This dress came today and it’s amazing! From the compostable/recyclable packaging it came in, to the quality construction of the garment, to the way it fit me, to the reasonable price of all that! I will be buying more from Everlane.
Total score!
Today’s look…
As I spend more time openly presenting in a feminine way, I realize that it is exactly that. Adopting and adapting feminine signals to my body. It’s perhaps less about wanting to be a woman, as it is about claiming the right to present my masculine body femininely if that aligns better with how i feel.
Fascinating…
… in a test of originality, subjects were asked to generate items in response to a cue. There were three conditions: in one, they had to respond immediately; in the second, after a few minutes’ conscious thought; and in the third, after being distracted for a few minutes on another task. The most creative and original answers came from the group that had been distracted.
McGilchrist, Iain . The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World (p. 1059). Perspectiva Press. Kindle Edition.
… it’s hard to express this as fully as i feel it, but i love my feminine self… i love wearing feminine clothes… i love wearing jewelry… i love wearing lipstick… i love the way all of it makes me feel…
April 28, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
The idea that the United States must become a Christian nation has apparently led Barr to accept the idea that a man who has called for the execution of those he sees as enemies should be president, apparently because he is expected to usher in an authoritarian Christian state, in preference to a man who is using the power of the government to help ordinary Americans.
… i find the idea of a “Christian nation” offensive…
One of the joys of exploring the feminine space is accessorizing! Picked these necklaces up at the local flea market for $40.
New addition to my bracelet collection…
It’s a little delicate for me but my plan is to get a few of them…
It’s been difficult to find bracelets that fit my male sized wrists. Always a joy to find one that does.
April 26, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Finally today, news broke that in her forthcoming book, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem wrote about shooting her 14-month-old dog because it was “untrainable” and dangerous. “I hated that dog,” she wrote, and she recorded how after the dog ruined a hunting trip, she shot it in a gravel pit. Then she decided to kill a goat that she found to be “nasty and mean” as well as smelly and aggressive. She “dragged him to the gravel pit,” too, and “put him down.”
… wow!… just WOW!0
A long form post from last year pointing towards my entry into trans-feminine space. 6 months later I buy my first lipstick.
I am one of those few people who actually enjoys homemaking. Certainly, I am one of that even rarer species, a cisgender man who actually enjoys housework. Vacuuming and tidying up is rewarding to me because it makes order out of chaos on a weekly basis. Folding laundry is a mindfulness practice as far as I am concerned. Cooking is a spiritual practice of deep devotion, and feeding someone a profound act of love. Doing it daily is a devotional practice of love.
Today’s look…
This dinosaur figure is part of an exhibit in a gallery dedicated to limited edition collectors plastic figures.
The truck at the end of the line has been sitting there with a flat tire for months. In the last week or so the otherer two have joined it. Old pickup truck convention?
Re-reading The Feminine Mystique.
Homemaking and nurture should not be woman’s only option. Even so, I get the strong feeling that Betty Fridan felt deemed homemaker and nurturer to be an inferior thing to devote one’s self to. In my opinion, the majority of professions available to men, and now women, contribute to the rapacious nature of capitalism. Homemaker and nurturer seems a superior pursuit in that regard. Just as indigenous wisdom offers a superior planet management system. How would things look if Feminine and Indigenous Mystique ruled?
Today’s look…
Did some shopping today…
Bought these sandals to go with them…
I have a bumper crop of chives. Trying this out for dinner tonight. Doubled the amount of Parmesan.
Wanting to use my plentiful chives for more than garnish I made this Chive Pesto in just a few minutes following the technique for most pestos. I discovered the chive taste became more pronounced in the pesto than as an addition to salads and eggs in it’s pure form.
Just changed my pronouns from he/him to he/she, him/her… I don’t feel like they.
April 22, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Growing more hopeful…
With the passage of the national security supplemental bill through the House of Representatives on Saturday, _Punchbowl News_noted today, President Joe Biden became the winner of this Congress. When the Republicans took control of the House in January 2023, they vowed to impeach Biden and members of his Cabinet, overturn the signature legislation the Democrats had passed in 2021 and 2022, and force the Democrats to accept draconian immigration policies.
… none of which they have been able to do…
Today’s look…
Today’s look…
Every day I make a selfie or 2 or 3 of my look. I found the beaded headband at France Luxe. Lipstick Clinique Bamboo Pink.
When the soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and steps into it.
–Meister Eckhart
Every day I assemble a selection of images of women as inspiration for my feminine within. The above is a screen shot of search results returned By Deviant art for “fashion photography.”
I have been struggling with writing any kind of long form post about my journey into trans-feminine space. So, instead, I will focus on micro posts. Maybe they will build into something.
April 20, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
A lot of good news in this HCR post, though I would have liked to see the Israeli aid have some strings attached.
The reiteration of the bipartisan nature of the vote suggests support for the idea that the breaking dam refers not just to the national security supplemental bill but also to the power of MAGA Republicans more generally. Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) suggested this interpretation in an interview today with Ryan Lizza of Politico.
… i have been waiting for this moment… the moment MAGA idiots start to become irrelevant…
