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sbelikeswords · 1 year

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I'M LEGALLY SOPHIE NOW!!! CAN I GET A W??? I've been working on this for three years now. Covid, procrastination, emotional exhaustion, and frustration over dealing with bureaucracy held me back for quite some time. As well, from an anarchist perspective, I don't recognize the state's authority to tell me what my own name is. I am Sophie, regardless of what an official looking piece of paper says. But at the same time, it feels nice to not have to have *that* conversation anymore. I've been working hard to get roadblocks out of my way for the last few months, and this is a big one! 2023 is going to be a great year.

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eawildewrites · 1 year

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The last workshop of the winter season for @flux_twc the theme today was “femme”, probably the one I was most looking forward to! As a trans masc person, who does have fluidity in gender expression, but feels like they need to go towards masc to be “seen” by others as masc… I appreciate the expiration of femininity. I don’t want to push it away or dismiss it, because I still enjoy it for myself. And I love the heck out of femmes 💚💗. It was great to explore this theme, to get some words written, and to hear what others had to say and express. 👏👏👏👏👏🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈📝📝📝📝📝📝 #writingworkshop #queerauthor #queerwriter #transauthor #transwriter #creativewriting #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writergram✒️ #catsofinstagram #transmasc #femme https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpsb_gXrLVE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#writingworkshop #queerauthor #queerwriter #transauthor #transwriter #creativewriting #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writergram✒️#catsofinstagram #transmasc #femme

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maura-alwyne-blog · 9 months

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Ya know, I think I am going to give up releasing any more books. To have abysmal sales means I have to sell at least 1, so far my reports say I have sold none.

#writingcommunity #transwriter #trans writers #books

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novalunathevoidcryptid · 1 year

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Here's the two #logos I designed for my #socials #brand as an author. Now I have these for my #writing & the #rainbowphoenixmoondesigns logo for my #art. These logos were originally slated for a different project that ended up going in a different direction. Which in the end worked out better for me, because now I can uee them for my branding as an author. I created both a light & a dark version to have options for various posts/projects. #novalunathevoidcryptid #author #lunathevoidcryptid #enby #trans #nonbinary #queer #queerwriter #transwriter #enbywriter #lgbtq #authorsofinstagram #authorsoftiktok #dailyart #artoftheday #digitalart #digitalartist #transartist #disabledartist #neurodivergentartist #spoonieartist #autisticartist #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_YItkrtUA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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queercarolina · 1 year

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My latest obsession is the 2017 side-scrolling, platforming game Celeste, about a troubled young woman who climbs a mountain. In doing so, she challenges herself to achieve what she thinks maybe impossible and confronts her inner demons along the way. The metaphor of climbing a mountain is enticing, read several ways throughout the game’s plot as overcoming adversity, grappling with anxiety, confronting depression, recovering from addiction, and (for me the most compelling narrative) coming to terms with one’s gender identity.

But I didn’t download the game Celeste on the Switch because the main character was canonicly trans, although this was a cool fact to learn later on. I began to play the game because I wanted a challenge.

As Madeleine ascends the mountain, she meets a version of herself in a mirror, a dark reflection that chases, mocks, and attacks her. This is part of her, a shadow self that is not unfamiliar to those who’ve played games like Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Sonic the Hedgehog. This is not just an inversion of you, but a reflection of what you might become if you give in to your pessimism and doubt.

But what might be initially challenging, what might seem insurmountable, can also be an absolute delight. This is what I wish someone had told me about being trans. Of course, it is difficult to live in a society that often vilifies trans people, but it also joy to be yourself.

This is also what I wish someone had told me about writing a book. The difficulty is the point. Just because the task is hard doesn’t mean it cannot also be fun.

The same might be true of beginning an art career or coding a video game. So much of what gives life meaning balances on the fulcrum of challenge and contentment. I did not write this weekend because writing is no longer a pleasure, only work.

The dark version of Celeste, a purple-goth sprite lovers of the game have nicknamed Badeleine, tries to convince you to not climb the mountain. After all, this task is too difficult. This is not meant for you. Why would you persist in struggling?

There are levels of Celeste on which I died fifty, one hundred, five hundred times. When I cleared those levels, I felt immense pride. I didn’t think about the hundreds of ways I had fallen into a spike trap or plummeted off the side of an 8-bit mountain. What I knew, what I know too of writing a book, is that even the words you struggle to write, even the pages you barely finish, even the mountain whose pinnacle you reach bone-tired, is a source of joy.

The difficulty is the point.

We must allow ourselves to attempt the seemingly insurmountable. Even if failure seems inevitable, the joy is in the attempt. In the treacherous climb, we push ourselves. We prove to ourselves the beautiful, human things of which we’re capable.

