this is the kind of joke that sets 30 Rock's writing so far above the average sitcom. it doesn't go more than 3 lines without a joke and some of them are *so* unnecessary and unprompted.
this kills me every time
if you're sad that there isn't a con10ent tour for not-elite white athletes to pretend like they're elite athletes, just remember that there totally is and it's called the audl
Sometimes, for the first game of a rec league season, I don't wear any frisbee-specific clothes and warm up lefty just to see how long it takes for a dude in neon 5 shorts to start giving me throwing tips.
Wait. So you mean to tell me that the first touchdown of OT wins the game? What about the other team's try? Like, you're ACTUALLY saying that beer pong's rebuttal rule is more sophisticated than the NFL?
what are the odds that the same people who require trans women to start their transitions before puberty to be counted as women, are the same people fighting to make trans healthcare for children a crime. what are the odds. what are they.
The
@PDGA
has announced new rules around transgender participation in the sport.
It restricts participation in FPO Majors for transgender women to those who "began medical transition during Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later."
Your silence is violent. Your inaction, complicity.
"We are running out of time" came and went. Laws that kill trans people – trans CHILDREN – are already on the books.
Hmm looking at the lack of womens club teams after the 2020 cancelled season as evidence for women overall taking the lion's share of pandemic labor/stress, I wonder if there's a set of two pictures that perfectly illustrates...
there are 60,000 usau members. a superbowl ad costs about $6 million. raise each membership $100 for just one (1) year, and Grit and Grace could be the first commercial after the 3rd quarter ends.
Pick Two:
- Call TWO state representatives to tell them that you support transgender rights and gender-affirming healthcare.
- Make a SM post that your extended family and your peers will see that shows adamant support for trans people.
- Donate money to the cause.
As far as ultimate goes, I first started throwing a frisbee to get with a guy, and then jokingly joined the UT women’s B team to prove a point to said guy. Anyway maybe jokes on me now, because it’s been 4 years and I’m way more into it than he ever was.
Heads up to the people who followed me over from the being_ulti account - that was me in a business casual skirt and blazer. This is me, braless, in sweats and a hoodie, three days from a shower in either direction.
I'm challenging every cisgender, straight-passing man we can reach to step out of their privilege and stand up for transgender people.
AUDL/club players, disc golfers, friends, coworkers, family... EVERYONE who reads this message, I'm calling you out.
not...super....thrilled about the way the UK commentators just talked about the rainbow USA kits.
"tutti fruitty"
"I hope they only wear them at the party"
"questionable"
the problem with the usau website is that there're clearly two sites: a crisp-looking but non-functional site with no information whatsoever whose links take you in fucking circles, and an archaic site with all of the actually useful info that you need a fkn pirate's map to find.
Tryout Season, a 🧵
Look, it shouldn't be this way, but it is: Our happiness is tied to our success in ultimate. Winning good, losing bad. Someone makes the team, another doesn't. It's built into the system. Effort goes in, and rejection comes out.
This is life.
1/9
"Penny is a bonafide shooter who can paint he field with her throws, her cutters need to be sprinting for the endzone every time she gets the disc."
my coach: "please stop talking about yourself in the third person."
When I was a teenager, cutting my wrists with a razorblade in the bathroom at night as a way to physically manifest the hopeless agony of my gender dysphoria, I felt like there simply weren't any better options. That's why this
#pridemonth
I'm partnering with
@Gillette
to bri—
@julia_furia
@being_ulti
Well objectively womens ultimate does have more turnovers than mens. Players are slower and smaller on average which equates to a smaller catch radius. Given equal accuracy and general skill level you could easily expect women to turn the disc over more. (1/2)
Blowing in all the way from the Windy City, please welcome
#47
Penny Wu! Perhaps you've seen her throwing long bombs on
@prideofcolumbus
, or breaking marks and hearts on
@ChicagoNemesis
? Us too, and we are SO excited to watch her do it for Bloom this year. Welcome, Penny!
Disc golfers apparently love to pull people up into their sport 💜
Tbh I already have a whole team of Michigan dudes 👊 grooming me to go pro. 100% of my discs and bags were gifts and I'm already signed up for my first doubles tournament! Talk about supporting trans women 🥹
I love the younger generation. I wish I'd been born later, with them. I got racism and bullies and homotransphobia instead.
