Guess we'll perish

There was one episode with a trans woman getting different gender-affirming operations, including breast implants. It showed the procedure, and (what I found so fascinating that it's stuck with me for decades), as soon as the doctor put the implant in, a censor blur popped up on the nipple.

And you just know there was a meeting between the TLC lawyers and the editors and producers of the show to discuss what the difference was between a "man nipple" (can be shown) and a "woman nipple" (no no must obscure, 'tis naughty). And they decided that as soon as the implant goes in and the nipple has more mass behind it, that's the moment when it becomes a woman's nipple and must be hidden to comply with TV rules.

But it's the same nipple. On the same person. I know what it looks like; I just saw it. But TV and obscenity rules are rules, and the rules say woman nipple = sexual and therefore explicit, but man nipple = neutral, just fine.

No shirt, no bra, completely bare torso, just like cis men are allowed to

It's about desexualizing breasts and "female presenting nipples" and not being criminalized for our bodies if we want to go topless because it's a million damn degrees out. This was a popular growing movement that was still widely known a decade ago!

I also only really do it once or twice a month so sometimes I do go out in public with hairy legs.

come on man i'm on my lunch break can't you wait???

first image: a screenshot of a tumblr post

"@ greelin: being alive is great because there are so many different vegetables you can sauté. but then there are also the horrors

@ yves-and-scessernee: with faith and perseverance, one day we will sauté the horrors"

second image: screenshots of tags: "#the simple fact is that everything in life is more bearable when your blood sugar isnt flatlining every 10 minutes #everyone else is doing the equivalent of 2 iced coffees on an empty stomach and thats why they keep dying badly #dunmeshi"

genuinely feels like this sums up so many online interactions