#creativity #Celeste #video games #essay #i could write a whole essay on this #writing #CreativeWriting #WritingABook #TransAuthor #TransWriter #CelesteVideoGame #queer writers #inspiration

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obsesivcreativ · 2 years

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Exciting new reads received from @gayprideshopuk! #noneoftheabove by @travisalabanza out today - so pleased to have received it so quickly! Travis is one of my four case study artists as part of my Ph.D. research and the subject of the chapter I have just started working on. Unfortunately, due to recently getting covid, I have not been able to make it to their current series of tours but did enjoy seeing #overflow last year and #burgerz in Newcastle 2019. @junodawson #hermajestysroyalcoven has received great reviews and will be my new nighttime read! ... #books #booksofinstagram #bookshoplover #bookshopping #beyondthebinary #transartists #transwriters #transwriter #transgenderartists #lgbtqbooks #transally #dyslexicstudent #dyslexicartist #dyslexicacademic #neurodiverse #neurodiverseartists #neurodiverseartist #phdlife #phdresearcher #phdstudent #phd #phdjourney @unibirmingham #arthistory #arthistorian #arthistorymatters #visibility https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg1TAy_oFuv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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cryptwrites · 1 year

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unfiltered poetry #22

I told you: "I am afraid to stain you with the sorrow I leak."

You responded: "Then stain me, I do not care."

And I knew.

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lucybeeeee · 4 months

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Care to help me worldbuild by asking me questions about my world, cultures and whatever you want. Inspired by the above map. I have included an excerpt from the novel I'm currently working on. It follows a documentarian as they record oral stories, compile diary entries, letters, and more into a record of the new age that has just begun.

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To my dear readers

The year is 876 of the age of Roshgyr, or I suppose it was until yesterday morning at 6:47AM. The news of the emergence of “The Rock” has ushered in a new age. One day a massive airsea spans from Harrandin all the way over to Roshgyr and down to the Gellard Democracy, yet as one very stressed deep cloud schooner saw, A new plateau poured from below the clouds, striking up into this new, unknown land between us all. So now the year is year 1 in the age of the rock? Well I suppose until a better name than “The Rock” has been found.

Enclosed will be stories from the recent years at the end of the last age as well as new experiences from the world as it changes around us. I already have an agent on a landship roster set to document some of the first exploration on “The Rock”. As well as agents on each of the major plateaus to chronicle how they change with the new age. We know nothing thus far except for the history from the dawn of each previous Plateau, to consider the next few years to be ones of trepidation would be of wise advice.

I look forward to providing a primer and raw historical document to the dawn of a new age across all the plateaus. I make no promises but I do endevour to not let you down, I understand the gnawing itch that curiosity can spread and as we have heard again and again from any perennial with a soapbox, these times of change can see nations painted red with blood. However they can also quickly ensnare us in unity, community and a spark of life that makes life such an adventure.

Gemma Dirkminster

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Apologies for the rough state of my map, it's still quite rough as I flesh it out. I'm usually a screenwriter so adjusting to the new medium has been an amusing challenge as well. But I suppose one has to suck at something before they don't suck, so here we are.

Lucy :)

#Author #writers on tumblr #transwriters #fantasy #wlw #storytelling #steampunk #arcanopunk #ThePlateaus #LucyBelgumsThePlateaus #LucyBelgum

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sbelikeswords · 2 years

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Do you have voice dysphoria? If so, you're not alone - a lot of #girlslikeus do. And it's easy to understand why. Many girls feel like their voice is the most clockable thing about them. There's of course nothing wrong with being trans - I hope the last four years of daily essays on transness I've posted here on the gram have made that clear. But if your voice bothers you, it can cause dysphoria and low self esteem. But it doesn't have to be that way. I can help. In case you're new to this page, welcome. I'm Sophie Edwards - a writer, a trans history YouTuber, and a professional voice feminization coach. If you're a trans woman or transfem nonbinary person, I can help you find a voice you love. You don't have to be stuck with a voice you hate forever - I can help. Slide into my DMs and book a session - the first one is FREE. I'll answer all your questions, talk about my process, and we'll see if there's a fit to work together. Book your FREE introductory voice feminization session with me, Sophie Edwards, today, and let's work toward finding your true voice. Book your FREE introductory session today.

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eawildewrites · 5 months

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It's been a while!

Hello tumblr, I know I haven't come on here much, but I'm hoping to be spending a little more time here. I'm definitely not using t w i t t e r anymore and I feel like tumblr might be the best option for something other than IG. I think it would be more conducive for text based posts anyways! And I'd like to write little snippets of things and be able to post them somewhere.

