I actually kind of agree with Alex though. Money is the issue. Read more

Isn’t the next problem sort of recreating the cycle? As long as it’s the same people doling out money to the same causes, it seems like it perpetuates a cycle of ‘benefaction,’ which, while I’m not opposed to, I’m curious as to how that works, practically speaking.
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So um, you posted this section of copy after a lead-in suggesting that what followed would be about the way they had ramped up security to combat vote hacking: Read more

I really don’t mean to be glib, but this article needs a copy editor’s attention, fast. Multiple misspellings of homophones or letter swaps that impact the way​ some entire paragraphs read. Read more

I mean, I get that they’re working on it, but I’m not going to sit here and slog through their broken ratings system when I’m a support main that constantly gets dragged back down every time I’m about to get out of bronze.
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So what other cards were in the set? Read more

BINGO. Read more

Seems like they need better financial practices as a business, then, right? Doesn’t sound like a Google problem with paying its contractors, its contractors realizing there’s a lot more to ‘living expenses’ than ad revenue is generally going to be capable of supporting on its own for most content creators. Read more

It feels along the lines of, “I lost my YouTube money, won’t you all be my boss?”
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Does your content spell out any of the demands you’re now wanting to renegotiate and claim ex-post-facto?

Or maybe you realized that ‘contractor’ life isn’t everything you wanted it to be and still end up needing stuff like job security, work/life balance, and/or benefits? Shit, sounds like those are the downsides in… Read more

Serious question about a union that would, ostensibly, represent both my shitty tiny little creator channel, and someone large like PewDiePie: so how does this union work in my favor instead of just being a big gamer-centric lynchmob of content creators who really just serve the ‘top-down’ ‘influencer’ marketing model… Read more

Not all women have vaginas. Some women, in fact, have penises. Read more

Fuck you. Read more

FURTHERMORE: Like I’m not an educated traveler? I know about pre-check, and I’ve always known. I love having complicated situations for trans people explained in a way that’s reductive and overly simplistic. Kudos. Read more

To your point about ‘affording a ticket,’ every flight I’ve ever taken has been paid for by an employer/relative. I’ve never been able to pay my own way.

Also, if you don’t want to elicit a hostile response, maybe consider that not everybody has it as easy as you do, admittedly that “it’s a slightly unfair burden… Read more

Additionally, I happen to be part of the trans population who lives below the poverty line, which means I’m way more concerned about paying for my rent and food than I am pre-paying to avoid scrutiny that’s a bullshit standard applied to trans bodies, that really doesn’t enhance security, generally speaking. The fact… Read more

many trans folx have genitals that will often set off the scanners, because those scanners have a required ‘button push’ from their operator designating the expected body silhouette scanned by the backscatter tech.

as a transgender woman who has not had the luxury of a $30k surgery to correct that genital… Read more

I think the misconception here is that this hasn’t been the underlying motivation for customs and border agents or ICE officials to do their jobs since Dubya. Read more

I’ll be honest, I’m glad there’s video of this, even though it was hard for me to watch. As a transgender woman who occasionally has need to fly, I honestly jumped while watching the video imagining that kind of pat down every time I fly, just because I set off an alarm with my genitals. Read more

OMG A PLACE ON KINJA WHERE TRANS PEOPLE ISSUES THAT ACTUALLY MATTER ARE GONNA BE. I’M DYING OF EXCITEMENT.

wb. Long live Fusion. <3 <3 <3
Performative fragile feminism-in-catchy-name-only is no fun when it’s just focused on clickworthy headlines (ahem that other kinja place you used to be). I’m glad some real work is… Read more