It’s weird feeling like something isn’t quite right about your body, yet having absolutely no idea of how to quantify or qualify that because there’s no comparison to go off of. Generally, it just feels real fucking bad. That’s what dysphoria is like for me. It’s both uncertain, and yet also all encompassing at the…
Tag: mental health
More an Enboy Than an Enby
“Enboy, also known as guyby and menby, is a term for someone who is a non-binary man. It can be used by anyone who identifies as both a man and as non-binary. It can include multigender people with a non-binary gender and man, gendervast people, people who are genderfluid or genderflux between non-binary and male,…
A Little Bit More
Again, there’s something especially empowering to me about seeing myself from my partner’s perspective. When I look down at myself, down at my body, with all of my acne and blemishes and scars, I just don’t see it. I don’t see how anyone could possibly be attracted to me. Could possibly want to touch me….
I Need More Of Me: Fat Queer Positivity
Last week was a fucking rough time for body feels. For whatever reason I had slowly gotten it in my head over the past few months that I was fat and hairy and that my partners and lovers couldn’t possibly actually want to have sex with me. It was such an insidious and harmful narrative,…
What My Vasectomy Was Like
Huzzah! I did it! Getting my vasectomy has been literally years in the making, and the procedure went off without a hitch! Early last month I did a great deal of self-reflection on my life, focusing specifically on what brings me joy and fulfillment, and I came to one absolute conclusion: I fucking love the…