you can call me dipper or aster • xe/xem, he/him • 19 • queer and aspec • genderqueer trans guy • bird nerd!! • adhd, autistic, median plural, physically disabled, low support needs • white, usamerican • pfp by @potato-lord-but-not 's picrew
@identifying-birds-in-postss: currently my most active sideblog!
@aster-stims-sometimes: for making gifs and stimboards!
mogai hoarding/coining blog (inactive): @asters-mogai-corner
i ran @aroswagshowdown which is over
i have a horny sideblog which i'm not linking here at the moment. i might add it once i get a proper pinned post over there so people can know what to expect
tagging system (including some sideblog tags)
#aster rambles sometimes - me talking
#aster shitposts sometimes - me talking except i'm trying to be funny
#aster rambles in tags - me talking a lot in the tags of a reblog
#aster kinposts sometimes - otherhearted/link/kin stuff, mostly deer
#sunflower syndicate - system stuff
#aster birds sometimes - birding related ramblings
#aster transitions sometimes - trans-related stuff like HRT updates and vents
#aster makes gifs sometimes - self explanatory
#aster makes stimboards sometimes - self explanatory
accessibility info
i frequently reblog images without image descriptions and do not tag for this (i'm sorry about this /genuine). at some point in the near future i am going to try to focus more on including image descriptions in my reblogs
i do tag for flashing, eyestrain, unreality, reblog bait, and common triggers (suicide, self-harm, weight talk, eating disorders, mental hospitals, abuse, sexual assault, probably a few i'm forgetting). please let me know if i forget to tag!
i do not tag food or reclaimed slurs.
i inconsistently tag suggestive/mildly nsfw content (such as jokes, polls, artistic nudity, and sex ed posts) (there won't be full-on hornyposting or irl nudity here, that stays on my sideblog), irl insects and snakes, and politics/current events.
userboxes and decorations!
blinkies under the cut (eyestrain/flashing) as well as more about me!
about me!
(this section is a work in progress)
i'm a third-year college student studying biology in the central-southern US! my academic interests are in ornithology and ecology, as well as sociology and gender studies
i love birds and birding! birds have been my main special interest for about 4 years at this point, one of my longest running special interests. please talk to me about birds!!
my other interests include music (fav artists are cavetown and ajr, and i play trumpet and ukulele), video games (i like a variety of games but some long-term favs are genshin impact, powerwash simulator, subnautica, disco elysium, and a little to the left), crafts, collecting pins and art prints, and hanging out with my cat nova and my bf @caspergotlost!
i identify primarily as a queer trans guy (queer in both sexuality and gender). i'm also acespec, arospec, and on the polyam spectrum. i was lucky and privileged enough to get on T at 16 in May 2023, so i'm 3 years on T!
my primary disabilities include hEDS, depression, autism, and ADHD. i also have POTS and likely mild MCAS but they are both well-controlled currently and don't affect me nearly as much. i struggle with chronic fatigue, particularly mental fatigue and limited social battery, due to the overlap of several of my conditions. in my day to day life, i use a cane and knee braces. i am low support needs and work to listen to and uplift the voices of those who are higher support needs. i've hyperfixated on hEDS research (and EDS in general) several times, including an extensive class project, and am always willing to answer questions about it!
i'm a median system, which causes some fluctuations in identity and opinions as well as some memory issues. currently there's an unknown amount of asters (at least a couple dozen) that are each better at certain situations. generally i am not able to determine which aster is fronting at any given time so i don't distinguish us. i used to have more distinct headmates at a worse point in my life but they are mostly gone now.
politically i'm a leftist, still working out if there's any more specific ideology i align myself with. i support a free palestine, land back, and major prison and psych reform, among other things.
asks are always welcome! however i am not always good at answering them well or in a timely manner. you're welcome to dm as well but i'm not very good at replying due to anxiety.
