[–] 2 points 14 minutes ago

Ive played around with the idea of going back to school to be a doctor. I would only need 6 years starting med school to finishing residency (Im only interested in FM). NP school is sooooo much faster but now that I have the practice hours, the references, the research, the idea of 2 years of advanced clinical being enough to prescribe and diagnose is actually really scary. What Id want to do with an NP is just a gender clinic, because theres essentially none outside the cities and the management of it is narrow enough I think I could handle it - bloodwork, fertility preservation (for the ones who want it), HRT, and restrict myself from initiating psych meds maybe. But its still so intimidating as its become real.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 hours ago* (5 children)

    I have no idea whats going on in Boy From Venus other than the very obvious dysphoric co-main character that is clearly about to egg crack into transfemme or maybe enby, like Audrey doesnt exist as a person in real life forever. And I dunno whats going on in Shen's personal life because theres a lot there that sounds like someone very familiar with dysphoria and repression, possibly hes got someone in his life or hes got his own stuff to deal with.

    Aside from that, the discourse about it is weird. Its like a very obvious trans arc happening but suggesting that is almost like calling Audrey a slur to people. As if the worst thing a character could be is a.... trans woman 😱😱😱

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    The reality of being in your 20s (for most people) is you look very attractive but have more or less no confidence or ability to recognize that you are. Including the shut ins and introverts, and a lot of the people reading this right now who will insist up and down they arent attractive lol

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Canadians in the 90s looked around, realized we were getting late to the party of not having a woman as head of government - so they did the polite thing, got a woman as PM out of the way so we could get back to the real business of white men in the St Lawrence watershed making deals in decrepit ballrooms with cigarette burned in tiling make deals - and maybe sometimes the Calgary business elite too

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    spoilerWe're much harsher on ourselves than other people are. Ive told people Ive had surgery and want more and they say "what?? But you look so femme already" 🤷‍♀️ its also for me, yknow?

    But theres definitely an aspect that youve looked MUCH closer at your own face than anyone else will and dysphoria is painting a different picture for you than may be "objective" (whatever that means).

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