Ginny [they/she]

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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • I’ve been using minoxidil and finasteride on and off for some years (on and off roughly correlating to hopeful and hopeless periods of mental health).

    I’ve been informed by some hair loss people that at this stage they don’t think there’s any point wasting money on PRP or LLLT or anything like that, but I did recently buy a derma roller anyway, since they’re cheap and one can always hope for a miracle.

    I think I’ll try to stick with a “delulu is the solulu” outlook until I’ve at least been on full dose HRT for a year or so and then cut my losses.


  • The essence of the trolley problem is to ask whether choosing not to exercise the agency that you have is a moral choice. The fact that you may not have complete control over the outcome doesn’t make the analogy bad in and of itself.

    Suppose everyone else except you had already voted and exit polls suggested Trump had won by one vote. Would you vote, then? I don’t care what your answer is would be; that is between you and your own conscience. But, is the situation really so different from the real world situation where for all you know your vote might actually count?

    You can disagree that the trolley problem comparison is apt, but I think calling it “deceitful and self-serving” is a stretch.

    FWIW I am from the UK and I don’t care whether you vote or not.














  • Comments so far seems to be mostly telling you that you are valid, and I would also like to start off by affirming that, but I would also like to try to directly address your question.

    Let’s say, for the sake of argument, (what? Ben Shapiro doesn’t own that phrase) that the behaviour and feelings you describe are not normal for transmascs. What does that mean for you? Is the transmasc label important to you? Would you change things about yourself to confirm to normal transmasc-ness? Or would you try to find a different label? When you describe yourself as a transmasc demiboy, what is it specifically you are trying to convey about your identity?

    Whatever you are, or want to be, is valid, and I guarantee there’s a bunch of people who will feel a similar way. Between “he/him lesbians” and “afab femboys” etc. there’s a whole world of people who probably have similar feelings, and if you are feeling some conflict between your own identity and the transmasc label, maybe it’s just a case of trying a slightly different label? Or just describe yourself as transmasc anyway if you want to? No one said you have to be normal.