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Cake day: December 13th, 2024
  • girlthingtoFemcel Memes•bonkEnglish
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    8 hours ago
    spoopy alien welcoming party!!

    I get it - I usually end up thinking about it in those terms.

    But then I remember - that’s also how I think about picking out clothes, or grooming, or most social interactions; basically, anything involving making an impression or fitting in.

    It was only once I discovered the trans community that I began to believe that being seen could actually feel positive; that belonging was something I could actually experience. I developed a hypothesis - maybe the way I was trying to be seen and to belong was the problem. It was the only way I was taught. But you’re here, all of you, learning to do it your way, and finding joy in it.

    I have not had the chance to test this hypothesis; I’m just trying to get by until I can. But I have come, over a long period of time, to believe it to be true.

    So - maybe you’ll have a moment like this, too! Maybe, at some point in your life, you’ll discover that an entire facet of human experience that you always thought just wasn’t for you… suddenly is.

    Or maybe you won’t, and that’s fine too! There are tons of other feels to feel and ways to be.

    (Don’t really know how to conclude this little spiel… do bear in mind that I’m mostly working out my own feelings here, so if it doesn’t make sense to you, feel free to take it with a grain of salt)

  • girlthingtoFemcel Memes•bonkEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I don’t think they’re evil feels, but… yeah i can relate to just wanting it out of the way. Pretransition woes. Maybe someday I’ll actually be able to feel good about the physical act 😣

  • girlthingtoFemcel Memes•POV: You finally cleaned your room, and a friend is visiting!English
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    6 days ago

    Just wanted you to know that you’ve started me on a QC marathon that has consumed my life. I’ve read like 3000 pages so far.

    On one hand, I was definitely using this to procrastinate and avoid critical tasks, and will be facing rather unpleasant consequences soon.

    On the other hand, reading multiple character arcs of shitty and/or fucked-up people getting their lives together (albeit in cute, orthogonal-to-reality sitcom fashion), and growing in really beautiful ways, has led me to reconsider my approach to life a bit. I might even try this ‘self-love’ thing everyone seems to be talking about. Can’t hurt, I guess.

    If you’ve actually read this far - I’m taking suggestions on how to start! (If you don’t have any, that’s cool; thanks for reading my rant anyway.)

    In summary - I fucked up again but it might have been worth it. Chaos Theory Butterflies 🦋. Insert obscure QC in-joke here.

  • girlthingtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•WellEnglish
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    6 days ago

    That is not what the second tweet said. What it said was: “He just ordered the government to call you <deadname>.”

    Replace <deadname> with the N-word. Does your logic still hold up? If not, why are you OK with one slur, but not another?

    I’m sorry, I’m really trying my best not to add to the collective rage and negativity on this site, but this is deeply disingenuous. The second tweet is the kind of nonsense that edgy hack comedians do when they want to get away with bigoted “jokes”. Wrap the offensive bit in layers of irony and detachment and rhetoricals, to distract from the fact that they are still saying the offensive bit.

    There is currently an ongoing genocide against trans people in the United States. I am begging you to take this seriously, even if you’re going to joke about it. Especially if you’re going to joke about it, because humor is powerful and words have consequences.