Left brain, right brain

[baxil]

A bit of doggerel from this morning's dream (please note it does not reflect real-life Bax's excellent academic record): When I attended M__ school
I made a point of breaking rules.
On campus I was always seein'
Just how much trouble I could be in.
I got as far as groping breasts
Before my first of five arrests.
There was also some sort of weird

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[rax]

(does that entry look OK to those of you more in the know than I?)

I only say this because you specifically asked for commentary --- otherwise I would not get all up on minutiae in your role-playing system --- but I find this quite twitchy. I don't have a good handle on why, and I think it's more than just the little things, but the little things are all I understand, so I'm going to mention them.

First, "using a therianthropic shift to rearrange their biological gender to match their gender of identity" --- can you define biological gender? I think you mean biological sex here. (If you do mean biological gender, there's a fascinating conversation to be had here about whether or not such a thing exists and what it looks like if so, though I'm not sure it belongs right here per se

[lienne]

Hi! You don't know me, but I was part of the conversation that led to the introduction of transfolk into the TTU, and I just wanted to say thank you for offering this commentary. My own understanding of trans issues is kind of secondhand, and I'm glad that someone with more knowledge than I could come along and catch some of the problems I missed.

[rax]

You're welcome, I guess? :) There was this text and someone told me to engage with it critically, so I did, since I'm not always very good at not doing that...

[baxil]

Thank you for such a detailed response -- I did ask specifically for commentary, and I'm grateful to get such constructive and patient feedback. I'm stepping out of "write what you know" territory here, but I want to handle the subject fairly and sensitively; I can't promise I won't slip on cis privilege, but I'll do my best and fix it when I fail. Let me respond to a few highlights:

> biological gender

This was a mistake on my part (I really should have known better; the sex/gender dichotomy is already one I'm familiar with). Per your and Lienne's suggestions I've changed this to "physical sexual characteristics." As fascinating as the "biological gender" conversation might be, I wasn't trying to start it here.

> Given present-day nonfictional dynamics, the majority of trans people aren't deep stealthThen I think my examples fail to support my main point. I was going for "a high proportion of TG theris try to live in ways that minimize others' knowledge of their change", which I meant more in the sense of "passing" than "deep

[summer_jackel]

I laughed at the poem. :)

But yes, I know it isn't autobiographical; you were very well behaved in M---school.

[eclective]

Will take a look at the genderstuff later, although again it seems like people have mostly got it covered; just pinging you re: the wiki, on the subject of "hey, I had a question about adding to the alchemy part of the wiki in your last post on TTU stuff that never got answered; friendly reminder". :)