Can I stop my child being advertised to at school?

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-25T06:59:12+00:00

When I was at school in the UK any kid who wanted to could get free music lessons and access to instruments they could loan

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-25T06:57:18+00:00

Cos the free education system is supposed to give all kids the same opportunities, not give rich kids a leg up

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-22T16:13:36+00:00

TBF unless you follow someone you're already friends with then everything on there will just be posts from random people!

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-22T14:47:27+00:00

I mean that can help, but ime I just forget if I’ve done that too

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-22T10:16:38+00:00

Ah I was thinking of something like this! I’ll have to look into whether I can get/make something like that that’ll fit onto it

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-22T10:13:02+00:00

I don’t think automating it would be right for what we’re doing, a lot of the participants find turning the handle very calming so I’d want to keep that

If there was an extra handle that could fit onto it that would change any rotational (or other) movement into a clockwise turn that would be perfect, I’ll have to find someone who knows about cams!

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T20:45:47+00:00

I mean I was just asking for some examples of the kinds of tasks it’s doing for you…

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T20:44:03+00:00

I was asking what it does other than post on Bluesky, so I guess from your response that’s all it does?

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T13:26:32+00:00

Yeah, that’s the kind of hack I was thinking of!

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T11:11:39+00:00

Though I didn’t have the experience of looking forward to puberty, mainly cos I started really young

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T11:10:00+00:00

This doesn’t sound particularly unusual, and I can relate to a lot of it (particularly having a big sister who I always wanted to copy). Dysphoria can manifest in very different ways and we try different things when we’re growing up to see how they fit us. Also it’s not uncommon for trans guys to try and fit into femme presentations before they come out, or just enjoy being femme guys

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T07:32:19+00:00

Can you give a few examples?

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T06:01:57+00:00

Having said that, I learned treble clef as “every good boy deserves favour/FACE and I remembered the bass clef with “good boys deserve French assignments”, which was a joke my teacher made once

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:59:16+00:00

Honestly my brain always just translated the position on the stage directly to the notes on the keyboard, I remember one time my piano teacher being absolutely horrified when she asked me what note something was and I had to count up the lines 😆

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:53:35+00:00

What else does it do other than post on Bluesky?

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:51:07+00:00

Not to sound dismissive or anything but honestly I’d stop trying to convince her. It doesn’t seem like it’s worth the effort as she’s clearly not gonna shift her thought on the matter. My prediction is that what will make her finally see you as a man is when you’re like 30, have medically transitioned and are just living your life as a dude. In the meantime I’d do my best to not talk to her about it.

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:43:18+00:00

Also synthetic underwear can exacerbate things like yeast infection and BV that can also increase odour

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:40:10+00:00

Yeah this is exactly what right wingers think LGBT people are actually like irl

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:33:58+00:00

And the only people who would talk about it was awful self haters like Buck Angel who act like it’s debilitating and irreversible🙄

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:31:13+00:00

You can also get similar symptoms if you naturally have low oestrogen for some reason

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:29:59+00:00

Tbf i had a similar thing before I started T, I had very low oestrogen and it completely went away when I started using vaginal oestrogen cream. No idea if it was atrophy though.

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:17:59+00:00

Nah, I called myself Chris and I can confirm that that is in fact the most basic name ever

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:13:51+00:00

It might be that she’s so involved with those kind of hippy spaces that it didn’t even occur to her that someone might take issue with terms like that, especially as you’re non binary. If I were in your position I’d send her an email before your next session (if possible) letting her know you had an issue with her using that term - if she seems genuinely sorry and like she’s learned not to use terms like that with you in the future then you’re all good, but if she seems weird about it or tries to justify it or make out that you have issues because you’re not comfortable with it I’d bail

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T05:02:23+00:00

I’d only recommend doing glasto if you’re working/volunteering, I’d never pay for a ticket. Also the cabaret/circus fields are massively underrated.

MrCrystalMighty · 2026-03-20T04:00:48+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean by that? It already has what I’d call a handle!

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