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the_fantastic_ms_fox) wrote2006-11-29 07:32 pm
the_fantastic_ms_fox) wrote2006-11-29 07:32 pm
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Let's take a break from writing about White supremacists and the sociobiology of sex to write about gender. Yeah!
My plan is this.
Experience will tell. January will se me at the clinic downtown, then, likely, hormones. I hope to fuck that the reason that my sodium levels were 2% over normal last time was a coincidence, otherwise there may be another delay. I think I'll start wearing a nametag soon, and I may do something on the Solstice to commemorate the nomiker shift.
I do think that I'll go with "Sasha" for the foreseeable future. It's easy to spell and pronounce, short, euphonic, it suits me. Its only shortcomings is that a Croatian woman that I met I think assumed I was co-ethnic with people who were trying to kill her family and that in Vancouver, it is more often a man's name than a woman's. The subtly gendered name thing can't be resolved in any case - there are no totally androgyous names, and if there was one, parents would start giving it more to boys than to girls.
I'm looking to transition in a slow and step-by-step way, kinda FTM in reverse. I don't mind being read as FTM (which tends to happen whenever transgendred whom I've not met are around), but as I start doing more shaping of my body, I want to step into a stage of gender that looks more butch or hard andro than man-ish. I'll probably stay there for a few months to a few years - or maybe I'll just plain stay there.
My question is this.
I'm a bit poor at fashion, so I'd like to ask for your suggestions, comments, braindrops, or whatever you might say as to how I could present myself. What is butch or hard androgyne presentation as opposed to a man-like-masculine presentation? In what ways would someone who is butch (any kind of butch) or a hard androgyne (of any kind) dress, ornament, pierce, style or present themselves that distinguishes them from someone who comes across as a more man-like form of masculine?
I have clothes from the boys' department and some plaid shirts.
Bailie suggests an earring.
Bailie suggests a lot of things.
This is why he is Bailie.
Cheers.
Experience will tell. January will se me at the clinic downtown, then, likely, hormones. I hope to fuck that the reason that my sodium levels were 2% over normal last time was a coincidence, otherwise there may be another delay. I think I'll start wearing a nametag soon, and I may do something on the Solstice to commemorate the nomiker shift.
I do think that I'll go with "Sasha" for the foreseeable future. It's easy to spell and pronounce, short, euphonic, it suits me. Its only shortcomings is that a Croatian woman that I met I think assumed I was co-ethnic with people who were trying to kill her family and that in Vancouver, it is more often a man's name than a woman's. The subtly gendered name thing can't be resolved in any case - there are no totally androgyous names, and if there was one, parents would start giving it more to boys than to girls.
I'm looking to transition in a slow and step-by-step way, kinda FTM in reverse. I don't mind being read as FTM (which tends to happen whenever transgendred whom I've not met are around), but as I start doing more shaping of my body, I want to step into a stage of gender that looks more butch or hard andro than man-ish. I'll probably stay there for a few months to a few years - or maybe I'll just plain stay there.
My question is this.
I'm a bit poor at fashion, so I'd like to ask for your suggestions, comments, braindrops, or whatever you might say as to how I could present myself. What is butch or hard androgyne presentation as opposed to a man-like-masculine presentation? In what ways would someone who is butch (any kind of butch) or a hard androgyne (of any kind) dress, ornament, pierce, style or present themselves that distinguishes them from someone who comes across as a more man-like form of masculine?
I have clothes from the boys' department and some plaid shirts.
Bailie suggests an earring.
Bailie suggests a lot of things.
This is why he is Bailie.
Cheers.
My thoughts:
If earrings at all, then pierce both ears.
Fitted (not tight, but fitted) shirts...cut for a girl if they're t-shirts. Women's t-shirts have a very different cut in the arms.
And pants. I was looking for examples of the difference between how womens and mens pants fit, and came up with Levi's jeans. These are the same pants cut to fit a guy and a girl. Note that while they both are advertised as sitting at the waist, you can tell that the women's ones sit lower. Women's pants are cut differently due to natural differences in body shape. Try a few pairs and you'll probably notice the difference.
That's all I got right now. It's way to early and I need to finish packing and cleaning. Enjoy your day!
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