Some guidelines to help this space be a positive experience for everyone:
☮ As always with the Avocado, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level.
☮ Anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with the issues being discussed, is welcome to post. If you identify as cis-male, we ask that you please set your participation to “lurk” mode, unless otherwise explicitly invited to participate further (i.e. if we did an AMA kind of thread). I’m sure there’s plenty to be gleaned just by reading!
☮ Please do your best to be mindful of others’ experiences when commenting or posing questions for the group. The female identity is Legion and contains multitudes, and not everyone who has experience with being treated as female by society identifies as female. Furthermore, racial and ethnic identities, sexual orientation, and many other factors can color how one experiences their gender identity on a day-to-day basis.
This week’s suggested topic: Accessories
I think we’ve done this before but it’s interesting. Let’s talk accessories! Scarfs, hats, jewelry, shoes, anything beyond basic clothes that you like to put on for whatever reason. Are there any pieces of jewelry you wear all the time? Any particular accessories that enhance or detract from your gender presentation? Anything you have that you don’t wear but can’t bring yourself to part with? Let’s take all the extras that spice up our styles.