#bmezine

I spent a long time trying to list the ways that we really are different from animals. We might be smarter, be better with tools, have more complex linguistics, or have a more advanced social structure, but these are simply questions of scale. The only thing that makes us something more than beasts is the fact that we consciously (and destructively) modify our bodies to match some personal desire. The specific reason is different from person to person, of course — sometimes it's aesthetic, sometimes it's functional (read: makes sex better), sometimes it's political or cultural, and sometimes it's simply "because I wanted to". The important thing is the courage to make the fundamental statement: "I am not my biology. I will be the one to decide what my body grows into."