as small as a world and as large as alone

9:06pm August 17, 2014

madeofpatterns:

About to walk back into an environment where I expect gender based violence and harassment. And in which I expect people who should be on my side to say ~they just don’t understand~ and urge me to solve the problem by gender conforming out of ~respect~.

I really hope this doesn’t destabilize my gender identity.

I like being ok with my body. I like being ok being perceived as female and seeing myself as a woman. For me, that was hard-won.

I’m afraid.

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