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Sending good vibes to all of my trans comrades 
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got bait and switched out of a job 
they emailed me at like 5am this morning saying i was moving forwards with hiring and that i just had to fill out some online questions before scheduling an interview. i woke up at 10am, saw the email, filled out the questions, and then got told the position was already filled
job hunting suuuuuuuuuuuuucks. i've applied to more places than i can count and have only heard back from 4, 3 nos and now this bs
anyway once i finally do end up getting a job i think i'm going to use part of my first paycheck on getting my ears pierced
inspired by @[email protected] curlposting i have decided to give my curls a bit more love. i ordered a nice hair care package of scrunchies, wide tooth comb, curly shampoo/conditioner and some oils and shit. i have a nice wave naturally, but i normally don't put too much work into my curls besides brushing in the shower, scromching with a towel and air drying. i need to get a trim too as my hair is well below shoulder length which isn't optimal for my curls, but i'm excited to curlmaxx some!!
in other news, i went to see I Saw the TV Glow and it was... good? i suppose it left me slightly underwhelmed because it definitely didn't resonate with me emotionally as much as i expected given what i had heard going in. it was still an enjoyable and clearly very well crafted movie, just didn't click with me in that way. i had some gripes with it, but the stuff i didn't like was largely in service of horror which i have to appreciate so my criticism is fairly soft. i think it's Good the movie exists and if it shakes some eggs out of the closet or illuminates the horror of dysphoria to some cissies, that marks it as an accomplished and transgressive work in my view. definitely better than the hot new queer story being about some gay english white boys which god knows we've seen enough of for a bit.
(spoilers) i guess
i was a little disappointed when i realised it was going to have a tragic ending. i wouldn't reduce the movie to "just another queer tragedy", it does stand on its own and like i mentioned the tragic elements are in service of horror which makes the formula a little more fresh... but it did ultimately feel like a tragedy. in the horror context, a happy ending was never on the cards. it wouldn't have made sense i guess. not asking it to be a different movie, but it did make me yearn a bit more for new queer stories that are more radically hopeful, which is something i strongly feel we need more of.
I'm gay. Gay like you wouldn't believe, gay like you haven't seen before, you simply cannot comprehend how gay i am
friday night vibes at the laundromat are quiet and much appreciated to the weekend vibes
Marched at pride yesterday, met a ton of my trans friends, had a great day in the city and finally we capped it off with a drag show and lipsync battle that gave my gal pal and me the biggest dose of queer joy you can imagine. It was wonderful seeing every single letter in LGBTQIA being represented by such magnificent, radiant people. The straights have no idea what they're missing out on. If you're reading this while closeted, please make it your goal to come out here and join us. You're needed and will be welcomed with open arms and it will be beautiful.
Me spending 5 mins on a doodle: This is amazing I am an artistic genius
Me spending 10 hours on an illustration: This is terrible I am a fraud what am I doing with my life
I'm not giving up nor do I actually think it's bad. It's just that staring at the same work for so long makes me kinda hate it no matter the quality. I probably just need to take more breaks
I'm currently at war with the bourgeois conception of high art and good taste.
Years and years ago before I cracked my egg, I remember thinking if I ever grew boobs spontaneously what I'd do. I figured I'd play with them a bunch. Now I have em and I don't play with em. Guess it's different when they're actually there.
Gf and I are back to being split up
sex stuff
I want a sexual relationship and she feels pressured if I even bring it up. When she feels pressured, she doesn't communicate and I get frustrated. Yesterday I asked if I should stop bringing it up, she said yes but today she says her motivation for that was to test me.
So it's not just not having sex. It's no room to even talk about it. And she tests me We've been together four years and it feels like she's still playing games rather than communicating.
So, I broke up with her this morning. Because I need space and don't want to be cuddling, hanging out, and getting turned on when that's not what we both want and there's no room for me to talk about it.
Feeling heart broken. My body is going through changes and I hoped to explore that with her. Now I feel like I can't even talk about those changes with her. I think I'm going to hide in my room all day (we have separate bedrooms). Take my shot of E. Play SDV and listen to The Left Hand of Darkness on audio while waiting for this edible to hit me.
Any advice on the gf situation or how to handle the break up with someone who I live with would be helpful. I'm pretty poor and don't have family out here, so need to make the room mate situation work if it can.
Mostly feeling sad as I type this.
