty-in-plentiful-pools-of-pink Christmas.

2023-12-11 02:25:33

I can't take this seriously.
https://media.spinster.xyz/aeef602a8f2d330bd95a1543459e6f47d4c7ba6aee66830818ca6f68d2c4ec71.png

2023-11-29 16:29:43

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what is the pastry looking thing on the table?

2023-11-29 16:06:42

GAME REVIEW:
I just finished Graveyard Keeper. It's supposed to be a macabre Stardew Valley. I got addicted but was aware the whole time it's not a good game. Mechanics are stupidly complicated (you have no idea) and the overall balance is off.
It's also sexist. You play as a male. 90% of the main characters are male. There are a handful of female characters and except for the witch, they are not given much agency. Two are depicted (in the barest of storylines) as controlled by a husband or father. One coos at the male protagonist constantly and has a line of dialogue about getting her looks from her mother and her smarts from dad. Oh and actually the witch doesn't do anything except hide in a swamp but at least she's not baring cleavage.
Just...how is this stuff still being made?

2023-11-29 00:26:27

All the twelve year olds are saying 'My bad' when reprimanded.
Am I ancient? I tell them that's not how you talk to adults.

2023-11-28 14:18:03

I dreamt I had a big white horse called Patient Equinox.

2023-11-16 15:04:36

Social media advice? I run a hobby group, let's call it Bad Apples Knitting Club. I collect money for snacks and materials but it is not making me any money. I don't have a social media account for it but I post about it under a personal account.
Today a BAKC account (again, not the real name) from the other side of the world wrote to ask me not to use the name and hashtag. Or I could be like a franchise of her club?
I think this is an unreasonable request. The name is not trademarked in my country.
How do I respond?

2023-11-15 00:15:26

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Misread the first one as 'aromatic'.
Thought it was a week about herbs and scented candles.

2023-10-31 23:24:23

Some students stole my Halloween candy today.
Fucking little shits.

2023-10-30 15:19:49

Maybe I'll do a Potter pumpkin this year....

2023-10-29 23:09:36

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Hello my name is Hucron.

2023-10-29 22:55:28

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Except I was dressed as a witch.

2023-10-29 22:35:21

Alone in an elevator, decide to sneak a bit of my Sunday treat, a giant cream puff. The bottom of the pastry explodes and I wind up with cream all over my face.
#winning

2023-10-28 16:31:07

What do you think about people giving away pets because a baby is coming?

2023-10-24 03:27:01

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oh gawd I'm only year three in this career....

2023-10-21 14:07:35

My houseguest repeatedly talked about a man being emasculated by his wife.
I...don't think this is a thing.
Thoughts?

2023-10-20 00:30:19

Since peaking, I've been pretty focused on the TIMs but lately I'm fed up with the female enbies.
Just feel like questioning them until they cry: "please explain how you're less binary than me. please explain what having a gender looks like. please explain what's wrong with being female."

2023-10-12 01:58:01

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The worst workshop I saw (last year) was about how to teach the trans stuff in high school biology class
I almost wanted to attend virtually to know the enemy, but I thought it would depress me for weeks after.

2023-10-06 03:18:23

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2023-10-01 01:37:00

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sex isn't biological.
that's what it's come to.
my gendered soul just really wanted menstrual cramps.

2023-09-25 22:31:42

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Nina's goddesses!

2023-09-23 04:48:41

me in one of the most western timezones feeling like the last person awake at the sleepover
https://media.spinster.xyz/43c1592fd1489dfcdf85c274dd90c5e6da062f011590ae0cb0f1d1db011b6f3c.jpg

2023-09-22 23:03:26

Endured a very painful day teaching 12 year olds. Simply absurd behaviour that wasn't seen 20 years ago.
What is happening to kids/parenting/society?

2023-09-20 23:59:21

the worst part about today was seeing the machine at work. Headlines all condemn the protests. Union says it's hate speech and misinformation. Teachers saying it's right wingers. Superintendent sends an email to all staff to 'check in', and condemns homophobic and transphobic protests
How can reasonable questions be heard with all that working to stomp them down?
Remember when humans thought the Earth was the centre of the universe? Remember that humans used to prescribe leeches, cocaine, heroin, morphine, arsenic as medicines? Are we so sure we've got it right now?

2023-09-20 13:54:18

Big protests planned for today against (and counter-protests for) SOGI (sexual orientation gender identity) curriculum. Teachers' union said to wear shirts to support alphabet soup.
Why is everybody so dumb

2023-09-18 04:06:25

Just saw an ad for 'Queer Yoga Hiqes'
Yes that is how it was spelled.
(they mean hikes)

2023-09-13 20:02:35

During the 2020 lockdown times, I would listen to podcasts while I made art. I listened to hours and hours of Robert Sapolsky's lectures on human behavior. He mentions that TIPs brains match the brains of their identified gender. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QScpDGqwsQ
I have so many thoughts I don't know where to start.
I thought there was a study on like...11 brains from dead males and it wasn't clear if they were the gay or straight kind of trans.
I think Sapolsky says elsewhere that gay men have one tiny part of the brain that looks like more like a female brain.
It is my understanding that there are small differences, general trends, between male and female brains but you couldn't 100% identify the sex of a dissected brain.
Sapolsky's lectures are all about differences in male and female behaviors especially around reproduction.
I teach kids and I think boys and girls are wired differently but also hate the idea of 'ladybrainz'.
Is Sapolsky a sellout because that's what it takes to keep a top spot at Stanford?

