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Is there a word for "body language accent" and is there a body of literature on this subject that I could find if I had the right keywords?

I mean things like styles of sitting attributed regionality ("asian squat", "western toilet"), levels of physicality in speech ("gag an italian by handcuffing them"), also things like the way a lot of white American men will have been trained to pitch a ball with a certain posture that reminds you of specifically baseball, or how nearly everyone who went through the Finnish school system has a certain angle to the way they sit. This way of holding oneself and expressing oneself which seems like actually the deepest level of cultural identification for many.

does anyone else remember the degree of discourse that went on in the early 2010s about people who take testosterone without identifying as men socially

of course, "you don't have to transition you can just be a gender nonconforming woman you know", but if your gender nonconforming womanhood extends to taking testosterone, then actually you need to identify 100% as a man right now so that anyone who is triggered by your voice or beard doesn't have to apologise for reacting to you "like a man"

the way people were being like "you think you can get out of accountability for what you're doing?" about it, you'd think letting your voice drop an octave and letting your chest get hairy was some kind of war crime

gosh i wonder why everyone who could avoid engaging with feminism left these communities, leaving only a bunch of queer people who were 2% more masculine than the party line to take the full force of the perma probation

getting in from a 22 hour day of travel, get online, and the first piece of news i learn is that orban is out of power? what a blessing, time to immediately turn off the computer and go to bed happy

I don't wanna jinx it but I have felt shockingly free of the various "everyone asks me if I have long covid" symptoms for a week now. Still not at full capacity but I managed some weighted pullups this morning - a month ago that kind of effort would have made my head spin so much I needed to do nothing for a couple of hours.

I suspect I will have a little relapse again after the first couple of good weeks, but I think we're on the tiring, but hopefully rewarding uphill crawl

RE: @TinJar@mastodon.social

I wish this was happening where my mum lives on Leòdhas. Energy is so expensive there that people who stopped burning peat years ago are doing it again. The ageing community there would love initiatives like this.

@nakafeero@masto.nu Hey, I noticed that at the top of your post, you say you will not name the country or the specific refugee camp due to safety concerns. But in the sidebar, it names Kakuma camp, and Kenya and South Sudan. Is it meant to be this way?

made a bunch of pie mincemeat (the kind that is made of candied peel, dried fruit, nuts, spices, and rum, and has no actual meat) in december, and now i absolutely can't be fucked to make pie crust to cook it in. i have however discovered that adding a couple of big scoops of it to the batter really enhances a carrot or sweet potato cake, it's also good as an ice cream flavour, kind of an enhanced rum and raisin