Crazy that a lot of cis people’s idea of what a “sex change” means is (or at least was, not sure how common it is anymore) just one surgery that rearranges everything at once. And honestly it would kind of rule if it worked like that. Put me in the sex change chamber
It’s also funny to me because I can kind of see how it would seem like that from an outside perspective cause like a lot of people do just go MIA for a while and come back looking completely different. It’s like how medieval scholars talked about animals. I don’t know where birds go in the winter but I presume it to be the same place where you get The Surgery
I’m trying to come up with something clever to say here but I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. In a good way. I never thought anything like this would pass in the Midwest, not even in a blue state like IL, because it’s simply not the kind of thing anybody campaigns on or even talks about at the gubernatorial level.
This is honestly the perfect legal addendum to NAGPRA, and I’m thrilled it’s at the state level. This type of legislation would be way too complex at the federal level, but the individual state responsibilities are manageable, and more importantly, doable.
Here’s some of the highlights of what the law does:
It is now the state’s responsibility to help return ancestral remains, funerary objects and other important cultural items to tribal nations
The state must follow the lead of tribal nations throughout the repatriation process.
Money must be allocated as part of the state Repatriation and Reinterment Fund to help with the costs of reburial, tribal consultation and the repair of any damage to burial sites, remains or sacred items.
Criminal penalties for the looting and desecration of gravesites are increased, and the law adds a ban on profiteering from human remains and funerary objects through their sale, purchase or exhibition.
Tribal nations must be consulted as soon as possible when Indigenous gravesites are unintentionally disturbed or unearthed — such as during construction projects. (We already had kind of a version of this, but it wasn’t strong enough.)
IDNR must set aside and maintain land solely for the reburial of repatriated Native American ancestors and their belongings, as tribal nations have pointed to the lack of protected places for reburial in Illinois as among the highest barriers to repatriation.
Institutions that display human remains that are Native American and any items that were originally buried with those individuals (funerary items) cannot charge admission. You want to display looted grave goods? No money for you. (This is specifically targeting the Dickinson Mounds Museum, which is… well, it started as a guy’s private display of Native American skeletons he personally looted. The state took it over in the 90s, but they didn’t rebury any of the 230~ human skeletons.)
My favorite comment is this: When asked about what he would say to museums that may push back against the law, Illinois State Rep. Mark L. Walker said: “Too bad.”
i think in the next halloween movie michael myers should have a pride pin on his outfit and its never addressed or acknowledged in the movie because the online discourse it would cause would be so funny it’d be everything from “does he even know what a sexuality is maybe he just likes colors”, “welcome to the lgbt community mr myers”, “its problematic to make him lgbt!!!”, “maybe the pin was just on those clothes when he stole them” and “they’ve made michael myers woke”
I don’t think humans should be living in studio apartments or little one bedroom apartments you can barely turn around in. It’s like how the minimum tank size requirement for a betta fish is technically 2.5 gallons but you’re a monster if you put them in anything less than 5 gallons. I think people deserve at least one extra room in their house.
I get wanting to avoid urban sprawl, wanting to use space efficiently or whatever but goddamn. You should have space for potted plants, for a pullout couch for when your mother comes to visit, space to pursue your hobbies. I don’t think that’s a greedy thing to want.
I see some of the apartments listed in NYC and it’s like. that should be illegal. I’ve seen snakes with enclosures bigger than that
I’m so fucking tired of this stupid fucking resurgence of people arguing that misandry is real or a coherent form of oppression at all so I wanna address this more directly. Most of the arguments I’ve seen rely on the fact that men are harmed and constrained by the patriarchy, and you know what, that’s true!
But cis people are harmed and constrained by the existence of the gender binary. That doesn’t mean that cisphobia is real. Straight people are harmed and constrained by heteronormativity, but that doesn’t make heterophobia real.
I really thought this stuff was obvious but I guess it isn’t. I need all of you who are complaining about “misandry” to understand that you sound like the down with cis bus post
What if boobs had a one-time explosion use where you could literally blow your tits off either as a defense mechanism or just because you no longer want them
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