i appreciate the suggestion (me: terrified of heights, lol). it is a really good suggestion and i like the idea of finding queer community around an activity. i’m actually really into birding and i’ve looked into it, but there are no feminist birding clubs near me either. i think i’m just going to have to eventually get out of my town for irl meetups. like many of us, i live in a deep red rural area. we just got our own pride celebration a few years ago - it’s lame, but it’s progress i guess.

Thanks so much for the advice, especially re: community. I’m not familiar with Stoat, I’ll probably just dwell here for now and soak up the info and good vibes. :)

hi nikki! i appreciate your approach and since i usually just thrift stuff anyway, that’s probably what i’ll do. I’ll look into the clothes you mentioned. As far as the library goes, I volunteer at mine and afaik, no such group, but maybe i’ll look at a bigger area.

Does it get any better than this? So happy and excited for this development!

thanks so much! glad to be here!

thank you!!

Aw, thanks! You’re super cool for being here!

Thanks so much!!

100% agree with Abigail Thorne and also want to add Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints).

Thanks so much, Nikki! I totally get that vulnerability you mentioned. I have frames of mind when I feel so certain and then crushing doubt other times. I guess I’m trying to think of it more as an exploration.

Currently reading The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman. No book has ever elicited so many "omg"s and "that’s so cool"s from me.

Also on my fourth read-through of The Two Towers since 1993. Tolkien’s world just never gets old.