IKEA Femme ⚧ 🏳️‍🌈 @ikea_femme@octodon.social

Both Marvel and DC have played with the idea of superpowers emerging as a stress response rather than deus ex machina in freak chemical accidents or gifts from some higher power.

But do they ever explore how radical that would be for society? Most people with super powers would come from unsafe or downright abusive environments. There would probably be more superheroes in poor countries than rich countries, and more superheroes from marginalized backgrounds.

@InspiroBot Holy moses, insprobot

@b_cavello I'm sure it's happened at least once. Given hundreds of patients...

@susannah lol but also :-|

That'd be some real tele-novella drama.

@b_cavello Also, I feel like an incorrect bet on "send a dick pic" would be a bit of a faux pas.

@b_cavello I hope so! If she wants a picture of my junk, she needs to be more forthcoming and specific. As she's a doctor working on that zone, I guess she doesn't need to romance me first.

My intake forms for SRS mention I should send a "picture of [my]self" along with the forms. The same surgeon does minor facial surgery. That's gotta be for that, right? I just feel weird including a selfie with a document about below-the-belt surgery.

Going to enter a timed race with my company. I'm not out to anyone but hr. I'm 16 months into hrt. Per the rules of most timed races, I should be fine. But I'm scared I'll get our team an asterisk for some reason. I have until Friday to make sure it won't be a problem.

I just had the worst reaction to seeing my forehead this morning. I usually don't have face dysphoria that bad. It threw me off getting ready for work, and I was almost late.

I wonder if I am feeling like this because I'm about to apply for srs. And perhaps some weird diderot effect junk is happening.

@kara I kinda hear you, on that last paragraph. I'm full time, and feel less dysphoria, to the point I feel imposter syndrome over my lack of dysphoria. You don't need dysphoria to be trans, but my brain needs someone to remind it.

And yet I hate the idea of quitting my HRT, and I want SRS. Those things matter to me medically and personally. It'd be rather strange to be a guy with a softer face, breasts, and a neovagina, but that's how much the physical aspect matters.

@tindall @kara HRT didn't change a ton for me emotionally, but I feel better. And MTF HRT is slower than you think. You can try it, and quit if it feels wrong for quite a while. Most trans women early in transition can stay closeted to people they know in a tight undershirt or small sports bra.

Passing matters to me, but it isn't everything. I enjoyed life as a non-passing trans woman my first semester out of the closet at college.

Good luck and good health in whatever path you follow.