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okay i have a hypothesis but it's based on a sample size of two so i need more data
people with labia¹: are you hypermobile², and what length are your labia minora³? (clarification below)
not hypermobile; 0 cm (i have labia but no labia minora)
not hypermobile; 0.1-1.5 cm
not hypermobile; 1.6-3.0 cm
not hypermobile; 3.0-4.5 cm
not hypermobile; greater than 4.5 cm
hypermobile; 0 cm (i have labia but no labia minora)
hypermobile; 0.1-1.5 cm
hypermobile; 1.6-3.0 cm
hypermobile; 3.1-4.5 cm
hypermobile; greater than 4.5 cm
i do not have labia/results
Remaining time: 2 days 17 hours
¹ labia which have not been surgically created or altered. if you have had them surgically altered as an adult, such as with a labiaplasty or gender affirming surgery, and you know what size they were before, you can answer with the size they were before surgery. if you do not and have never had labia, then please choose the final option, not a 0 cm option! (the 0 cm option is for people with labia majora but no labia minora)
² for the purposes of this poll, i'm asking about generalized joint hypermobility, joint hypermobility syndrome, hypermobility spectrum disorder, hypermobile EDS, and other types of EDS causing hypermobility. localized hypermobility (in just one or two joints) does not count. if you're not sure if you're hypermobile, the beighton score is a fairly quick and easy assessment you can use, although it isn't perfect and will exclude some hypermobile people.
³ aka inner labia or inner lips. i was going to include diagrams to help with identification, but they made this post get hit with an automated content label before it even left my drafts, so i removed them and you can look up "labia anatomy" to find diagrams. a small mirror or your phone's selfie camera may help you see better down there if needed. if your labia minora are asymmetrical and/or have sections that are much longer than the rest (both normal and expected btw), estimate the average.
please reblog if you're comfortable so i can get a larger sample size, or tag other blogs who might be willing to reblog!
@v-hypospadias @certifiedsexed hope you don't mind the tags, i need more reach for science!! (i know tagging an intersex-specific blog here has a chance to skew my data, but i'm hoping it'll help the poll reach a larger sample size of hypermobile people with labia)
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if your going to talk abt the aro/aces who can date you first have to talk and spread awareness on the others that can’t. by acknowledging the community only by a minority that fit into allo-normative ideals your causing more harm than good. it’s essentially the wrong representation. accept all aro/aces. not just the ones that you deem ‘normal’
seeing strange fetishes im not into on my dash is like observing an edible herb on a walk. Hmm. someone wise ☝ could make use of this... but i shan't 👴
you paint such a beautiful picture with your words anon thank you
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the more i talk w/ leftist friends the more i start to realize that they think culture is only defined by food or "traditional" (i.e. "ethnic") garb and nothing else
mentioned how white americans do in fact have a common culture and they genuinely thought i was joking. culture isnt something only granted to the Cool People of Color. just feels like among progressive groups there's this dichotomy created in which only the virtuous oppressed minorities have culture and anyone who is privileged some sort of void cultureless being
When I visited Chicago, the very first thing to weird me out from the airport was… how almost everywhere had revolving doors.
I’m Australian. Sure, we do have those doors, but the vast majority of places in Sydney are automatic sliding doors or old-fashioned manual push/pulls because we don’t need to block out the cold and wind the same way here.
So every day I experienced a culture clash with something as basic as what doors were normal for me.
Americans who say they don’t have a culture are plagued with defaultism beyond belief. Culture isn’t just made up of costumes and language and the largest stuff, it’s constructed of a billion small things you do every day that you never even consider could be different because that’s just “normal” to your daily life. No one has no culture just because they’re not adhering to the biggest markers they can consciously recognise.
you've heard of nicknames and nicholasnames. now, get ready for what i've been calling reagan names. where you take a bastardization of a name and keep going. tip: you need to be very stupid to think this is funny
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Let me explain the set of circumstances that led to this Eulimnadia clam shrimp living out its entire live cycle in a styrofoam cup on the ground.
The cup fell, blew, or rolled into a sideways position on the rocks where it could hold some water and rain could still splash into it, but it wasn't immediately cooked by direct sunlight. There hasn't been enough rain to fill the surface of that ditch itself for years, but evidently at least one shrimp egg from the soil from a past year must have rolled into the cup or been pushed there by a bug or animal, plus some dried bits of algae and microbes, and enough dead leaf bits and soil to feed them. Then, for at least a week (based on shrimp's size), enough rain fell to keep the cup full enough to grow not only the shrimp, but enough things for it to feed on. So, now it's just in there, quietly eating microbes and filtering water in a single cup on the ground, laying clone eggs into the tiny bit of dirt at the bottom and doing whatever. It's good sized and healthy, too. This isn't even that unusual of a container; I've found them in old tires before.
You can hopefully see why I have to tell as many people about these things as possible.
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