Sending good vibes to all of my trans comrades 
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cw sex shit that's probably slightly tmi, playing with a brainworm concept
This "autogynephilia" thing, y'know... It's kinda cool, pretty funny.........
I don't necessarily mean getting off in a mirror or similar, although I really respect those who get that invested in self love, I think it's rad. I also don't really mean the stupid pathologised thing that the colonel-sanders-lookin quack advanced and which subsequently got rekt, thank u Julia Serano!!
What I mean properly is that being present and enjoying your actual body during sex is so cool and fun. It occured to me the other day that thoughts about myself and my own form take up almost as much mindspace in my goofy running monologue as thoughts about my partner, during. I am motivated to do stuff equally for my partner and equally because I feel good, because I am incredibly hot. When I don't bother pulling up the blanket afterword, I'm luxuriating happily and observing MYSELF, because I look fucking beautiful. Oh that's so troublesome, thinking I am sexy during sex, gosh. The users in reddit threads this time a decade ago would be reduced to hysterics at my utterly "gynephillic" enjoyment of my own body. Enbyphillic? I'll work on it.
I am pretty sure that the slight dissonance between myself and my identity was what caused the problem here, 'cause I feel so good now, which I did not think I would ever say. I've come a really long way since fretting over my ribcage or whatever after that /r9k/ guy called my figure "boyish", lmao.
I like what I see, which fucks. Even though "woman" is not a binding contract that has any measurement requirements, I think brainrot was causing me to feel weird about certain things when viewed in that context. This is waaaaaaaay better. Fuckin gender.
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Annoying that its pretty much only trans who people think shouldn't love themselves. Like, cis men probably wouldn't use such words because of homophobia, but the underlying phenomenon seems much more normal. But when trans people feel the same way, its a "paraphilia" and should be used to somehow try to diminish the legitimacy of being trans at all as if somehow liking ones body is bad?
Like, who would possibly prefer having sex with a body that it is uncomfortable for them beyond like a one-off experiment?
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The underlying phenomena is totally normal, it's what the linked study is about, because it is in fact just a male centric heterosexual transphobic thing. Big lol, bigger lmao.
It's very silly, I remember a post on reddit from some girl genuinely disconcerted about having got off in the mirror a couple times and I think back on that sad about whatever weird shame that nerd was feeling. Very lame, stupid cisnormative way to delegitimise trans people's sexuality wholesale.
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Reminds me a bit of something my best friend told me when I was talking to them about my discomfort with the idea of having sex: "good sex is when someone reminds you that you have a body and then forget it again" I've kinda been thinking about that for months now and this helps me put that in even more perspective. Thanks!
And yeah being able to feel sexy is great
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Oh that's one of those purple-prose-ass quotes that's kinda true, damn. Glad I could help, also don't blame you for feeling discomforted about it though, I did for a decade and change lol
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That’s awesome, loving your body is so cool!
I always felt like my body is super hot and never minded looking at myself. If my future man self and my previous women self could meet that would honestly be a beautiful display.
Other people aren’t allowed to see the hotness that is my woman body though, hopefully when I have a hot man body I’ll be more proud to show it (and not hide my body under covers when with a partner).
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Yeah it's pretty rad, ty