"I support my friend identifying as a woman but not as a huge fucking nerd"
Trans people have the best opportunity standing in front of them. A new name of their own choosing. And this person chose Mildred.
ok
You leave Hammaw Mildred alone. She's a wonderful woman, she just never got the smell out of her skin after the great Porksplosion of '62.
And remember to give her a honey glaze bath. She can't do it herself anymore.
That's definitely not the vibes I get from Mildred
For a German barmaid? Gerta or Brunhilde maybe
For Mildred? Someone who dies alone and gets found weeks later after their cats have eaten their face
Brunhilde says valkyrie to me but Gerta definitely works. Mildred I think mousy librarian of indeterminate age with coke bottle glasses and clothes a couple generations out of fashion. Definitely a cat person though
i'm glad i had people in my life brave enough to say this to me when i was picking my new name. they were very right. people pick stupid names sometimes and you have to say something.
"I realized I'm transgender and am going to start transitioning too."
"That's great! I'm totally here for..."
"And I'm changing my name to Mildred!"
"...get out of my house."
hm, is this like some liberal 'I support trans people BUT only with names that sound cool to me' performative type of logic?
if it's genuine, I don't think it's transphobia. They'd probably react the same if someone changed their name but kept the gender
