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i have no desired answer for this!!!!! don't feel pressured to pick an answer based on what my gender actually is :)

responses will inevitably depend on what way you've interacted with me: have you been a long-time follower of mine, or are you new? or did you find this poll by chance, and don't even follow me? are we mutuals or online friends? do you frequently engage with my chatty text posts? have you heard my voice, talking or singing? do you know what i look like and how i dress? do you know which characters i kin? etc.

like all people i'm interested in how i come off to people, so if anything this is just a way for me to get a sense of that lol :P

#melonposting #poll #i'm not defining masculine or feminine here #one's impression of someone in that regard inevitably takes into account society's ideals of masculinity and femininity #whether one fully adopts them or otherwise #those ideals are inarguably there and they impact how people as a whole see each other #i'm not saying i'm using those ideals here. but someone might look at me through that lens #and y'know someone could be like hm. ellie doesn't fit society's ideal of masculinity #but in my view of masculinity which is inevitably in conversation with that ideal #i see them as masculine #y'know??#i thought of this partly because when talking about lesbianism with a friend once he said i was a femme lesbian #and i've always wondered 1) am i a femme lesbian?#2) what about me would make him call me a femme lesbian as opposed to a butch lesbian (or something else)?#3) if the average straight person knew i was lesbian would they think i'm femme or butch? what about a fellow queer? a fellow dyke?#cuz i guess i'm more feminine than your average guy but more masculine than your average girl #does one of those overpower the other? do they mix into a dual gender impression? or do they cancel each other out?#yeag :thumbsup:

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