polydactica
5 months ago
As a Christian (although I draw from/respect many other faiths as well), it is difficult for me to express this. But, I feel phrases like "God makes no mistake," or "God made me male" are unfortunately reductionist. Yes, God made no mistakes when making me, but I truly believe he made me who I am - both male and female. I apologize for sharing such personal information, but I respect my audience.
polydactica
5 months ago
tl;dr - my preferred pronouns are *any pronouns* but I am not shy about the fact that I am AMAB. I know I am "male" by the strictest definition, but also wish that people would recognize there is more depth than that.
polydactica
5 months ago
The reason why I don't bring this up in normal conversations is, 1.) I don't believe the average person would understand and 2.) by living my lifestyle, I believe I am actively bending gender norms, and I think that's awesome. A man (or a woman) can have a ton of internal diversity and fluidity, and be more complex than a flat stereotype. And I think that's also valuable and awesome, and people will see that.
polydactica
5 months ago
tl;dr - You can be a man or a woman, or both or neither I guess, and people may not explicitly acknowledge that. But it is no less valid. And what is unspoken, but tacitly understood, often has far more power than what is discussed
EXCELLENT rhythm and rhyming scheme, and it's always impressive to see a clean line break on the word "but" imo. the fifth stanza got me tearing up and struggling to keep reading it aloud without my voice breaking, and five stanzas is SO clever i didn't even notice until i counted them out to reference the fifth. and your word choice is amazing, the math alliterations were so clever