i don't know if it's because i'm trans, or just that i've interacted with so many jewish stories, or what, but jewish culture and beliefs just resonate so hard with me. certainly a lot has to do with oppression, being a linking thread with a lot of minority groups, but i honestly feel like there's something more to it than just the similar persecution. i really respect and feel for jewish people and the way they live, the outlook and the way they find solace and joy. the way they share stories, pass on memories, just exist. i guess it's just how i also see and interact with the world in a way.
i was born russian orthodox but my family seriously never did anything with that, beyond just having some religious bits and bobs around the house that honestly we just had to look nice than anything. i was baptised but that never meant anything to me or my family or anyone we interacted with. i self-identified myself as atheist the moment i really figured out what that word entailed. i shyed away from really learning what religion honestly meant beyond my interactions with certain christian stories i was told about. i really didn't care for religion.
and yet, i always stop and listen when judaism is brought up. i like hearing about jewish holidays, what they entail and what it means to celebrate them. jewish culture is intriguing, i get captivated by it. i just hope that's not weird, i guess.
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I just finished reorganizing my bookshelves completly and now i am super tired but also very proud of the result
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pov youre my neighbor having to break the news to me, 7 yo, that no, i didn't bless the bread at family home evening sacrament rehearsal actually, because i havent been ordained in the priesthood. you then have to tell me that ill never get to be ordained, because i am a girl. i then see a drink im pretty sure is caffinated in your pantry and spend the rest of the night wondering if i should rat you out or if that level of sin is normal for adults who play video games
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so apparently they killed off bela in supernatural in part because the fans disliked her so much and how much screentime she was getting. that definitely doesn't reek of sexism. she's morally messed up for good reason and has an interesting role in the hunting world? i personally love her vibe
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Im so happy it's almost your 2 year!! Congratulations on that milestone that is absolutely such a celebration. How have you felt since getting top surgery? Any unexpected and happy benefits you didn't think or expect to be a happy thing before the surgery? 🎃
thank you!!! considering I was waiting in Limbo for 5 years waiting to be contacted by the surgeon I really didn't think this day would come where I just feel Normal having a Body.. So every milestone is a gift and a blessing!
Things since surgery have felt..... just so nice. Just.. Peaceful.
just nice.
y'know?
(I mean aside from the Agonies but that has to do with the shambling mass that is the Rest of my life and not my chest)
I've always described the way I experience(d, it's not so much a factor in my life anymore) dysphoria was less an acute sensation or thought and more of like... a Vague Schism? like I piloted my body around but I wasn't really there? it's hard to explain.. cause it's the kind of thing you notice more actively after it's Gone than while it's There.
T helped a lot, keeps helping a lot, but after top surgery, when I'd finished healing and could just.. live my life Sans Tits I could feel that schism close, and the me in my head and the me in the Meat World finally.. met. And it's just.. really nice.
Having a Body.
Being your body.
it's a good fucking time.
leaves a lot of room for other things.
I don't think there's been a lot of... surprises? so far.. in terms of what I've found happiness in.. I guess the journey I've been on from being kind of uncomfortable with how my body ended up being shaped after they scooped out Literally Everything to kinda loving it but that's more related to a lightly separate but definitely entangled journey of self discovery (everyone say Thank You Karl)
So I guess the most surprising and pleasant thing is just How Much it helped me feel more comfortable in my gender?
But really all of it's been great. Very chill, very peaceful, 10/10 no regrets. \(v-v)/
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