Get out of the Water

And now one of my closest friends, a trans buddy, is feeling beyond upset. There's more than one reason for it but...

I try to ignore the insanity out in the world [...] One I genuinely thought was going in the right direction back in 2007. It seemed that mental wellbeing was something that everyone cared about and inclusion was seen as relevant to progress.

I have other friends who, furious at being called TERFs and told they deserve rape and death, are giving the thumbs up to JK Rowling's little cigar and victory photo.

I have been a roaring girl all my life, up for a fight, my father's daughter. Now I am older and if not wise, at least wiser. And my answer would be that when you are drowning, the only thing you can truly observe is that you are drowning. So before you do anything else, you must get out of the water.
(time for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSVGdE7sJaM )
Then maybe when shock is abated and you are warm and dry, the landscape can be more clearly observed. This isn't code for you're wrong. It means there is more to understand in the situation.

See how rational I am? How sensible I have become?

I just this minute got my yearly covid vaccination invitation from the government, and my first impulse is to tell them they can s*d off. Fear not, those who miss old crazy me, the Fury never really dies!
Still, the greater good and all that... pfff.