Bisexual John Danziger Evangelist

The answer is: the uterus isn't what causes your period, it is effected by your period. What causes your period and what causes trans women's periods is the same thing: the endocrine system.

HRT changes the sex of your endocrine system. Feminizing HRT makes it a female endocrine system, giving us a 28-day hormone cycle just like cis women. At the end of that cycle, the hypothalamus floods the body with prostaglandins. Those are what cause all but one of the period symptoms, because they make muscles inflame and contract. They are what make the uterus shed its lining, they are what cause intestinal cramps, they are what cause body aches, they are what cause headaches and migraines. The only period symptom not causes by the release of prostaglandins throughout the body is depression, and that is caused by your endocrine system simply not processing as much estrogen and from simply feeling like shit.

So, the only symptoms trans women don't get every 28 days is menstrual cramps, because yes we do not menstruate since we don't have uteruses. But migraines, depression, body aches, intestinal cramps, and the infamous "period shits" don't exactly add up to us having any better of a time. Except we have to pretend that we're fine and nothing is different because no one believes that we get periods, not even cis women.

Cutting - in my opinion, the most labor intensive part of the process. The amount of time/effort needed varies depending on the pattern and if seam allowance is included or marked separately, but no matter what this process can not be done by machine. Each and every panel and piece of fabric that goes into a garment must be cut by hand by a person.

Pinning/clipping - pinning (or clipping) is the stage at which you align the pieces you are going to be stitching together and hold them together with — you guessed it! — either pins or clips. This can not be done by machine.

Stitching - the actual sewing. This can be done by a sewing machine, but that machine still needs to be operated by a human being.

Ironing/pressing - two words that mean the same thing. The iron itself is a machine, but once again, it needs to be operated by a human being.

Finishing - depending on the technique you use, there are certain finishing techniques that can only be done by hand. But, let’s assume we’re talking about fast fashion, which is usually just finished with a simple overlock/serger. Once again: these machines need to be operated by people.

These are just the basic steps to making a garment, and don’t include textile arts that I am not as knowledgeable about, such as weaving, knitting, and crochet. Also, it is important to note that there are a lot of things that can only be done by hand, such as certain stitches and decorative techniques.

Also, the machinery being operated in textile factories is not equivalent to a domestic sewing machine. We’re talking about one of these guys:

See that gray cylinder under the table, behind the knee pedal? That’s the motor. These machines can sew through your fingers bones and all and not even stop. The people in these factories and sweatshops are operating heavy machinery, and are subject to all the risk that comes with that in addition to all of the work I mentioned above.

So For Trilogy Appreciation Week, I published the transcript for Kasumi's loyalty mission and I wanted to summarize what I think is interesting to learn in this mission and the codex entries for it.

The villains of the galaxy gather together for Hock’s party. Kasumi calls them "the worst liars, cheaters, and mass murderers you'll ever want to meet." And they gossip together.

Peruggia is the security password chosen for the vault, which according to Kasumi, is the name of the man who stole the Mona Lisa. So we also learn that the Mona Lisa was stolen!

We learn from a datapad in Hock’s apartment that there are at least 4800 galactic languages. That to me is probably one of the most interesting part of the mission. What it implies about languages, species, evolution... It's a lot. If anyone who is into languages wants to comment on it, please do!

The graybox technology can have a decryption key that is a memory, an emotion, even a smell, meaning permutations could be “infinite”. Here's the codex entry. Other than interesting ideas about how it came to be (slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease), we also learn that one of Keiji's aliases was probably Abraham Rumoi.

The vault and its content give us some lore informations:

Egyptian statues can be sold even outside of the Alliance as “Asari go nuts for this sort of thing”.

Turian art is rare outside of Palaven, which is why the sculpture they find is, according to Kasumi, one of the most valuable pieces in the vault.

A model of a turian ship called the Kara is found in the vault, to Kasumi it’s like a “Turian Titanic” so we can guess that even at this point in time the Titanic still has a myth-like quality to it, and that other species also experienced horrifying wreckages with loss of life. The Kara might have been THE turian luxury spaceship. I also wonder about the name Kara. I'm no expert (at all!) but I do see that it's the feminine form of karus in latin, meaning expensive, beloved, dear, precious... So that might work for what it's supposed to be.

They are stone tablets that look like the writing is from the trade language, but according to Kasumi this looks like quarian script and is very old. How old, I do wonder.

Michelangelo’s David seems to be inside the vault but how we can know it is the real one is beyond me.

Kasumi is upset that Hock has "Lady Liberty" in his vault and the codex tells us so many things about its past that it's hard to explain here. It's worth reading.

There's one piece just called "Rachni Queen" and I always wondered if it was a statue, a real frozen queen, something made of a specific material? I don't know!!! I'm not a scientist!!! I'm not trying to make a pun here but it bugs me that I don't know.

And there's a statue of a creature that isn't exactly like the yahg but sorta looks like it? In my original post with the art pieces I wondered if it was DA inspired. I still don't know.

And statues of krogan. One that seems to follow Kasumi with its eyes.

And there's Bekenstein itself with its codex entry:

(should probably have phrased differently, it's not just according to Kasumi because it's not recent! No modern day thief)

But it's like going down a rabbit hole, I didn't know Guillaume Apollinaire was also accused.

fill 14 sketch book

bad stuff is good stuff bc you made stuff

do you like sparkle???? draw sparkle

draw what make your heart do the smiley emote

member to drink lotsa agua or else bad time

d ont stress friend all is well

your art is hot like potato crisps

don’t let anyone piss on your good mood amigo

if they do

eat

i finally found it

You need to eat some vegetables in your diet or you will become a lich.

You have to wear a life jacket or you will literally drown and die.

You need to be able to exist in public spaces with children.