r/traa post, may contain sensitive content
Not mine, but I figured I belongs here https://redd.it/e0xepy
Self-harm, question
So, after a bit over a month clean, the urge to start beating myself is returning. Does anyone know any good alternatives for the *sensation*? I'm looking for something like how with cutting you can snap rubber bands against your wrist. Something that gives me that same feeling as beating myself would, without being as self-destructive.
(Please don't just tell me to hit a punching bag or do something else or whatever. That's not what I'm looking for right now.)
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Twitter user @queerfoxx says “Transmascs hit two years on HRT and have to choose a subclass:
- gym rat
-overcompensating misogynist
- effeminate destroyer of gender roles with great eyeliner
-cis bootlicker
-overenthusiastic cat dad
-edgelord
-cryptid beardy lumberjack
How could I forget:
-gamer™
-colourful twink
Pre/never-T folks don't have to specialise and can add points to any of their skills
@DissidentKitty @sydneyfalk technically everything we see is only an image of the thing reflected in our eye, and an image subject to interpretation at that. The real may exist but it cannot be perceived objectively
i think sharing some older #inktober work would be a good place to start 😊 i followed a witchtober prompt. started october 2016 and finished july 2017!
all pieces were created using a dip pen (513ef nib), black sumi ink, two or three gray copic markers, and white bristol paper.
1. seasonal (spring) witch
#illustration #characterdesign #mastoart
Gender and underwear discourse
Is it really that big of a deal that I find boxer briefs to be more comfortable than underwear sold in the "women's" section? Is it really that big of a deal if some masc presenting people prefer underwear sold in the "women's" section? Like, no one even sees it. What's the deal?
sexism
trying to go "hey how would you feel if literally everyone sexualized you and every representation of ur gender was sexual" will never fuckin work because cishet men will innocently overlook how much they fuckin detest the idea of being sexualized by men and go "i'd love it if women thought i was sexy ;) "
Dead names on graves.
Heart wrenching statistics.
Forgotten memories of those who couldn't make it.
Today goes out to women of color, for whom trying to exist too often turns into a death sentence
Today goes out to the teens, whose lives are endangered by those sworn to protect them
Today goes out to those who succumbed, for whom the pain was too great to live through
Today goes out to our elders, who've lost friends and family to AIDS and carry their memories like scars
To those of us lucky and resilient enough to survive in a world that hates us, I say thank you for showing us that there is hope and that collectively we can live.
To those daring enough to take their first steps out of the metaphorical closet, I say I will protect you and I will be with you every step of the way.
To those whose names are not yet known and might never be, I say I love you and I see you, and I will fight for you.
To those who would rather see us dead than happy, those for whom our existence is a topic of debate, to the doctors, lawmakers, and chasers, I will come for you. We will come for you.
Today we remember those of us who couldn't make it. We remember that our very existence is radical and powerful. That our bodies, our minds, and our souls are beautiful.
Remember to breathe today.
Breathe for those who can't, and breathe for the future.
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess