SEA SURROUNDED who has time to dream of mountains?
hey all! i’ve finally taken the first steps towards something i’ve wanted to do for a long time now, which is actually writing a book. SEA SURROUNDED is the story i’m choosing for this, as it’s been a story which literally saved my life.
the premise is this: the apocalypse has come, leaving the survivors stranded on the acid-ocean 25 years later, clinging to the husks of ships large enough to not sink. focusing on many individuals, the action takes place on a decrepit cruise ship where tensions with other communities are coming to a head.
to help things along, i’ve set up a process blog @seasurrounded where i’ll be posting updates and snippets as i work, as well as a patreon for anybody who wants to help support this project financially.
i’ve often jokingly described the project as “Water World, minus Kevin Costner and the nonsense”, but it does have a special place in my heart, so if you are in any way interested in following or supporting this project, thank you! you make this young lesbian happy and grateful.
Yo everyone my good friend Kit is writing a book based on the life-changing Apocalypse World campaign we played earlier this year! Check it out; it’s gonna be awesome.
“ohhh would you look at that, my pawns found jesus and now they’re all bishops”
“so i realize it looks like i’m putting a thimble on the board but actually my rooks have been using their downtime to build another rook, one that’s better, stronger, faster—”
“hey welcome back. while you left to get a snack, those six pieces you’d captured slipped their guards, tunneled to safety and emerged right in the middle of your royal palace.”
“oof, looks like you’ve got my king cornered…maybe this is a good time to mention that shortly before we started playing, my pawns and knights revolted and instituted a representative democracy. feel free to kill the puppet ruler that was the one remaining vestige of our tyranny, you cringing servant of the crown. vive la revolution!”
I swear by all the gods it’s a damn good thing I got out of NC when I did or I’d be burning down everything associated with these fucking clownshoes.
what the actual fuck, NC. What the actual fuck.
“To report suspicious bathroom activity, North Carolina residents can call the 24-hour ‘HB2 Offender Hotline’ at 1-800-662-7952. For individuals living outside of North Carolina, please call (919) 814-2000.”
Let’s spamcall the fuck out of this, please.
919-814-2050 – This is the number to the governor’s office. Call him and express your displeasure while you’re at it.
Also, I was so busy skimming the article for the numbers I didn’t actually read it.
“With the information gathered from this hotline, we’ll be working closely with local law enforcement agencies to make sure this law is enforced and those who break the law see jail bars. We are sending a clear message to all the transsexuals out there; their illegal actions and deviant behavior will no longer be tolerated in the state of North Carolina.” How in the fuck is this an actual thing that came out of the mouth of a government official? This reads like unfunny satire. It’s just flat-out bigotry. It sounds like the shit you’d hear at a Klan rally.
“We encourage North Carolina’s residents to take photographs and report as much detail as possible when calling.” Also holy SHIT the governor’s office is TELLING PEOPLE TO COMMIT A SEX CRIME. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK.
YEAH JUST GO AHEAD AND LEGALLY TAKE BATHROOM PICS OF PEOPLE THAT WON’T END BADLY.
I don’t give a shit who you are, if I see you trying to take my picture in any public bathroom, I’m breaking your face with your own goddamned phone because you’re a sick pervert.
Please correct me if this is unhelpful:
it strikes me that a useful thing for cis allies to do here would be 1) for in state allies to shut down anyone taking photos in a public bathroom and 2) for out of state allies to spam the hotline with reports that it is very suspicious the state of north carolina is spending money enforcing and running a hotline for this bigoted law when they have child poverty rate of over 25%.
Here is a script for #1):
You taking pictures in a bathroom is rude, inappropriate, and makes me feel uncomfortable. You need to put the camera away.
Whatever their response gets a broken record of, “(Well bless your sweet little heart), it is still inappropriate to take pictures of other people in a bathroom. You need to put the camera away.”
Cis people: you are not safe either. Under this law, someone can decide your voice is too high for the men’s room, your feet or your hands are too big for the ladies’, or they just don’t like you and want to make your day harder, and they will use this law against you too. If you don’t care what happens to us, think about every shitty joke you ever heard about a schoolmate or a celebrity who looked ‘too masculine’ or ‘too feminine’, and remember that not all of you can ‘pass’ as the gender you were assigned at birth.
And make no mistake, there will be more bashings. When governments pass laws like this, it tells the community bigots that society is on their side, that nobody’s gonna care what happens to a [insert slur here]. They get bolder.
If you’re cis in North Carolina and know a trans person whose bathroom of choice is the same as yours, another ally thing you could do is offer to go with them.
Don’t let this happen
Don’t let this happen
Shut this down wherever you see it happening
Protect your trans brothers and sisters
Protect yourself
Make it clear in your spaces that you will not have this shit
“Deviant transsexuals”
Wow, just wow.
Why hasn’t the federal government stepped up to stop this!? This is downright discrimination!! We are citizens of the United States of America we have EQUAL PROTECTION under the law. We have the right to equality in public spaces!!!
“Gender-suspicious activity” What the ACTUAL FUCK?
fucking christ
Reblogging to share the link to help locate safe bathrooms again, since it got pushed back a bit.
“If you see a woman, who doesn’t look like a woman, using the woman’s restroom, be vigilant, call the hotline, and report that individual.” McCrory told reporters. “We need our state to unite as one if we’re going to keep our children safe from all the sexual predators and other aberrant behavior that is out there.”
Aberrant behavior. I love how loosely that’s defined. And it’s great that they’re equating trans people with sexual predators. Fan-fucking-tastic.
Whenever I hear people talking about being scared that “men are in the women’s restroom,” they don’t mean transwomen. They mean cis men. We don’t need laws to discriminate against transgender people. If we’re gonna have legislation, it should restrict cis men so they stop scaring the shit out of everyone.
Uh, guys, I’m pretty sure a legitimate news site wouldn’t use a footer that reads, “Do you have a problem with self-rape? Are you looking to get off the Devil’s playground? Fappy The Anti-Masturbation Dolphin can help! Praise Fappy!“