The little things
This morning as I was having coffee at my usual haunt, a young woman no older than 25 came up to me and complimented me on my earrings. I told her that she made my day and she was so glad to hear it.
It's the little things :)
Language matters
I am trying to comprehend why many in the male to female gender variant community continue to employ the term crossdresser when female to male persons who do the same thing are not so labeled. If women aren't "crossdressing" when they wear traditionally male clothing, why is a male bodied person doing so when wearing a skirt? I tend to personally see this term as slightly anachronistic and dismissive rather than helpful since there are a series of societal connotations surrounding it which aren't generally positive or helpful. If we are going to move towards a deeper level of understanding and tolerance of all types of behaviour (no matter the percentage of the population which engages in it), we need to update the lexicon as we have done in many other areas of social science. Hence if we are going to less stigmatize a behaviour which has always existed and which occurs with much more frequency than transsexualism, a name change might be in order. Perhaps as a startin
Joanna, you are so right. I had an essay in Kandis-Land about compliments. They mean so much--I need to give them more, because I love to get them.
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