i started reading this bc you talk about it a lot and I DEF FEEL THIS TO BE TRUE
NOO ive led another person into the gintama section of hell. how is it. do you think gintoki lets kagura do his hair sometimes like put glittery clips in it or something
if u really think about gender u start to realize that all it is is a Feel
anyway who wants to talk about genderfluid gintoki
tbh its kinda awkward to be asked by a stranger what sexual/romantic alignment i think they are bc that kind of thing is really personal and it takes a lot of inward thinking and searching and is not really the kind of thing a stranger can do for you. like if u wanna ask abt my own experience…. maybe, if i feel ok with sharing it. sure. but please dont ask me to evaluate you like a fictional character headcanon or something
when will i learn to never read the comments section on anything ever
maybe?? i cant say for certain whether you are/are not something, i dont have that power. but sometimes i get what i think are romantic crushes (but they might just be friend crushes bc i cant tell the difference). i got them A LOT in hs but i also got into a “romantic” relationship in hs which was the thing that alerted me that something was different about me but i didnt have a word for it. but anyway. there is sth called akoiromantic that kinda sounds like what youre talking about tho (also called lithromantic but theres some discussion over whether or not that term is appropriative of lesbianism?? not really sure)
it SOUNDS to me like youre on the aro spectrum at least but what you wanna id as is your own call. idk. it took so long for me to finally call myself aro even though id probably been aro for years. so theres that. do what makes you comfortable anon
Hoverboard
Hendo is creating the first ever real hoverboard. Marty McFly’s hovering skateboard in Back to the Future part 2 is the inspiration to this project. They have a kickstarter and you can actually donate 10k and be one of the first 10 people (2 spots left ATM) in the world to own a real functioning hoverboard.
Their long term goal is to use similar technology to eventually levitate larger things such as cars, trains, and even buildings. You can actually get your hands on the hover engine that this technology utilizes for a donation of $299.
The date for its release is 10/21/2015 also known as the date Marty McFly arrives in the future.
gender is a weird thing that dissolves/turns into something else if you poke at it too much
idk i think that relationship officially ended on ok terms but i still feel like i fucked up somewhere
tbh asexual/aromantic representation is super fucking important because i didnt know what aromantacy was until about six months ago and im 18, almost 19 years old. i thought something was so fucking wrong with me. i forced myself into romantic relationships and lied to the people i cared about just to try and fix myself and ended up hurting them and ruining a lot of friendships in the process. if you dont think ace/aro representation is important then i dont have time for you.
if you identify as cis but haven’t actually taken time to sit down and examine and analyze your gender identity, it’s probably time to do that otherwise you’ve just given in to society forcing a significant part of your identity upon you.
if someones comfortable with their gender identity to the point that its not even on their mind then theres no need for them to analyse it
as someone who basically identifies as cis i think it’s very much important to examine your gender identity. it might lead to small things: e.g. after i did that i stopped shaving because i realized that i wasn’t doing it for myself. further, i’ve stopped seeing my own face as a gendered thing and this makes it easier for me to be respectful of the identities of others, and easier to be happy with the meatsack i live in. i think that it’s very important for cis people to consider what aspects of gendered existence we hold sacred. peeing in a segregated space? if so, why? i mean this is exactly the kind of question trans communities have been trying to get us to deal with forever and i think that answering it on a cultural level will come with exactly the type of introspection that OP is asking for.
some of the best advice i’ve got in college so far is “make strange what is comfortable” and hey, after you take it apart, you can put it right back together again if that’s what makes you happy but it’s still important to evaluate why you perform your gender the way you do and what rituals are essential to that? why are they essential? are they worth perpetuating? the answer might not always be yes EVEN for people comfortable with the label of their gender assigned at birth
