i know there's a beauty in human connection, but sometimes i wish i could just look at someone and know all about them. not because i want to skip the foundation of a friendship, but because i am curious about what has brought people to where they are today... about the things they won't ever say
The author's brazen fetish, presented with such hedonistic flair and and open pride it makes you feel a little embarassed for needing to hide your own passions behind self-effacing jokes in order to preserve a sense of safe, pseudo-ironic detachment
one of the most clarifying political realizations for me was when (and this took me far longer than it should have) it finally clicked that "oh, there is genuinely something wrong with a person who hoards that kind of wealth and we need to make that not possible"
Now is not the time to ask your trans friends if they are okay. Now is the time to send your trans friends care packages, find them jobs, and ask your doctor about a HRT prescription you don't actually need.