Body doubling yessssss

Look there is nothing hotter and more terrifying than someone who can leave a bruise with a big goofy grin on their face.

So like, that’s the Bad Take version of that. I think what’s true, though, is that it’s a good idea to sit with the desire to follow these beauty standards and unpack — inside your own heart, for yourself, where no one can tell you the answers except you — what they mean to you and why.

I believe that is what kids these days call “girl dinner”.

…though if you are trans, the doctor might also use the word “technically” in a way where it’s difficult to parse which part of the msm equation is meant to be a technicality.

When my step-niece was 7 she asked me “were Native Americans real?” and I had to be like… “yes, they ARE.” I was maybe 16 at the time and it kinda radicalised me.

Good news: you do!

Does your local hospital system have an advice line you can call? They might be able to tell you whether or when you need to go in.

As a linguist, I second this motion with my whole heart.

Some people start and it’s like ✨bam✨ instant transformation— for others it’s a slow burn that takes years and is hard to notice until you look back and say “oh dang, I *have* come a long way”. You can also talk to your doctor (or another doctor!) about adjusting the regimen/dose.

I have made it a rhetorical strategy to present this in an extremely matter-of-fact way, using the same tone I use to explain the Bernoulli effect and harmonics and categorical perception of voice onset time, because it is simply what you need to know to interpret average differences in pitch.

Toes?

If there’s also a steam powered vibrator in the mix, sign me the hell up.

Absolutely, right down to the taunting flirtation with the ostensibly straight very serious lead…

It is called the Globe Garden

Oh cool yes just what we needed a repeat of the nutmeg wars

Look, Keiko is tired of always having to be the one bringing Kira to orgasm twice before supper. Does she have to do EVERYTHING around here.

YES I think about this a lot about the discourse around attempting to work from within the system vs agitating from outside it — we need both. We need all of it. We need to try every conceivable fucking angle and triangulate them however we can.