X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=content%2F2017%2Fthe-line-in-the-sand-or-my-slippery-slope-anchoring-action-plan.md;h=e187f61c5d1ffed12b2f1242c7f28528c2202502;hp=07a075982bc7182e8623c78b816466a7def12dbd;hb=1e2d5ab78f9449d454a83498801953adcf050f5d;hpb=1c26ce6b9144b2512ca2d66058b5dcb93ab44a4f diff --git a/content/2017/the-line-in-the-sand-or-my-slippery-slope-anchoring-action-plan.md b/content/2017/the-line-in-the-sand-or-my-slippery-slope-anchoring-action-plan.md index 07a0759..e187f61 100644 --- a/content/2017/the-line-in-the-sand-or-my-slippery-slope-anchoring-action-plan.md +++ b/content/2017/the-line-in-the-sand-or-my-slippery-slope-anchoring-action-plan.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Title: The Line in the Sand; Or, My Slippery Slope Anchoring Action Plan Date: 2017-01-18 22:55 Category: other +Tags: not-a-transition > We're looking for a few good men, and you've come a long way, baby. But baby—don't cross that line. Don't ever cross that line. > @@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ Category: other So, I'm facing a problem. -On the one hand, I really want to indulge my perverted narcissistic fantasy about being a woman, and I'm _really really jealous_ of all of the trans women friends (I still have friends!—[for now](http://unremediatedgender.space/2017/Jan/the-counter/)) I've made since I moved to "Portland" (quotes because it might not actually be Portland, although you should know that I would still use quotes even if it is Portland, because I'm not some kind of idiot who doesn't know information theory). +On the one hand, I really want to indulge my perverted narcissistic fantasy about being a woman, and I'm _really really jealous_ of all of the trans women friends (I still have friends!—[for now](/2017/Jan/the-counter/)) I've made since I moved to "Portland" (quotes because it might not actually be Portland, although you should know that I would still use quotes even if it is Portland, because I'm [not some kind of idiot who doesn't know information theory](https://www.gwern.net/Death-Note-Anonymity)). On the other hand, I don't want to become a trans woman myself, because I already have a perfectly functional social identity as a man named "'Mark'" (two sets of quotes: one for words-as-words, and another because it might not actually be "Mark", although you should know that _&c._) that I'm not going to throw away for the sake of my perverted narcissistic fantasy, particularly since the standard transition narrative looks so actively delusional to me that I can't possibly participate in it. @@ -34,9 +35,9 @@ I'm aiming for a "weirdly-androgynous man and occasional transvestite" outcome. So here is my schedule of interventions— -* Estradiol: _Yes_ ([already underway](http://unremediatedgender.space/2017/Jan/hormones-day-13/)) +* Estradiol: _Yes_ ([already underway](/2017/Jan/hormones-day-13/)) * Spironolactone: _Maybe_ (conditional on results from just-estrogen) -* Facial hair removal (laser): _Maybe_ (conditional on results from E/Spiro; if beard shadow makes the difference between consistently reading as "weirdly androgynous man" rather than "trans woman", I probably need to keep it) +* Facial hair removal (laser): _Maybe_ (conditional on results from E/spiro; if beard shadow makes the difference between consistently reading as "weirdly androgynous man" rather than "trans woman", I probably need to keep it) * Cosplaying female characters at special events (Comic-Con, Halloween, *&c.*): _Yes_ * Everything else: _No no no no no no no no_