January 2012
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today I ran for the bus
and engaged in some brotherly behaviour somehow which felt really weird. but cute too since it was with a younger trans guy that I’m mentoring/brother-ing.
also, I am going queer slow dancing soon? who would have thought I’d ever be convinced! I am excited though because, duh, I am going to wear a bow tie and glitter and make people swoon.
duh.
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I fantasize about sex more often now. My sex drive hasn’t gone up but that could change. My junk/body reacts to my fantasizing which is um interesting.
My body hair continues to grow slowly. It’s nice to see, week by week, how every time I inject I have more thigh hair.
Oh my god, I just listened to the voice recordings I made. My voice is so different! How exciting! (Please excuse...
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Watchpersistenceanthology:
Flamingo Rampant! Gender Independent Kids Books
Persistence contributor S. Bear Bergman has launched an amazing new project - Flamingo Rampant!, a children’s book series featuring trans characters. You can support this project through Kickstarter. Tell your friends!
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tips for putting up yer own boundaries and keeping them.
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Anonymous asked: 1. you're existing, which is more than anybody has the right to ask of you. 9. there's no such thing as forever. even if you end up unhappy your entire life, everybody dies eventually. 12. i think being trans is a harder concept for cis people to grasp than others, plus trans issues aren't nearly as well-known as gay issues/etc., so most of us are pretty goddamn ignorant. 13. my dad...
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constant questions
what am I doing with my life?
why don’t I feel comfortable with male pronouns?
what do ‘masculine-identified’ and ‘feminine-identified’ mean?
why do some gender things matter and others don’t?
how will I pay off my student debt?
what’s the point of trying to get university degrees when none of us know what the future will look like anyway?
what do I...
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Self care time. Exhausted after helping out femmes all day.
Thinkin’ I should take off my binder, wash off this glitter, and read some poetry. Possibly make myself another cup of tea.
Frankly, I wish someone would help me take off my binder, gently wash the glitter off my face, make me some tea, then lay next to me in bed and read me poetry out loud.
That’s what happens when you...
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spiralfish:
inkstainedqueer:
Offering peer support at Femme Day of Action today.
A bunch of queer femmes all in one space?
An excellent reason to dress high dandy!
GLITTER AND DANGLING SILVER EARRINGS.
YAY I WILL SEE YOU THERE THEN. *already has glitter*
Jack, I had no idea that you followed me on Tumblr. But now I do! Hello!
I had a lot of fun quietly wearing glitter. Thanks for...
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Offering peer support at Femme Day of Action today.
A bunch of queer femmes all in one space?
An excellent reason to dress high dandy!
GLITTER AND DANGLING SILVER EARRINGS.
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Why didn’t I ever clue in to bell hooks being influenced by Paulo Freire?
I got so excited in my Women’s Studies class when I found that out, yo.
“That’s so cool!”
My prof grinned at me and the class giggled a bit.
Learning is fun!
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“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.”
– ~Chinese Proverb (via cajunmama)
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reconcile instead of run.: Some (trans-related)... →
mekhimorphosis:
Never under-estimate hair growth
People’s opinions of you have more to do with them than you.
CHOOSE happiness over negativity.
The moments you miss because of dysphoria and/or anxiety add up. Don’t let them.
I envy not having a boyhood. But having access to the things I need for my…
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Sweden keeps forced sterilization law for trans... →
ellaflicka:
as perfect as my home country may seem, it could definitely work on a few things. (see also, racism.)
The province of Quebec also requires that trans people be sterilized.
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My day continues to be fantastic
My psychologist said that he will write me my top surgery letter!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
TOP SURGERYYYYY.
AH! TUMBLR HOW SHOULD I CELEBRATE?!
Anonymous asked: dear oliver: in response to your last question about oliver-ish individuals - do you remember the lovely blond boy in my writing club? today he talked to me. he was walking near me and said "hey you didn't get to read your thing today" and i said "yeah i don't want to hold everybody up" and he didn't say anything so i said "do you want to hear it?" and...
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I just bought shaving cream and cheap razors for the first time. Y’know like for facial hair. And I felt really self-conscious and silly about it since the products are so hyper gendered.
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The world is vast and meant for wandering.:... →
fieldsofordinary:
I remember the first time i saw that haiku, i was just starting to feel comfortable with my sexuality. I loved and tried to relate to the haiku, but i still couldn’t get past the persistent fear that i would wake up one day and realize “oh shit, i’m not gay after all” (which i know is completely…
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“Love redeems. Despite all the lovelessness that surrounds us, nothing has been...”
– bell hooks in all about love (via restoried)
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Anonymous asked: [don't know if you got this the first time so i'm sending it again] sadly i do not know you in real life, oliver; i'm a very young high school girl who lives in nyc. but i spend a lot of time on tumblr and i do care about you so i make an effort to remember things [like lollipops] and send you a message when you're upset. that's okay, right? love, olive oil.
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I followed Olive Oil’s advice and read through my classmate’s commentary. It was nicer than I thought it would be.
Maybe the story isn’t entirely shitty and that my prof was REALLY HARD on me in her response?
I hate how appearing calm and mellow in everyday life makes people automatically assume that my inner life is like that too.
Anonymous asked: absolutely! burn through the 2nd draft as fast as you can and then reward yourself with tea, lollipops, and ripping up the commentary. -olive oil
Anonymous asked: dear oliver: i recommend reading through the commentary you got [if you feel up to it] and addressing as many issues as you can, even if you don't agree [since you're abandoning it after wednesday]. that way your professor can see that you at least absorbed the criticism and made some good revisions. you're a fabulous writer - whatever the quality of this story, i'm sure it...
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I wrote a short fantasy story for my creative writing class not long after I started T. Trying to write a fantasy story is a bad idea if you don’t have the world planned out. The story was weak but I submitted it anyway.
The story got ripped apart in front of me. I was struggling with some heavy mental health stuff at the time (that I actually haven’t talked about on here) so my self...
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“Burnout is a risk in any field but it’s especially prevalent in the social...”
– Cheyenna Webber A Love Letter to the Overcommitted (via stationarydrifter)