I Should Put Something Clever Here

ask and ye shall receive: When I write in Japanese I usually also throw it in google translate to double check that I'm not using the wrong kanji by mistake, and two years ago it gave me very dry and literal translations.

I was doing it today and noticed it had a pretty strong voice added to the output

For reference, to give a dry translation I would put: Lately I'm into in Hanafuda. Nobody seems to know anything about it here, so they probably wouldn't understand my brilliant jokes. I guess you guys will never be able to understand "Mister November and the Scary Cave".

I have a fluent friend who is able to check my work for me and give me tips on hitting the correct tone (I was going for a comically casual feeling), so I'm confident that I'm expressing the feeling I'm intending. While Google is also hitting the same emotion, I really don't like knowing that it's assigning tone in the first place.

To check if it was editorializing based on informal grammatical choices, I formal'd up the writing to be more polite and remove any non-standard vocabulary.

What do you mean I'm just using the browser versi-

And what it translated it as was: "I'm going to pop your pussy old school Turkish style"

usb: universal serial bus

usc: university of southern california

usd: united states dollar

honestly one of the top 3 best outcomes of my transition is that no one gives a shit about me anymore. I don’t get leered at in public (outside of clocking obviously), I don’t get sexually harassed by random men, I don’t get followed on the street or through malls by men, I don’t get called an ungrateful bitch for turning down a date, I don’t get sexually harassed at work or school, I don’t get random unsolicited nudes sent to me, I don’t get men being crybabies about me having a higher GPA than they do or making more money than they do, I don’t get disgusting comments about my body, I don’t get called a bitch or cunt or dyke. All the harassment and violence I have faced post-transition has always been because I’m transgender, not because I’m a man. Being invisible in public (RELATIVE TO THE WOMEN IN YOUR OWN DEMOGRAPHIC COHORTS) is an incredible privilege and I didn’t understand the sheer extent of that privilege until I transitioned. Men talk to me like a human being now! They ask for my opinion, they chat with me, they interact with me like a “normal person.” I became invisible in those interactions because I’m just treated like a person and not like a woman. If anything, transitioning made me hate men more, because it revealed to me how capable they are of talking to other people like human beings and not housemaids they can fuck and abuse.

it turns out no matter how old you get or how long youve been out of your college GSA, some 21 year old dyke will always be there to recommend you read stone butch blues and wish you luck on your journey like you arent years older and years further into your transition.

anyway. trans masc lesbians, lesbians on T, lesbians who use he/him, all real, valid, etc. but like. lesbian who is a Man cant be surprised pr offended when people who’s sexuality is defined by “liking women” dont include him in that category. I regret to inform you that transition is real and trans men are, in fact, men.

Beyond that, my main critique remains that we’ve (yes, “we,” because ive been advocating for tmasc lesbians longer than youve been on T) spent years arguing for the inclusion of trans masculine people in lesbian spaces and identities and yet trans feminine individuals are still routinely excluded from and marginalized within lesbianism, often by yhose same tmasc dykes.

- a confused transfem :3

They're not just cramps. They can cause bloating, headaches, intestinal issues [like diarrhea], heightened emotions [such as depression, dysphoria, anxiety, etc], muscle/join pain, nipple tenderness and general fatigue. Also PMDD and PMS!

Same as other people, what symptoms you experience are going to vary. So are what methods work for easing the discomfort!

My first suggestion would be trying over-the-counter meds like Ibuprofen and Acetaminophin, as well as heat packs/hot water bottles for the cramps.

If you have stomach issues, being a little more cautious what you eat during your period, maybe investing in some nausea pills can help.

If the heightened emotions are an issue for you, I'd definitely have certain things prepared for your period, like chill shows you enjoy to watch, clothes you know are comfortable and won't cause dysphoria, keeping things low-energy if you can.

Muscle pain can be helped with hot water bottles, ice packs, aforementioned meds like Ibuprofen and Acetaminophin and occasionally, lidocaine patches.

Nipple tenderness can sometimes be helped by wearing bras or just taking your shirt off for a bit sometimes, as well as some of the medicine I already mentioned.

If you're dealing with any of these issues in a more extreme category, for example randomly feeling suicidal on your period [when you are not regularly suicidal], experiencing debilitating cramps, headaches or muscle pain during your period, that's not a regular period and a health issue more like PMS/PMDD.

It's definitely worth going to a doctor if you're dealing with that, though unfortunately medical transmisogyny is a huge issue, so I can't guarantee they'll help.

As for tracking apps, they can. It can depend on how frequent your cycle is, though. It's definitely worth trying, regardless.

the op linked the study in the replies & i’ve been skimming it & it’s actually rlly rlly interesting to think abt