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WCDT 14-18 January 2019 (3916-3920)
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Netherdan on 14 Jan 2019, 07:32 ---The touching without consent is an issue, sure, but there's a bigger issue here and that's everyone is constantly reminding her that she was really integrated to her body that got crushed and it's making her feel like an alien in her new body and generally making her acceptance of it worse with every new interaction of people comenting it.
Should people stop at the "I'm so glad you're okay" it could make her integration go faster than reminding her of said body crushing
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You blew my fucking mind a little bit here and I feel like all the trans regulars on the forum are going to turn and looked at me disappointedly.
--- Quote from: LeeC on 14 Jan 2019, 09:32 ---
--- Quote from: Tyr on 14 Jan 2019, 08:50 ---
Snip1 response: The problem is not strictly interracial and can absolutely come up with transplants from even just another city 30 minutes away. I had a friend who grew up in a city 30 minutes south of the town in which I live. The friend moved north for college, and stayed. I was attending a party at her place after graduation, and she came up behind me silently and started separating my hair for braiding with absolutely zero asking or conversation beforehand. I had grabbed her wrist and dropped to the floor about to throw her over my shoulder onto the ground out of reflex. I have since fallen out with her for reasons unrelated to this story.
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You see I still just don't get it. Why is someone just walking up to you and touching your hair. It just boggles my mind that someone would just do that. Its like seeing someone in a grocery store open a milk carton and drink it then put it back (At least The Dude" bought his). Who does that? :psyduck: I probably would have done something similar Tyr.
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Not wanting to 'not all men' this post, but it's not a unique black experience either. I've only got a couple of tattoos, but more tattooed people I know talk about people just touching their tattoos or grabbing their limbs to look closer. And then there's just, you know, being a woman.
LeeC:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 14 Jan 2019, 13:52 ---... people I know talk about people just touching their tattoos or grabbing their limbs to look closer...
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Just...WHY!?
Welu:
Yeah, this strip hit a bit hard for me. I got my first mostly visible tattoo almost ten years ago and have got more since and strangers have grabbed my arms more times than I can remember. This happens to me mainly at work in a shop and it can be dodgy telling customers to not touch me, because they think I'm being rude and that can get me in trouble. One man was pissed at me for telling him it's inappropriate to grab people and pull up their sleeves. He said he wanted to see how high up my tattoo went.
Perfectly Reasonable:
Have I mentioned what a great job Jeph has been doing with the facial expressions lately?
Netherdan:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 14 Jan 2019, 13:52 ---
--- Quote from: Netherdan on 14 Jan 2019, 07:32 ---The touching without consent is an issue, sure, but there's a bigger issue here and that's everyone is constantly reminding her that she was really integrated to her body that got crushed and it's making her feel like an alien in her new body and generally making her acceptance of it worse with every new interaction of people comenting it.
Should people stop at the "I'm so glad you're okay" it could make her integration go faster than reminding her of said body crushing
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You blew my fucking mind a little bit here and I feel like all the trans regulars on the forum are going to turn and looked at me disappointedly.
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They could even go a bit further and compliment with a "you look awesome" instead of a "your new body looks awesome", but let's hope Bubbles shove that knowledge into Faye and anyone else ignorant to Roko's feelings at the moment. I really want to see her reaction to someone acknowledging that this is she and now just "her new body"
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