Tag: LGBTQ+
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“Healthcare, Not Hate” – Protestors Ask Seattle Children’s Hospital for Support
> Read More: “Healthcare, Not Hate” – Protestors Ask Seattle Children’s Hospital for SupportOver 900 people assembled outside of Seattle Children’s Hospital today, in protest of the organization’s decision to unilaterally discontinue healthcare for its transgender youth. This was the third in a series of grassroots demonstrations; attendance has grown exponentially since they began Thursday morning.
📁 Category: Journalism
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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
> Read More: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?My partner and I first broached the possibility that we might need to flee the country last summer. After election day, we began that preparation in earnest. I’m making the document we used to begin this conversation with friends and colleagues freely available to the public. I hope it helps.
📁 Category: Essays
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Deplatforming Myself: A Tech Manifesto
> Read More: Deplatforming Myself: A Tech ManifestoThe internet has become one big roach motel. I lay the blame for this development solely at the feet of The Platform; the proliferation of venture-capitalist backed walled gardens, which are incentivized to trap users inside and milk them like cattle. This has me re-evaluating my relationship with The Platform, what I want out of…
📁 Category: Essays🔍 File Under: Antifascism, Enshittification, LGBTQ+, Manifesto, Tech, Why Did You Build the Torment Nexus?
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I Was Laid Off In Retaliation for Anti-Discrimination Whistleblowing
> Read More: I Was Laid Off In Retaliation for Anti-Discrimination WhistleblowingIn order to protect women, gender nonconforming folks, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community from suffering as my peers and I have, I feel ethically obligated to go public with my experience. In this article, I will outline why I have sufficient reason to believe that my former employer Rune Labs has…
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Green Waves Over Mt. Rainier
> Read More: Green Waves Over Mt. RainierSince I last checked in, I have: moved 2,900 miles, survived Covid, organized a series of mass protests, rioted in the streets, single handedly restructured my companys SDLC, and made a pilgrimage to one of the last lesbian bars in the country. All of this has reaffirmed my belief that, yes, I am in fact…
📁 Category: Uncategorized
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Suppose Google was Compromised
> Read More: Suppose Google was CompromisedThreat modeling is the information security practice of anticipating and mitigating negative outcomes in physical and digital systems, most often unauthorized access, theft, and vandalism. I thought it would be fun to practice this skill on a novel scenario. Even better if its something apparently nobody has ever solved or published resources for, but that…
📁 Category: Essays
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Consent and Abuse in Boyfriend Dungeon
> Read More: Consent and Abuse in Boyfriend DungeonIn this article, we’ll discuss how Boyfriend Dungeon contrasts via gameplay both healthy and unhealthy consent models. We’ll also break down the anatomy of abuse by isolating specific emotional manipulation techniques that are employed by its antagonist, and explore the unique potential of dating sims as learning tools, which empower survivors of abuse to safely…
📁 Category: Essays
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Long Trains, Yellow Jackets, & Anesthesia
> Read More: Long Trains, Yellow Jackets, & AnesthesiaIt still feels kind of unreal. After almost six years of waiting, innumerable sacrifices, and reckless leaps through the burning, acid-soaked hoop that is the American healthcare industry, I have finally, successfully received transition surgery. And you know what? It was still worth every second of it. I’d like to do a write up on…
📁 Category: Uncategorized
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Renegade Ghost – Chapter 1
> Read More: Renegade Ghost – Chapter 1An experiment in serial fiction. Sally Blaire, self-styled trickster spirit and infamous vigilante of the Cape Fear River, can’t quite decide if she fights crime or commits them.
📁 Category: Fiction
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Queer Identities in Smile for Me
> Read More: Queer Identities in Smile for MeToday is Valentines Day, a national holiday celebrating yours truly. And you know what always makes me happy? Application of critical theory! Using a queer lens, I can make a compelling case that Smile for Me’s central antagonist, Dr. B Habit, is both gay and gender-nonconforming. The rest of y’all nerds on dates and stuff…
📁 Category: Essays