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When the outfit literally slays

Not sure whether this counts, and I didn’t watch it a lot, but as a trans kid in denial I was weirdly fascinated by Ranma 1/2. In hindsight it’s obviously not surprising at all, seems to be a fairly common experience. I was so confused why Ranma kept trying to get rid of the “curse”. What do you mean you don’t want to be a woman?

They don’t think trans women are women. And they don’t care if we’re at risk, they might even think that’s a good thing. Usually they don’t actually seem to care about the safety of cis women either, it’s just a convenient pretense. And the resulting policies ultimately do hurt both cis and trans women.

This is maybe more of a category of stereotypes rather than a specific one, but I’ve realised that people often still make very binary assumptions about gender and sexuality.

They think that transition is a linear path and that every trans woman wants to get “the surgery” and then the transition will be “complete”. In a lesbian couple one of them needs to “be the man”. Or with sexuality, you’re either attracted to a certain gender or not and there’s no in between.

We use labels to help with communication, but reality is so much more nuanced and interesting!

I just saw these advertised in my inbox yesterday, I was surprised to see them again here!

I’m not sure what I’d do with them though, I think they’d look too unflattering/masculine on me for my taste. But I really like the embroidery and laced sides. Maybe a top with laces could pull the outfit together? Or one of those tops with extra straps, my favourite are the ones that make a pentagram out of them 😈

I feel like just a T-shirt would work too, for a more casual and less “goth” look. Personally I’m trying to get away from them because I used to wear them too much and I’m leaning towards more feminine clothing these days, but I think something like a band shirt could match the vibe of these shorts as well, if you’re into that sort of thing.

I love it when they tell on themselves!

I’ve always been a huge fan of these colourful looks. I wish I could get something like a gradient/ombré but I’m scared of damaging my sparse and very thin hair too much.

There’s actually a word for this: ewphoria (or ewwphoria)