Nothing to see here

Openly living transgender people are everywhere and of course I have leftover radar which today is a completely unnecessary relic. This morning it was a maybe mid-forties transgender woman beyond comfortable in her own skin which is a place I might have wished to be at her age.

I always look around their general vicinity and notice others moving matter of factly about their business. Anyway she was dressed casually like other Saturday morning pedestrians moving about their day and likely validating her identity via her headspace more than from her simple vestments. Her only standout trait was a streak of pinkish hair.

Nothing to see here.

Greedflation

Between July 2020 and July 2022 inflation increased by 14% while corporate profits rose by 75%. If you want proof that "greedflation" wasn't just a quack theory then look no further than that statistic. Of course the pandemic did indeed have an impact on costs but not to the extent stated and it became the perfect cover for unscrupulous companies to increase prices and further pad their coffers.

As the lower classes struggle to pay for housing and food it's unforgivable to see this kind of short sighted greed when you are simply defecating in your own backyard. As the bottom rung of the population only increases in size, you are then simply asking for an implosion.

Algorithm

Once you've watched a few detransition videos, the YouTube algorithm simply sends you more of them. The pattern is common: they are young and question themselves and why they went ahead in an environment that tells them you get to choose. This is of course perfect when you understand your core identity and where your motivation comes from but not so much when you don't.

That transgender people exist and always will is beyond question. Today however, the hardest part is figuring that out in an environment which heavily contrasts against a time when we would admit to it only as an absolutely last resort.

Boring

That my traffic here is decreasing I take as a sign I must be doing something right. I am less conflicted than I have ever been and life is settling into a new normal. That's actually dull for a blog because there are no great stories or adventures to tell.

My gender identity is being blended successfully into my daily existence and there's not much adventure in that plus I'm just not cut out to write fluff to save my life.

Maybe as a transgender person, boring and calm is a good thing.

Human spirit

 

Transgender debate

Hasan Piker debates his uncle Cenk Uygur on transgender rights...

Trans or fetish?

Ray the detransitioner (who I don't think is older than 30) put out another video recently called "trans or fetish" in which he questions whether his transition had been caused primarily by his arousal patterns which is of course entirely possible. I negated to comment on it to not start a firestorm discussion as I have more than once been known to do :)

The interesting thing of course is that arousal patterns alone do not dictate identity which means only he could answer that question for himself. My own arousal patterns (which mortified me) began at puberty and had been wholly absent since about the age of 4. Thus, were that the only impetus for a medical transition then I would have done so decades ago.

Today I know perfectly well I am driven by identity and estrogen would only calm whatever remains of any arousal (which is ostensibly almost gone).

So, trans or fetish? Only you know the answer.

Une belle journee

 

Gradual

The reason I now so appreciate a very gradual progression in dealing my gender issues is that it allowed me to deal with the psychology involved in a very methodical way. It's when I look back that I realize how dramatic a journey it's been.

The psychology is far and away the most important aspect with the rest being child's play by comparison.

Insane

 

The public good

It would not be hyperbole to suggest that a second Trump presidency would mean the county has bought into the idea of autocracy. The typical core GOP voter isn't the problem as they are completely a lost cause but instead more those who would hold their nose and vote for him because of a deep disdain for Biden and the Dems.

For the record, I don't think that Trump will really get there in part because I am counting on some resolution on those numerous court cases and indictments but it unnerves nevertheless when you see a criminal front runner as the likely choice to lead your country.

This helps me understand more how authoritarians were able to gain power and clearly it hinges not just on apathy and gullibility in being fed misinformation but regretably also on a darker aspect of humanity which thinks of the self instead of the overall public good.