Eldritch Mlems

I just read this article about beauty standards and while I see the excess of it as harmful I can't help but feel hypocritical when I think about laser or hormones or even putting on eye shadow and mascara, not to mention FFS.

Every time I read a piece on self-acceptance and body-positivity I stop and ask myself - why can't I be happy with my body? For me the dysphoria is mostly social but even then - why can't I just accept my AGAB and live with it? How is changing my body to fit opposing gender norms (so I pass etc) different to gender-affirming procedures for one's AGAB?

Both require the same underlying systems - and my face laser wouldn't be attainable without the massive beauty industry making it affordable by virtue of many cis women using the service.

Similar with hormones. If most postmenopausal women didn't get E prescribed, then it would be prohibitaly expensive (I guess this is a weaker point since hormones are beneficial for health reasons not just beauty) but still my use case is mostly aesthetical (to pass) so that feels even less justified.

It feels as if my transition is only possible because it's either subsidised by an industry I see as harmful or via methods not intended for their initial purpose.

Anyone else struggle with any of this?

Shilling for another Kickstarter I've backed. This one's supporting PF2e and D&D 5e: Kib Kibones' Guide to the Twin Realms.

A full setting, with new ancestries, monsters, items, and a new parallel progression track. It's the first publishing project by the author, so the backer risks are maybe a bit higher than average, but I, personally, do my best to back projects that extend PF2e's reach beyond Golarion.

And she’s got the loudest purr you’ll ever hear.

I feel like this is the best / biggest gay TV show since Heartstopper

this show is definitely more erotic and sex is integral to the plot, so NSFW warning - but it's a lot more than just sex

After the death of two other cats to genetic hearty defect ( :( ) meet chewy. He was supposed to be my cat new friends after the death of her best friend but then she also died of a heart attack :(.

So now we have Chewy and in a couple of weeks his new friend Bastet will come :)

I've been watching TransGeneration recently, and it's basically just a reality TV show that caters to perverse cis curiosity about trans folks.

it has so many fucked up moments, but one of the ones I found amusing was when they took footage of Gabbie the trans woman cutting up hot dogs:

Then just to make sure we didn't miss the metaphor they zoom in and really focus on her cutting the hot dogs:

just, lmao