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Every now and then I catch myself at a good angle in a mirror and I see the vision. I hate my side profile, but from the front, I kinda like some parts

We woke up with messy makeup after a messy night. And it has us reflecting on our transition. Our womanhood is complicated, as it is for all women. We don't want to reduce it to stereotypical experiences, but damn if it doesn't feel at least a bit affirming to have these experiences that so many women in our life have talked about before. And more than that it feels more and more like we're living our lives. And it kinda feels like we're starting the process of growing up.

i love u all

Happy international women's day to all the cute women and femmes reading this!

I RAN 5K FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TODAY!!!!!

I'm really proud! I was never good at running nor did I enjoy it, but at the start of this year I decided I wanted to work more cardio routines into my workouts, mainly so I could lead hikes with the scouts. I also want a skinnier build rather than more muscular. In the first week I struggled to run a kilometer, and a couple of times had to slow down after hitting 600 meters. But as I continued to push on, I finally discovered what people talk about when they "enter the zone". I started to lock the fuck in. The sweat felt so good, and as I approached a kilometer, I realised that I had more in me, and it felt amazing. So I kept running, first to 1100 meters, then 1300, then 1500 without stopping, at 10km/h, and every time I was able to appreciate that this was so much harder for me only weeks ago. Now I consistently run 1.5km in 9 minutes as the start of my workout, and I've added on much more time. I used to stop at 15 minutes, but then I wanted to hit 2.5km within 15 minutes, so I sped up, and found myself walking for a few minutes after that. I ran 3.5km within 25 minutes a few weeks ago, and last week hit 4km within 30 minutes.

Today I ran 5km in 36.5 minutes, which I'm so proud of.

I was princess carried by a very handsome man last weekend. It's proof of how much weight I have lost and it was the first time anyone carried me like that and it made me feel cute and petite.

I've also been dealing with increased IRL popularity. People nervously approach me to ask for my number. And although this has also come with some unwanted attention, it's exhilarating to be so known and sought after in my local community.

Upped my E dose and it brought me straight out of a long depression. Also started a sleep med and it’s changed my life. Is this how people feel all the time? Just alert and not exhausted? I don’t need to nap for several hours a day and getting out of bed doesn’t take an hour. Just feeling good

ao3 is finally coming back up, ugh i was getting the shakes now i can read my smut again

down with cis

Finally have started coming out at work and it's all slowly happening. Name change on the company account, coworkers addressing me correctly, etc. Feels great!

It happened at the right time, I waited a while in cope-boymode but now that I have D cups i can't really pretend i'm "hiding" lmao.

Also I genuinely like my reflection now. Crazy stuff.

Trans joy, huh? I was going to wait a bit longer to talk about this, but now is fine. Mostly just posting this for me tbh

Finally got myself a couple pairs of girl underwear! They feel nice, way nicer than guy boxers ever did hoping my mom wont be weird about it >_<

One of the older women at work gave me 20 bottles of high quality nail polish from when she used to own a nail salon. It's like 300 dollars worth of nail polish!

Graduated from voice lessons! Woooooo 🥳

I do absolutely sound better and pass better vocally when Im mad, when Im happy, when Im tired, when I have to yell at someone who doesn't have their hearing aids in, when I cough or sneeze... I made heaps of progress with a voice coach over 6 months. It did end up costing quite a bit over alllll the lessons. It was worth it to me and I had the money to spend, but I know that can be a real barrier for people.

I think its possible to do this without a coach - you'd just have to be serious about practicing daily. And find good resources. The Big Dog, Little Dog thing does work but you have to do it. Raising your larynx works but same deal. Shortening vocal tract, that all works. All the exercises you can find online and watch videos to see examples. And the biggest hump is definitely "getting over it"/dealing with feeling cringe and dysphoric and practicing anyway. This is not to be underestimated, for sure, not downplaying that part.

It was also nice to have a coach to listen and give feedback but if I didn't have that, I had a lot of my friends all of whom are trans femme too which is also a big bonus and makes the whole thing much easier.

Happy international women's day, please use it to bully a misogynist or two.

I'm not saying "spoons" it's too twee. I'm nearly forty and a real bitch. I'm using passive aggressive therapy speech like "I'm triaging emotional labour requests right now"

Well, I willingly and voluntarily came out to my work this past week for the first time. The only other time I was outed to people. It is a highly progressive company with a much larger proportion of LGBTQ+ people than the surrounding population distribution, but I was still relieved that they were mostly accepting. This has been a deeply healing experience for me and has been a beautiful learning experience. I have never felt more free or appreciated then when I see people choose to use my pronouns, then when I have MY name on my chest, then when I can finally live as myself.

Chat I introduced her all my plushies and she liked them, they liked her too

I can't believe I didn't realize I was trans while being super envious of sapphic relationships. I also love Harley and Ivy as a couple so much, I was just reading Harley and Ivy and it felt really nice.

Also:

(CW: slight nudity) relationship goals

Woke up this morning and my gender was swollen. I did use it pretty rough last night. I’ll have to go easy for a few days and work on my technique.

I'm writing down the people that don't send me a happy woman's day as transphobes

i like my soyfriend/partner

that is all

I'm an adult educator; used to do a lot of queer education, but lately my work has mostly been core literacy and math skills. Finally have a chance to develop a gender studies curriculum, as well as a world issues curriculum, which are my actual areas of expertise. Very excited for the possibilities. By a complete coincidence, the learners in the pilot run of these courses are all fem as well, which presents a really interesting classroom environment for these subjects

I got to cuddle my friend's pupper today and it was very nice

Feeling the slightest bit like a cutie pie in my zoom meetings today (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

I'm hitting the stage where it feels like I fully see myself in the mirror. Everything feels lighter, my friendships are better, my relationship with my partner is better. I feel so fucking pretty and whole for the first time aaaaaaaa

FROG ALERT!

I guess this counts?

Yesterday I went and got some new clothes. I tried on a top and shorts that were similar colors and textures, and the shorts were big on me so they flared out at the thighs.

When I posed a certain way it just clicked in my head that it looked like I was wearing a shortish little dress... I was just so shocked that it didn't look horrible I started tearing up in the dang Old Navy changing room. It actually looked kinda good?

And that's good, great even, but scary... I didn't think this would happen for a while yet. If I wore a dress in public I would probably combust but maybe I could get one to wear at home? Still need to get a bra too...

I need someone to hold my hand and teach me how to do girlshit

Cis women love it when you describe what they do as c*nty.

I went out to a feminist history thing tonight, I saw my friend arriving and as she stepped out of her ride she unclipped her hair and flicked it to give it volume, it was the c*ntiest thing I saw all week. I told her and it seemed to make her night.

Up with trans!

weeks ago i managed to take two (2) days off for this weekend so i could have a 4-day weekend and rest a little bit. Now I'm sad and anxious, and very dysphoric, after i got insulted for silly shit. Long weekend ruined. Stuff hurts so much more when it's from your own people, fuck me. I was starting to feel better about myself recently and now i'm back to feeling like a sad little boy being berated and trying to resolve family conflicts, emotional bullying just flashes me back to those days.

i hate the internet

Fuck I wish I could dox myself so bad rn, I’m looking fuckin good in my thrifted women’s clothing, got complimented by another queer woman who’s absolutely clocked me by this point, got complimented on my new piercings by a straight woman who remembered my partner is nonbinary, great day at the job

things are getting serious chat

Since I don't got any trans joy recently is it fine if I just avoid posting negative comments on this mega? To bring up the average positivity.

Chest has been feeling sore the past couple of days. Pog??