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Author, editor, and game designer. Perpetually exhausted. Sometimes I get mad and yell about history. Onyx Path, Unicorn Motorcycle, Star Anvil Studios.
Jul 1, 2018 32 tweets 6 min read
Narcissists and other abusers tend to use a tactic I refer to as "things will be better when..." to keep stringing along their victims.

My ex used to use it a lot. Maybe talking about it will help some victims realize what's being done to them. (THREAD) The pattern goes a little something like this:

"Things will be better/I'll be better when X happens."

After a while, X occurs... but nothing changes.

"Well, I didn't expect X to be so hard on me. Things will be better/I'll be better when Y happens."

Y occurs... rinse, repeat.
Jun 18, 2018 230 tweets >60 min read
During #PrideMonth, I'll be tweeting about some of the LGBTQ+ community's lesser-known history.

Today, I'd like to talk to you about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, whose legacy has become tragically ambiguous. (THREAD) "Tell me about a complicated man," begins Emily Wilson's latest translation of The Odyssey. "Tell me about how he wandered and was lost ... Tell the old story for our modern times. Find the beginning."

I'm going to try to do that with Harvey.