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trans experiences 

Every trans person experiences gender differently

You might find being trans painful, or something compulsive you couldn’t help but be

But other people may have found being trans more benevolently, by just experimenting and finding what made them the most comfortable

These experiences are not the same, but both are valid. And one is not better than the other, and one does not invalidate the other or say anything about what the other experiences

On trans bodies + 

I love trans bodies and I really love being a part of a community that celebrates trans bodies.

This is really the only place where I can find the kind of transgressive joy that comes from posting a nude and instead of being met with awkwardness, revulsion, fetishization or silence, I am met by warmth, love, appreciation and kindness.

And I get to see that experience repeated when people post their nudes again and again and again.

Don’t ever forget how powerful that is.

"The Nymph And The Dryad" illustration by H.R. Millar
From "The New World Fairy Book", 1904.

we're seeing demon possession levels at about 48%

(48%) β– β– β– β– β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘

@kalamatamari

me: 🎡 just a magical girl
livin' in a magical wooorld 🎡

proposing a rule 0 for promoting your work on the fediverse (317 words): 

The fediverse hates marketing, hates brands, and hates corporations, and is pretty hypersensitive to anything that feels like any of those things. Posting pre-composed #marketing #messages with #All #The #PotentiallyRelevant #Hashtags is probably going to get your account deleted as spam rather than achieve what you want.

Marketing your brand is not the same as promoting your work, however. Businesses advertise. People self-promote. And you'll have to be careful about not /looking/ like advertising - see "hypersensitive" - but if you are an individual posting about what you do, that is /night and day/ different.

People behave differently than businesses. People follow accounts based on interest, not based on rewarding engagement with more engagement in order to increase the organic reach of their posts. People interact with others based on their thoughts and feelings and priorities, not based on rewarding engagement with &c. People talk about stuff that has nothing to do with their income because it interests them, not because it draws traffic to their feed.

And people self-promote. People say, "I posted a song to my Patreon" and attach a link. People say, "I'm a freelance technical writer looking for gigs" and attach their contact info. People say, "My video game releases on Friday, so if you do streams or let's plays, DM me for a free promotional copy." People say, "I'm doing a podcast on hardware hacking and I'd like to get someone from outside the US to talk about their experience." People talk about what they're doing with the hope that others will care, and people talk about what they do for income in hopes that those interested can hear about it and help sustain that income, and people ask for help from anyone willing to give it. People self-promote.

So that's rule 0. The fediverse hates marketing and loves people. Be a people.

Me, watching Castlevania:
I bet bat friends give good wing hugs.

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