I'm a trans man who grew up with femininity very much pushed onto me. Once I realized I wasn't a girl, it left me with a weird relationship with my gender. It's still something I struggle with. For example, I feel more masculine if I don't shave, but since female beauty standards have been pushed on me for so long, I feel disgusting when I don't. I feel odd playing traditionally feminine games lik... » Continue Reading
Today in my AP English class, we debated whether or not Frankenstein's monster was considered human. I didn't think much of it at the time, but as I was cleaning the bathrooms at work, my thoughts wandered back to our class discussion. The winning argument seemed to be that since Frankenstein's monster could think and possessed emotional intelligence, he was considered human. This was certainly th... » Continue Reading