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People seem to think of plastic surgery as for cosmetic purposes only. Kids getting plastic surgery is considered a sign of the fall of society. I got three plastic surgeries before I was 10. I was born with a facial birthmark that actually caused malnutrition as a baby (couldn't latch on) and a speech delay (couldn't put my lips together to form sounds). I was also treated as a pariah by fellow toddlers who were scared of me, which I think caused the social anxiety disorder I have today. My mom literally searched the country for the right surgeon. We had to take a week to go up to Boston Children's Hospital each time. The surgeon is famous in medical circles for the things he did for kids like me. Plastic surgeons are heroes.

really losing my patience for any 'feminist' statement to the tune of 'we need feminism because women fill a fundamentally different and necessary role than men and will be better at doing x y or z'. like actually i think we need feminism because it is an unbearable death of the spirit by inches to exist in a world where you are not seen as a fully realized human being because of a single cultural determination, and because a world that enshrines such things creates systems that are fundamentally sick to the core

i'll forever miss how the internet felt before you had to second-guess the authenticity of every single piece of media you came across. silly videos used to be just silly. fun was coincidental. wonder was just wonder. digital art had character and soul. AI has taken the taste out of everything and irreversibly poisoned the creative sphere and the people still pushing it forward are the doom of both joy and the quality of being.

You can tell how disconnected someone is from other people if they by default assume someone does not have an experience unless they volunteer the information to all at all times

I notice this a lot with sexual abuse in particular like do you know how common it is to experience that you have to either be genuinely dumb or trying to intimidate people into silence to expect people to divulge that information to you before talking

listen to hiphop or else you will go to hell

If i may specify - hiphop made by BLACK people

this is probably controversial but like. transmasc lesbianism is normal and good and desirable. you can be a lesbian and pursue hrt and gender affirming surgeries without it meaning you are a trans man!

and let's be absolutely clear- this goes the other way, too. trans lesbians who are pre/no e, pre/non op, gnc, and use pronouns other than she/her are normal, good, and desirable. you have a place in the lesbian community! you are no less of a lesbian for it!