But I'm happy to mom it up for all them kiddos. I hope you know how inspiring you are.
x-ray tech: any chance you're pregnant
me: no
tech: when was your last period
me: never
tech: you've never had your period
me (baritone): no
tech: 🫥
me: I'm trans
tech: 🤨 ...why did you put F on the chart
me: 😮
tech: 😐
me: 🧐
x-ray tech: 😬 just sign this paper
"you pushed me from behind"
"I understand how it felt like a push because we came into contact, but that's because you were backing into me"
"no, you pushed me forward"
credit
@theavalonche
:
@USAUltimate
AND tournament directors need to be sending out warnings to teams when they host events in states with anti-lgbt legislation.
"these are the laws are in place, here's what they do, here's how they might/might not affect your players"
(♥️+♻️)
I hope that one day I'll get to meet Dwyane Wade and thank him for setting such an example. I have to imagine that being a black man/NBA star who is publicly proud of his trans daughter involves about as much bravery and ostracization as being a publicly out trans person
"ME ME ME. FILMS NEED TO BE ABOUT ME AND STUFF ME LIKES TO BE GOOD. I CANNOT RELATE AND AM EXHAUSTED WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE IDEA THAT OTHER PEOPLE EXIST IN ME'S WORLD"
The SN has stepped up to offer ladies only events and divisions since our
@PDGA
has decided to let
#TransWomen
play in our divisions. Please support their efforts.. Sponsorships are welcome and much appreciated. Please pm for details..
#womenssports
#Womensrights
#protectHERgame
with the NHL implementing a Don't Say Gay policy to let queer people know that they aren't welcome in the sport,
it seems appropriate to share that I'll be lacing up with
@teamtranshockey
in a month in Madison, WI
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤
🖕 you
@nhl
I sent this to the players I coach and I thought some of you might appreciate it.
Of course there are nuances and exceptions and people better than me will have different opinions, so don't take this as gospel☝️
How awesome am I? I'm "get high and go to museums alone on Friday afternoons when nobody else is there and listen to my Museum Playlist with noise cancelling headphones" awesome.
This isn't a sarcastic tweet. I think it's awesome that I do this and I think you should do it too.
I've seen you play and can't imagine trash talk being any part of your game because 1) you're not good enough to trash talk anyone but total beginners and 2) trash talking a player of your inability is beneath me and anyone I'd ever be teammates with.
How's that for trash talk.
The fact that mild to moderate won is exactly all the evidence I need that ulti players are soft, coddled, and majority white.
The answer is yes, and the range is "whatever the situation allows at the time".
Censoring or limiting the intensity of trash-talking is boring/bland
For any coaches who might find themselves in the position of being responsible for your team during an active shooter situation, here's what I did and what I think I should have done differently.
🧵
I am here to tell the tale, to all who will listen (gen z followers), that facebook used to have a Relationship Status field with just 5ish options and the ability to tag a partner, and that people would regularly, willingly, publicly, choose "it's complicated" with [name]
apologies to anyone at PEC today who thought I was just a twitter personality and found out the hard way that actually I can fkn ball I am one of the best throwers in the world.
there I said it.
ok ok I know it's already been wall-to-wall
@PremierUltimate
PSP tweets but I'm just now noticing this truly special hidden detail in the
@atxtorch
jerseys 🥹
oh no mY BoNeS will clock me to somebody I'll never meet 3 thousand years from now and god knows there's nothing I care about more than that person's opinion
When you die, and your bones are dug up by someone, they will see that you were either female or male because of your bone structure. Something that you cannot change. Something that you cannot be.
I just wanted to say how much fun I'm having on
@SD_SuperBloom
🏵️
Everyone has been SO kind, welcoming, fun, supportive and inclusive. Making sure I've got rides and snacks and company. Not to mention every single teammate is an absolute BALLER on the field.
It's so good 🧡
if you wanted to be certain that the frisbee bubble is real, a usau national champion and semi-pro player just asked me if there were any other sports that use the term "backhand"
That's cool that's cool it's not like I was, um, specifically asked to apply or anything. I'm sure there were many many much more qualified applicants.
my arbitrary twitter rule is that I refuse to follow white semi-pro frisbee players (or the audl) unless they follow me, a trans POC semi-pro frisbee player, first
not gonna support your fake sport unless you support womens/nb fake sport
the first thing I built for Lillian when we moved in, using our old moving boxes, was this little "castle". together, we filled it with lights, toys, and adventures. I've been avoiding it for a long time now, but it's the last thing still standing in this house.
this is grief.
