February 2011
12 posts
Anonymous asked: What is masculinity and femininity? Who decided which traits are masculine and which are feminine, you know?
Take empathy for example... "they" say that this is a feminine trait. But lots of studies have shown that their is no gender difference with empathy when you take away socialization, motivation, etc.
What's your take? (sorry if you've...
Take empathy for example... "they" say that this is a feminine trait. But lots of studies have shown that their is no gender difference with empathy when you take away socialization, motivation, etc.
What's your take? (sorry if you've...
mothcub asked: So I read your post about that old name that isn't your name, and I thought to myself I bet, I BET IT IS MY NAME, so I looked info and lo and behold it is! I don't know why I am telling you this, I guess I just wanted to express my surprise.
I usually like to go by "Lil" because it's cute and it is a palindrome and it sounds more gender neutral to me than the other...
I usually like to go by "Lil" because it's cute and it is a palindrome and it sounds more gender neutral to me than the other...
On disclosing my given name
A cis friend of mine read my post about my transition and said that he noticed that I skillfully avoided mentioning my given name without making it seem awkward or contrived. It’s funny how much cis people focus on the decisions our parents make for us when we’re babies. See, the reason it didn’t seem awkward or contrived is that I never think about my old name. I spent so much...
I'm Nervous about coming out for the first time in...
I have a first-time doctor’s appointment in an hour. I don’t exactly know why the idea of telling this woman I’m trans feels so daunting; I’ve come out to other doctors before, and sure, it’s been a nervousy thing, but this feels a little different. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that, aside from hoping she will be a good primary care pysician for me...
oyveyzqueer asked: Can you make your commentary on Born This Way rebloggable? You've captured exactly how I feel about it and I want that on my blog.
Anonymous asked: What's your opinion of GaGa's new...
I hadn’t listened to it till you asked, but I sat through it a few times so I could answer this properly.
Aside from her ridiculous attempt to list a whole bunch of ethnicities in some way that wasn’t the same old let’s-rhyme-asian-with-causcasian that fell very very flat (everyone’s covered it, I really don’t need to hash that out again), I just find that the song has no resonance for me...
Anonymous asked: What's your opinion of GaGa's new single?
Real Talk:
What is your opinion of the Mr. Transman pageant?
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On having an insecurity that is not tied to...
I find that in most of the anti-oppression communities I am a part of or in solidarity with we have this idea that if the particular oppression we are focusing on would go away, no one would be insecure about that aspect of themselves. To follow this theory to its logical conclusion, we figure that if all oppression were gone, so would insecurity go. Well, that’s not exactly true. In fact, I...
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On Erasure
My name change is official now. It’s a forrealsies thing that I have papers declaring and it’s really awesome and I’m very happy.
But as I’ve been going to various agencies that have documents proving who I am so that I can inform them of my new name, it’s occurring to me that my old name will cease to exist. I went in to change my birth certificate yesterday, and...
