I've discovered my superpower while I've been away and it's that in three cities in a row I have unwittingly and instinctually booked my accommodation in queer neighbourhoods
That's pretty much the thing that helped me other than finally, when I could eventually afford them, buying expensive shoes that were actually comfortable and supportive, but that might be something a dr could convince winz to suss
Oh I had this same experience a few years ago and I was genuinely worried my heel bone was fractured and I was just walking on it every day. Check with a dr but mine turned out to be plantar fasciitis and it fucking sucks - put a water bottle in the freezer and use it to roll the base of your foot
Gosh I wonder why Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull would have been denied a visa, it's just so unbelievable
Anti trans group Genspect is proposing a mass surveillance program under the prescription drug monitoring program aimed at tracking any time anyone is prescribed hormones, including birth control. This would treat hormones like opioids in terms of reporting. It's downright dystopian.
100%. In uni we were organising against massive staff cuts and abysmal wages for support staff when we realised the VC's PhD was in "how little can you spend on warming for baby lambs before they die"
I'm cynical, but I think it's in their interests to keep society juuuuuust right at the edge before collapse, to maximise their profits while keeping people from rising up