@cryptadamist
> blockchain projects are created so as to generate tokens that can be sold to rubes

I'm not as cynical. I'm open to the idea that many of these people set out with lofty aspirations. The Peepeth and NumaVerse folks seem like they did. See also the Token Engineering Commons folks, and the interviews @theblockchainsocialist does.

But I agree this is often the goal from day 1 (BitConneeeeeect!), and sometimes ends up as the outcome regardless of good intentions.

women's health would make big leaps very quickly if cis clinicians and researchers would just stop taking transgender people for medically speaking some kind of space alien

but that would mean also having to ask some pretty uncomfortable questions both about cis identities and about the ethics of clinical practices against us over a recent time period of, let's say, the full history of clinical practices against us

they are not going to do that imo

only for gender affirming care is it considered "political extremism" when the people affected are involved in providing care

imagine calling it extremism if people who at any point went to therapy worked in psychiatry, if cancer survivors worked in oncology or if people with spines worked in orthopedics

@gabbywheels 2014. The book is valid, but it has a bunch of stuff that makes me roll me eyes, LOL. (MOSTLY, his statements on how important it is to pay attention to your look and his many very white, neurotypical, wealth/class/race driven statements, IMHO).

The valid stuff that I have distilled so far: 1. Certain colors look better on people than others. 2. Don't keep around anything that makes you look terrible, i.e. wrong color. 3. Fit is very important, don't wear stuff that doesn't fit (it typically too big... though some guys, maybe too small LOL). 4. If you want to subscribe to his philosophy, don't own and wear clothing you haven't thought about and how you look in it.

@gabbywheels

Yeah I agree that distillation is solid!

The color thing is important. And yeah, a lot of color stuff is written for white people, which is stupid. But you don't need a list of what colors you should wear, anyway. You just need to hold them up to your face and look in the mirror

Subtle differences in shade matter a lot

For example, I can't wear most yellow, but there are some shades of yellow I can wear

And one shirt I kept around for decades, for situations where a doctor was likely to give me the in your head bullshit. Because the shade makes me look real sickly 😂

@NilaJones @gabbywheels Part of my reading this is to figure out colors... but he does not cover anyone near my skin tone. 🙄 And he says "you'll know it when you see it", which is ABSOLUTELY not true, because I have spent my life (even recently) with comments like "WHY ARE YOU WEARING THOSE TOGETHER?!" and "YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT LIKE THAT DAD, ARE YOU?!" It just does not come naturally to me.

That said, I do know the strongest color now for me (dark green). I actually could do purple, except purple is definitely calling attention to yourself (ie the purple jacket would look fine on me, but it would be a statement). The traditional color to go with my skin/hair tone (which I will not wear) is black... because it strongly suggests, ethnically, someone who is visiting from overseas vs. domestic, which is not great in this current US climate (and will get you hassled).