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A scarlet tiger moth.

@monsoonrains oh shit, it’s me.

Transfemme voice training is all about putting the time and effort in. I think I’ve reached a threshold though. I’m managing to keep my larynx up without consciously choosing to do it. This is important to shift resonance away from the chest and toward the head (I guess through increasing attenuation to the chest and decreasing it to the head). The pitch shifts a little, but this difference in resonance makes a greater difference in the gender a voice is perceived as having.

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Tomorrow's #FFConf newsletter is being worked on and includes some important dates.

On that note, :cough: do see our CFP, and prod that person you know that should apply. https://ffconf.org/cfp - I've written details on topics that are important to me, but also: I don't know what I don't know!

@iris Surgery in those red coveralls seems like an error waiting to happen.

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https://fosstodon.org/@jd7h/114562536253007161

Another day, another email to my spineless MP.

Today I celebrate four months on HRT.

A selfie of me at the pub. I’m drinking a pint of beer. The nails on my hand holding the beer are painted deep blue. I’m wearing glasses, behind which I’m wearing subtle black eyeliner with a small flick. My hair is pulled back in a black hairband, and I’m wearing a denim jacket. The photo is close enough that part of my face is out of shot. Behind be is a blackboard with various events advertised.

@Natasha_Jay gosh. This got me.

The collective sigh of relief!

I will provide no more context on the joke. It’s funnier this way. Perhaps *that* is the joke.

I just received an incredible compliment that’ll have me buzzing for a week. This is a screenshot from a feminising voice training discord.

A screen shot between me and another person in a feminizing voice training discord. I’m sharing an audio clip of me telling a long, very silly joke.

Me: this might be the stupidest joke I know. I’m half drunk.

Other: Aura you sounds great
Other: I also just pressed play and was like Oh Wow!

Me: I do? 🤨

Other: Yes
Other: Take this hamster and WHAT

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we fucking did it!!!!! 🥳 :blobpartycat:

here's two great reasons to keep signing though:
1. in case some signatures get invalidated, it's good to be a safe amount above the threshold!
2. the more countries that hit the individual threshold, the harder it will be for politicians to oppose this! looking at you specifically, Sweden and Italy - you're so close!

sign sign sign sign sign!!
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

screenshot from the ECI page for the petition to ban conversion therapy, showing 1001808 signatures of the 1000000 needed, with the end of the collection period being 2025-05-17 (tomorrow at the time of writing)

@pippa no need to be official these days. Just a self-appointed genital inspector.

@pippa Like I say at least three times a day, if I just wanted to get into the ladies I'd have joined the cops.

@anarodrigues Difference circumstances for me, but a similar feeling. It sucks.

@cynjen What a fucking understatement. I held it mostly together until last night and I've been a mess since. My face fucking hurts and I'm craving salt.

Recently it feels like people are avoiding me. It's hope it's just paranoia, but it's how it feels. She was one of the few people who seemed genuinely eager to chat with me. I don't think I want to go back there at all now.

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