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[–]Ladis_Wascheharuum 6 insightful - 13 fun6 insightful - 12 fun7 insightful - 13 fun -  (3 children)

In the meantime, Jacob and I both OMG'd over our new favourite word—femmezone—as I imagined saying it with three syllables, fe-me-zone, like Amazon. That kind of wit and creativity is exactly how so many of us trans kids have trained ourselves to combat rejection.

Jesus Christ.

[–]PlayCardsNotPeople 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed. Hard eye roll.

[–]PainfulTruthsMatter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Cuh-ringe.

[–]buttbuttinator 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think

I told a literature grad student that if we gandered at each other maybe one of us would end up getting goosed, the kind of nerdy wordplay I sensed he'd like. I was off to a good start, and passed the phone around to show them how text flirtation was done.

is even worse.