maya: beyond journeys end

maya, she/her, transfem. big fan of ffxiv and women. am imperceptible

[abignonne]

crush

[maykitz]

the persecution of lefthandedness is insane to think about because it was so intense for so long, in some places still is, without any clear profit motivation. sheer love of the game. as late as the 70s at least they were smacking my stepdad's hands for it with a wooden ruler at school, to this day he's in weird ambidexterity situation where he's not great with either side and notably clumsy due to poor hand-eye coordination. just wtf

[seeingteacupsindragons]

It is fascinating to me that people also think of handedness as an example of bigotry that just...went away. As you note, it...hasn't in some places. I know people who grew up in the mid-late 90s who still had this problem.

But also, and this is really important to keep in mind regarding bigotry that still causes in many ways larger problems, that the structural problems are not actually fixed.

If you go to any computer lab or public library, the mice will be on the right side of the computer. Sometimes they can be moved. Sometimes they can't. Many computer mice are curved to only fit in right hands.

It is impossible to find lefthanded scissors without going to a specialty store, because most scissor makers don't even make them. And it's not just a matter of grip; the slicing side of the blades is obscured if you use righty scissors in your left hand, so your cut is off.

All those signing pads with the little chained styluses? Almost always on the right side, often not even long enough to stretch to the left. Makes signing for lefties extremely difficult.

I caused actual muscular problems in college having to twist around in order to write at right-handed desks in college when there weren't enough lefty desks--and there never were. Some classrooms didn't even have a single one.

I could go on.

But the point is, bigotry isn't just a mindset shift. People can't just decide they're not bothered by that particular difference anymore and everything's fine, because society is still structured and designed to cause problems for marginalized people. And they're never even going to notice all the little ways their life is bent to convenience them that inconveniences others.

[slutty-d1saster]

Hey @staff please explain what part of this post is mature content. Is it the fully clothed instagram selfie of a trans woman? Is it the acknowledgement of trans women's contributions to internet culture? Is it the trans woman who posted this to tumblr? Or is it just the trans woman who's blog it's currently on?

[itsgarbageboy]

maomao is my favorite "not like other girls" style protagonist bc for one shes a girls girl through and through. to the bone. and two she's just a weird little freak. absolute lunatic. they have the whole "omg she's actually beautiful and everyone falls for her when she's all made up" trope but the punchline is that she does not fucking want to look like that. she actively puts dirt on her face every day bc she does not want to be perceived as attractive (mostly out of fear of being used for sex work though at the same time she has the utmost respect for women who do sex work like she grew up in a brothel those are her sisters). she's Sherlock level smart and solves every mystery so fast but goes "well thats none of my business. anyway back to testing poisons on myself" she has the 2nd most powerful guy in the nation head over heels in love with her and is like "man this guy is weird around me what's his deal. I guess he's fine though because he gives me rare medicines and has no dick" fucking ICON i love her. also she once slapped someone so hard they fell on the floor. 10/10

[catchymemes]

[tboy-offical]

[solardrifter]

[girlballs-archive]

we need to get more normal about nonsexual nudity i think

[girlballs-archive]

kind of missing the point pretty badly actually

[girlballs-archive]

i mean i kinda think insisting on not seeing boobs at all is kind of lame weenie behavior is the thing

[girlballs-archive]

this might sound harsh but imo that's just not a realistic accommodation to expect in a scenario where we're trying to destigmatize naked human bodies

[wolfertinger666]

people will come up with 10 thousand excuses on why they don't actually agree with something when they pretend to do so. anyway I hope people realized that a lot of the stigmatization against nudity/nude bodies is quite literally the result of colonization/imperialism and overall fascism.

what I mean by that is colonizers viewed the nudity of black and indigenous people as "obscene" and inherently sexual because of the avid dehumanization of them. it's literally just fascist bullshit spread in people's brains SPECIFICALLY AMERICANS. (my European gf has told me many times that America's weirdness about nudity was strange and I agree)

another point: second hand dysphoria, while it is a thing, is entirely on you and is 100% manageable and saying other people's bodies, especially if they are other trans men with breasts, makes you "dysphoric" you need to genuinely push pass that and grow up and stop getting uncomfortable over other bodies. as harsh as that is I'm sure other people don't like being told they're dysphoria inducing.

[frenziedcrescendo]

this is stupid imo.

we just need to make sure something is not stigmatized in the society as a whole, but that does not mean I have to like it and bear its existence

like watching horror movies does not automatically lead you to become a social pariah because it was fucked up and gory; and even if it does, I'd support letting everyone enjoying horror movies without that happening to them even though I don't like horror and I will filter them out if it means I can avoid seeing people getting chainsawed

case in point nudity is not “inherently sexual”, and I would never dare treat it as such. but what if I still don't wanna see it. what then.

