#this bullshit affects us all

[shamebats]

Fun fact: where I live in Europe, there are only 2 options when it comes to testosterone HRT, you either get topical T (usually gel) or a slow release shot (testosterone undecanoate, Nebido is the most common brand). My levels only barely got into the "male" range with topical T so I switched to the shot. Well, the way this shot works, a nurse has to inject the entire vial (1000mg) into my butt muscle, it's a thick oily liquid & it hurts going in & for a few days after, even though my nurse is very experienced with it.

The recommended spacing between shots is 12 weeks. I've found that my T levels already drop too low after 6 weeks, and from what I've read online, 12 weeks is the spacing cis men with low T get.

I can't have stable T levels. Apparently, your T levels are at their highest about a week after the shot and then they just keep dropping. My hormones are always fluxuating and it's very unpleasant. My doctor thankfully (although visibly reluctantly) agreed to let me get the shot every 7 weeks but I start feeling like shit after week 6. So I often get one week where I feel like shit & get very close to quitting my job & giving up on life. I'm on an estrogen blocker now because I can't rely on having high enough T to suppress it.

I get bad physical & mental health symptoms so I can tell when my T is too low but I'm sure a significant portion of trans masc people here aren't getting high enough doses because even cis men say that their levels get too low a month early on the 12 schedule.

If I wanted to do weekly shots, I'd have to go the DYI route because no such form of testosterone is approved here.

i fully buy that this (lowdosing) is true but oh my God why does it have to come back to "TMEs" believing that it's weaker? Why is the medical industry so invested in that? Why wouldn't it be invested in making "TMAs" believe that?

Most of the "TMEs" people refer to already have bodies that are affected by estrogen. In fact, if you actually talk to "transandrobros" you will find we often discuss how estrogen is wrongly and misogynistically portrayed as the weaker hormone, when we KNOW it isn't because it fundamentally changed our bodies in ways that require medical intervention to change again. Like. what do you think WE are gaining from trans women getting low dosed or propaganda about estrogen being weak. Why does this have to be about how the medical industry loves trans men and is only systemically against trans women. Hellloooooo

[things-stronger-than-fear]

literally in another universe snowbairdplinth could've been THE revolution. they wouldn't even really need any allies, lbr.

like, between coryo's cunning, sej's conscience, and lucy gray's charisma? the snow name, the plinth fortune, the baird d12 but neither district nor capitol pedigree?

coryo could've actually been like, panem's first 20-year-old president, who outlaws the hunger games and who the districts still listen to because he has sej and lucy gray on side. and yeah maybe coryo still kills a bunch of people but like whatever, no one really bats an eye -- who's gonna mourn gaul, anyways? no one in the districts, that's for sure. even if gaul didn't suck ass they'd be busy with cool covey music and awesome new legislation.

in a better universe i am 100% certain snowbairdplinth could've managed a fairly bloodless revolution, six decades early.

[dongoverlord]

this has got to be one of the most horseshit posts I've seen circulating around holy fuck. thanks for demonizing tens of thousands of artists online and immediately painting us all as relying on sweatshop labor and then IMMEDIATELY ADMITTING YOU'RE NOT AN EXPERT AND NEVER ACTUALLY MADE MERCH YOURSELF BEFORE?

fuck off for real. this fucking website is full of fake ass leftists who do no goddamn research before posting.

[normystical]

ATTENTION ALL ALASTOR SHIPPERS: 

uniromantic 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PROCEED

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

the funny thing about defining sex binaries with chromosomes is that chromosomes fuck up all the time. i got funky chromosomes that mean i can’t have kids. (i'm not intersex afaik, my specific Thing means i have the right chromosomes they’re just attached weirdly.) and like. literally the only reason anyone knows is bc the doctor told us when I was a baby (not sure when how or exactly how old bc I obviously can’t remember and it was my mum told not like barely sentient me). 1000 years ago, no one would have known and I’d have just have had lots of miscarriages. chromosomes just do that even outside of gendered characteristics. they’re imperfect and make mistakes. why should i listen to you saying my chromosomes define me when i know more than quite a lot of people that they don’t. me having weird ass chromosomes doesn’t mean shit, so why do we place such a big importance in deciding that the chromosomes you’re born in dictate your entire life? and that you have to stick with them? logically you’d also have to get mad if i decided to adopt or use medicine to hypothetically have a kid bc my chromosomes made it so I can’t have them too right? but no one who thinks you Have to be a man bc you have xy chromosomes is gonna say a person with my condition having babies is denying science and hating their own bodies and that’s a far bigger decision than transitioning. because y’all don’t actually care about chromosomes you care about being DICKS.

