I'm glad the fierce women are on my side, mostly

There sure are a lot of tough godless women on youtube. Say hello to Zinnia Jones:

We need to bring more people like this out into the public eye.


Not a woman? Not a woman. I'm the one who is gender-confused, and it really doesn't matter — good stuff, and we still need to bring more people like this out into the public eye.

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