Disposable cups don’t work for me, but I’ve never had any problem with reusable cups. The designs are quite different. Disposable cups typically have soft bodies and sit at an angle along the length of the vagina. Reusable cups hold their shape when they’re inside you and sit around the cervix. Obviously disposable cups work for some people, but I’ve heard a lot of menstrual cup users say that the disposable cups didn’t work for them at all. They seem to be more hit-or-miss.

Hopefully they checked with Doreen. Some non-binary people do go by he or she instead of gender-neutral pronouns, for a variety of reasons.

I actually like the concept of the “sleeves” on the Belle and Jasmine bikinis. They’re impractical but if you’re okay with that, it can be a nice look. But the execution looks cheap. They’re basically just strips of fabric sewn to the sides of the tops. The top on the plus-size Snow White looks a little small on her, so out of curiosity, I went to the website to look at their sizing guide. Their largest size is listed as fitting bra sizes 34DD/36D/36DD/38D. So the sizing range is pretty limited. 38D isn’t huge.

Most clothing is made with the average sizes and shapes of cisgender male and female bodies in mind, so if you have unusually large feet for a woman or are significantly shorter than the average man, it can be really difficult to find clothing in those departments that fit you. This is a problem for some cisgender people, too, but it’s a problem for most trans people. Most shirts from the men’s department that fit around my chest and stomach are comically large in the shoulders and arms, for example. I can’t just wear what I want. I have to shop around and alter stuff.

Yeah, and I can see why they had Carey Mulligan play Daisy in the flashback as well. It’s not a big enough age difference where it would have made a ton of sense to cast a younger actress.

Most teen/child actors receive on-set tutoring to stay on track with their schooling, and some are homeschooled in general. But this still affects shooting schedules, certainly, and it’s not a lifestyle all families can adapt to.

Though she certainly could have been worse, there’s no “nice” way to tell your child that you don’t support them because of part of who they are (that isn’t hurting anyone).

And how do you think trans people feel when periods are treated like a major part of identifying with womanhood? Or, for that matter, cis women who aren’t really comfortable seeing their periods that way? I fully support women seeing their periods as a part of them and reclaiming that. That can be a powerful thing for a lot of people. But that’s a personal thing. Not something that should be applied to everyone across the board.

Gender dysphoria is a lot deeper than whether or not you conform to gender stereotypes. As others have said, there are feminine trans men and masculine trans women. But consider how gender and sex interact in day-to-day life. When people look at someone, they determine the person’s gender based on a combination of physical characteristics (does the person have breasts? Do they have a masculine-looking face? Are they taller than the average woman?) and how they dress/groom themselves. A cis woman who wears men’s clothes will often still be read as female because people see that she has a female body. That isn’t to say that there isn’t prejudice attached to being gender-nonconforming, because their definitely is, and a lot of times it’s the same prejudice that’s directed at trans people. But for a lot of people, if they see a male-looking person in a dress or a female-looking person who’s very butch, their initial thought is “feminine man” or “masculine woman.” So if you’re a woman who dresses in a more androgynous manner or who likes stereotypically masculine things, it’s not necessarily a big people if people can see that you’re a woman. In fact, you might want them to respect that you’re a woman since being “masculine” doesn’t undermine that identity. When you’re trans and have dysphoria, however, it’s different. I have no problem with the idea of being a “masculine woman.” But I’m just not one. It’s not about how I dress. It’s about my body and how it’s interpreted. The day I first got a masculine haircut was so sad for me, because I realized afterward that it hadn’t been “just a haircut” for me—I was secretly hoping that getting my hair cut would make me look like a guy and that people would start seeing a man—or at least a very androgynous person—when they looked at me. My style is actually quite feminine. One of the reasons I’m jealous of my cis male friends is that some of them can get by with wearing women’s clothes without people misgendering them. I’d love to be able to do that.

Okay, why do you feel the need to say this? Do you think that trans men aren’t aware that they have XX chromosomes and uteri? It’s quite obvious that when people talk about men having periods, we’re talking about “men” as a gender, not as a chromosomal sex. So why is it so important to you to classify people by chromosomal sex instead?

It’s very likely that you’ve encountered intersex people without realizing it, since it’s often an invisible condition.

Biologically, hermaphroditism is when an animal has two sets of functioning sex organs. For a human, this would mean having a penis, vagina, ovaries, and testicles, and being able to both get pregnant and impregnate others. This isn’t possible in humans. Intersex conditions typically involve ambiguous/missing genitalia or chromosomal/hormonal disorders that affect sexual development. For example, individuals with androgen insensitivity syndrome are genetically male but do not respond the same way to testosterone, meaning they appear female as they grow up.

But why would I be proud of being white? I’m not ashamed of being white, but my whiteness doesn’t connect me to a courageous history of overcoming oppression, and I’m not subjected to prejudiced messages about my whiteness making me unattractive. Being white is already seen as the default in a lot of Western countries. Also, being proud of your specific culture/heritage is different than just being proud of your race. A white person can be proud of having Irish heritage, for example, without being “proud of being white.” A lot of these black pride items are also connected to specific cultural traditions, not just blackness in general (though there’s nothing wrong with general black pride, for the reasons addressed above).

I actually think #12 is a cute idea, but the cat on the cover looks like it wants to eat that finger puppet. Seriously, whenever I comb my cats, I have to put the fur out of reach and throw it away, or they will try to eat it.

As a non-binary person, I’m uncomfortable with the idea that identifying as queer (either in terms of gender or sexuality) is more radical, inclusive, or open-minded. I’m not non-binary because I’ve somehow transcended the limits of gender. I’m non-binary because I have gender dysphoria, which actually kind of sucks. Sometimes I miss feeling like a part of the lesbian community. Being transphobic and not being attracted to trans people are two separate things that only sometimes overlap. Being attracted to one gender or sex isn’t transphobic. For some people, genitalia plays a big role in attraction. For others, it doesn’t. What’s transphobic is denying that trans women are women or making broad assumptions about whether trans people as a group are attractive based only on the fact that they’re trans.

Uh, I’m not non-binary because I’m gender-nonconforming. What does “gender-nonconforming” even mean? There’s nothing wrong with, say, being a woman who doesn’t shave her legs or who likes wearing men’s clothes. I’m non-binary because I have dysphoria and would like to transition, but I don’t feel like I necessarily identify with the idea of being male, or feel like I should have a stereotypically masculine body. My dysphoria is harder to pin down.