Loss, a thread:
I had a daughter. I started dating her mom when she was still in diapers. Her name is Lillian. Half black like her mom, half Chinese like me (coincidentally), so very smart, and funny, and adventurous.
1/13
I don't know who needs to hear this but chiropractors are not real medical professionals, the whole thing is a pseudoscience scam, they can seriously fuck you up.
go to an actual doctor, who will send you to a physical therapist - both of which are real medical professionals.
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️❤️
With a visible uptick in anti-trans legislation and aggression across the country, please support and love those who are being targeted by discrimination, and consider donating/volunteering with large and local LQBTQIA+ orgs TODAY
a lot of people out there (in all divisions and on multiple continents) seriously believe that "non-contact" means no two players should ever physically touch and that is just NOT what that means.
Some people will say "it's not personal." That's certified bullshit.
It IS personal. Make it the right kind of personal. Make it a conversation between two peers, not a rejection letter from The Team.
honestly I can't really describe what it's like seeing the trans pride colors on literally every person here. making them the player id badges was a power move ♥️ Thanks, A
someone threatens to shoot/bomb a disc golf event because a trans person is playing in it and your position is to capitulate with the terrorist.
bro. for starters, have you watched any movies ever? secondly, what the hell is wrong with you?
I’ve never seen a hot girl that has muscles. It’s not feminine. Girls aren’t supposed to be muscular. They shouldn’t be lifting. I don’t care if tons of hot women with muscles reply to this tweet with photos and videos of them flexing to prove me wrong. Don’t bother 👀
hot take: getting misgendered SUCKS and I do not like it.
I don't get it. literally wearing a sports bra under a crop top and those nike shorts that EVERY GIRL HAS. even if my face/voice/body shape doesn't pass, pick up on some god damn social cues.
Excellent reddit post by u/englishmobster on the root cause of the Norfolk Southern train derailment that created an ecological and humanitarian disaster in Ohio
I got the email. I'm not renewing my
@PDGA
membership until I know that they're not going to change their policy on trans people being able to compete in the right division
#pdga
Lately, a few younger players and friends have been coming to me for advice on big, looming decisions. Relationships, club teams, travel, etc. I heard this phrase and it really stuck with me, and it goes like this:
Choose guilt over resentment.
I'm doing a certified 15 person white girl brunch, it started 5 hours ago and people are ordering another round of food. we've gone through 8 bottles of wine, 8 of prosecco, and 3 cases of seltzer. these bitches have STAMINA.
the problem with transphobes is that they are stupid and lack empathy.
not like lol they disagree with me and therefore they're stupid - as in they are literally unable to understand the concepts or carry a process beyond one or two steps. they use too many logical fallacies.
I wish the news was different. I wish it said that a 22yo maga kid from a maga family tried to terrorize a queer club and got the absolute shit kicked out of him by a supportive father and a trans woman before he could even get a shot off.
I wish it said don't you even dare.
nothing about today's disc golf it was new or surprising.
the least new least surprising thing about it was that it was, as always, conservative white women fighting to keep their 2nd-from-the-top rung on the ladder of white supremacy by throwing rocks at the ones below them
I am truly happy about that halftime ultimate showcase and the positive reception it's gotten...
But we all saw him slow up so he could bid, right? Like, that was 100% gratuitous (but also absolutely the right thing to do).
If a law passed today that prevented me from getting hormones and surgery, I would kill myself. I'm telling you this to illustrate how kids in these states are feeling right now. They're being killed.
A dark day for trans people.
Alabama passes SB184 which forcibly medically detransitions all trans teens. It will withdraw youth from gender affirming care. It will force trans teens through the wrong puberty in front of all their peers.
Terrible... I cry for these kids.
I've heard this a bunch in my career but I've heard it twice recently so here comes the tweet:
if a player/coach comes up to you outside of a point and says "hey you/your team is [regularly committing this foul/violation]" and your response is "ok just call it then"...
1/5