I actually always knew my name, so that came naturally. But my middle name took a lot more consideration and I ended up settling on one shared by two video game protagonists that inspire me lol.

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I like that it’s not an under-wire bra, but I still get really good support. The v-shape and strap goes with almost any neckline, and the super breathable Merino wool material has really saved me during the really hot summers where I live. Plus getting more time between washes is really nice too.

Totally thought I was on the cycling part of Lemmy for a minute lmao.

There was a time when I’d only wear a bra when going out of the house and when exercising. Horribly uncomfortable, sometimes painful, and I couldn’t wait to be out of it.

…and then I found a bra I really like, that’s the perfect balance between comfort and support, and now I’m way more comfy in them than out of them and wear bras nearly all the time.

Also, shout-out to Branwyn, who makes the best bra in the world lol.

So, girl, why are you writing about my life? 🙃 Sometimes I wish I could go back and time and tell my 18-year-old self that she didn’t need to have an inferiority complex, and she deserved to be a woman, and that getting HRT wouldn’t have broken the bank for a broke college student on her parents’ insurance, and that there wouldn’t be gatekeeping at the university clinic. It would have fixed most of my depression four years earlier. But good things take time, and I’m also happy with where I am now.

“And here I thought it was too late for sundresses.” “It’s never too late.”

Choosing the right university and major. I didn’t want to leave my best friends from high school and have to meet new people, so I just applied to the same school they did. I really wanted to double major in creative writing and journalism, but I ended up majoring in literature because it was the closet thing available. I had to do an extra journalism intership and pay for an online certificate program out of pocket to cover my knowledge gap, and I sort of felt like I was simultaneously overworked and wasting my time in college.

But, like, I wouldn’t have fallen out of contact with my best friends. It would have all worked out, and I might have made new friends along the way too.

Come to think of it, most of what I use is American :/ . They made importing so expensive now it’s tricky to boycott American as an American.

I did buy my safety razer from Fendrihan, which is a German company. I’ve had it for 12 years and it’s totally a buy it for life product. And I order shaving soap from the same company, the kind you lather with an old-timey brush, because it’s by far the cheapest option and I don’t like the feeling of shaving cream on my legs. That stuff lasts forever.

Good for you for boycotting American products, and best of luck finding products that work for you! The replies so far are great.

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Did you know a lot of people make comments on the internet and have outside lives? And, perhaps, even touch grass? I often feel like I don’t do enough, and we’re in so deep I’m often unsure what the answer to our country’s problems are, but I do what I can in the real world all the same. I suppose I’m saying making assumptions about an anonymous posters’ personal life is an odd choice.

So, sure, this was a low-effort comment. I’m frustrated with the state of America. I’m disillusioned with Vote Blue No Matter Who after a decade of it not working. It was uninspired venting that took fifteen seconds to write. A waste of time? Maybe. Welcome to the internet. People spend hours scrolling and stoking the dumpster fire. Social media, while it has its moments, as a whole is not a good place to do anything meaningful in the grand scheme of things, and yet here we all are. You’re here too. Perhaps the moments that really matter in life, that help others, that are satisfying, that are sublime, are interspersed with many small pointless moments as we recharge our batteries.

I also find accusation of karma farming bizarre when my comment was ratioed by at least one other reply and also dogpiled. What attaboys have I gotten? I don’t know what I was expecting out of this, but it sure wasn’t an attaboy. Also not a boy, BTW.

That didn’t end up working with Biden, though. His victory didn’t push the overton window left. Under his watch, we had COVID denialism, conspiracy theories, liberals who thought Trump was the answer to cheap eggs, and an attempted coup.

Yes, I agree and I will vote in the primary. If another candidate wins it, great. But this is where I’ll stand if the electorate or the DNC chooses Newsom for the general.

I disagree. Have you been following what’s going on in England? Labour is now as anti-trans as Conservative, and not just on sports, and public opinion has shifted with it. History suggests winning the election will shift the overton window further right, since it will entrench the party as needing to be anti-trans in order to be considered electable.

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/51545-where-does-the-british-public-stand-on-transgender-rights-in-202425

If you support a candidate who interviews far-right pundits and says he “completely aligns” with them on trans issues, then I’m sorry to say that it’s you who is supporting a facist.

If you want me to stay quiet and take being the Democrats’ sacrificial cow with dignity for the sake of “normalcy,” I won’t do it. Blue No Matter Who is so simple when it isn’t your neck on the line, though.

Must be nice having a Democrat who hasn’t thrown you under the bus :)

A Trump presidency and a Newsom presidency would be identical for me, so in a way, either vote is a vote or Trump.

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If it comes to Newsom against Trump in the 2028 general elections, I’m writing in “Fuck America” on my ballot, since there are no current frontrunner candidates in either party who will defend my rights. But wow he made an ai slop meme. That’ll show 'em.

I would love to see less America doom and gloom on lemmy. Why should we be the center of everything? More European- and Canada-centric posts, please.

It seems like these news stories only get written when the victim is a cis person mistaken for being trans.