fun times back home in Texas:
talking about a friend, after correcting my mother for the nth time about pronouns, her: *rolls eyes* “fine, they could go along with you”
while showing the he-man heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa meme “stop, you’re ruining my image of he-man! he sounds so gay”
so much misgendering
a reminder about this place’s strange focus on materialism? defining one’s worth in tangible material items?
but also playing it off as “god’s favor”, in the sense that people with more deserved to have more
so much christmas music
everyone assumes you’re christian
many comments about my hair since it’s unusual to have an unnatural hair color
an emphasis on labels. you must be able to be sorted into neat little boxes in order for people to be happy
if you don’t fit their aesthetic, you are either tolerated or shunned