women in stem. women in root. women in leaf.

starting to feel like maybe a culture of nostalgia is uh. bad. and makes bad art

the thing is I don’t think nostalgia itself is inherently bad. but it’s like. thoughtless nostalgia. nostalgia as a never ending safe profit generator. nostalgia that belies a deep disinterest in what the original work was even About. idk man

Tits are gone and I’m really glad but also jeebus I was not prepared for the reality of recovery

update: this was definitely a panic thought in the midst of the worst of the pain/exhaustion and I've already been feeling so much better today. Still think I was a bit under-prepared but it's all manageable.

its always helpful imo to remember theres a cis person with whatever problem you have as a trans person 9/10 times. theres a cis man as short as you, a cis woman as tall as you, with hands and feet as big or small as yours. theres a cis woman scared to go out without shaving twice a day, theres a cis man whos upset bc he will never grow a beard. theres a cis woman who worries her infertility makes her less of a woman, and theres a cis man feeling similarly about his lack of potency. theres cis women who dilate and cis men with phalloplasty. theres a cis man scared that painting his nails will make people think hes not really a man and a cis woman whos exhausted with spending hours grooming just so people treat her like she wants to be treated as a woman. they dont put it in the terms we do but theyre worried that these problems make them inadequate at the gender they want people to see them as. our patriarchal system has made the boxes were supposed to fit into so small and you arent alone in not fitting it--nobody really fits