Notices by Danielle Foré (danirabbit@mastodon.online), page 19

I didn’t grow up in an environment where I was educated about or supported in transition. I basically thought I was fucked up or had a kink or something. When you don’t fit into masculine roles the first thing people think is that you’re gay and I knew I wasn’t attracted to men so I tried (poorly) to suppress my femininity. I didn’t really know that transitioning was an actual thing separate from cross dressing until my 20s and even then it took me a long time to find self acceptance

🥺🫶 Thank you, anon. I’m glad

😂 Thanks anon, that got me good lmao absolutely not

The thing you have to take into account is that going through natal puberty is also a permanent life altering choice. Puberty blockers are safe and reversible for kids who think they might be trans until they can be diagnosed. Forcing trans kids to go through the changes associated with natal puberty is not only traumatizing and painful, but it means those adults will have to undergo completely avoidable surgery and treatment to reverse what they can and just accept what they can’t

Lol someone sent me the AI Ben Shapiro doing the “Which country is 🏳️⚧️ and why are all the girls from there so cute?”

It’s because we finally love ourselves! Trans glow ups are such a thing because it’s like you finally get to appreciate who you are and your body and your place in society and liking who you are as it turns out is a very attractive trait

Oof this is a tough one anon. There’s something to be said about not being to accept compliments that you don’t already believe. That self acceptance piece is so important. That said, my favorite compliments to get are ones that come from a place of genuine admiration for who I am as a person or something I’ve worked hard to achieve. It’s nice to be told you’re attractive, but it’s affirming to hear that you’re appreciated and noticed and recognized

Oh man, I wish I had like a good answer for you but if I’m being completely honest with you I have absolutely struggled regularly with not wanting to keep getting up in the morning. I’m burnt out a lot. I’m depressed sometimes. I dunno. Pizza? Brunch with my best friend? My cat needing to be fed? I’m not a highly motivated person or like an inspirational do anything kind of person. I try really hard at things I care about, but that’s all I got haha

I super appreciate your kind words! In all fairness though I have been paid for like the last 8-9 years of my work on elementary, so it is my full time job. I sometimes struggle with wondering about if I’m using my time to really make an impact though so I do really appreciate the sentiment 🩷

Ah hm, I don’t think so? I follow some really amazing women that are very cute, but I think someone can be amazing and cute and just like be a friend and not a crush

I’ve seen it in passing like on Reddit but I haven’t spent any dedicated time looking at it

Haha that’s a lot of what if’s! I think when I was younger I probably would have said yes to working for Apple but I’m too old and stubborn and egotistical now. I’d much rather get to do my own thing and not be tied up in corporate politics. Probably not a good financial decision, but I’ve tended to optimize for freedom over money in my life choices haha

Lol, I’m not sure what would constitute betrayal, but I’ve tried other distros on some of my other devices. I tried Manjaro on my PineBook Pro and I’m not sure what distro I have on my PinePhone Pro right now. I’ve been meaning to set aside some time to check out Nix and NixOS. Trying out different things is good I think to have different perspectives and see where we could learn and improve

No and I don’t intend to. There’s no value in consuming propaganda.

Tada, now you know lmao. Here have a photo of my dinner as a prize. I made bbq pulled pork sliders with fried onion strings

Sorry to hear that you’re going through all that anon, that’s awful. I hope that everything heals properly with minimal pain

Thanks anon 😘

Aww, love you too anon 🥰😚

For me this has two parts:
1. I do think hate speech should come with criminal penalties, and in the US it does not.
2. I don’t think jail is efficient or effective for most crimes. I think our justice system should focus on rehabilitation over punishment. So I think sentencing for hate speech should probably look like a class on diversity and inclusion, maybe community service, and I think imprisonment should really only be a punishment if someone has been deemed an actual danger

Spicy take. I feel like I’ve seen more veterans that were pushed through the system because they had no other opportunities and have come out of the system disabled and hating the military, so I’m more inclined to see veterans as victims of the system than perpetrators of it personally

You know it’s funny, I was talking to Alice about this the other day. When I first came out and was still boymoding it was very convenient to have a gender neutral nickname, but now that I present female full time there are some instances where I would prefer people call me Danielle just so I know for sure that I’m not being misgendered lol In some ways makes me wonder if I should have done a bigger name change. But yeah Dani is still fine, I just also like hearing my full name :)