Post #2016913

2026-05-05 13:40 UTC

Step one of my transition was realizing I was a girl. Step 2 has been, trying to figure out what that means to me. As I really step into my own on the masc lesbian side of the spectrum, I am starting to recognize that my view and personal type of womanhood does not fall within the most basic ideas of femininity. Recently I told a friend that I wore eyeliner to work for 2 days in a row so I was "done with being a girl for a bit".

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@faithisleaping@anarres.family 2026-05-05 13:42

@itzyg@wandering.shop Yeah, I feel this. I want to have makeup skills and look pretty but I also can't be bothered. I'm very much the autistic engineering girl and I love that for me. But also, I kind of wish I'd spent middle and high school plastering my face like the other girls so I'd at least have the skills for when I want them.

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@itzyg@wandering.shop 2026-05-05 13:45

But I'm always a woman, and no one can take that. Even when I change my pronouns. Even when I bind. Even when cut my nails and stop wearing makeup. I'm still a woman. And I might not be what people think when they think about what a women is, but that's fine. I've found my home in the queer community, surrounded by dykes who question why a women needs to look or act in a certain way. This is the kind of woman I am, and that I get to be.

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