dork central

I was tidying up a room, and right in the middle of it I saw a massive grandfather clock. At some point I noticed it had the AO3 symbol on it, so obviously I decided to take a picture and post it on Tumblr.

Also the permanent changes it can cause to your body.

Also I know it’s not the popular viewpoint, but stretch marks related to pregnancy are Also Permanent, for most people. I thought for the longest time that I was a bad person bc I didn’t feel empowered by my “tiger stripes” or my “battle scars” or however cis people try to paint the physical signs your body carried a baby. I genuinely thought I was monstrous bc whenever I look at the stretch marks I specifically gained from pregnancy I experience plummeting, horrible feelings in my stomach. But like. Birth for me was traumatizing. It wasn’t easy or magical or fun. I had an emergency c-section for my first child and thought I was going to die. Trauma + dysphoria + social shaming means this is the first time I’m talking publicly about how it feels to have marks on my body that won’t ever go away unless I elect to have expensive surgery, and if I have that surgery I am immediately ostracized and painted as shallow for not being able to overcome my trauma/dysphoria bc “girl power” or whatever (and no, saying “well I’m not a girl” does not stop this behavior.)

wai t you dont use 4chan any more right? scary stuff..

As a cis/bi/man, feel free to tell me that I am talking out of school here. I will accept that my view is entirely my own. I want to say the following in support of my brothers. My brothers in this case being trans men. Trans men are men individually, just like I am as a cis man individually. Trans men are not (yet) seen as men collectively by society. As a class, trans men are not given cis male privilege. This is why I will accept them as men, as my individual conscience will tell me to always validate a person's gender identity, while they still will not have male privilege socially. Society does not follow the mores and ethics that I have, unfortunately.