Story time from #TeamBear!

I’m 16 and just started my first job waiting tables at a local place.

Bass fishing tournaments are common there, so we would have yearly influxes of fishermen to compete.

I’m working, and table of men (6) came in for dinner…. So I take their orders.

In between each order, each man makes a lewd comment about how I look and/or what he thinks I’d be “good at.” And everyone laughed. Like they planned it.

I ignore it and take the order.
I’m leaving to get drinks when the man on the end….

Since I seem to have pissed off the “NotAlLmEN” crowd, let’s continue, shall we?

Stay mad, little bros! Keep showing women why the bear is the smart option. 👍🏼

Let’s start with my wasband.

We dated, married, everything groovy - we had a kid…. A little over a year later, I was diagnosed with cancer. DCIS. No chemo or radiation. Surgery only.

14 months later, I was diagnosed again. This time, it’s invasive - IDC, Stage 1, triple positive.

Doctors throw the kitchen sink at it this time….

Y’all. Let’s talk about gender-affirming care from a slightly different perspective - mine.

I am a 46-year-old, cis, hetero woman.
I have received gender-affirming care.

Follow along if you’re interested. 🧵 In Nov. 2006, I was diagnosed with DCIS - stage 0 breast cancer.
Treatment: mastectomy and anti-hormonal medication.

I spent 10 months with one breast and two prosthetics breasts to make me look “normal.”

My surgeon had recommended no reconstruction until we had pathology.

I spent the last 5 days on a trade show floor with several Republican coworkers. We talked (like ya do) when times were slow.

Not one of them is planning to vote Republican in Nov. Not. One.
I was fascinated by that and asked why.

Here are their answers. 🧵/1 Coworker 1: Republican from Ohio.
Says he can’t vote Republican because he has a daughter and he doesn’t want her rights taken away.

See - she was raped in college and got pregnant from it. Abortion meant she didn’t commit suicide (but came close).