EmilyIsTrans

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

That seems like a terrible idea. How are you supposed to properly investigate a story if you have to first disclose the entire lead to the world? Would this not create the same kind of overreaching editorialism that investigative journalists already push against, except now the person doing the editorialising is actually a whole pool of donors?

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Ok, so they do that. Here are some things that can plausibly go wrong:

• Are the people posting the story funding thing anonymous? Because if they are, no one will fund it based on a one line description with no details. If the authors are known, any company engaging in the practice will be watching them like a hawk (essentially making investigation impossible)
• The company engaging in the practice assumes the investigation is aimed at them and temporarily stops double billing until the journalists runs out of budget and everything blows over. They then resume double billing.
• The company engaging in the practice assumes the investigation is aimed at them and consequently intimidates would-be whistleblowers into staying silent, basically preventing any progress
• The company intentionally floods “Kickstarter for News” with spurious stories to drown out the item about them
• The story isn’t funded because it doesn’t agree with the preconceived notion of enough users, who are only willing to fund content matching their own worldview
• The story isn’t funded because, while people find it is important, more attention was placed on a story that agreed with the preconceived notion of enough users
• What stories are funded have a huge bias towards the material condition of the wealthy (moreso than now), since they are the only ones with enough disposable income to fund content. Therefore, content focused on the conditions of the poor and marginalised is ironically marginalised
• Unable to be subsidized by less prestigious entertainment content (like traditional investigative journalism was), the required upfront cost for stories balloons to a size not feasibly collected by donations
• The wider population becomes apathetic to the platform as a whole (people have actual jobs and lives, and may not have the time to trawl through potential stories for something they want to fund), leaving only the extremely wealthy/powerful to fund stories. As a consequence the media is even more controlled by the elite than it is currently
• It turns out there was never a story, and those that donated feel burned and are less likely to donate in the future
• It turns out there was never a story, and, feeling pressure to produce something, the journalists intentionally misconstrue the truth

I think a crowdsourced approach is a great idea, but only in the sense that my tax dollars go to independent news organisations.

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Every so often I get annoyed at Australia’s healthcare system, then I remember the US. Sorry dude.

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

I’ve never heard of progesterone cream, but I definitely wouldn’t trust any from Amazon. I take oral progesterone and am very happy with the results

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

I remember reading Calvin and Hobbes, with their transmogrifier, and thinking I would write “girl” on it. Bit of foreshadowing I guess haha

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Just use Kotlin

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Same. I never thought I would be off them, but here I am. Really ironic considering all the condescending people who told me I just think I’m trans because I’m depressed.

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Woman probably. IDK I’m kinda just vibing it out from my brain.

Also this guy

A picture of an opossum in front of a small bottle that could have liquor.

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Like the other mods, I’ve been following this closely and I’m happy to see you find support and community! I’m proud of you and I hope things only get better from here ❤️

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

I am

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

I think you’re in the clear lol. Reminds me of the times I left trans stuff open on my laptop in front of my brother before I was out. Turns out he already knew anyway, since instagram recommended my profile haha

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

IDK, I had a really good period at the end of last year where I was consistently happy and I think it was from a combination of finally liking my face, my body (mostly, I wish I was more in shape), and finally gaining the confidence to start dressing and presenting openly fem in public. Still makes my happy most every day!

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

I’ve gotten all my friends hooked on OpenTTD multiple separate times

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I think I understand where you’re coming from. Do you maybe feel overly observed (for lack of a better word)? Like, transitioning is fairly messy, complicated, and hard, and you feel a little like you’ve been put under a microscope without your knowledge? I’m sure you intellectually know that she was just waiting until you were comfortable discussing it with her, but I could see you reacting how you are regardless.

If that’s not why you feel the way you do, is it possible you feel a little let down? Transitioning is one of the biggest things you can do as a person, and you built up to coming out, only for her to already know? I’ve heard that feeling expressed by a lot of queer people.

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

PS You’re not alone in your family figuring everything out before you tell them. My parents had noticed breast growth and put two and two together years before I came out to them!

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Don’t get into business with a narcissist. If you don’t figure out they’re a narcissist until after the business has started, bail or kick em out.

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Never? I wouldn’t tolerate it and wouldn’t work at a place that did

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

“Colonists”, “Invaders”, “War Profiteers”

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

My non-binary at the time friend, now partner (!!!) convinced me to let them apply makeup on me. I had already been seriously questioning my gender for a year now. Looking in the mirror afterwards, I thought it looked a little weird but it made my brain very happy. They also changed my name in their phone to Emily after I told them I had picked it out in high school “just in case”. I decided to try transitioning and never stopped, and I’m happier than ever.

EmilyIsTrans, 2 months ago

Before I transitioned? Eating disorders, disassociating, isolating. Since then, seeing the positive changes to my body, and the control I exercise over it has helped resolve it most days. There are still times I feel intensely dysphoric (whenever I voice train, when a stranger with the best of intentions misgenders me), but in those cases I usually let myself feel it (rather than bottling it up) and it’ll pass.

EmilyIsTrans, 3 months ago

She actually did it multiple times! The one you would have heard of was in Victoria, which is up there as one of the most progressive states in Australia. She also came to Canberra, the capital and where I live. I obviously attended the counter-protest and there were also Nazis there (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anti-trans_protester_in_Canberra.jpg).

EmilyIsTrans, 3 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Starting Estrogen had the same effect on depression for me, I’m finally looking to actually get off them! Also, very unexpectedly, I’ve apparently started emoting more and putting more expression into my voice. I’ve always spoke with a monotone, so I was very surprised at the development.

Also yeah guys are sweaty and stinky lol

EmilyIsTrans, 3 months ago

Comment has been removed, sorry you had to see that 😓

EmilyIsTrans, 3 months ago

It would be interesting, but also it definitely makes intuitive sense to me. I had an unidentifiable lifelong depression, seemingly stemming from a hatred for my body, “not fitting in” in social situations, and “feeling broken” generally. Pretty obvious what the cause was in retrospect 😅. Transitioning has resolved all of those, and I think intonation creeping in is another effect of finally feeling comfortable socially for the first time in my life.

Gender euphoria comes from funny places, I get it from boob sweat haha.