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it’s true what they say about never knowing someone else’s story or struggles

like

I bit my tongue and it hurts but you wouldn’t even know because I look so tough :/

feeling very alone in this journey because it’s always

“how’s work?”

“how’s your cat?”

“how’s that religious trauma you’re still working through?”

and never

“have you forgiven the food you were eating when you bit your tongue?”

“have you continued to poke at your tongue even though it hurts a lot?”

yea but don’t worry, I’m being very brave and will get through this scary time (❁‿❁)

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may 2017 // march 2023

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still existing

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I’m not speaking for all transmen (but def speaking for a lot of them) when I say:

we are t i r e d of being called

✨cute✨

✨precious✨

✨dapper✨

I am a whole ass adult. stop with this uwu bullshit and call me what I am

hot. handsome. beautiful. sexy.

a hunk. a hottie. a fucking god among men.

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A small moment of actual pure joy.

I have a million things to do but instead I’m enjoying a storm while my cat stares at me like I’ve gone crazy.

So all the— dishes, laundry, kitchen, bathroom, litter boxes, unpacking (even though I got home from vacation two weeks ago), drawing, making reels, vacuuming, commissions —will just have to wait 😸

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three years post op

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Remember when I spent a million years feeling utterly uncontrollably uncomfortable and disconnected in my body? Yea, don’t miss those.

Then remember how I started hormone replacement therapy? And still felt pretty uncomfortable in my body for a few more years till things settled out? Yea.

It’s a weird time that some of ya might be dealing with right now but haven’t figured out how to express it. It took me awhile to unpack and understand those wrapped up feelings. Your time will come for that understanding.

Before starting HRT no one tells you how uncomfortable you’re still gonna be with your body. With your face. Your skin. Your voice. All your new ass hair.

No one tells you, that even though you’re finally figuring shit out, you still won’t recognize yourself for a hot minute.

Unless y’all were told in advance, and I just missed the memo.

It’s been a weird five years of learning how to exist in the world when your body is literally changing all the dang time.

Bonus pic of high school Macree just (for me) to remember how much I’ve changed.

Bonus few-months-on-t-disconnected-from-my-body-Macree from 2017.

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2012 // 2022

I figured it’s time to actually give y’all an introduction post.

The basics:

My name’s Macree! A lot of people assume I chose the name considering I’m trans, but it’s the name I’ve gone by since birth.

Pronouns are he/him.

I started socially transitioning around 7ish years ago.

I’ll be five years on T next month.

I had top surgery 2.5 years ago with Dr. Garramone.

I’ve had many opportunities to be a lecturer and publicly share my journey at educators conferences and various classrooms.

That’s that on trans stuff.

Personal stuff:

I grew up on a farm in lower Delaware.

I’m the youngest of three kids.

I attended a private mennonite school all 13 years of education. That’s not really *need* to know, as it has little to do with my current life, but I often post about my experiences/upbringing in a religious community.

I moved to Virginia for college. I have an art degree and consider myself a full time artist (that also has a 40 hour “part time” job to help pay the bills 😅).

Art is 95% of my life. A lot of my artwork has been in galleries around my area and I’ve started to branch out to galleries farther away. While I’m absolutely a mixed media kind of dude, I’ve gravitated to drawing more over the past year. I draw, a lot, all the time, constantly. I have a whole account dedicated to that, if you want to check it out at @/workingmanstudio (instagram).

I’m obsessed with antiquing, collecting various objects that take up too much space in my tiny apartment, cooking, ABBA, Dolly Parton, Bob’s Burgers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

That’s the basics once you boil it all down, I suppose.

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December:

‘16 // ‘17 // ‘18 // ‘19 // ‘20 // ‘21

pre-testosterone //

10 months on t //

1 year, 10 months //

2 years, 10 months //

3 years, 10 months //

4 years, 10 months

pre-reduction //

1 year post reduction //

2 year post reduction //

5 months post top surgery //

1 year, 5 months post top surgery //

2 years, 5 months post top surgery

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hey y’all,

I’ve gotten some messages lately asking for advice and not to be a dick or a jerk, but I am not in a mental headspace to be able to respond or help.

I feel really shitty about it, but I’m just…tired lately. Tired of being trans so I’ve been having a hard time being able to answer questions about it.

I’m sorry. Maybe in a couple months I’ll be back to being able to answer questions.

In the mean time, follow my Instagram (@ workmaninprogress). I’m much more up to date with posting there.

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dropping in with nothing to say other than I put another hole in my nose

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2021 >> 2013

It’s time that I come clean about something…

I fuckin hate coffee.

Just look at that baby face that has never been and never will be a coffee drinker 🍋

A very problematic and controversial view point when everyone’s personality revolves around bean juice.

How brave of me to finally tell the world my preferred beverage 🏆🧃

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facial hair update

8 months on T // 4 years, 8 months on T

November 2017 // November 2021

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November 2013 // November 2021

It’s really strange to watch your expressions and style change over the years.

We all have phases in life that we’d rather not talk about and wish to burn every piece of photographic evidence. It’s comforting knowing this isn’t an experience that’s exclusive to the transgender community, but when you’re trans, that experience is amplified.

Photos of me from middle school, high school, and most of college all feature weird outfits, dumb hats, messy hair, and crazy faces. You’re hard-pressed to find a photo from that gap of time with a *normal* expression on my face. I HAD to be goofy in every photo. Because I was. So. Uncomfortable. Every second of the day.

Not to say that my current photos are perfect and normal but, hey, at least there are genuine smiles in them a lot more now. The one I’ve posted here is much, much more tame in comparison to all the other ridiculous photos of me.

There’s a difference between being silly because you’re confident and being silly to cover the fact that you’re painfully unhappy.

I think that’s why my expressions were so dramatic. Maybe I was hoping to fool anyone looking at them into thinking I was happy.

I cracked open my brick of a laptop for the first time in awhile to unearth old photos.

Maybe I’ll get around to sharing more pre-transition pictures paired with some of my personal stories and experiences.

Life is weird. Transitioning is weird. Waking up one day with a totally different face is weird. Watching your style change and grow as you change and grow is weird.

But also really cool?

Anyone else share these feelings?

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quite a few people interacted with my last post about art so I’ll try it out with some more things I sell.

There’s an old proverb that goes something like: “if you want more attention, post a photo with your nips out”

I’m going to exploit that a little so y’all see the new stickers I designed.

These come in a pack of four for $10.

Not a lot of my artwork gets posted on this account. Maybe I’ll start posting more of it because it’s so integral to my existence. I’m trying to find my identity as an artist that doesn’t revolve around being trans so I try not to mix the two. But! Y’all like stickers, y’all like trans themed things, we all like to see our identities represented so! I do try to make some lgbtqia+ related material every now and then.

If you want to see more, give @workingmanstudio on instagram a follow.

My website is back up, running, with new work posted weekly. Here’s the link to these stickers: https://workingmanstudio.bigcartel.com/product/trans-pride-sticker-pack

Any and all support is truly appreciated 💖

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sharing artwork on tumblr has never been successful, but! here I am, giving it another shot.

these are lil 5x7 drawings I did for Halloween. they’re for sale

go give ‘em a look, please and maybe give this post a reblog, thanks

https://workingmanstudio.bigcartel.com/category/sale

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What do we want??

physical affection!!!

When do we want it??

now!!!

What will we settle for??

a weighted blanket!!!

How will we feel??

unfulfilled!!!!!!!