back when i told my mom my name was Leah she was like "oh how did you know that's what i would have named you" & i was like "ah. on April 25th 2002 as you washed dishes i asked what my name would have been if & you told me & i wrote it 200 times in my notebook to never forget so"
Just heard an elder lesbian explain how in the 70s lesbians would cruise (!) at Riis beach and the older butches would bring huge shopping bags then take a young femme into the bathroom stall and have her stand IN THE BAG so cops would only see one set of legs in the stall
my childhood priest got suckered into taking holy orders because when he was a boy an old lady blessed him in front of a multitude before proclaiming "he will be a priest" and unfortunately that lady was mother teresa
chainsaw man is a perfect example of my dark souls theory of transfeminine media - that trans women are drawn towards long, expansive narratives about finding agency in a dark, uncaring world that otherwise aims to maim, kill or use you