Bodies don’t equal gender and I wish we could move everyone the fuck away from that and just treat people as people who will tell us how they want.to be addressed.

Non binary people feel pressured to conform. Cis women are also mortified by “the wrong hair”. It isn’t wrong. If your body grows it, it’s right and you have the choice to keep or minimise it for you and not for society.

Hell no, not terrible at all! You know I love the explicit flirts from close peers, and I definitely consider you a close peer! I’d be fucking thrilled for you to wet my beard!

And I’d totally be wearing a dress + my favorite lingerie for the occasion.

I’m really sorry to hear that your son has had such discomfort with shaving too. It really is extra hard when there’s some sort of skin health struggle there as well. It’s really great to hear that he’s been doing the internal work to be okay with his facial hair, though still very unfortunate that he doesn’t feel as he has much of a choice in it. It’s genuinely disgusting that teachers were among his bullies… like bad enough that his classmates were being shitty but the body policing and commentary from teachers as well is not at all okay. That’s a really good point about the assumption being made about everyone with facial hair being okay with it, cause yeah it definitely isn’t always the case. I think I might right on that too, actually! From my own perspective of course but more content on body hair experiences isn’t a bad thing!

But anyway, thank you so much for the supportive words and for the great conversation again. Always love chatting with you about stuff like this!

Also I am imaging you with this lushious sexy beard and wearing a dress and yeah…. I may need a moment with that thought

I love that you are reclaiming your facial hair. My son has terrible problems shaving too. It gives his really bad contact dermatitis and leaves his skin literately red raw. Whilst he is cis he has struggled with his mental health and when you are 16 or 17 and your beard is weird and patchy but shaving is like ripping a layer of skin off the whole facial hair thing becomes a big issue. It has taken him quite a few years to accept the fact that he is probably never going to be able to shave and the beard life is for him. Now he is nearly 22 he seems ok with that but for a long time I know he battled with how it made him feel about his body and also the mean and cruel things people said to him at school including teachers making comments about shaving and looking smart. I think it can be really easy to think that people who grow facial hair are cool with it. I don’t think there is any resources or conversation for young people when it comes to that subject and if you don’t fit the traditional mold of what you are meant to look like then you are made to feel somehow less.

Sorry, got lost in a thought again. Basically, I am happy you have found a place where you are loving your beard and enjoying sporting that amazing hairy floof on your chin.

Molly

Ngl I felt the same way for quite a while but I’ve definitely turned a corner on beards! Thank you so much for the compliments about my floof!

Thanks! I’m actually really happy about it too. And I’m so glad that you enjoyed when I grew it out for your birthday, that felt really affirming and nice and honestly was the start of me rethinking it cause you made me feel really desired. But thank you for also affirming that I look fucking sexy with or without it! xoxo

THANK you! xoxo

I genuinely love it!