Being Chronically Ill In Your 20s Is Stupid You Have To See Your Peers Like “started A Family🥰”

Norm!!!!

I love incorrect quotes

Quotes from @dragonflavoredcake

part 1, part 2

these guys as centaurs :D

etho as an orlov trotter and bdubs as a fjord horse

today someone asked me what my favorite even-toed ungulate is… god, who could decide?

genuinely bonkers to me that there are people who genuinely believe that gender nonconformity is more accepted in intersex people, or that intersex people are seen as “biologically nonbinary” or whatever. it is so far from the truth that it’s clear they’ve never spoken to an intersex person in their life

personally, I’ve always been seen as “girl with unfortunate medical condition”, and I have been punished for not even trying to become a “normal girl”. the medical system assumes that the end goal is to appear as much like a dyadic woman as possible, regardless of my own identity (as a nonbinary person). regular interaction with systems that are designed to enforce and reinforce the sex binary does in fact not make it easier to be outside of that binary in all possible senses. we are held to ridiculous standards of conformity

but yeah, sure. I’m totally allowed to be “biologically nonbinary”. that’s definitely how it works in all cases

Man what the fuck is it that makes people think intersex advocacy is transphobia

I was explaining how this art with trans colors would go better next to a personal essay that was made by a genderfluid intersex person than my own essay because they are trans and I am not and often intersex erasure is done via sliding us into some other category plus it erases the unique experiences of trans intersex people to conflate transness and intersexuality

And my classmate, who is trans, said "it's fine if you don't want to be associated with trans people" like girl. Ma'am. I gave you TV Glow on my ONLY flash drive and you never returned it. Everyone in my life is fucking trans! Do I fucking LOOK like I'm trying to not be associated with trans people? I'm asking people who know and respect me to know and respect my fucking identity.

My partner, who is both trans and Mexican, agrees that this shit is like "Hey I'm actually Cuban, and while I have experiences in common with and solidarity with Mexicans, I'd rather be associated with Cuban culture since I am Cuban. Maybe this person who is both Cuban and Mexican is a better fit to put by the Mexican flag art." And then having someone be like "its fine if you don't wanna be associated with Mexicans." Like. Is that what was said? Is that the energy being given?

That's what's happening here. I feel fucking insane every single day. The way it's happening irl and I'm literally just asking for people to remember I am intersex and not trans. Why is saying im not trans somehow me being fucking transphobic. Please explain. Why is forcing intersex people to overexplain again and again while we face the same violence as trans folks plus extra fun medical rape and whatnot somehow FINE to so many people? This person is a fucking tutor acting like this, too. Grow up

Ploppin’ a doodle

I was raised by parents who, as far as I can tell, were not actually wild about having kids. They had us because they felt like they should. That was the normal thing to do. Big mistake, etc., neither of us really talk to them, but anyway.

The point is, my parents did not teach me life skills. I did not know how to change a tire or fix plumbing or even much simpler things. Learning to pump gas gave me MULTIPLE high grade public panic attacks.

But you know what? YouTube and the modern Internet are making life so much better these days. Get yourself a decent screwdriver (two—a Phillips and a flat head) and a hammer and a level, and you’re halfway to being functional and independent.

Over Thanksgiving our sink broke and YouTube taught me how to fix it. I am so grateful for this era.

It's scary to be transgender in the world right now but if you're transgender I love you and we have to stick together and keep fighting and keep living and keep loving

filtering down ao3 results from 14000 to 6 based on a single tag is foul. im sorry none of you are as enlightened as me ig.