I love when my own community decides my gender expression for me like we all share the same viewpoints and struggles. But a few people are going to reply ‘this is so me frfr’ and ‘I feel personally attacked’ so I get to feel even more alienated
can’t tell what exactly you feel is wrong here, besides a generalization - but obviously trans women come in all shapes and sizes and with different backgrounds and experiences - I’m not sure the post would be as relevant to someone who transitioned before puberty for example, and it feels targeted at people who had to live a significant portion of their life as men (and eho haven’t recovered from that).
I would also imagine it might be less relevant for transfem enbies who don’t experience their masculinity and past experiences as a man as alienating or negative.
Either way, I’m sorry it is alienating, I think instead it would be better to acknowledge there is room for all of us, and to try to not relate to generalizations as normative when not intended that way (easier said than done when imposter syndrome is present).
I agree, the “every trans girl” framing is really bad. This could be an interesting reflection on OOP’s gender but they just had to drag us all into it and make sweeping statements about the “actual gender” of all trans women.
I love when my own community decides my gender expression for me like we all share the same viewpoints and struggles. But a few people are going to reply ‘this is so me frfr’ and ‘I feel personally attacked’ so I get to feel even more alienated
So true bestie bites you
It’s no fun being a ‘pick me’.
can’t tell what exactly you feel is wrong here, besides a generalization - but obviously trans women come in all shapes and sizes and with different backgrounds and experiences - I’m not sure the post would be as relevant to someone who transitioned before puberty for example, and it feels targeted at people who had to live a significant portion of their life as men (and eho haven’t recovered from that).
I would also imagine it might be less relevant for transfem enbies who don’t experience their masculinity and past experiences as a man as alienating or negative.
Either way, I’m sorry it is alienating, I think instead it would be better to acknowledge there is room for all of us, and to try to not relate to generalizations as normative when not intended that way (easier said than done when imposter syndrome is present).
I agree, the “every trans girl” framing is really bad. This could be an interesting reflection on OOP’s gender but they just had to drag us all into it and make sweeping statements about the “actual gender” of all trans women.