[imaginaryprotagonist]

What's a woman gotta do to get elected around here? Be incredibly experienced and qualified? Nope. Campaign on a platform of hope and unity? Forget about it. A man though. A man can do literally anything and still get elected. Sexual assault? Yep that's cool. Incite violence? You know it.

[dbphantom]

Hate having adhd went to go work on my fallout modpack, got distracted while going to disable the steam overlay, ended up in the points shop, went to go edit my profile, decided to change my pfp, found a buried folder I forgot existed, found some old Veneer art I forgot existed, spent 45 minutes looking at all the old photos, STILL HAVE NOT TOGGLED ONE SIMPLE OPTION THAT SHOULD'VE TAKEN 30 SECONDS AT MOST

[angelthingy]

the thing is i think that like. afab and amab as terms arent like. a bad thing?? like if you're talking about urself and ur assigned gender happens to be relevant and is preferrable to another descriptor (eg if ur dysphoric abt ur body to some it may be easier to say ur agab rather than describing ur features) or describing a situation where thats relevant then like. sure! its just like any other word u just use it cus it makes sense- (note this only applies if YOU'RE using the term when you're talking about YOURSELF)

the problem is that when other people use or ask for someone's agab there's some kind of weird implication that it somehow changes how you behave, and that based on that you can put people into a new binary which shouldnt exist and negatively effects all trans people

people ask if you're amab expecting that to mean you're inherently more patriarchal, dangerous, "masculine" - and if you're afab expecting that to mean you're inherently more quiet, sweet, "feminine" - and BOTH of these fucking suck!!

[daz4i]

i will admit . i am scared

[chipistrate]

Thinking about the therapy tapes and specifically how fucked over Vanessa was with her parents-

Forced to lie about her mom in court which ended in her death and got stuck with her shit ass dad, and when she escaped her dad she ended up stuck with a virus mimicking a manipulative serial killer with a similar name and personality as her dad- like she just can NOT get a break,,,,

Makes me wonder if that had an effect on how she cares for Gregory after PQ ending- like she wants to be a good guardian/sibling to him and make sure nothing that happened to xem ever happens to him. He's already going through enough and xey want to help and be the support for him that she never got, but she's just never sure what to say or do.

[alexandraisyes]

Can I Be Real With You?

I do not give a fuck what you do or do not ship.

I do not care if you hate or love a character.

I don't even care if you like reading and writing the most atrocious shit under the sun.

Be respectful. It's fiction.

If you are going to have such a stick up your ass about people who will never exist that you are disrespectful to real people get off the fucking internet you are not wanted in fandom spaces. This applies to both people who only enjoy "pure and socially acceptable" fanworks and people who enjoy "socially tabooic" fanworks. Both sides of fandom are fucking disgusting in how you treat other people because of fictional characters.

Bring back treating and judging people based on their actions. Stop labeling people's merit by the type of content they do and don't enjoy.

[caruliaa]

YOU DUMBASSES IN AMERICA ARE GONNA SUCK IT UP AND DO WHAT WE DID OR IM GOING TO GO OVER THERE AND KILL MYSELF IF FRONT OF ALL OF YOU IM NOT JOKINGGG OH MY FUCKING GOD !!!! THE TORIES DIDNT NEED PROJECT 2025 FOR US TO GET RID OF THEM SO WHY ARE YOU STILL ARGUING OVER BIDEN WHEN TRUMP BEING ELECTED AGAIN IS GOING TO LIKE. ACTUALLY RUIN ALL OF YOUR LIVES AND BLOW BACK ON THE REST OF THW WORLD TOO OHH MY GOD !!!

[green-mountain-goose]

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[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

youre 15 again and sucked into a multiverse portal that gives you the option to travel to different time periods in the jjk-verse as a budding sorcerer. Do you choose to join the yuuta-maki-panda-toge cohort, or the yuji-megumi-nobara cohort?

or (dramatic gasp) class hakari-kirara?

Yuuta Maki Panda Toge. This has nothing to do with who I want to be friends with, it’s because you do NOT have a very high life expectancy as a jujutsu sorcerer by default and people won’t stop trying to Actually Murder the yuuji megumi nobara cohort. I’m hiding behind the anxious twink with the power of god who flies into a violent murderous rage if you touch his friends. This gives me my best odds.

I’m aware gojo Geto Shoko is not an option you gave me but I couldn’t have done it even if that did give me the ultimate nukes to hide behind. I would have punted Gojo and Geto like a football. One of them would have died. I don’t care if they have the power of god I would have found a way.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[babieken]

In honor of the fancon being 5 days away