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        That’s basically what I did. My partner was generally lib/apolitical, then I have gradually radicalized her. I did get super lucky that she understands and had/has very strong opinions about climate and environmentalism (part of how we bonded in the first place), so that was an easy vector -> explaining why I believed that solving those problems was impossible without communism. Now we’ll be watching some slop tv show and she’ll start to do unpromted material analysis and it gets me all hot and bothered

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        My bf used to be really into radlib streamers like funny clown man, and radicalizing him was a long hard process, but very rewarding. He already had basically the right principles, just needed a bit of deprogramming.

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          basic stuff in the communist manifesto and terms like dialectical materialism. i was even anarchist inclusive, bf was anarchy adjacent before covid, became a hardline commie after, so we talked about kropotkin and stuff

          i had a bad time where a guy acted like he was a socialist but wasnt in an attempt to have sex with me and i got very thorough (he went to some maga thing on an account he didnt tell me about)

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          oh and if you date another trans person, odds are theyre a socialist of some kind and you can convince them to be commies by explaining the thought process behind it. i dated a couple of other trans women before meeting my bf, we liked each other a lot but it just didnt work out for a variety of reasons. still big friends and theyre all hardliners now

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        Apps and bars are a no go for me. And in a more rural area that’s all there is.

        I’m too mentally ill and introverted for bars and I have even less idea how I’m supposed to begin talking to someone on an app (and matches are rare + women expect to not have to do anything and for me to do all the work anyways).

        Even in my city of 100,000 people, apps and bars are all there is agony-deep

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    Ignorant CIS OOTL guy here: does this mean that trans women don’t get along with their parents? If so, I’m mad sorry :(

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          Or who have to go no contact because keeping up with the verbal abuse is too draining. Like, that’s an actual term in US queer communities, to go no contact. When you stop answering calls and coming over for the holidays because you just can’t take that shit anymore. I feel it’s a lot more widespread among Amerikan queer people (not just trans and nonbinary folks, also gay cis people) than among Europeans. Like, i’m in community with some people who have really awful, transphobic parents who constantly deadname and misgender them and just act like complete douches at every opportunity, and i know stories of queer people who’ve been homeless for a while because their parents immediately kicked them out of the house when they came out, this happens here as well, but the open hostility and especially the homelesness thing seems more common in the US.

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    that awkward moment when you’re a well-bearded they and still realizing you have damn near this entire fit sitting in pieces in your closet

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      Ngl I basically already wear exactly this every day lmao. Not the exact style, but the beret + bow + autumn jacket fit is very comfy, although I also add a scarf. If you need suggestions on pieces to replicate something similar I can tell you where I got a couple of mine. I’d recommend thrifting if you can though, you can often find very cute clothes cheaper that way.

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        I would greatly like some suggestions on recreating this fit, because when it comes to fashion I’m a big dum dum. I wish I had the courage to shop for clothes irl 😔😔😔

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          Alright well big sis Sery will give a couple of basic tips then. I’m admittedly still quite new to this myself so I don’t think I can do much beyond the basics. I’ll also post some cute berets similar to this one at the end.

          Colour

          So, first important thing is colour. Different colours will look good on you depending on your skin’s undertone. Essentially your skin might be slightly warmer or colder in tone. Whichever it is, you generally will want to pick colours which are also warmer or colder to match. Taking myself as an example, my skin leans a little warmer, so I find that colours like red look very good on me. That doesn’t mean I can’t wear blues, it just means I have to proportion them differently.

          Similarly, your hair colour will go well with different types of shades. If your hair is darker it looks better with darker and less saturated colours, whereas if it’s lighter it will go well with brighter colours. Like before this isn’t a hard and fast rule though, you can wear other stuff too.

          So, you have a basic idea of what colours to go with, but you can’t just wear any colour with any other. So, we need to think about how the colours themselves relate. Colour theory is a lot to go over so I’ll summarise very quick: colours that are next to each other on a wheel (red and orange, for instance) go well together. So do colours which are opposite of each other (red and green). But you have to proportion these two types of relation differently. First, one colour will always be the primary colour, usually the one you have the most of, on you so use that to determine these relations. The adjacent colour can be used pretty frequently or dominantly in the outfit. But the opposite colour has to be used more sparingly, because if you have too much of it it will clash heavily with the main colour. There’s two ways to do this: the first is to wear things which are only barely tinted in that opposite colour. Note that this also includes colours adjacent to that opposite colour (and in fact you should maybe wear them more often over true opposites) Taking the image as the example, she is wearing tan and brown, which are effectively orange and yellow. The opposite of orange is blue, so her shirt is a very dark blue. It thus acts as the opposite colour in this fit. The other way to make opposite colours work is to use very little of it. One or two accessories, for instance.

          Note that black, white, and grey are neutrals. They can be used with basically anything without clashing. Just try to check whether they are a warmer or colder tone, since colders work better with other cold tones and vice-versa

          Cutting this here for now since my class is starting and I already lost this wall of text twice, I’ll post the next bit later when I have time, sorry!

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    Hope every transphobe parent of yours see the light of islam and and realise how wrong they are to not love you and read you das capital before bed