Mx. Stef Bentley @nicepersonality@mspsocial.net

#Introduction:

Hi! I’m Stef, a #Queer ¹ #WebDesigner ² in #Minneapolis. You might also know me by my #RollerDerby ³ name, Hüsker Stü. I use they/them/their pronouns.

Hope to connect with more #DerbyTwitter expats, #Feminist & #Antifascist #BlackMetal ⁴ fans, #TwinCities residents, #HighEdWeb folks, #MeFi -tes, and #CVG types.
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¹ #NonBinary #Trans #HRT #Bi #Pan #GrayAce
² #HTML #CSS #FrontEnd #WebStandards #a11y
³ #MNRG, ex- #NSRD #MMRD
⁴ #AtmosphericBlackMetal #USBM #RABM #BlackenedDoomMetal

I’m at a conference this week, so I took off on a plane on Sunday with civil rights and landed four hours later without them. I’m distraught and distracted and not really getting much out of most of the sessions.

I went out for dinner with a couple of other enbies last night and it was *such a relief* to neither have to pretend to be okay nor follow up any honesty with an inevitable conversation centered on soothing cis folks’ emotions and their self-perceptions as Good People.

kind of a shitty week but at least the shirt makes the girls look good

TIRED: Truck Nutz
WIRED: Subaru Packerz
INSPIRED: Getting an orchiectomy, chrome-plating your own balls, and hanging them from the back of your subcompact

I didn’t put on any makeup today and it’s been twelve hours since I shaved but I just looked in the mirror and saw THIS GIRL and I want to kiss her and she’s ME. zomg *flails*

@Dimduning 👋

Are daisy duke cutoffs jorts?

It seems like they should be, but my mental image of jorts always has at least, like, a 9" inseam.

Jotpants?

Congratulations to the new US Ambassador to the United Nations, Alex Jones!

relevant details: primarily shirts (if the service provides other products, that’s great but not required); primarily single-color designs

I’ve been thinking of selling print-on-demand stuff online. I want to choose an ethical service with good quality. I’m not expecting to make huge bucks or sell large volumes. Any recommendations? (boosts welcome)

One of the best unexpected effects HRT has had for me is my relation with anger.

On testosterone, getting angry triggered an adrenaline surge and a flight-or-flight response: senses buzzing; inability to focus. I trained myself not to act under its influence, because my decisions were so consistently useless and harmful. It curdled into nausea and depression.

On estrogen, anger is *no longer crippling*. I’m still learning my new mind; I haven’t learned how to harness anger yet. But once I do…!

Just got my photos from the shoot for this year’s trading cards. Ron Wilbur did a great h*ckin’ job.

Is #FineFutchFriday also a thing?

Phonographs for my real friends
Real no graphs for my faux friends

Okay. I’m out as trans to my parents, out at work, out in all of my social circles. I’m still cagey in some places online because I’d rather my in-laws find out from me in a more direct manner, but I really need to stop procrastinating on that front…

I don’t want to seem ungrateful—after getting back from the blast furnace in Phoenix, this weather is wonderful—but I wish that downpour hadn’t arrived right exactly when I was walking the last mile home from the rail stop with all my luggage.