Considering transition when you've got a Very female alter should sound like a no-brainer.
As it is, it's almost Superfluous. if Keri's out, Passing isn't a Question. She goes right to the part of other people's brains that remember Mom, and dances on top of it.
Also, there's Voice Training, and then there's what She does. Like to the point she's coaching some of our trans friends on Passing with Voice alone.
One of the issues with being Enby is that your relative gender position is determined by the folks around you at that time, for Context.
I hang with a bunch of my Guy friends, I go into Guy mode, but I'm somehow then the Girl of the party.
Go hang with my ladyfriends, and Am Girl, But I'm also the designated Jar Opener, Thing Fixer, and in a pinch, I can be the designated Guy.
if I could go back in time I'd explain to my 15yo self that the reason I thought identity labels weren't important was because I'd only known of them in the context of labels forced upon me by other people and that later I'd learn that I can choose labels for myself that instill a sense of pride based on attributes I find important as opposed to the opinions of others
The guy who fired me back in December for asking him why he's mismanaging his business is still advertising desperately for a Machinist.
Like, you had Two this time last year, asshole. Why not get one of your Kids working the vertical mill instead like you tried Last year?
Oh, Right, all your kids hate you.
It's 2044, and the Discourse has consumed humanity.
The surviving factions have rallied behind two core, conflicted belief structures:
The Unity faction believes there are no More than two genders.
The Freedom Faction believes in no Fewer than two genders.
The war rages on, but a new hope has emerged. Will You lead humanity out of this dark age, and bring an end to...
The Gender Wars!
(Coming this fall)
You can write all the philosophical dissertations you want and why communism and Marxism is good or whatever but if you can't translate to laypeople the simple fact that they are being abused by capitalism and that a better system is in fact possible they're not going to support you, in the polls or in the revolution.
TL DR you need to hook people on the whole capitalism is bad thing in three sentences or less.
literally don't know anything about this man but he radiates chaotic gay energy and I am About That
The dragon perched, proud and strong, on its craggy lookout.
Far below its gaze, the princess stared up anxiously.
"You're always a steady rock."
The dragon lowered its horned head slightly.
"You don't have to be tough."
The dragon lowered its head further.
"You're allowed to be soft as calcite, or restive as sand sometimes."
The dragon nestled its heavy head into her resolute hands.
"You don't have to be the protector all the time."
More energy-conservation stuff: in addition to fixing coin-ops, I also fix appliances.
If you were to ask me "Hey, Dan Who Fixes Things, what brand of dishwasher / washing machine / tumble drier should I buy," I would tell you "NONE, THEY'RE ALL GARBAGE, EVERYTHING MADE IN THE LAST COUPLE DECADES IS TRASH, IT'S ALL ENGINEERED TO FAIL, 1970'S AC MOTORS CAN RUN FOR DECADES WITH VERY LITTLE INTERVENTION, BUY UGLY OLD APPLIANCES OFF CRAIGSLIST FOR A TENNER AND PAINT THEM IF YOU WANT."
Today in my occasional series of Things That You Think Are For Rich People But Don't Have To Be: having an arcade machine in your house, weird as that sounds. They're great for overstressed new parents particularly because show me the parent of a toddler who has time to play console or PC games. Arcade games usually boot instantly, you play a game for five minutes or so, you're done. At least until you get good, and you're not gonna get good anyway, you don't have time.
Southern Mass's local machine healer and part time witchdoctor.
Tiny motorcycles, magic potions, machine tools, progressive rock, trance states, and hand sharpened drill bits. Oh, and I read Tarot. Probably 18+ just to be sure.
#nobot