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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I was bored watching some TV I'm not interested in, so I redrew the meme to send to my friend.

The running joke is that she keeps biting me every time we visit, so soon there will be nothing left of me before long. I left out the text and changed the colors, but it shouldn't be difficult for anyone with a tad of editing experience to add them back.

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  • I have very malleable vocal chords. I'm currently trying to abuse them into sounding like Eivør. It'll take time but I will manage it eventually.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't even get what it's supposed to mean? Like it's basic knowledge fem HRT doesn't change your vocal chords...

    And even despite my voice for ever having been mutilated by testosterone, that doesn't mean voice practice doesn't work and doesn't produce tangible results...

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's a response to a hypothetical transphobe trying to discourage transfems from thinking they can achieve a feminine voice. It's not a likely insult, as HRT not adjusting vocal chords isn't common knowledge outside of queer communities. Cishet people are often surprised to learn that I had to train for my voice, as most of them just don't think about it. Only the most dedicated and weirdo transphobes would think of this insult.

    It's also meant to be silly and unrealistic situation, as evidenced by the nom :3

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Does this not apply to trans men too?

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I think not as much, or I guess as long as they are doing testosterone. That hormone alters the vocal cords, but there isn’t an easy way back. That said, I’m a trans woman so I acutely feel the ravages it did to me, if there are trans men in the audience I would love to hear from them.

    Edited to fix a couple typos for clarity.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There is voice training for transmascs, but they do have a leg up in how testosterone actually changes their voice. Most of their training would be about masculine speech patterns to learn and feminine ones to unlearn. Using volume for intonation and emphasis instead of pitch for example (the reverse of what fem voice training would do).

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Excellent point! There is a lot to sounding like the gender you are that isn’t just the pitch! Also to the other trans fems, while it’s true that the changes aren’t reversible easily, you can learn to control your voice and no one will know the difference. So don’t let jerks get you down!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That is disturbing, please put an nsfw

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