Mitch Mitchell

An absolute peach of a person.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@KatalinaRose2 @204Landing @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen There are intersex bodies. Sex doesn't fall into a male/female binary. There are people affected by repro rights whose bodies do not fall into a strictly "female" category and all those people are asking for is to be included in the conversation around repro rights.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@204Landing @KatalinaRose2 @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen I would encourage you to read more about intersex people then. Because it sounds like the thing you're struggling to understand about sex not being binary is very readily answered by the existence of intersex folks and there's a lot of good science reads on the topic.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@KatalinaRose2 @204Landing @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen This is where the discussion around language is important. Trans men are willing to say "I have a uterus and that's why certain rights are being taken from me," but a uterus isn't ultimately what designates a body as female.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@KatalinaRose2 @204Landing @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen By saying that you don't believe men can get pregnant, you're saying trans men aren't really men. We're not deluding ourselves to the reality of our bodies, but they're not woman's bodies or female. They are bodies affected by repro rights and it doesn't erase women to say that.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@204Landing @KatalinaRose2 @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen But if you want to go with gonadal sex traits as how you believe the binary is constructed, you're erasing intersex folks when you use the language "male/female bodies" when taking about repro rights.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@204Landing @KatalinaRose2 @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen It sounds like your understanding of male/female comes down to gonadal sex. Which again, isn't a binary, our gonads don't even fall perfectly into a one or the other category. Other traits we've looked at to try to find a binary are genetic, hormonal, and chromosomal, etc.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@204Landing @KatalinaRose2 @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen male/female binary, but rather a combination of traits that make up the sex of an individual.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@204Landing @KatalinaRose2 @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen That's a pretty common misconception, but science tried SUPER HARD to make sex fit into a binary and ultimately, it just doesn't. The easiest example to point to is the history of sports institutions trying to define sex- they've had gonadal, chromosomal, and hormonal (1/?)

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@204Landing @KatalinaRose2 @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen requirements over the years, but each one hasn't been able to hold up over the years. XX/XY aren't even remotely the only "sex chromosome" combinations- and even referring to them as sex chromosomes is a pretty big misnomer.Where science is now, is that there's isn't a strict(2/

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@KatalinaRose2 @chf_a @SassyScribe @StrewthQueen Sex isn't binary either; There arent just male/female bodies, there are sex traits that fit into these 2 categories, but many people don't fall cleanly into one category or the other. It erases intersex folks and others in the in-between spaces to only view sex traits in a binary

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@Vanillafrogman @CrappyFumes Maybe for an individual, but we're talking about multi-billion corporations- it's not enough. Don't fall into complacency. Corporations don't give a fuck about you. These companies aren't sacrificing anything, this is just PR. So no, this is not enough.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@solidsnakeluvr Jules Feiffer fan, by any chance?

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

By the salt and pepper of his beard, please let me have this.

[Adam Conover @adamconover]

To stop him, we need to bring back the playbook we used to beat the recall. Tell your friends and co-workers who don't follow politics closely that THIS ELECTION COUNTS, and that we need to vote for ANYONE BUT CARUSO. A vote for ANY other candidate helps keep Caruso under 50%.

[Adam Conover @adamconover]

Los Angeles folks: I believe that we all need to be a LOT more worried about Rick Caruso's candidacy. We're on the verge of allowing a Trumpian, anti-abortion billionaire to buy our city government. And he can do it this June, in the primary, if we don't stop him. Thread:

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@M_Welenc @tattyoldthingg The gift that keeps giving.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@tattyoldthingg Fixed it for you.

[Mitch Mitchell @ClassyMitch]

@Nariko_Ott Creepy.

[People's City Council - Los Angeles @PplsCityCouncil]

Please pay attention to what is happening in Los Angeles right now. LAPD is openly targeting two Black activists (@FilmThePoliceLA @BLMLA), who are two of the cops biggest critics. This is clear intimidation and harassment

We will not let it go down like this. We see you @LAPDHQ

[Angee @AngeeGabs]

Broken English is a sign of courage and intelligence and it would be nice if more people remembered that when interacting with immigrants and refugees.