When you’re taking pictures of yourself, don’t use a mirror, it’ll double the dirt and distort you. Just put your phone on a little tripod (very cheap) at waist level roughly 6 feet away, and use the self-timer. Try not to go any lower, that’s how you look like a giant with a chin. Too high above you, and you can look like you have a massive had, and a small body.

Face the light source, not away from it, and diffuse lighting is generally better.

There’s loads of posing guides out their, generally just try to get your whole body standing up. Maybe hit THE POSE.

Oops, forgot to hit post when I first finished, no matter.

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  • gaystyleJoker [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
    3·
    12 天前

    HELLO THIS IS THE MEGA SIGN UP POST/LIST POST

    if you have a preferred week please tell me

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  • inTheShadowOf [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    13·
    6 天前

    Underrated transitioning tip is have a hobby. There’s so much down time after checking off certain things and simply waiting is misery fuel. Looking back over the last few years, it’s the only thing that got me through some of the tougher days.

    • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      6 天前

      Wish dysphoria didn’t depress me so much bc I haven’t enjoyed a hobby in a while, especially not for a prolonged period. Such long stretches of time where I do not have any motivation or enjoyment for anything. idk if its one of the worst things about it but its definitely one that sucks

  • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    6 天前

    People talking about “lgbt” people but then only talking about gays is a new pet peeve of mine.

    Was watching a video that promised to talk about how life is for lgbt people but only talked about gay marriage and that in most areas kissing/handholding would be fine. WHAT ABOUT TRANS HEALTHCARE? WHAT ABOUT ID? WHAT ABOUT LEGAL PROTECTIONS, ANY FUCKIN THING ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE?? How can you say “lgbt” but only talk about cis gays? Everything even “lgbt” has to revolve around cis people and their concerns.

    • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      6 天前

      And like those topics are important, whatever, but like as a gay I will say marriage and pda are not high on my list of worries and issues. Being able to smooch another girl is great but being able to fix this shitbox is way more so.

  • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    6 天前

    I got the physical book of who’s afraid of gender I’ve the audiobook gonna combine them today and finish this book. I’ve got this one and 2 other books I need to finish before the year ends.

  • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    6 天前

    Well chat, tomorrow afternoon is when I find out how mad work is with me, I’m very much a “prepare for the worst” type person so my anxiety is through the roof

  • meler [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    6 天前
    weight stuff, body stuff

    I think I’m actually gaining weight for the first time in my life and it kind of scares me honestly even though I know it’s good for me.

  • XiaCobolt [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    6 天前

    I had a surprisingly great morning, I met a new person vaguely in my community circles who said I always looked “immaculate” with my outfits. She’s cis, asked me my pronouns in a nice way, and said she was surprised I’d only been medically transitioning for less than a year. I mean cis people don’t really know a lot about transition but I’ve had a similar reaction from some trans girls I’ve met recently. I think the secret is I spent a few years being gender non conforming and then non-binary so I played around with fashion a bunch then. Also I guess I was medically transitioning prior when I took finasteride at above the recommended doses as an experiment now that I think about it.

    Then another acquaintance started chatting to me, she was driving my way, so she gave me a lift, we got coffee at my destination and chatted a bunch. She’s mention decolonization and pro-Palestine, which was neat, I managed to pump the breaks and say yeah I was left-wing/historically progressive instead of spouting too much about the Immortal Science. Seems like we might be friends which is great. Then I saw another trans girl I didn’t know in the wild at the place I was shopping (like a handmade crafts and antique warehouse). We did the little acknowledge we’d seen each other hello and went on our ways.

  • HexaSnoot [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    6·
    6 天前

    Rn I want to look like a straight-up man that dresses glamorously feminine. I want people to know what a fabulous gay man I can be. Although sometimes it’s frustrating, I love being genderfluid, I think it really expands who I am. susie-dance

    cat-trans I love my boyfriend who loves my genderfluidity, I will never again date someone who thinks I’m only a woman.

  • sodium_nitride [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    7 天前

    My pain receptors are working overtime today to make it impossible for me to stab myself with the needle. I don’t even pay these mfs. Good lord I have 3 stab marks on the my stomach already.