While I am working on two longer projects - one is a fully editing and fleshing out an old nano offering, and the other being this years nano project - I want to give myself the option to write smaller things, which feels less daunting a lot of the time, and to then throw it out into the internet void!

Sometime's it might just be a few lines, maybe poetry, maybe bits of fanfic, more journalistic offerings... but I just want to play around with a pen and keyboard every once in a while and see what falls out.

If I want to call myself a writer, I do have to write sometimes, eh?

Well... see you in a bit, weirdo's!

#queer #author #fanfic #art #writers #update #writing #nanowrimo #poetry #trans #transauthor #transwriter #queerwriter #queerauthor

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novalunathevoidcryptid · 1 year

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Working on my #newbook #unbroken , while watching one if my absolute favorite movies ever #lordoftherings . #novalunathevoidcryptid #writer #author #lunathevoidcryptid #enby #trans #gae #nonbinary #queer #queerwriter #queerauthor #transauthors #transwriter #enbyauthor #enbywriter #lgbtq #authorsofinstagram #authorsoftiktok https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5CWWeLbLT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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morgansloanauthor · 1 year

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Ugh.

I'm tired of remaking social media accounts. I've been starting new social media accounts since 2003-ish. It's exhausting, man. I just want to have a platform and build it.

I spent 12 YEARS on Twitter building my following, but got so tired of being attacked by strangers for nothing at all, seeing "she who must not be named" trending nearly every day for anything other than her damn books, Elon trashing everything great about that platform, and even bringing Tr*mp back.

I left because it felt like the best choice, and the site would come down on its own. But what about all my writing friends? The people I wanted to see updates from? I fear not being on that platform will mean they disappear. It was the only way I could explore who I was in a really safe way without people who knew me in real life.

Idk. I'm just kinda lonely, I think.

#left twitter #miss twitter #transwriters #writing community #writing #writersnetwork

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tsandoverwhelmed · 2 years

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"embarrassment poem 2"

[july 19 2022]

#poetry #epoems #collage #writing #poems #queerart #stlpoetry #transwriting #trans art #contemporaty poetry

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theabigailthorn · 2 years

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My friend said I wasn't really trans because I didn't have gender dysphoria like her. I'm mtf, and I want to transition but I don't have the money to afford a gender therapist right now i'm a student. I also don't actually hate my body that much? But I feel so much gender euphoria as a girl. I love when people call me maam and she because of my long hair and I pass pretty well when I wear makeup. I don't want to lie and say I do have gender dysphoria but I do really want to go on hrt and get the body that will give me the most euphoria. What are your thoughts and do you have experience with this?

honestly, when I look at what they actually do to try and diagnose people with "gender dysphoria" I'm like "You made this up, this has got to be a prank bro, you're telling me a gen dered dis phoria?" You expect me to believe that a cis woman who goes through menopause and feels anxious and depressed and wants HRT is just normal chill feelings, but when a trans woman wants the same medication and feels a lot of the same things that's a special other feeling with its own diagnostic label called "Dysphoria" that we have to get assessed for? And the way you assess people for this supposed extra special unique feeling is you spend three years asking them how they jack off? And this label was made up by 12 cis doctors in 2013, one of whom was Ray Blanchard, and they based it on data that people pointed out at the time was unreliable?

Yeah no I'm not buying it; if you want to transition then do it.

I wrote a whole essay about this on TransWrites but when I talk about it on tumblr people get cross at me: https://transwrites.world/have-we-got-it-wrong-on-dysphoria-abigail-thorn-discusses-trans-healthcare/

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cryptwrites · 8 months

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he has found his hands drenched in the holy water that dripped off her hips.

he hasn’t once prayed, but the song he sings on his knees may count as his first one today.

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latexcowb0y · 11 months

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I'd rather see puppy masks and leather daddies at pride than more fucking mickey mouse rainbow ears and flying tiger totebags or any of your family friendly corporate merch while they quite literally use the money you just gave them to kill us. Instead of giving your money to them, invest in actual family-friendly queer activities for children.

Protect drag queens story times, support your local queer children's book illustrators, support local gay youth groups, bands, etc, and push to keep inclusive sex education in schools.

Instead of fucking whining and joining the cishet conservative propaganda screaming perverts!!" At your fellow queers help us make so many safe queer spaces that the only option for kids and youth to celebrate their pride won't be just the one measly parade they grant us out of pity in june. Fight for more spaces instead of making the few ones we have more tight.

#gayart #queerart #queercollage #collageart #kinkbelongsatpride #kink #lgbtkink #lgbt

#gayliberation #queerrights

#transart #transwriter

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