Kiagz [she/her]

I was the one who shared AlyssaVT’s guide. I kind of regret doing that, as I hadn’t tried it out for myself back then. After doing those voiceless excercies for a few weeks I ended up with a sharp pain in my throat, and then I became more sceptical and looked into what others had to say about it.

From what I’ve read on the transvoice subreddit and discord, it seems like guide’s focus on anatomy (training the throat muscles, raising the larynx) is outdated, inefficient and potentially harmful. The focus should instead be primarily on changing two specific sound qualities, size and weight, and getting the two in balance to achieve what’s called fullness. That is done by first training your ears to hear the individual size and weight aspects by listening to demonstrations of other people changing those aspects. Then you move on to trying to change the size and weight of your own voice by actively listening as you’re doing voiced exercises. It’s very important to keep the throat relaxed while doing this, you’re not supposed to push beyond what’s comfortable.

I’ve found it really helpful to listen to voice clips by Selene and this video by TransVoiceLessons. The charts shown in the video were also nice, they helped me better understand how weight and size work together.

Btw, I’ve also read that L’s guide contains a lot of outdated and bad information, such as the swallow and hold excercise. Doing that excercise is at best a waste of time, and at worst can cause serious damage to the throat.

I thought IPL was completely ineffective at hair removal, but seeing people’s experiences here has made me wanna try it

Yeah, and western mainstream media only ever acknowledge that these groups exist in Arab countries when they can use them to pinkwash imperialist actions such as sanctions, coups and invasions

Liberals alway seem to conveniently forget that trans Palestinians exist, and that the biggest danger to trans people living in Gaza currently is not Hamas, but the fascist, genocidal settler state that “lesser evil” Biden is doing everything possible to support

A very cute blåhaj named Blåbær :3 It’s given me so much emotional support over the years, idk where I’d be without it

We need a norway-cool emoji

There’s this butterfly symbol that some people use for ADHD. Not sure how I feel about it, tbh

I’ve gotten very far into my physical transition since last summer, and recently I’ve made some more progress with getting my parents to understand this whole trans thing. But everything else in my life has just gotten worse, sadly.

Despite all of this I feel hopeful about my future. Gonna try to join a local queer org soon, see if I can’t get to know more trans people that way. Also looking into getting therapy, as well as trying out a different ADHD medication since ritalin isn’t doing anything for me.

down with cis

It took 8 months before I felt any emotional changes. All my feelings became way stronger, including euphoria and dysphoria, and I was crying every day for various reasons. It’s calmed down a bit since then, but I still cry a lot more now than I used to, which is nice :)

amber whataboutism

Did not expect my skin to become this red and irritated from electrolysis 😣 Ouch

down with cis

Yeah, I’m struggling so hard with just getting properly started myself. I’ve spent the past three weeks doing some daily vocal exercises, then I found out a few days ago that they’re pretty much useless and based on incorrect information, so now I’m back to square one :(

I’m considering just paying for a few lessons with a voice coach, I don’t think I’m able to do this on my own

Girl beer 🍺

Seems I’m not aromantic after all. I just want to be in a lesbian romantic relationship so bad

Maybe this will be the year I finally try dating

Tried out tightlining recently, and I love how it makes my eyelashes appear fuller. Nice to finally have some makeup that doesn’t take too much time or effort

There’s so many transition related things I want to do, but my ADHD has been pretty bad lately. I just can’t find the motivation to do anything other than lay in bed all day with my blåhaj

down with cis