Quote from: LoriDee on Today at 04:41:08 PMAllie, that is fascinating!

I am not really into cultural cuisines, but I like the history lessons!

Hey Lori - I'm very much NOT one of those people who say things like "Oh you just HAVE to try x, y or z"... etc. No one has to do anything in this world. 😘

But I will say this - It has been my experience when people say things like that they haven't really had much exposure to world food cultures in their lives. World foods can span spicy, sweet, savory, vegan, vegetarian, starch-heavy, protein-forward, focused on sauces, rich and fatty, or very light.. and everywhere in between.

So if there are foods you've experienced that you haven't liked, please don't write off all ethnic foods. By all means, don't eat anything you don't like, or don't challenge yourself if you don't like to be challenged by food (sometimes I think people go a bit crazy with that - I want to enjoy food, not "overcome" it 🙄). But my guess is that there are some kinds of ethnic foods that align with exactly your tastes and would be new favorite foods for you.  It's a big world after all!  ❤️

Love,
Allie

Quote from: davina61 on Today at 03:14:57 PMVery interesting mistress Allie (you have to say that with the right accent)

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I'm so fortunate to have new gal pals like Ashley, Gina, Athena, Brooke, Caela, Jessica, Heidemarie and Sara in my life these days. We support and lift each other up. It's a wonderful little group. I'd love to get us all together to break bread someday.

I'm 3.5 months post hair transplant and it's really starting to thicken. I'm very fortunate to have not lost all of the transplanted hair, which is unusual. But I did lose a bunch and those lost ones are just starting to sprout. In the meantime, you can see my scalp through the hair in the transplanted area, so I tend to fixate on that. I can't wait for the other hairs to grow in. I suspect it will starting looking very good over the next couple of months. This is like a dream fulfilled and it gives me a confidence boost regarding public transition.

I spent last week growing my facial hair out so I could wax it Thursday, shave Friday morning, and zap the roots with my IPL (I use carbon dye to darken the grayed roots). It grows very slowly these days. This whole facial hair thing is the biggest and hardest project for me right now. It's hard for me to wear makeup when I just see the whiskers screaming through. Anyway, I got my face pretty cleared up so I decided to put my nice wig on. I purposely put it right below my "new" (post transplant) hairline because I wanted to get an idea as to how much forehead I'm dealing with. It's not the lowest hairline but I think it's pretty reasonable.

I didn't look bad, so I put some concealer, foundation, powder and lipstick on and boom, there she was again. I was quite surprised, as it's taking less effort to look female these days. Kinda gives me hope.

I didn't spend much time like that, but I felt that same calm come over me that I experienced during Keystone. It's a very telling feeling. But I don't think I'm ready to go out in public like that, aside from maybe a drive somewhere.

Baby steps. They're the only steps I'm able to take.

I can attest - you're looking great, Gina! And I'm super excited about your upcoming surgery. I so happy that the day is almost upon us. Looking forward to visiting while you recuperate.

Well Done Sister!!!

Hugs!

A 💕🌻

I don't know if it's the right place to do so, but here's some news from France for informative purposes.

In April, there was a serious legislative attack on trans rights, coming from the party "Les Républicains". This right wing Conservative party is pushing for a new law in "le Sénat" (our second legislative chamber), that is intending to ban transition for minors, forbidding the use of puberty blockers, and to punish healthcare workers who treat trans patients under 18yo by prison sentence (up to two years). The far right parties are also embracing the issue.

At the same time, two anti-trans activists women have produced a book, "Transmania" to "put a stop to the trans Ideology" (sic)... This book was and still is promoted by all the conservative media (newspaper, radio, TV) (like the movie "what is a woman?" or the book "Irreversible damage" were in the US). The book is violent, presenting trans people as sick perverts, and using a language that completely dehumanizes trans people.

Under those attacks, the trans community is fighting back. A letter to impulse a mobilization on the 5th of may was published in the magazine "Politis". It has gathered more than 800 signatures in a few day, and now it's over 1900 public figures, activists, groups and organisations that call to mobilize against anti-trans attacks.

Almost fifty cities (one in Corsica, one in La Réunion, and two in Belgium are going to march and hold assemblies this week-end). All the left organisations joined the call to action. The biggest France's union confederation (CGT) has called workers to mobilise this week-end for trans right. A mobilisation of this size for Trans rights is a first in France.

So this Sunday, I will march in Paris in support.

(This text was based on an instagram post from a French activist Sister, Sasha.)

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Quote from: Scarlett Rose on Today at 01:47:44 PMI stay away from RP areas as I can never tell what's real and what isn't when people tell me about themselves.

I enjoy the RP but you must assume that everything said is part of the act. But this guy told me things outside of RP when we were playing other non-RP games, or waiting for a team to form before our next battle. But you are correct in that people in those situations cannot be trusted.

Allie, that is fascinating!

I am not really into cultural cuisines, but I like the history lessons!

Very interesting mistress Allie (you have to say that with the right accent)