so @taibhsearachd and I were talking about gender shit and ended up jokingly talking about how we both kind of exist in this place of “nonbinary feels like it has associations we don’t identify with, and we’re neither of us most comfortable with genderqueer or genderfluid”, and we - laughing and goofing around - brought up first the Crystal Gems (non gendered but don’t mind being viewed as female and referred to as female, bc gender doesn’t matter to them) and then Janet from The Good place (feminine, she/her, presents as female as far as anyone who doesn’t know her could say, but is EXPLICITLY “Not A Girl”) as gender identities.
And then, in the spirit of lighthearted silliness, I looked up a picture of Janet in her most recognizable outfit - purple skirt and vest, white blouse with pale blue diamonds - and used color select to make a “Janetgender Pride Flag”.
This was not meant to mock anyone, btw, this was just us being silly with each other. BUT.
I looked at the flag once I’d finished and had a wave of overwhelming Feels. I turned my laptop around to show Birdie and SHE had a wave of overwhelming Feels. We both looked at this and went “oh no this actually feels RIGHT”. We wouldn’t ever expect to find it on an offering of pride flags, or expect anyone to recognize it, but it’s ours.
So uh. This is the Janetgender Pride Flag, for our fellow genderweird people who don’t want to let go of femininity but also who are adamantly NOT A GIRL. We’re NOT girls. We’re luggage. 😉
me!!! me!! it’s me!!!!
this is my third day of acquiring a pride flag a day and tbh i’m not mad about it
okay i know you said in the tags to not put it in a wiki but i think other people whose preferred gender presentation is feminine but aren’t female could really benefit from knowing they’re not alone/there’s a word, like, i am very happy to have found this term, and i want others to feel happy like this as well, so making it more easily findable would be good, in my opinion.
Oh gosh, ok like, I do want to clarify: When I said “don’t put it on a wiki” what I mostly wanted to say was “don’t assume OH LOOK HERE IS A VALID IDENTITY THAT PPL SHOULD RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE just bc me and my wife had A Thought at 5 in the morning while drunk”. This is not something we want ppl to feel OBLIGATED to acknowledge just bc we thought of it.
HOWEVER!!!!!!!! if this is something people are full-on vibing with, GO NUTS!!! put it on a wiki, make gear, go nuts! If anyone vibes enough with this idea that they wanna make their own merch or whatever, they should feel free!
((Hell, folks who are feeling the same but on the masc side (not a boy!) should feel free to make a Derekgender flag or something (i would suggest a nice olive green for the middle stripe and a dark navy) and just have a ball!))
but yeah, like. If ppl are identifying with this super hard, I am VERY MUCH NOT OPPOSED to ppl actually using this and recording it, I just wanted to make sure no one felt like it was OMG RECOGNIZE THIS OR YOU’RE TRANSPHOBIC or w/e, y’know?
people, how could you not fall in love with the constellations, the planets, the glow of the moon and stars, the warmth of the sun, the ancient life within the trees, the majesty of waves and the glory of mountains, the quiet summer evenings, the orchestra behind a thunderstorm, beautiful sunsets and the sweet melodies of the winds? don’t even get me started on the rains 🌾🌞☄⛈🌕🌳💐🏔🌊✨
