jessica by the bayDec 22, 2022
I used to think I was cis and assumed that all dudes want to be girls. Now I know I’m trans and still assume all dudes want to be girls.
Show threadVyr Cossont 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Dec 22, 2022

@rooster the replies to this thread are gonna be girls, either now or later

but for real if i'd thought to ask some of the cis dudes in my life how often they thought about being girls before i transitioned, i could have saved myself some time. had the conversation after with a few, and the one that i'll remember went like this:

"so have you ever thought about what it'd be like to be a woman?"

"yeah, of course. once or twice."

"a week, right?"

"no. like… ever."

Show threadHannekeDec 22, 2022
@vyr @rooster laughing and crying here
Show threadStaren, the Last StardaughterDec 22, 2022
@h5e @vyr @rooster
toots with threatening aura
Show threadVyr Cossont 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Dec 22, 2022
@Staren @h5e @rooster real Dorley Hall coffee mug energy here 😄☕️
Show threadStaren, the Last StardaughterDec 22, 2022
@vyr @h5e @rooster this corner of transfem mastadon's energy is like
Show threadjessica by the bayDec 22, 2022
@Staren @vyr @h5e my goal for whatever corner of any social media I am on
Show threadStaren, the Last StardaughterDec 23, 2022

@rooster @vyr @h5e
@zmbush
did

did we do this? ​

Show threadOctavia con AmoreDec 23, 2022

@Staren @rooster @vyr @h5e @zmbush I'm sure we had *absolutely nothing* to do with that.

Probably.

Possibly.

Weeell, perhaps...we...skewed the scale...just a teensy bit?...

Show threadHannekeDec 23, 2022
@OctaviaConAmore @Staren @rooster @vyr @zmbush Move fast and break things. And by things I mean eggs.
Show threadOctavia con AmoreDec 23, 2022
@h5e @Staren @rooster @vyr @zmbush We're not breaking the egg-prime-directive as long as the eggs just *happen* to break in our presense, are we?
Show threadjessica by the bayDec 23, 2022
@OctaviaConAmore @h5e @Staren @vyr @zmbush I love the idea of someone being so powerfully trans that they just spontaneously break eggs around them
Show threadVyr Cossont 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Dec 23, 2022

@OctaviaConAmore @h5e @zmbush @rooster @Staren torn between the feminine urge to point out that "egg-cracking" culture is as good a way to shove someone back in the closet as any other unwanted interrogation of gender, and the reasonable feminine assumption that anyone in this thread is asking for it

just be a good and loud example, ladies 😇

Show threadVyr Cossont 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Dec 23, 2022
@zmbush @h5e @OctaviaConAmore @Staren @rooster for the record, i had no egg phase. i fled from any space where people were playing with gender. it pissed me off more than it should have, and didn't realize that most people don't care that much until later.
Show threadrecursive 🏳️‍🌈Dec 23, 2022
@vyr @zmbush @h5e @OctaviaConAmore @Staren @rooster Oh, yeah, even though I was very much bisexual, any kind of gender-queerness was too scary to engage with for me
Show threadEllie, Limited Edition

@recursive @vyr @zmbush @h5e @OctaviaConAmore @Staren @rooster oh that's a mood. I was still so incredibly drawn to queerness that I ended up in an intensely "no labels, we're just whatever" group of queer friends.

Surprise, 6 years later basically all of us have labeled ourselves and transed our genders.

Dec 23, 2022 at 6:32pmWeb
Show threadrecursive 🏳️‍🌈Dec 23, 2022
@tldrellie @vyr @zmbush @h5e @OctaviaConAmore @Staren @rooster Yeah, it's like, I wanted to be in that kind of space, while at the same time, all sorts of internalized transphobia made it too scary. If there's something that's gonna crack a lot of eggs, it's ... find a way to make people feel more comfortable with being different about their gender
Show threadEllie, Limited EditionDec 23, 2022
@recursive @vyr @zmbush @h5e @OctaviaConAmore @Staren @rooster Absolutely. I'm really happy seeing teenagers today fuck with gender more than I ever felt safe to. My partner's brother is currently in one of those "no labels" queer groups, and I'm just 👀👀👀