2023-09-12 02:47:43

Hi I'm Qbody
My hobbies are marking ads as inappropriate on social media and trying to hold back the tide.

2023-09-04 03:35:07

So I looked at greensingles.com, because I am one of those unlikable environmentalists who wants to ban everything fun. It shows some profiles on the front page before you sign up. Based on those profiles, I did not sign up.
Men with braids in their beards. Usernames like 'luvandpeace' and 'starseed'. Reiki masters who meditate 26 hours a day. Men looking for 'tantric partners' twenty years younger than them.
Guess it'll be me and my mother running the off-grid homestead then.

2023-08-29 22:59:44

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what is chadig?

2023-08-26 15:20:56

I keep thinking about this little incident so I need to unload it here. Thank you in advance.
I was driving and ex-Nigel was in the passenger seat. Big truck comes up right behind my car and then swerves at the last second into the next lane, speeds past us. I am shaken and wish death on the (male, of course) driver of the truck. Ex-Nigel takes the moral high ground and is SHOCKED at my reaction.
Emotional, I try to explain that male drivers do that to me every fucking day. I forget what I actually said, but somehow I managed to sputter out the word 'rapist.'
Ex-Nigel laughed.
I start crying. He apologizes.
Ok, fine. I know in a court of law you couldn't make the claim that a bad driver is a rapist.
But I think it's a pretty good bet that men who get high off of the power of their trucks also LOVE dominating in other areas of life. He doesn't respect boundaries and laws, he doesn't show care and responsibility for others' safety... yeah I'm going to say he'd sleep with a drunk girl, at a minimum.
If I had a magic wand, I would cull the worst 10% of men with no regret at all.

2023-08-22 04:47:34

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How are you doing with it?

2023-08-12 03:33:32

Finally got a picture of baby raccoon in water tub. A few seconds too late but still... proof!
https://media.spinster.xyz/9d51ba9247419e39e7d509c36efdb3333a14ad3ad2c6fdff015c2596d5006578.jpg

2023-08-09 20:13:30

DON'T POKE THE HORNET'S NEST
Sigh. Inclusive language assignment.
The word aboriginal is out of favour in Canada. Use Indigenous instead.
Ok, fine.
Except I keep seeing these explanations that 'aboriginal' is Latin for "NOT ORIGINAL", and that's wrong. Ab means from. aboriginal = from the original.
The single letter 'a' means not, as in asexual.
It's easy to check this if you google 'etymology of aboriginal'.
Also, Europeans going to another land and calling the people there 'unoriginal' doesn't make any sense.
But, I think bringing this up in class would not go over well.

2023-08-06 18:11:52

I just tried to imagine a wedding where the bride waited at the altar and the groom walked down the aisle with his mum.

2023-08-01 15:25:56

Is this who I think it is?
https://media.spinster.xyz/6d13c511e48b770e751541661240edc24f4b7055505f15c988314edf825681de.png

2023-07-24 17:16:26

Fluffy-woman's-magazine-type question of the day! Does birth order matter in relationships? For example, a Firstborn paired with Youngest Child, can it be harmonious?

2023-07-07 22:59:05

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this is how it was retold to me: "well, the minute there's food, someone is left out. There's celiac, and there's vegans, and even veganism is problematic for Indigenous people who eat meat..."

2023-07-07 22:09:37

Just heard a 'left-eating-itself' story about organizers trying to have an event, being told serving food was 'exclusionary', and eventually splintering into two events (with dirty laundry aired on twitter.)

2023-07-06 05:23:05

Went for late night ice cream at the hipster-artisan ice cream parlour, where the employees wear pronoun badges and everyone in line is some flavour of queer. Even the dad with wife and two kids is wearing a 'Stop Hate' shirt.
Why can't it just be about ice cream?
It's really good ice cream.

2023-07-03 05:23:47

Sunday night quality content.
I should be going to bed. Instead I searched for 'gender' on Craigslist and found this delightful ad.
https://media.spinster.xyz/780a166154b03b6a62fc7e91a9370d9acad1b5539992ac0750cbb42024be734d.png

2023-06-27 19:26:45

I went to the newly renovated town library only to find.....
GENDER NEUTRAL WASHROOM.
One main washroom. There is no door. You enter on the corner of the space. The sinks are visible from the main lobby. Each stall has a glass door that touches the floor. So you can do your business in privacy but the sinks are not. I didn't go into a stall to see about urinals and feminine waste collectors.
There is also a smaller family washroom.

2023-06-14 23:34:10

My favourite instagram account is called Recycled Movie costumes. What's yours?

2023-05-29 02:19:09

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kid furries. christ what a world

2023-05-13 00:45:45

I do not understand why people like hairless versions of fuzzy animals.

2023-05-02 02:20:55

Watch Jennifers take over the world!
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/a-wondrous-gif-shows-the-most-popular-baby-names-for-girls-since-1960/280709/

2023-03-31 17:53:42

Ooo someone is selling Invisible Women and The End of Gender secondhand. The start of a new friendship with a fellow local GC? Or just a silent nod of recognition as I pick up the books....