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By Elizabeth Star · Posted
Thanks Maddee. I have plans to make another one, in black this time. -
By miz miranda · Posted
How does substituting one form of bigotry for another help improve society? I find the concept of privilege to be 'acceptable prejudice' that has been driven by political ideology. There is no question that there are significant inequalities in the world. There isn't a simple cause nor a simple solution. My goal is to have evidence before I judge someone. Human beings are extremely tribal thus less trusting of those that are different and reluctant to stray from their tribes world view. I think we confuse entitlement with privilege. I worked in technology in the 70s, 80s and 90s when it was almost entirely a male field. In my personal experience, I was guilty of having preconceptions about women in technology that I learned over time were just bias. I preferred working with women because they more likely to discuss issues than dictate the solution. I did discover that those men that behaved with what we would now term privilege were mostly viewed with the same dislike by the women and men I worked with. -
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By Ellie Jean · Posted
That's a bleak and dismal view of humanity; I don't buy it personally. Like I said, every group has upsides and downsides. One of the downsides of being a male is that it's only socially acceptable to feel three emotions; "Fine/Okay", "Angry" or "-excited-". If you express any other emotion, society labels you a wuss lol. ALL groups have upsides, downsides, good qualities and bad qualities. That's the nature of duality; that's the nature of yin and yang, that's the fundamental nature of the whole Universe. Trying to say any one group is "more" or "less" is....illogical lol. Especially in America where all Americans have the same Bill of Rights under the same Constitution. One of the downsides of being white for example is that anyone who isn't white will probably automatically think you're a racist just because of the color of your skin; happens to me all the time. Didn't used to. I wonder why??? Kidding lol. I know exactly why racism against white people is on the rise. (Identity politics. It's divisive lol.) Hell, look at our school system (what's left of it.) A lot of teachers are leaving because of the "Critical Race Theory" bull crap that's being forced on them, because, for some baffling reason lol, teachers just aren't comfortable with teaching kids that there's something wrong with the color of their skin. They don't want to tell black kids that they'll never be good enough in the eyes of society. They don't want to tell white kids that they're inherently racist because of what their ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Why don't they want to teach kids these things? Because it's racist, and Contrary to what the left would have you believe, America isn't a racist country. The left is definitely a racist party though if you ask me; all they ever see is race lmao. And it's disgusting. They don't judge people based on the quality of their character; they judge them based on their race and gender...so they're SEXIST too lmao. I know I'm probably a minority in my beliefs. I know it's dangerous to share my opinion. I don't care. Nowadays it's dangerous to be anything but a super "woke" liberal socialist lol. Anyone with a different viewpoint is just a racist lmao. "Worse than Hitler!" 😆🙄 PS: Yeah, people in my country at least DID see other people as people. At least they did before Obama started telling everyone race was still a serious issue...despite becoming friggin' PRESIDENT lmao. XD I gotta love the hypocritical irony; just gotta laugh at it sometimes lol. Like when Biden said masks work but walls don't. That cracked me up lmao. XD Anyhoo....yeah, this country gonna get ran into the ground now. I'm just sitting back with a bucket of popcorn waiting for the new Civil War to begin so I can run for the hills to avoid my fate in the concentration camps lol. -
By Mary Jane · Posted
ive tried before (with cousins) plus kind of with parents but nothing is working and i talked to a therapist before while i was feeling too different but that just led to talk to a therapist that like specializes in trauma because of how shy i can be ive heard once before from an online friend i had before that each of us needs to take care of our selves the most not seek help. thats true but each one of us does need help too but thinking back to before i was open i never needed help and im trying to not need help like before -
By Maddee · Posted
No denial-I like the sweater. The fact you made it is plus+ 👍 -
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By rainflower · Posted
Also I do care, I just am not in a position to help you, I was thinking someone like a parent or sibling. -
By rainflower · Posted
Ok Mary, then you need to tell someone that cares about you and get help, either thru hotline or hospital. -
By rainflower · Posted
Don't be blind to the issues, there is privilege based on race/sex/ethnicity/gender/economic status etc. and others suffer for it. There has never been a time in recorded history were people saw other people as people, the only difference is now these things are getting labels and brought into the light to be confronted. -
By Maddee · Posted
I sang a lot to cope. Avoided manu passages of man life. Didn't want to walk through them I guess. Not surrendering to being entirely "normal" (as I percieved it) helped me. My life matrix aided and abetted my escapade. Especially prior to coming to terms and committing to transitioning. That last part may sound strange, but Im not sure how else to express it.. -
By Carolyn Marie · Posted
Thank you for sharing the story, @Jandi. It is unfortunate but entirely expected that such stories as yours will not play well in conservative-leaning communities. Times change as well as attitudes, however slowly; the acceptance of gay marriage being the most obvious example. Yet, there are people who wish to roll back the clock on even that. They will not succeed, because people have seen that gay marriages have not "destroyed the institution of marriage" as some predicted. They will also come to see that trans people are not scary, and deserve equality and respect. But it will take time. HUGS Carolyn Marie -
By Jani · Posted
Welcome to the forum. Obviously we do not condone self medication of any kind so I'm glad to read you've stopped. Going on HRT will provide the benefits you desire as you've seen. As your hair is fine now you might wait to see how it goes. Time to start Electrology! -
By Stevenator_too · Posted
Hi. I’m new to the forum. I’m still getting the hang of things, but I shaved full body for almost 15 years. I recently took ** So hey, we don't talk about herbal treatments here. Rule #14 ** and my daily shave was reduced to every other to every three days. Last year I switched to HRT and I’m at the 11 month mark now. Magically, a few months ago my body hair stopped growing and it’s been divine. There is some fuzz around the knees, but that’s it. I haven’t shaved in over a month, and tbh the last three times I shaved, I really didn’t have to. It was just out of habit that I did. I'm kind of thinking now would be a good time to blast away with my IPL, since the hairs are so fine. But, maybe the hair color might factor-in. Regardless, being totally hair free is wonderful. Now, if I could just get rid of my beard.
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