Kathy

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I used to be a glass-half-full person. I miss that.

Book cover of Shady Hollow by Juneau Black. It is a blue/grey background with trees drawn on both sides, branches reaching into the middle where they surround the words Shady Hollow with the side view of a fox standing in a yellow dress under the title. At the top it reads ‘A Murder Mystery’ with clouds, moon, and stars above and an animal head and clothed torso on either side.
The picture shows a book on a table. The cover reads: Lost Lambs / Madeline Cash / A Novel. It’s written in a crayon, child’s hand styling. There is a drawing of a young girl in the bottom corner.
A landscape photo of rows of tulips. The foremost row is a mix of white blooms along with tulips that are pink with white outlining their petals. The second row is all white tulips. The next row is a peach colour bloom and the last row is deep pink.
The photo shows the book A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. There is a young person balancing on a long pole - they’re reaching up and the pole is balancing on someone’s thumb. There is a large cloud with a patch of blue sky peaking through in the background.
I just saw a transphobic past that was like, "In a sexual species, females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y, I'm not a bigot it's just science." I'm a science teacher, so | commented this. First of all, in a sexual species, you can have females be XX and males be X (insects), you can have females be ZW and males be ZZ (birds), you can have females be females because they developed in a warm environment and males be males because they developed in a cool environment (reptiles), you can have females be females because they lost a penis sword fighting contest (some flatworms), you can have males be males because they were born female, but changed sexes because the only male in their group died (parrotfish and clownfish), you can have males look and act like females because they are trying to get close enough to actual females to mate with them (cuttlefish, bluegills, others), or you can be one of thousands of sexes (slime mold, some mushrooms.) Oh, did you mean humans? Oh ok then. You can be male because you were born female, but you have 5-alphareductase deficiency and so you grew a penis at age 12. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but you are insensitive to androgens, and so you have a female body. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but your Y is missing the SRY gene, and so you have a female body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but one of your X's HAS an SRY gene, and so you have a male body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes-but also a Y. You can be female because you have only one X chromosome at all. And you can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but your heart and brain are male. And vice - effing - versa. Don't use science to justify your bigotry. The world is way too weird for that shit.
The book She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb. The cover shows a picture of a body of water with clouds in the sky above. In the centre surrounded by clouds is a face.
Photo of the book Roots by Alex Haley. “The Saga of an American Family”
The book James and the Giat Peach by Roald Dahl. The illustrated cover shows James standing on the stem of the giant peach with a grasshopper, ladybug and centipede standing on either side of him. Clouds in the background.
Photo shows the book Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
A book titled Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassidy. The cover shows a table with teacups and two dolls sitting at the table— one in a suit jacket and bow tie, the other in a bonnet and shall. There is a young girl sitting between them pouring tea into one of the cups.
Book laying on a purple and green blanket. The book is The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. The cover is dark with an open suitcase and trinkets inside.
A book titled You Will Not Kill Our Imagination by Saeed Teebi
Book cover for The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. There is an illustration of a gorilla and baby elephant sitting back to back but glancing at one another.
The book The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern leaning on a shelf. A magical black and white cover with red accents. In the centre is a circle highlighting a circus tent - to the left is a white silhouette of a man with a top hat, holding an umbrella, and to the right is a silhouette of a woman in a gown.
A book cover showing two girls walking away arm in arm, one looking back over her shoulder. There’s a windmill and planes in the sky. The book is titled Angels of the Resistance by Noelle Salazar.
Photo shows a book on a wooden shelf. The spine reads: Between Interruptions, Cori Howard
Black hardcover book on a shelf, spine reads: It’s Always Something by Gilda Radner
The photo shows a book, Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask by Jim Munroe.
Photo shows the book Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
A book titled The House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Photo shows the book Trees by Percival Everett
Photo of the book The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
A display of books with a sign that reads “Female Rage and Other Emotions”