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I can't think of something to title this that doesn't sound like I'm talking about DIY HRT lmao but anyway
I went to visit a good friend from church last week who's an older trans woman, and I had one of the best times of my life, as she handmade like 20 or so guitars herself, and had me play all of them to give her feedback on how they felt (especially as she's much better at lead but struggles with chords, where I'm the opposite, so she wanted to see how the ergonomics were for chord stuff)
but the reason she gave for this to me was that because of the size of her hands made standard sized guitar necks difficult to play, and nobody could give her any information on what properties of a guitar neck make it better or worse for different playing styles, so she learned to make guitars and gave them all these different necks to see what felt right
i also just finished last night modifying a blouse that was too large for me into a dress, using the extra fabric to help make the skirt. I'm really happy with how it turned out, I don't know much about sewing but it's really cool to be able to make it fit exactly how I want it to
and what this has all got me thinking about is that i love when trans folks do our own stuff, making stuff fit our bodies and lives when nothing else does. it's upsetting sometimes that we have to do this, but much of the time it's lovely to see. we shouldn't have to fit ourselves into clothes, clothes should have to fit onto us!
and i love seeing the power of trans folks becoming immovable objects in this regard, making our own shit for ourselves instead of changing ourselves to fit into things engineered to exclude us. making our own instruments and clothes, but also our own music, art, writing, spaces, ways of thinking, and cultures, by and for us ❤️
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