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actuallyalison

@actuallyalison@mstdn.social

Millennial bi trans woman living in the Midwest of the United States. Musician, experimental instrument maker, poet, fiction writer, somatic awareness and touch therapy practitioner, computer programmer. Love music (especially folk, folk punk, hip-hop, and metal), dogs, reptiles, sci-fi, fantasy, Jane Austin type stuff, anime, tango, ecstatic dance, cocrea, MTG (pauper), longboard, fire staff.

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mia, to random
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โžœ ffs
zsh: command not found: ffs

actuallyalison,
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@mia as a trans programmer I read this as both an expletive and facial feminization surgery ๐Ÿคช

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

actuallyalison,
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@RickiTarr hey neighbor!

SE Iowa here.

Pros:

Fairly low cost of living. Spring and fall are very nice. Some particular communities are really cool. No really large cities in the state, which can be a con but means that all the cool stuff is distributed into smaller cities and can sometimes be more accessible. Several cool universities here.

Cons:

We have drifted red. It is illegal to be a trans minor here, as in trans health care is banned under 18 and school bathrooms have restrictions.

Daojoan, to random
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The conservative paradox is a desperate need to be seen as both powerful dominators and persecuted victims.

actuallyalison,
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@Daojoan this reminds me of one of Umberto Eco's signs of fascism. They need to cast the Other paradoxically as both too strong and too weak, and I think that that makes them cast themselves in the same paradoxical light.

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