FWIW some people do report their anger and “competitive spirit” becomes less intense after going on HRT for a while. As well as other emotions becoming more intense and more “vibrant.”

From my own experience, I definitely feel a bit more chill. I don’t get aggravated as quickly, and when I do, it doesn’t feel as intense or “hot” as it used to. This could be more that I don’t have as big a hypothetical thorn in my side anymore from alleviating a bit of my dysphoria however. I do cry more easily now, and it feels a bit different when my emotions boil over to that point. It’s more… even? Like the feelings are wider and more gradual or gentle instead of narrow and pointed and intense. Kind of an abstract way to put it I guess but that’s how I visualize them.

You seem well meaning, but this feels dismissive and op specifically requested engagement from transfemmes on hrt.

If you’re into engine-builders, i recommend wingspan as it has super comfy vibes. There’s also parkitect if you like management sims/roller coaster tycoon; alternatively there’s also just open RCT2.

It’s not a take, it’s straight transphobia.

https://youtu.be/aNH6y_OiHCg?si=xIBjFiGIHwe2nYuu

If it walks like a lib…

So Hamas is ideologically perfect and cannot be criticized in your eyes?

“Yeah that’s not what I said.” Do you understand what the ‘critical’ in ‘critical support’ means?

Also, Hamas is explicitly not fighting for queer rights. This is an objectively false statement, though I will openly embrace evidence to the contrary.

“Yeah that’s not what I said.”

I know Hamas is not explicitly fighting for queer rights, they’re fighting for the lives of all Palestinian people. They are explicitly freedom fighters.

On the other hand, the IDF is indescriminately killing any and all Palestinian people, queer or otherwise.

Why do you libs think queer people can’t come to their own conclusions about this?

Then i can only infer you’re infantilizing palestinian queer people. The idf is not giving them a choice. Hamas at least fights for their right to live in their own territory.

Do you think there’s no existing queer people in Palestine?

Well I’d be concerned if you didn’t condemn the force committing genocide and blaming it on freedom fighters while feeding the gullible western liberals straight propaganda.

Says something stupid

You’re fucking stupid

Wow see people are so predictable

ok but do you condemn the idf

They aren’t people like you and I. They’re paid shills at best and KremlinGPT at worst.

Oh shit i get paid?

This is the biggest fucking loser nerd shit i’ve ever read on this site lmfao.

Go outside and touch grass

That’s unfortunate

Hold A on a controller and it gives you a much easier way to search for interactables.

This pretty much solved the stealing issue for me.

You know, I do agree with you for the most part.

Man and woman as concepts feel more or less tangible albeit complex. They’re something I can point to and say, “this is man” or “this is woman.” Whereas femininity and even masculinity feel incorporeal to me to an extent. Certain things are deemed feminine and masculine, yes, but the criteria are ever-changing and being molded to fit a time or place or idea.

I can sorta envision this idea of womanhood for myself, whereas femininity feels like… much more of a vibe? i guess?

She just released a new edition this month, coincidentally.

Have you read Whipping Girl?

Julia Serano goes over the idea and concept of femininity as it relates to ones gender identity quite a bit in the second part - “Trans women, Femininity, and feminism” starting with chapter 10.

This is such a complicated question I feel you may as well have asked ‘What makes a woman/man’.

I guess, to me - femininity means being allowed access to my own vulnerability, to be allowed (or to be expected societally) to emphasize appearance, to be expected to appear frail or to take up little space.

However I also understand that these things are more or less just bullshit societal expectations, and that feminine women and feminine people in general are allowed to be loud, brash, messy, and strong individuals.

But to me femininity is the performance I feel pressured to act out in order to be seen the way I want to be seen. Maybe in the future my perspective will change, but at this moment I personally do not feel ‘allowed’ to be my rightful gender unless I perform the way I’m expected to perform.