[girlballs-archive]

hi good news you can simply look away from things you do not like

[frenziedcrescendo]

yeah and the first screenshot you disagreed with literally said the same thing (you can exclude tags -> you can personally not want to see this) so forgive me if I'm a bit confused

[girlballs-archive]

the difference between "everyone should have to treat nudity like a thing to be filtered out" vs "just don't continue to look at a thing you don't like" is that the former is making potential discomfort the responsibility of the person posting/producing/etc. the thing in question (bad) while the latter puts that responsibility on the person who is uncomfortable (good)

y'know in the same way that like i'm uncomfortable for autism sensory reasons when there's i.e. a kid being loud in a store/other public space i'm in but that discomfort is entirely a Me Thing and doesn't mean i should have access to child-free grocery shopping

[dazeylily]

A Cis Girl's Guide To Picking Up Trans Girls

Picture it: You’re a non-trans girl and you’ve met a stunning, charming, brilliant transgender.

Halimede crushing it as usual.

[dazeylily]

like she just comes out of the gate swinging

I will, halimede. I will fall helplessly into your lap and let you suck me off. cis girls take note

[defiantlybouncingonit]

She Never Fucking Misses

[princessdollknight]

haaaaa gorgeous trans girl at the goth store said she liked my signalis shirt 🥹 girl if you're out there i love you

[yamada-ryo]

why she got that cubie

[scarletbirbs]

why don't they make dumb tvs anymore???

i don't want a smart tv with alexa voice remote??? that's literally just a data-farming, ad-delivering machine. fuck that. i literally just want a regular ass tv without any bells and whistles but apparently that doesn't fucking exist anymore. what the fuck.

[scarletbirbs]

update: i found a used 42" clunker of a dumb tv from 2011

it works fantastically and it only cost me $30

don't let your dreams be dreams

[jmtorres]

reminder: also be like this about any appliance you need to buy. stoves, fridges, washing machines, etc, get the dumbest thing you can. require that it function without an internet connection. preferably it doesn't even have connection capability, because some smart ones apparently spend all their time pinging the wifi they don't have the password to unless you physically break a circuit board and that's insane

[spicymancer]

Inspired by this tumblr post. based on this twitter post

Ollie's doing her best. (bonus after the jump)

[frogtonguekiss]

young trans girl on the internet you dont have to put pre-transition in your bio or anything dont let anyone make you think that you should for any reason

[frogtonguekiss]

This is good idea *evil smile* >:3

[juney-blues]

trans women specifically are so hated that getting mistaken for a trans woman is dangerous. thank god all of us can clear up that we aren't trans women to defuse that tension a little bit, thank god we can all fall back on not being trans women when it comes to legal matters. imagine if you couldn't do that. sure would suck if there was a type of person who couldn't do that. glad none of us are like that though.

I'm Glad We're All Equally Susceptible To Being MISTAKEN For Trans Women. Truly We Are All Faggots In The Eyes Of The State.

[juney-blues]

i desperately wanna give as much benefit of the doubt here, because i wrote this post so simple as to be impossible to misunderstand. or atleast i thought i did.

i want to believe that i'm the stupid one here. that i'm missing some sarcasm or something.

you people can't be this fucking stupid right

right.

[juney-blues]

did you just see one line from this post and then not read the rest of it. what is happening here.

[vanwolffen]

Op.

My brother in Christ.

You chose to write the line "faggots in arms" in the pis-on-the-poor reading comprehension site.

You chose to write the line "faggots in arms" in the we-hate-capitalism, communism-is-the-answer, site.

You chose to use "faggots in arms", sarcastically, in the neurodivergent site.

You chose to use "faggots in arms", in the faggiest site on the internet.

Op, my faggot is arms, this is on you.

Good luck with the 100,000 notes.

[knotfrotter]

"my brother in christ" you cannot be this hopelessly fucking stupid

[puppygirlpitjob]

she literally didn't even write faggots in arms though. the original post does not say "faggots in arms". what the fuck is going on here

[apas-95]

being a trans woman on tumblr means people will ignore your post, call you 'brother' and 'faggot', make up things you never said, and manage to blame you for it

[victusinveritas]

Dogs have had many jobs throughout history, in this case: Revenge.

[tonysaintborgi]

love how the king was just like nah let's see where the dog is going with this

[strawberyhoney5]

Old farcille from my twitter, i should draw them again

[trainthief]

sometimes I randomly remember that Mr Ratburn from Arthur is gay married to a chocolatier and a sense of calmness and prosperity washes over me like a wave 

[trainthief]

someone just reblogged this old post out of nowhere, causing a sense of calmness and prosperity to wash over me like a wave 

[thepunkypunk]

Happy pride month to that rat