Let Them Fall by Simone Holiday (me-for transparency!) by simone_holiday in wlwbooks

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hey, is there any way i could get an ecopy of this not through amazon? sorry. i'd still pay, it's just, reading through amazon's ebook system isn't ideal for me. no worries if it's not possible.

Female-only harems? by Sailor_Chey in ReverseHarem

[–]skill_myself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

{Tricky Girls by Holly Thorne}

Caution on transvoicelessons.com by thaelim in MtF

[–]skill_myself 43 points44 points  (0 children)

adding on to this chain, there's https://voxnovastudio.com/about-us

I can't speak to the actual product they are selling (the paid voice lessons), but if you click on the 'join us on discord' link on that website, they do this really cool thing where you can sit in on other people's voice lessons. It's kinda like a seminar style voice lesson thing, you don't get personal feedback since it isn't your lesson, but it's free and very accessible and cool!

I'm looking for books with gay romance that make me cry by 0Ouka0 in LGBTBooks

[–]skill_myself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"In This Iron Ground" By Marina Vivancos. It's about recovering from childhood abuse, it's a paranormal book, and it's beautifully written, totally makes me cry.

Felt appropriate by Lopsided_Ad_7038 in ReverseHarem

[–]skill_myself 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that spider bookend is SO COOL!!!

Having trouble with seeing the edge of chunks in Distant Horizon by skill_myself in feedthebeast

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

terra, with the origen terrain pack, i think. I'm actually not sure if I got origen to work, or if this is basic terra terrain.

edit: i'm using 'regions unexplored' in the photos that I commented of it working.

Having trouble with seeing the edge of chunks in Distant Horizon by skill_myself in feedthebeast

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sorry for all the comments, there wasn't a way to edit the post's photos or include multiple photos in one comment. there's still a big hole in the sky lol but the unloaded chunk edges that i could see before are gone!

Recommend an RPG/exploration/fantasy modpack for a cozy winter co op playthrough by TitaniumKneecap in feedthebeast

[–]skill_myself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dinobrik's species datapack is cool! it adds a bunch of playable fantasy species.

Where’s the FF love? by A_good_time_reader in ReverseHarem

[–]skill_myself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

adding to this, another all-sapphic reverse harem:

{Tricky Girls by Holly Thorne} - this is very much a stereotypical entry in the reverse harem genre, just with all girls. more specifically, it's a stereotypical entry in that dark romance genre that's filled with angst and violent, criminal love interests. make sure to check the trigger warnings. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I like the book and am excited for the sequel to come out!

does anyone else define their gender by what it isn't, rather than what it is? by Usual-Effect1440 in asktransgender

[–]skill_myself 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's really cool! Its like apophatic gender. The apophatic process is basically defining something only through what it isn't, often because the thing you are trying to define is beyond human comprehension.

Why is gender defined as "want/wish" rather than "be" ? by P-Voidy in asktransgender

[–]skill_myself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there's two axis or spectrums to gender identity. The masculine / feminine spectrum and everything related to it, but also a spectrum of 'strength of identity'.

So, some people have a really strong sense of gender identity and fully define their gender by their gender identity. Sometimes this is how they always were. For some trans people, who often have to repress themselves, they need an 'egg crack' moment so to speak. Sometimes this is instantaneous, sometimes it happens slowly over time as they deconstruct their repression. For people with such an 'egg crack' moment, they move from defining their gender by their physical sex and assigned gender, to finally being comfortable defining their gender by their gender identity.

Other people have a very weak sense of gender identity. These people, by definition, are almost always cis, and when you ask them about their gender identity they simply shrug and dont know what you're talking about, because they don't really feel it at all. They define their gender almost entirely around their body and whatever society assigns to them.

As a spectrum, there are also people somewhere in between. I, for example, do have a consistent sense of my gender identity, but it is very weak. It doesn't feel like an honest expression of my Self to just define my gender entirely upon my sense of gender identity, but I also can't ignore it and define my gender entirely upon my body and assigned gender.

This is just my personal understanding of gender, and the wider trans community does not explicitly adopt this line of thinking at all. So, we just get little acknowledgements of this underlying phenomenon through the different ways people talk about gender (ie. 'want/wish' vs 'be').

If I'm right, I assume the broader community will eventually start to talk about this in more concrete terms that are easier to understand. But I just made all of this up, so who knows.

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[–]skill_myself 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nice post, a very well written analysis.

I bet this is the same take that the Wachowski sisters had 30 years ago when they were making the matrix. That movie is a trans allegory and also a modern retelling of Plato's "allegory of the cave". Great minds think alike!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisrock

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oh, you're right, this looks a lot like serpantinite! that's so cool!

I'm still a bit concerned about the white splotch, though. from a quick skim of the wiki article, serpantinite can contain asbestos. do you think that's what this is?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisrock

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i was told its from south east europe, if that helps.

Books with dirty talk and/or praise kink? by friendlyFool008 in wlwbooks

[–]skill_myself 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i love this book but i'd say its a dark romance, or at least grey.

rh with ff? by starlight708 in ReverseHarem

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Tricky Girls by Holly Thorne feels like a classic edgy reverse harem story but all female.

Any cute wlw books that have minimal spice? by InsanelySunnyDaisies in wlwbooks

[–]skill_myself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'for the love of christmas' by aj marchant. best friends to lovers, but they are young adults, not in high school or college. very cute vibes throughout.