I want to be a jeannie. I want to be able to wiggle my nose or blink my eyes or wave my magic wand and change anything that I want to. I want to blink my nose and be a hot sexy girl. I want to blink my nose and be a tall handsome rugged looking man. I want to wiggle my nose and be a dog. I want to change myself into an eagle and fly through the sky until I spot a salmon and dive down and gorge myself on it's yummy raw fatty flesh.
I want to be these things, I want to be all of them. I want to BE them! I don't want to be an imitation of them.
There is only one perfect thing that I can be and that is to be me to the fullest. And me is somebody that is far different than just about anybody else that I have ever met.
For example, here is a picture of my hand today as I sit here and write this. Oh and BTW, I am at work. Oh, and I am dressed as a guy. Why do I have my nails painted and obviously girly rings on? I'm not sure. Oh and I also am wearing a girly undershirt, and girly underwear on. Oh and both of my ears are pierced. And yet I am still presenting as a guy.
I have read from so many trans people and groups and conferences that they do no like when people present as a mix of genders. They want people to be either one or the other. They want people to pick. Well I have picked and this is me. Sometimes I present as a guy, with little to no girly attributes. Sometimes I present as a girl with little to no guy attributes.
And most of the times I present a mix. This to me is possibly my favorite. I like mixing things up and forcing people to question their preconceived notions of what is acceptable behavior for a given gender.
If I were a jeannie, would I change myself into something else? Most certainly, but I doubt I would remain that for very long.
It seems to me that you have found a way to preserve, or regain a child-like state of mind.
ReplyDeleteI well remember being the bear, or being the hawk. Perhaps this is the greatest gift a two-spirit, or mixed spirit has?
Oh yes, I want to be a jeannie too!
ReplyDeleteI'm all in favour of mixing genders as well. x x
Nadine,
ReplyDeleteJeannie is exactly who I would like to be ~ especially if I could spend some of my Jeanine time looking like Barbara Eden.
There are parts of me that love to press the envelop and I do it in many ways. Wearing polish and rings may be one way in which you press the envelop.
I like it.
I also do not see things as one way or the other. I keep my genders mixed as much as I can.
Pat