(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it’s lib)
In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was “Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone”. The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the “Publick Universal Friend”, describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as “a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named”.
From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 (“thou sayest it”). Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to “the Public Universal Friend” or short forms such as “the Friend” or “P.U.F.”, and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied “I am that I am”, saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend’s manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, “there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals”).
editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We’ve been around forever and we’ve been doing variations of this forever. It’s really beautiful
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hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i’ll add you to the list!
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sure, sign me up
What are the protocols for posting a mega?
Just make a post with the correct title and get your inbox blown up?
basically! really nothing to it. post whatever you want and put the little spoiler warning and link to tracha at the bottom
Okay, I can do it
Is there a window of time I need to post in?
we try to have them up on Monday at 9 AM EST if you can swing it. any time between midnight the day of and 9 AM works though
would you like to do next week’s or would you like some time to prepare?
Next week is good
yes
fine…
They say you’re nobody till somebody loves you
But you are somebody
Because I love you
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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Day whatever of being a moody irritable asshole. I dislike this because I’m not really able to talk to people like this, I have been ignoring matrix (hello) all day as a result. Just being a shitty asshole on websites instead :)
I discuss transphobia/terfs a lil, nothin specific tho
I was rolling this fucking Shiela Jeffreys (deeply unserious woman) quote around in my head, the one about men and histories of transgression and whatever. The easy answer is that cis men beinv more privileged to do transgressive anything stops when… you stop being a cis man, because it’s societally constructed. Duh.Real brainworm consumers know.
The thing I finally hit on though, is that I don’t think there’s literally a single terf argument or “theory” that cannot be defeated by realising “these fuckin’ losers, their entire thing hinges on taking assigned gender as sacred and absolute and true. Gender assignment was literally made up by people based on “common traits” they observed thousands of years ago, it’s demonstrably insufficient to describe humans, and yet these dweebs want to base their discrimination on it? They’re literally licking the boot that presses on their throats.”
Felt kinda good independently using the theory I’ve absorbed to bust up goofy terf screeds. 3am I-skipped-my-gabapentin thoughts :3
Idk if I’ll fully drop he/him or reverse it to secondary yet but feeling out they/them is good. Man been feeling too heavy while guy is light. I can’t fully explain it yet need to sleep on it and ponder
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If huffing nail polish is so bad for you why does it smell so good? Checkmait liberals
Keep going. It’s cheaper than HRT
sometimes this site is exhausting tbh. why is it that people here love armchair moralizing about other peoples’ decisions that don’t affect them (this is about the “eating slop” thread but i see it elsewhere too) without maybe considering that disabled people exist under capitalism too. i almost want to report that thread for ableism tbh.
looks
You do wonder if there are people that turn to leftism generally because they feel it’s the best way to look down their nose at others.
i left a comment on there also about how a lot of the discourse conveniently also sidesteps the fact that a lot of cooking is invisible labor done by women
Pretty convenient for the he/hims of the world
he can get back to me once he tries cooking a chinese meal for 4 people several times a week and see how he likes it
Chinese food ain’t easy to cook. A lot of spices being thrown around
Edit: now I’m craving grilled tofu…
istg sometimes i feel like this site is populated by wannabe health influencers turned communists.
he / hims stay classy
Ooh ooh, did I miss more misogyny???
Gimme drama! I’m so booooooored today
oh god what now
I volunteered for a task at work that requires me record myself.
I have to say, “This is MR. [Dead name]” at the beginning of each recording. Then I have to hear my voice when reviewing the recordings.
Is this self harm? It’s probably self harm
I’d quit on the spot
8 hours of this
mental health, it's fine now but aaaaaa
Almost had a little meltdown because this
lil’ stinker found a cardboard box in my closet to hide in and then fell asleep and couldn’t hear me looking for him everywhere thinking that he got out somehow and ran away
❗
📦
It’s been hours and I can still smell the solder fumes…
Being ace and hot is so strange.
Mood except Awesome, I’m hot!
Got nail polish so that’s, cool. Problem is I fucked it up and didn’t buy nail polish remover
Nbd just give it a week