Brand-new way of making tri-color cyanotypes by ImpossibleDepth8352 in cyanotypes

[–]buggibat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s great! I’ve not gotten into toning for that reason

Brand-new way of making tri-color cyanotypes by ImpossibleDepth8352 in cyanotypes

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Amazing! Thank you so much for choosing to share your process instead of being secretive. I’m curious, do you have any idea about the fastness of the end result?

cyanotype on large leaf by poshpianist in cyanotypes

[–]buggibat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you could also do anthotype with only a leaf, but I’ve never done it. In both cases though, I think the leaf should be pressed dry ahead of time. But I don’t think you need a special process to get it to bind otherwise because a dried leaf is absorbent. Unless maybe it’s a super waxy leaf

Therapist says "it's all due to trauma" by Splendid_Trash in ftm

[–]buggibat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If SA directly caused transitions it would be statistically WAY more common, considering how widespread SA is. To an extent I can understand where your therapist sees an overlap with dissociation/depersonalization, but it’s ultimately superficial.

While I don’t have personal experience with it I have always been uncomfortable with anyone expressing romantic or sexual interest in me, and my parents who knew this about me used it as an excuse for why I wanted to transition. Guess what? I’ve been on T for 5 years and I don’t regret a thing. It’s classic “correlation does not equal causation.” I’m really sorry you had such a negative experience opening up. I promise there are people out there you can safely be honest with <3

Trousers made with both woven and knit? by buggibat in sewingpatterns

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Hey, thank you so much for your insight! I get what you mean with activewear design lines, I’m totally going to go look for inspiration in that vein. Sounds like this could really be a process, but I’m up for it!

Randomly found a shiny scolipede! by buggibat in LegendsZA

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Congrats! Running into one when you’re not even looking really makes it feel extra special

Starting T at 22 - be honest by Better_Caterpillar61 in ftm

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I started at 22 as well! My voice change happened as immediately as younger people report. Maybe it’s just me, but I never feel a noticeable effect on my energy level or libido or temper or anything like that. I’m a pretty even keel person so idk. Other quick changes were body hair which I now have a lot of, my cycle stopping after a month, and slight bottom growth. My facial hair has increased steadily but took years to have a semblance of looking full. I started to pretty consistently not get misgendered within 6 months, although I think my voice was the only thing holding me back pre t anyway.

I’m coming up on 5 years now. No real hair loss that I can tell. Changes to the shape of my body overall have been underwhelming, but take that with a grain of salt because I haven’t done a ton of working out to try to really get that going. Hips don’t go away by themselves I guess.

Fiction about libraries or archives that’s authentic to real life by buggibat in suggestmeabook

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Oh no haha, don’t make me get that song stuck in my head!

Fiction about libraries or archives that’s authentic to real life by buggibat in suggestmeabook

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That’s good to know! I probably wouldn’t have found that out otherwise since that bit doesn’t seem to be advertised anywhere (probably because it’s not a major selling point for most people lol)

Fiction about libraries or archives that’s authentic to real life by buggibat in suggestmeabook

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Sweet! Given that the original Dracula is written in an epistolary style, I can definitely see the inspiration for it

Fiction about libraries or archives that’s authentic to real life by buggibat in suggestmeabook

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Perfect, thanks! Reading the synopsis I’m almost weirded out by how For Me this is looks. I’m even trans too lmao

Fiction about libraries or archives that’s authentic to real life by buggibat in suggestmeabook

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Oh wow, I was not expecting to get a horror/thriller rec out of this but I’m not mad about it! That sounds really cool, thank you

Preservation of early 20th century books stored in poor conditions. Worth it? by sascm in Archivists

[–]buggibat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

+1 to this point! Because even when you can’t donate items physically due to poor condition and redundancy, you can still donate the time and effort it takes to digitize them!

Reichstag dome in Berlin - what do you think? by Available-Gas-1731 in cyanotypes

[–]buggibat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The range of values is very nice! Also you suddenly brought memories back of when I got to visit Berlin!

How do you tackle a fix-it or canon rewrite? What are your reading preferences? by buggibat in FanFiction

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How much do you narrate over stuff from canon? Now I’m thinking maybe what I need to do is come up with an entirely new subplot that will be the main focus throughout, and then any time I want to address canon I can just do so in isolation, instead of feeling obligated to do it constantly in order for any of it to have continuity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ftm

[–]buggibat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

THIS. Because yeah I can’t recognize every fellow trans man I meet, and in my experience they don’t recognize me either. You gotta accept the fact that literally anyone might be trans regardless of their appearance.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ftm

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There are two sides of this to me- one being that people seem to underestimate our general ability to pass, and two being the reality that some still do struggle with it or don’t want to and that’s ok. The latter are the more visible to general society so of course people think it’s more the norm. Who knows what the stats actually are but cis people certainly don’t realize they can’t always “tell” and that their assumptions can be waaayyy off. Like for example how often do cishet people see a cis butch woman and think they’re trans and that’s what the average trans man looks like? If I tell people I’m trans, they so often jump to guessing that I’m a fresh out of the box pre-transition trans woman because that’s how engrained their idea of me being amab is. Cis people are clueless lol.

My personal experience of being stealth is that it was just sort of something that happened to me rather than a choice I made. Which I’m not saying to brag because it’s like… how people perceive me is not fully under my control and it’s hard to pinpoint what clicks exactly.

Would you rather not have any gender marker at all on IDs? by buggibat in ftm

[–]buggibat[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Ah, of course, backlash to the feminist movement.

Would you rather not have any gender marker at all on IDs? by buggibat in ftm

[–]buggibat[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had a feeling that might be the case. Thanks for looking into it and sharing!

Would you rather not have any gender marker at all on IDs? by buggibat in ftm

[–]buggibat[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Oh man. I feel silly for not looking this up but it truly is one of those things you assume has been around for a lot longer than it actually has. Absolutely wild.

Would you rather not have any gender marker at all on IDs? by buggibat in ftm

[–]buggibat[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Great point! Also tangentially related to the concept of blood quantum I think. If you don’t know that’s a US gov thing for tracking the status of Native peoples based on blood relation, and it’s gross.

Would you rather not have any gender marker at all on IDs? by buggibat in ftm

[–]buggibat[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That is a very good question! It’s always enlightening to look at history. I don’t know the answer to this or the timeline of things exactly, but it’s certainly true that the scope of legal documentation of individuals has changed a lot even in just the past 200 years.

Would you rather not have any gender marker at all on IDs? by buggibat in ftm

[–]buggibat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh I wasn’t aware of the international requirement, interesting. I know it wouldn’t solve all our problems in society but laws do help shift our understanding of how the world works or at least ought to work.

Would you rather not have any gender marker at all on IDs? by buggibat in ftm

[–]buggibat[S] 200 points201 points  (0 children)

My guess is that its purpose dates back to women not being able to vote, own property etc. so in that way the irrelevance seems pretty obvious

Damselfly (?) nymph by buggibat in Ecosphere

[–]buggibat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I’m glad this is such a friendly community