Interesting Links for 24-05-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Hockey star kicked out of women's restroom by 'gender police' who thought she was a man

(tags:gender bigotry LGBT transgender women USA toilets )

2. There's an Elden Ring film on the way from Alex Garland and George R. R. Martin

(tags:movies games GeorgeRRMartin )

3. The British government is putting disabled people out of work by cutting the support they need to do it

(tags:disability UK welfare OhForFucksSake )

4. Finally, with the help of an AI generated girl band, we have discovered what women want

(tags:drugs ai women music video viaSwampers EpicWTF )

Comments

[cmcmck]

1. 'They' want to tell me I'm a man then they want to police my body as a woman.

It's called having you coming and going.

[conuly]

Hm. I suppose some cocaine might make it easier to deal with our dystopian reality.

[nancylebov]

4. I wonder what they used for a prompt.

[greenwoodside]

1. That reminds me that about 6 years ago, I went into a train station (women's) toilets at about 9pm after having been visiting my boyfriend who'd just lost his father. Anyway, I was washing my hands, when a male station guard appeared at the door and told me that I was in the wrong bathroom. I had the impression that someone had reported me.

I defaulted to a sort of hyper English Sergeant Wilson mode. 'Oh, I'm awfully sorry,' *earnest stare* 'but you see I am a woman. I could take my top off if that would help?'

Anyway, he turned red and muttered apologies and almost ran away. It was humiliating at the time. I often go for the gender neuter or disabled toilets these days to avoid anything similar. Or inadvertently terrifying any short femme women in the area, I guess.

OTOH, I did successfully destroy someone with politeness, so in retrospect, that seems like a small victory.

Bugger the toilet police.

2. GRRM seems to have completely lost interest in finishing his book series.

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...and in typical patriarchy fashion, what women want has been made illegal