February 2012
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Feeding the Baby: When Breastfeeding Doesn't Work →
feedingthebaby:
Friend (and neighbor!) of Feeding the Baby, Wendy Atterberry, wrote this brave and lovely piece for her own site:
I feed my baby formula. Exclusively. Here in Brooklyn that’s one of the biggest parenting offenses you can commit. It’s right up there with circumcision and “crying it out” in…
Among other things, an advantage of bottle-feeding: partners share feeding...
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EXPLORING MY WOMANHOOD
wahoolooze:
i tried to explain this to my doctor who is prescribing my testosterone and she totally thought i was a kook in a bad way
1. I AM A KOOK. IN A FUCKING FABU WAY
FYI: TAKING T DOES NOT MAKE ME MASCULINE, DOES NOT MAKE ME A MAN, DOES NOT MEAN I AM NOT A WOMAN.
I AM STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN MY INTERNAL SISTERHOOD, EXTERNAL MASC/FEMME PRESENTATION, AND THE QUEER COMMUNITY’S...
ftmark:
I am now following the ‘# conversations with my vagina’ tag
I suggest you do too
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Anonymous asked: Hello newly titled Advice Guru! I have a question that needs your help! How the heck do I tell my mother I want a binder?
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Anonymous asked: I identify as lesbian to all of my friends, although I like how queer is not as concrete. As far as everyone knows I'm cisgender, maybe I am, or maybe I'm genderqueer... yet to figure it out. I don't mind female pronouns, but lately I've been binding my chest alone at home. I would like to start doing this on the regular and out in public, but I'm afraid of what might...
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“wow this autoplay sounds great layered over the other thing i’m listening to”
– no one (via coalhouse)
I seriously don’t get autoplay. Do I really need to listen to your soundtrack to appreciate your blog?
Also we already knew that <embed autoplay=”true”> was evil back in the late ’90s. The <blink> tag has died the death it so richly...
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Oh.
littleelk:
I went pants shopping tonight because I have an interview or something and I guess I’m not supposed to look like whatever I regularly look like.
Oh god. Seeing my hip-to-shoulder ratio reflected back to me in 5 different angled mirrors was a terrible, terrible thing.
I usually manage to go for months on end not truely knowing how I am proportioned, and I build up this fictitious...
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I just don’t want to have chest lumps anymore. I don’t care if I don’t feel “as bad” about them as someone else does. I don’t care if it’s gender or messed-up body image or just that they drive me fucking crazy in the morning when I don’t want to put on a bra and I don’t want to put on a binder and I especially don’t want to feel them...
When I "like" your post it may mean one of these...
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theill-madeknight:
I feel your pain, bro.
I got your back, man.
I hope you feel better, okay?
I know how you feel.
I recognise that you are clever and witty and will therefore like this post to notify you of that.
Hi I’m online and you’re online at the same time so I’m liking this to notify you of the fact that I’m online.
Often I also use it to mean
That was a cool GIF
That...
You Know You're Trans* When: #1270 You're glad to...
Oh god, senior year of college. Unfortunately for my finals, I managed to do both.
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"Regular" marriage and "Gay" marriage are like...
Jeez, I used to have this argument ALL THE TIME, especially during the summer. I’ve never owned a bra that’s as skimpy as the average bikini top, either.
(wait, i mean the metaphor is pretty good too)
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HELP! Binding 101 for big chests.
lclfizz:
goldengray:
Edited 14th April 2011 to clarify and add information.
I run across a lot of large-chested people who despair at ever being able to bind. My body type isn’t everyone’s, but I hope that the more resources there are out there, the more likely it is that everyone will be able to find something that works for them.
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This is a neat guide! Really thoughtful of the OP...
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Fanatical Me: Boobs... →
shrimpyme:
Hello lovely ladies,
Here’s a question…I’m small framed, narrow in the chest, shoulders, etc., but I have THE BOOBS, if you know what I mean, like 32D’s. And I hate them. I feel totally out of proportion, and not very feminine.
I get that guys love them, but I’m not a fan. I’ve always wanted…
It comes down to genetics. Some people’s chests are mostly fat, and some...
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Finally getting to second base with the label...
I’ve spent so long (couple years now?) racked with guilt and shame about using trans/trans*/transgender with respect to myself. But if the last couple months are anything to go by, I’ve finally found something that will work:
If you consider crossdressers to be trans/trans*/transgender, then I’m definitely trans/trans*/transgender. If you don’t, then I’m probably...
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Anonymous poetry submission
iragray:
The person described it as “just thoughts”.
Six years, it’s been six years, I’ve counted breaths, Sometimes managed counting days, but rarely Able to last that length of time I stroke my body, wonder, terror, these lines Will emerge from crushed curves, I cry I never cry, but now In some tired mourning, grief for who I could have been And who I am And who I was and who I’ll never be...
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Sometimes I just want to ‘<3’ every post on hairypitsclub. I can’t help it; it’s just the way I am….
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tip number 1 for girls: Don't ever get a boob...
my-insanely-broken-life:
Yea it may help take some of the weight off your back or your knees and all that but the pain you go through after the surgery is immensely bad. My aunt just got hers done and she can barely move. Another reason you shouldn’t do it? Just cuz its not right, your boobs are that big for a reason!! No it’s not to pleasure your boyfriend/fiance/husband, though they may argue...
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rightocaito:
leotron:
Sometimes I find myself expecting every bare flat chest I see to have surgery scars. If there are no scars, I think to myself, “Wow, that’s one hell of a peri job - I wonder who the surgeon was? Ohhh…right.”
i do this too.
Yeah. I also frequently get envious of how well J. Random Cis Man can bind.
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I’m really not in a good way right now and I am hereby banning myself from tumblr (and rss reader, you sneaky fuck) until my head stops being La Brea tar pit. If you see me liking something, yell at me.
Memo to self: Levi, if you need to livejournal, you need to use your livejournal and it needs to be f-locked. (I don’t think I’ve made any new livejournal/dreamwidth friends...
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The name on my driver’s license accidentally came up last night at a (trans-related) meeting. Since going “full time” as Levi I haven’t had strong feelings about my name one way or another, so while it wasn’t surprising that I responded to it, the tinge of dread was unexpected.
Anyway. The person seemed embarrassed and I felt bad for them. It really wasn’t...
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It Needs Repeating (Revisited)...
artoftransliness:
…In the end you and only you can decide if transition is right for you, based on your own feelings about your gender identity NOT how your gender identity or dysphoria compare to other people’s.
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“Obama would have been able to accomplish more if it weren’t for a defeatist...”
– (via shitliberalssaytoradicals)
um this is objectively true
(via freibiergesicht)
Anonymous asked: Can I just say that you look FANTASTIC! Seriously I saw that binding reference post and my jaw dropped. Amazing amazing. Congrats, buddy!
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Have I ever had “ANY unwanted/undesired physical... →
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baddominicana:
Earlier in this pregnancy, I filled out my “Initial Health History” form for prenatal and birth care. You know: check the box if you’ve experienced severe headaches, diabetes, all sorts of things. After the usual “Emotional abuse,” “Physical abuse,” “Sexual abuse,” I got to this very interesting item: ”ANY unwanted/undesired physical or sexual contact.”
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