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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈ATTENTION: Colorado just passed the Kelly Loving Act, protecting trans people from being intentionally misgendered or deadnamed. The bill also shields parents who support their kids’ access to gender-affirming care. It now heads to Gov. Polis for signature.

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How I slowly changed my mind about gender affirming care
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I have never owned a credit card in my life. The idea simply never appealed to me. I think it went against my free-spirited nature:

Why would I spend money I don’t have and put myself in jail paying it back? I really don’t like owing people money, and I avoid paying for things in installments. If I cannot pay for something in full, I am not ready to have it. 

Some people have told me credit cards are great for building credit and that you need one if you want to buy a house someday. I am sure th…

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WHAT'S REALLY AT STAKE IN THE WGA STRIKE
Denise Bell's avatar

Thanks for posting this TC. I am very much in support of the writers and actors, although I certainly have no idea how the situation can be resolved. I admit to being completely ignorant of the creative process, but I do know that I appreciate new ideas in movies and television and not the old formulaic crud. Imagination is the writer's treasure and why they're worthy of respect and proper remuneration.

All that said... what can we, the audience, do at this time, and after the strike is hopefull…

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Don't subscribe to any streamers until the strike is resolved, and don't watch any you have right now until then. And avoid "(un)reality TV" like the plague it is. Consider dropping any streamers until then, and if you do so let them know why you are.

David Levine's avatar

jeez...do Criterion and TCM count?

No, they don’t count. ;-)

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