I've gotten a weird case of brainworms where sometimes when I look at pics of someone completely cis I think to myself that she doesn't really pass in this.
doubts, dysphoria, fears of bigotry
I'm just so confused. For every advantage it feels like there's a reason not to transition. I'd love to have a girl body more then anything, but that comes with misogyny. I'd love fat redistribution, but will it even look good on my massive frame or am I still going to look "manish". My voice dysphoria is truly awful, I hate speaking and its what holds me back most from asking for she/her. Can I work on it enough to be happy with it? If I could I'd be the happiest girl in the world but... you know what if it doesn't sound the way I want. I'm scared to come out, but staying like this is hell. I feel like life is and will continue to be trudging through mud. Either dysphoria or bigotry and harassment. I can't stay where I am though.
I don't know. I'll probably give it a shot at some point and decide from there what to do. I know this sounds very downer but I'm just so confused and scared.
People say all trans women are so strong but I'm very much 
so that's worrying too. I have always been a quitter.
I love how long my hair has gotten. It's long enough to completely cover my ears, but not long enough to pull into a ponytail. I love how soft it is and how good it smells after I condition it. 
I've been hyperfocusing on art all day again. I thought I'd share what I have so far:
work in progress
Line art:
This will eventually be the first boss of the shump game I'm making. Inspired by the Eucharitid Wasp. I'm slowly piecing together multiple layers so there will be lots of animation in the game. Legs, head, antenna, body, back carapace, wings, and stinger will all be separate objects that animate independently to give it life and to have multiple ways of signalling attacks
Probably would've been quicker and easier just to do pixel art but I always like to do things that hard way
we finally did it lmao 
Muscles: weakened and shrinking
Body hair: thinning and lightening
Tiddies: growing
Unspeakably horny thoughts: raging
Skin: softened
yep, it's estrogen time
Back off I'll take you on - love my trans comrades more than anyone!
otherkin discourse
Chat, am I old and out of touch? There was a struggle session in a chat I monitor about otherkins after one came in and said they have it worse than 'other trans people do'. I personally think this is probably bait by some reactionary, but lets assume they're earnest. They're not doing hrt, anything with gender, etc. they're basically just saying their presentation (re: wearing furry stuff / doing cosplay) makes them a 'new gender'. Am I wrong in thinking otherkins are just furries and cosplayers that take it way too seriously? Like if they want to do that stuff, sure whatever, but I don't like the conflation with trans issues.
I consider otherkin to be not a trans thing. People often hate on xenogenders (re: being 'new discourse'), I obviously consider xenogenders trans, most seem genderfluid and have a 'switch' due to an outside interaction.
going to become a twitter "transvestigator" but i will just say literally everyone is trans no matter what
body image navel gazing, cw weight stuff
I was looking in the mirror after showering today and ADMIRING the small tummy I am now having. Thing is earlier in the week, I was pulling up my shirt and going 'uh oh, did my midsection gain too much weight?' No, you fucking rube, you goddamn shit idiot. My midsection actually looks great, the lil tummy rounds me out better than before, when I had a washboard-flat midriff I looked uncomfortably skinny. It's these lapses in judgement & perception that make me worry I'd be susceptible to an eating disorder... not because I do not adore my body, but because my brain tries to bully me about it anyway.
It's useful to have a partner around, you can trust their perception of you and lean on them for a second opinion when your brain is being silly. I recommend it tbh.
... should I post some of my outfit design sketches on the trans mega?
dresses are cute, but I just don't find a situation to wear them much
TERFs, olympic BS mentioned
What went on at the olympics is a prime example of how TERFs hurt all women, not just trans ones. They want to "protect" women in the same way fascists do - by regulating and policing the category of woman a social class and mandating the purity and vulnerability (and whiteness) of those within it.
Cis women who are not good enough women for them - because they're intersex, sex workers, POC, and many other things that TERFs hate - are going to end up hurt by them just as much as trans people.
Because TERFs aren't feminists, they're reactionaries coopting feminist language.
@[email protected] operation curly hair care is a-go and going swimmingly. Armed with my jojoba oil and wide tooth comb, my hair has never looked and felt better!
Heard back on soy milk. Around two cups of soy a day is fine with my estrogen (about a gallon a week).
And two gallons is not. And since I get a lot of phytoestrogens elsewhere in my diet, I'm switching milks (maybe almond, oat is expensive for some reason). And switching to tea generally, since almond and oat milk in coffee doesn't do it for me.
a bit sad
I donβt think Iβm ready to get into a real relationship again but I do wish I had someone to just cuddle with sometimes.
i have not seen my parents in months. if i were to see them, they would certainly notice that my face is different in an subtle yet noticeable way. oh my
I know a while ago I said I was planning on making a bracelet, but I finally did it! There's a couple things wrong with it, but I'm still pretty happy with it. Its orange and purple.
Unfortunately I don't have pink or white so no trans bracelet for now, but this is nice 
Another good day of being a trans girl.
