#1850

No matter it’s accidental and/or intentional pretenses, this project is at it’s most basic level a sex blog. Yes, I deploy smut as the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine of commentary go down; but, arriving at the point of embarking on such an undertaking requires an obscene amount of privilege, i.e. gainful employment to pay for food, shelter and clothing, enough to pay for a reliable devices that have access to high speed Internet broadband–not to mention enough free time to dedicate approximately 25 hours a week to a project that provides little if any income.

With all these advantages in mind, I make a point of dedicating every 50th post here to contextualizing the proceedings within the context of the sad state of affairs that is this present nightmare in the desert of the real.

I’ve been inexcusably remiss in keeping up with the news, over the last month or so. It’s less that I’m suffering 24/7 news on-demand fatigue or progressive pessimism and more that I’ve been preparing to move ¼ of the way around the world. (I arrived last week and while I’m nowhere near settled in, things have at least stabilized enough where I think I can probably keep things here running smoothly for the next month or so. After that, we’ll see. I’m not sure working FT and going to school FT are going to leave much time for blogging. But we’ll see…)

The stories that have commanded my attention since the last current events post are as follows:

At least two prominent trans activists have reported rejections, threats and stonewalling from the US State Department regarding the issuance of gender affirming documentation. For the specifics: head over to TeenVOGUE (which continues to have some of the most on point coverage of any resistance outlet).

Last weekend saw the 2nd Anniversary of far-right white supremacists gathering in Charlottesville, VA. Protestors outnumbered racists by exponential numbers. However, bear in mind that there are numerous reports of the police giving preferential treatment to white supremacists. Also, several weeks back there was a big story about how Berkeley, California’s Police Department essentially doxxed Antifa members.

And in an overlooked bit of news: the US Senate voted unanimously to pass a resolution proclaiming that: “the press is not the enemy of the people”–as Dump continues to scream loudly and often about how any media critical of him, his administration or his policies is ‘fake news’.

I’d like to say I am hopeful that perhaps the winds are shifting. However, despite the thick, choking black smoke ensuing from the Dump White House, I think there’s likely been too many people on Faux News screaming NO FIRE, NO FIRE for any of the current or upcoming trials or even the eventual culmination of Mueller’s investigation are going to substantively change things.