heights and needles. heavy on the second. i have multiple piercings and tattoos and i do an injection on myself weekly, and it has not gotten better and warrants the same level of panic every time.

i think they’re a great idea and they’re pretty fun to ride, but i really don’t enjoy how fast people go with them on busy sidewalks with lots of pedestrians and how they’re just left to clutter up sidewalks when people throw them to the ground after use. they’re not much else than an annoyance on tighter sidewalks to me, but i’m sure to people who require mobility aids they can make life really difficult.

especially by people who are attracted to us. as soon as i read “im madly in love with a trans woman” i prepared for the worst out of a kneejerk reaction from weirdos who speak in the nastiest way about trans women they’re into.

the desire for “unprocessed consumption” has led people to leather? because the way leather appears on a boot is exactly the way it appeared on the cow, no processing in between was necessary!

trackers are the BEST. been using openMPT a lot recently instead of ableton as i always have

you’ll need some clips of some sort long enough horizontally for your bangs! after you’ve separated the bangs from the rest of the hair, separate a layer and clip horizontally and let it dry with those clips. my hair stylist has done it and it has some cool results for creating volume on the bangs, which is a difficulty with curly bangs. i hope these tips help!!

if you want them to look a little flatter (i’m assuming that’s what you’re after!), try conditioning by putting your hands together (like in the emoji you posted!) and putting the bangs between your hands and sliding down to apply conditioner (sorry if this is unclear, i can try dming and showing you or something). it gives curly hair a wavier look. you could also try drying them in separate layers if you’re finding that your bang strands are conforming to large curls instead of being more evenly distributed.

i have curly bangs! are you just curious on how to style them so they’re less combined into coils (like, distributed across the forehead more) or styling them in general?

still more convenient than pills! thank you, doing my best :3

it is honestly a really good story, worth getting through the slower parts imo

injections are still technically a higher dose of e going into you than pills huh? because i definitely feel it. i’ve been weird with mood lately but i’m not sure if that’s other factors unrelated to it. my provider has me on 10mg every 10 days for some reason, i might push it back to every 7.

also voice training is so hard :(

i think the biggest overall feeling is how much weight feels like it’s been lifted off of you. it’s probably all psychological but it feels like you wake up from something or like you’ve been pinned under a boulder your whole life and finally had it lifted. i’ve only felt alive as long as i’ve been on hrt. and i think this is why so many feel like they experience emotion deeper than before, a general numbness goes away and you feel more in tune with your own emotions.

as for actual physiological change, you can expect skin feeling softer over time and of course the pain in your chest with breast development. i feel like i noticed scents a lot more often and definitely feel temperature much more than i did.

it all seems so daunting at first, but it’s a journey laden with joy.

well, there’s nothing you can do to “look trans” unless you want to reproduce some really fucked up stereotypes. maybe it’s best not to use transness as something to offend others? to utilize a lived reality as something to get a rise out of somebody. just my advice as a trans person.

exactly what im thinking. i don’t know how you can make an outfit “look trans”. feels reeeaally iffy to even say.

i don’t really know what to suggest that won’t reproduce harmful stereotypes. what’s wrong with just doing drag? conservatives fucking hate that and they can’t even tell the difference between being trans and doing drag.

i have literally never seen these terms used in any other way than like, people basically calling me a man or at least not seriously a woman or differentiating me from womanhood in some way. like, for the cis “allies” who think it’s inclusive but also feel uncomfortable with allowing me into womanhood, so to speak. designations on genitalia like this are genuinely only useful in a medical setting and none else.

the one time he finally decides to do something cool with the last few months in office, out of all the cool things he could have done, he does this?

engels, who would soon become freya engels after reading karla’s persuasive letter

i’m assuming the book of common prayer, a central document of the church of england