I feel like that as well a lot, but I've found a kindred spirit who turned out to be a friend recently, a journalist who wants to interview me and is interested in Marxism (who is also Latino and Autistic), afaik.
Wrote for WaPo, Slate, etc.
That, and a TTRPG group in my area, which I've been going to for almost a month now.
Let me tell you: continue to use Facebook to find friends in your area, including Nextdoor (you never know what group you're going to find).
On another note, I feel definitely queer, my gender dysphoria and pining to be a woman is growing bolder, I think; I know what feelings to identify and what they are. I saw a video by Alexander Avila (on YouTube) and it put a lot of things in perspective for me and dealt with internalized ableism and internalized transphobia. Things are moving forward for me in a positive direction...
...except I've been stuck in one particular situation since a month ago regarding people I know IRL and I'm waiting for a resolution on that because GODDAMN it is taking a lot out of me, practically aging me twice over.
I grew up with older people.
I'm used to older people, tbh.
Also, hello again, Othello.
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Frankly, I'm glad that I grew up with older people, but it already hurt my socialization skills as a PDA Autistic person.
But I oddly don't regret it, even when considering that.
That's how I actually saw beliefs that were more radical than the "younger generations," at least when it came to economic issues.
Social issues were usually in conformity with the times (2000s, 2010s), but otherwise, lots of interesting stories.
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I feel like that as well a lot, but I've found a kindred spirit who turned out to be a friend recently, a journalist who wants to interview me and is interested in Marxism (who is also Latino and Autistic), afaik.
Wrote for WaPo, Slate, etc.
That, and a TTRPG group in my area, which I've been going to for almost a month now.
Let me tell you: continue to use Facebook to find friends in your area, including Nextdoor (you never know what group you're going to find).
On another note, I feel definitely queer, my gender dysphoria and pining to be a woman is growing bolder, I think; I know what feelings to identify and what they are. I saw a video by Alexander Avila (on YouTube) and it put a lot of things in perspective for me and dealt with internalized ableism and internalized transphobia. Things are moving forward for me in a positive direction...
...except I've been stuck in one particular situation since a month ago regarding people I know IRL and I'm waiting for a resolution on that because GODDAMN it is taking a lot out of me, practically aging me twice over.
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Yeah
I've... been betrayed by some people.
People I thought were friends.
I confined into one about possible racism against me and they... didn't take it well, it seems.
It's a whole episode right now.
That, and family issues with one of my brothers going to pseudo-science quackery to "fix" his mind, but yeah...
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I'm sure it will! Just gotta give it some time.