What are you feeling, hoping, thinking, or remembering right now?

[Solivagant]

I'm surprised I'm the only one who considers male lesbianism offensive when used as anything other than a joke, as it looks to be based entirely off stereotypes. Men who do not consider themselves to truly be women in the way a transwoman does saying how women walk, talk, act, and enjoy things made them realize they're a male lesbian. Except every instance they give is a blinding stereotype.

I realize maybe this is the only way that their personality and preferences are accessible to them with male gender roles being what they are, using this stereotypical framework, but I've spent my life with and fighting for the idea that "woman" is not just pink, frilly, giggly, passive, delicate, pretty, talking about feelings, and watching Sex and the City while eating ice cream. Being a woman is not about NOT working on cars, liking sports, or liking science. It includes engineers and plumbers and short hair and fitness and dark colors and ambition and not being good at talking about your feelings.

Would it be okay if I said I'm not black, but totally identify with black people and am a white-black who should have been born black because OH YOU GUYS I LOVE HIP HOP AND FRIED CHICKEN SO MUCH LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE, I JUST HATED BEING SMART AND STUDYING LIKE A WHITE PERSON AND THEN IT ALL MADE SENSE.

For some reason this is okay with male lesbians because we're supposed to be super-accepting of any and all labels people whip up for gender and orientation nowadays. But as a member of the group they're talking about I think it's bull that I'm supposed to sit here and have them say what my gender is that I most certainly am not.

+1

 

[TheSkaFish]

Feeling disappointed in myself.

But I will do better tomorrow.

 

[Solivagant]

"We need to treat each other as eternal beings and not temporal beings."

 

[Veruca]

I'm surprised I'm the only one who considers male lesbianism offensive when used as anything other than a joke, as it looks to be based entirely off stereotypes. Men who do not consider themselves to truly be women in the way a transwoman does saying how women walk, talk, act, and enjoy things made them realize they're a male lesbian. Except every instance they give is a blinding stereotype.

I realize maybe this is the only way that their personality and preferences are accessible to them with male gender roles being what they are, using this stereotypical framework, but I've spent my life with and fighting for the idea that "woman" is not just pink, frilly, giggly, passive, delicate, pretty, talking about feelings, and watching Sex and the City while eating ice cream. Being a woman is not about NOT working on cars, liking sports, or liking science. It includes engineers and plumbers and short hair and fitness and dark colors and ambition and not being good at talking about your feelings.

Would it be okay if I said I'm not black, but totally identify with black people and am a white-black who should have been born black because OH YOU GUYS I LOVE HIP HOP AND FRIED CHICKEN SO MUCH LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE, I JUST HATED BEING SMART AND STUDYING LIKE A WHITE PERSON AND THEN IT ALL MADE SENSE.

For some reason this is okay with male lesbians because we're supposed to be super-accepting of any and all labels people whip up for gender and orientation nowadays. But as a member of the group they're talking about I think it's bull that I'm supposed to sit here and have them say what my gender is that I most certainly am not.

I'd say the majority of people are on your side here.

I know I am. Well said Tealeaf!

 

[user 115627]

Something is off when being greeted by a stranger at the bus stop is a complete enigma to you. It was just a "Hello", but I can't seem to forget about it. Who knows, maybe it had something to do with the stranger being a Muslim woman on top. Or maybe it's cause Germans don't do that kinda thing. I know I wouldn't on my own accord. I said hello back either way in my broken voice. That doesn't pardon me from not helping the desperate couple which tried to enter another bus before me later on and ended up being short of 20 lousy cents for their tickets and got stuck while I just waited behind them in silence. Jeezus, 20 lousy cents. And I was completely alone in that bus afterwards, save for the driver...something is off indeed.

 

[Aisha]

^ Hello, Rodent. :|

 

[user 115627]

^ Hello, Rodent. :|

Ahem...now you drove the awkwardness meter right through the roof.

F**k, did I sound like a racist up there?

 

[Aisha]

^ Hello, Rodent. :|

Ahem...now you drove the awkwardness meter right through the roof.

F**k, did I sound like a racist up there?

Of course not
I didn't meant to make you feel awkward, I thought it was a little funny. I will definitely say hi to you more frequently, just so your German-ness can adjust to strangers greeting you, be they Muslim women or not.

Hi. *Wave*

 

[user 115627]

^ Hello, Rodent. :|

Ahem...now you drove the awkwardness meter right through the roof.

F**k, did I sound like a racist up there?

Of course not
I didn't meant to make you feel awkward, I thought it was a little funny. I will definitely say hi to you more frequently, just so your German-ness can adjust to strangers greeting you, be they Muslim women or not.

Hi. *Wave*

...hello!

 

[Peaches]

Is being socially inept a mental illness? Here at the mental illness congress, I am beginning to feel that way (about myself, mind me) isn't it weird to say "mental illness congress?" But that s what it is, there are even radio shows organized by hospitals wards etc

 

[Xpendable]

Is being socially inept a mental illness?

Are the current social conventions objectively adequate, or we just accept its concessions arbitrarily so we can determine what's inept and what isn't?

 

[Aisha]

Thank goodness F and his family were okay. One million people evacuated, still in a state of emergency, and just before their independence day too. And it could have been so much worse. Thank God it wasn't.

 

[Xpendable]

Thank goodness F and his family were okay. One million people evacuated, still in a state of emergency, and just before their independence day too. And it could have been so much worse. Thank God it wasn't.

I'm OK too.

 

[Aisha]

Thank goodness F and his family were okay. One million people evacuated, still in a state of emergency, and just before their independence day too. And it could have been so much worse. Thank God it wasn't.

I'm OK too.

You're from Chile too! O.O Glad you're okay! Were you close to the epicenter? Hope your family's alright.

 

[Xpendable]

You're from Chile too! O.O Glad you're okay! Were you close to the epicenter? Hope your family's alright.

I was close, but nothing happened. Most of the damage is made by the waves. How's F?

 

[Aisha]

You're from Chile too! O.O Glad you're okay! Were you close to the epicenter? Hope your family's alright.

I was close, but nothing happened. Most of the damage is made by the waves. How's F?

11 people died right? There must have been a lot of damage. Did the tsunami come that far inland? F's fine, he was more towards the south, although his brothers were where the earthquake hit. Happy independence day by the way! Apparently there's a lot of dancing that happens during that..

 

[user 115627]

That's no fun at all. The clues to this riddle only make sense cause I already know the solution. Or maybe not. How the hell should I know...why is this even important to me?

 

[Aisha]

That's no fun at all. The clues to this riddle only make sense cause I already know the solution. Or maybe not. How the hell should I know...why is this even important to me?

's okay rodent. There, there.

*Hug*
:|

 

[ladyforsaken]

The arm is red, swollen and painful.. once again. I hope this isn't the onset symptoms of an infection coming... no fever yet though. But it's been bothering me more than the usual since last night. Every little move makes me cringe.

Last thing I need is another new thing popping up just about when... I don't want to think about it.

 

[user 115627]

's okay rodent. There, there.

*Hug*
:|

.___.

Why must you hurt me in this way...