Social media used to have built-in pauses. We could actually finish a session of scrolling. Every social media site has removed those pauses or launched without them.
“I was in a six-year abusive relationship with my ex, who, in hindsight, displayed many covertly abusive traits. My therapist at the time, also of six years, missed it. Instead…
Gender affirming care actually means something, and telling me the procedures I fought for in my transition are the same as a cis woman getting lip filler, is frankly, insulting.
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