Erika R. Shira, LMHC, MT-BC

@erikashira.com

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Boston MA USA. Account for professional and related content. Posts are my own unapologetically leftist views and are not any kind of advice. www.erikashira.com

Image is a player's handbook with polyhedral dice lying on it and two buttons that say "be gay do crimes" with a rainbow D20 and "be gay play DND" also with a rainbow D20. The buttons and the photo are from Etsy shop TeaWeltzer who I am not in any way affiliated with but whose stuff I think is really cool and highly recommend.
Screenshot of Carelon application showing error "Could not convert string to boolean: Yes. Path 'providers[0].transgender_flag', line 5, position 639.
Screenshot from Carelon provider application, showing a required field of "biological gender" with dropdowns of female and male.
Screenshot of this post from RidingTime, who I blocked because they're a shitposter, along with my reply that I've left up. RidingTime ‪@ridingtime.bsky.social‬ How on Earth are systemic problems the fault of young people?
@ monica_artang 20h What if a drug addict used your tax dollars to get SNAP benefits?" My brother in Christ, the government uses my tax dollars to bomb villages, arm warlords, fund coups, and traffic children through proxy states. If a junkie eats because of me, that's the most moral thing my taxes have ever done. You're worried about a Twinkie. I'm worried about a drone strike.
Photo of the evening of January 1 at our house, showing an eighth night menorah/chanukiah with all the candles lit, next to a seventh-day/Imani kinara with all the candles lit. They are next to each other on a side table in front of a window, table covered in a mudcloth, several herbs and a spider plant in ceramic pots along the table in front of the window.
Photo of the evening of January 1 at our house, showing an eighth night menorah/chanukiah with all the candles lit, next to a seventh-day/Imani kinara with all the candles lit. They are next to each other on a side table in front of a window, table covered in a mudcloth, several herbs and a spider plant in ceramic pots along the table in front of the window.
Screenshot of map of Boston, largely covered in icons showing the location needs to be photographed.
Panorama of Trader Joe’s at 500 Boylston showing nowhere to lock a bike.
Photo of mural at NMAAHC reading, “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty.”