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I’m not gonna lie, all this talk about merwomyn and riot grrrls and a music festival that reminded me of real life festivals that exclude Girls Like Me made me more than a little nervous. As a trans woman, there are a bunch of words that are used by queer groups, women’s groups and feminist groups that I have to constantly be on the lookout for because they’re so often used to mean that trans women aren’t really welcome there. Unfortunately, some of those words and phrases include “womyn,” “riot grrrl” and “women’s festival,” which were all big themes in this storylines.
It especially worried me because Jo, a trans girl, was there listening to April and mermaid Harlow talk about how cool the “merwomyn” and their “MerFest” were, while I was afraid that she wouldn’t be invited to go hang out with the merwomyn with the rest of her friends. So I was extremely happy to see when, in Issue #20, Harlow is trying to apologize to Taylor and Taylor says “You let me down, Harlow… and you keep using “merwomyn,” which is a super harmful movement.” I’m really glad that the Lumberjanes team stepped up and talked about how a lot of groups that consider themselves queer or women or feminist friendly use some really exclusionary and oppressive language.
Puff pastry is fluffy, flaky magic. It simultaneously elevates your cooking and evokes comfort food feelings. It’s the lazy femme of baking: effortlessly gorgeous, equal parts heart and finesse. So roll out a sheet and pass that puff pastry to the left hand side.
Since Dumbledore taught me that it does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, I’ve been working very hard to make my dream of hot, alcoholic butterbeer a reality. And I’ve been wildly successful! I have found the perfect butterbeer recipe. Now when I look in the Mirror of Erised, I just see myself holding socks.
Some days you’re Clark Kent, some days you’re Superman
Happy Halloween 🎃👻
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one of my favorite witch illustrations just went up on Autostraddle! Lorde is a true witch/magical poet/queen of my heart.
