I’ve thought the new interest in ovulation cycles has been a reaction to heightened awareness of trans people! A sort of “we have HRT at home” counter-programming
being really insightful. i havent been able to get through an essay on here in WEEKS bc they all sound the same. your voice is amazing & i laughed out loud multiple times
This rules. I fucking love when trans people talk about popstars. Reading this made me think about how coming out as trans almost made me feel like a little popstar sometimes. I kind of felt famous, everything in my world was about me for a while; it's sweet and funny and second-hand embarrassing to see someone else experience that for themself. Something about watching Lorde, a person who is already famous, experience that is even more delicious.
That being said, the first two singles were honestly kind of a snoozefest. I never really got into Lorde. Green Light is a banger though.
i love you but lorde is not one of the most famous people on the planet. but she thinks she is which is contributory to the comfortability with which she is espousing baby's first ideas about x y and z. otherwise yes
though the music is so so so so bad. like imagine if it were good how sweet it would be
Idc about lorde either and I also don’t give a fuck about any celebrity ‘s gender identity, but GOD there is something awful about her discovery. And something awful about celebrity pretending they invented the wheel instead of looking at real life trans people. Anyways, thank you for saying it :)
So well put, and makes me reflect on my own experience with gender, and TALKING about my gender. I kinda realized early on, I felt really embarrassed talking about it, because my ideas, my feelings, on my identity were just as half-baked as my identity itself at that point. I felt like I wanted to wait for it to “solidify” or finalize before sharing, to avoid getting anything wrong or jumping the gun. Unsure if that’s the right approach still, but I settled into a more comfortable mode of just BEING, and letting others deal with it as they may. Again, thanks for the excellent morning read :)
This was excellently written! As a trans man myself I really liked your take on lorde’s take on transgenderism as if it is a fad or trend. Very interesting.
I'm jealous, I've tried to get off the ethynil estradiol birth control while on spironolactone to replace with something safer but the doctors say you have to be on bc while on spironolactone cause it causes birth defects
I’ve thought the new interest in ovulation cycles has been a reaction to heightened awareness of trans people! A sort of “we have HRT at home” counter-programming
Ugh missed ur thoughts
not that everyone into it is deliberately transphobic, but that’s how it got into the cultural soup
this was so fun to read while
being really insightful. i havent been able to get through an essay on here in WEEKS bc they all sound the same. your voice is amazing & i laughed out loud multiple times
I’m so so glad!!
This rules. I fucking love when trans people talk about popstars. Reading this made me think about how coming out as trans almost made me feel like a little popstar sometimes. I kind of felt famous, everything in my world was about me for a while; it's sweet and funny and second-hand embarrassing to see someone else experience that for themself. Something about watching Lorde, a person who is already famous, experience that is even more delicious.
That being said, the first two singles were honestly kind of a snoozefest. I never really got into Lorde. Green Light is a banger though.
as a fellow person with like no opinion on Lorde, I really loved reading this essay:)
Yayyyy
this was a really sweet essay
Omfg thank u!! Glad u liked
i love you but lorde is not one of the most famous people on the planet. but she thinks she is which is contributory to the comfortability with which she is espousing baby's first ideas about x y and z. otherwise yes
though the music is so so so so bad. like imagine if it were good how sweet it would be
I trust u on the famous point because y r how I learn who is famous
love love love this one
Ty!!
Thanks, Sam. Your writing is fun to read.
I’m so glad!
Genius stuff. You make me proud to be trans in the corniest way possible
This makes my heart swell!
Loved this so much
very endearing thursday morning coffee read this week, i rly liked this one :)
Idc about lorde either and I also don’t give a fuck about any celebrity ‘s gender identity, but GOD there is something awful about her discovery. And something awful about celebrity pretending they invented the wheel instead of looking at real life trans people. Anyways, thank you for saying it :)
Not awful her discovery but the way it’s presented: the ignorance is almost beautiful
So well put, and makes me reflect on my own experience with gender, and TALKING about my gender. I kinda realized early on, I felt really embarrassed talking about it, because my ideas, my feelings, on my identity were just as half-baked as my identity itself at that point. I felt like I wanted to wait for it to “solidify” or finalize before sharing, to avoid getting anything wrong or jumping the gun. Unsure if that’s the right approach still, but I settled into a more comfortable mode of just BEING, and letting others deal with it as they may. Again, thanks for the excellent morning read :)
Quite a few popstars have been polymorphous and unbound by gender, but I think by definition a transgendered person has committed to one.
This was excellently written! As a trans man myself I really liked your take on lorde’s take on transgenderism as if it is a fad or trend. Very interesting.
I'm jealous, I've tried to get off the ethynil estradiol birth control while on spironolactone to replace with something safer but the doctors say you have to be on bc while on spironolactone cause it causes birth defects