Via Austin Kocher:

#USCIS just sent out an email announcing that it only recognizes "two sexes - male & female" & generally only sex assigned at birth.

Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community.

https://www.ted.com/talks/samy_nour_younes_a_short_history_of_trans_people_s_long_fight_for_equality #TED #Transgenderl #LGBTQ #History #TransHistory #Identity #Equality

"The boys laughed and, as the teacher removed one of them from the class, other students laughed. It wasn’t the note that stayed with my daughter. It was the laughter."

Aaron Rabinowitz writes about #tattoos, #signs, #identity, and #survival: https://longreads.com/2025/03/27/tattoos-signs-history-antisemitism/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Nouveau

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/nouveau/

In this new Longreads essay, Aaron Rabinowitz writes about survival, identity, and the inked and invisible scars that history leaves behind.

https://longreads.com/2025/03/27/tattoos-signs-history-antisemitism/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Krzysztof Grzybacz’s large-scale oil paintings invoke tenderness and curiosity.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/krzysztof-grzybacz-floral-compositions/

"Dry-erase ink is not similar to tattoo ink, but it is almost identical to ink from a permanent marker. And if you leave it on a surface for long enough, especially a porous surface, it will remain. The brain is a porous surface. Memory is a porous surface."

A new essay by Aaron Rabinowitz: https://longreads.com/2025/03/27/tattoos-signs-history-antisemitism/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

In your opinion, what is the best domain for a personal blog?

https://www.europesays.com/1944016/ Goldman Sachs’ Marco Argenti Said Companies Must Embed Culture Into AI #AI #AIAgent #ArtificialIntelligence #BusinessInsider #CompanyCulture #Cybersecurity #GoldmanSachs #HumanWorker #identity #LastYear #LeadershipPrinciple #lens #MarcoArgenti #Organization #TechIndustry #Workforce #workplace

Whether at work, with friends or when shopping online - your e-mail is more than just a communications tool. It is your digital ID, the key to online services and often the first impression you make. A personal e-mail address creates trust and underlines your identity.

Find out in our blog how you can strengthen your digital presence with your own domain: https://mailbox.org/en/post/email-address-with-your-custom-domain-introduction-and-tips

#mailboxorg #OwnDomain #E-mailBrand #Identity #TipsAndTricks

Really good article that I just read which dives into autistic versus non-autistic identity, it puts out a theory that Autistic identity is value-and-passion-driven versus non-Autistic identity being focused on collective identity membership, and the way the two conflict and differ.

https://neuroclastic.com/the-identity-theory-of-autism-how-autistic-identity-is-experienced-differently/

(20 Mar) Robert Peterson Summons Black Resilience and Tenderness in Vibrant Portraits

Peterson’s striking oil paintings invite us into emotionally complex inner worlds.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/52hys
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/9CzgD ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/zndp5

#art #identity #painting #portraits #robert-peterson

An international cohort of writers learn with and care for each other in Tokyo and beyond. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/03/24/voices/mixed-race-identity-storytelling-workshop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #hafu #identity #mixedrace #writing #travelwriting #teaching

This morning, for unknown reasons, i wondered loonly as a cloud:

What distinguishes Gaia's Patricias from her Trishes & Trishas, from her Pattys & Pats?

Does it connotate or infer some different outlook, or raison d'etre, some quite different way of being in the world, if one identifies with one over t'others?

Or have i simply not had my coffee yet?

What seems to get lost in much of the recent news coverage is that a large part of the Canadian identity — frustratingly so, at times — has long been based on not being American. (When the Canadian kids in my life are looking for a way to mock me, they tell me I’m acting like an American. That I’ve nearly lost the ability to tell the temperature in Celsius does not help my case.)
#Canada #Cdnpoli #tariffs #nationalism #Canadian #identity #USPolitics #Trumpism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/opinion/canada-america-identity.html

100 #books to get to know #Ukraine, in all of its facets.

Many links to Amazon in there, I recommend to order and buy at local #bookstores instead, or via ethically acceptable mail-order alternatives.

»100 books from Ukraine or about Ukraine are presented in this selection. They were all published after 1991, were written in different #genres, and communicate a wide range of topics. They each represent Ukrainian #identity in their own way. Our list focuses on #English, #German and #French translations.«

• #History and politics
• #Culture
• #Fiction
• #Poetry
• #Children's literature

https://pen.org.ua/en/100-knyzhok-yaki-dopomozhut-zrozumity-ukrayinu

In characteristically glistening blue hues, Robert Peterson’s striking portraits invite us into emotionally complex inner worlds.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/robert-peterson-portraits/

I even danced a waltz with a handsome Prince Charming.
By midnight I was back in my bed knowing in the morning I would be back to washing dishes and cleaning out the fireplace as usual.
https://buff.ly/5mXS7AN

Weaving hundreds of pipe cleaners, Salvador Dominguez creates functional forms in color palettes that pay homage to the nostalgic vibrancy of his upbringing in southern California and Mexico.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/salvador-dominguez-mano-de-obra/