o hai, I'm just over here jittering w retroactive social anxiety after talking about myself for way too long to family I haven't seen in over 3 years. That's normal, isn't it? Right. I'm just going to assume this is normal. As you were.
Every once in a while I like to remind everyone that George Lucas originally wanted Toshiro Mifune to play the role of Obi-Wan in the SW movies because he was such a fan of Akira Kurosawa films which means that young Obi-Wan would’ve looked like this:
@jodydiperna I love the Carpenters! But I can't listen to anything with words while writing. Unless I'm at a cafe and it's just on in the background and I didn't choose it.
@mrsbshi As a lesbian for the past 35 years who supports trans folks and is personally interested in potentially dating transfemme and non-binary people, this makes me sad.
In case you were wondering, trans men have four culturally significant jobs:
Associate professor of gender studies
Lawyer (chaotic evil)
Lawyer (chaotic good)
Barber
I'm telling you: the kid who gets told over & over again that they're being "dramatic" & they just need to "calm down" or "suck it up" becomes the adult who persistently doubts their internal reality.
Not only doubts, actually-- denigrates their internal reality.