#mod zoe leo

Chest binding with ace bandage is DAMAGING to your lungs, muscles, ribs, and heart, and is dangerous and SHOULD NEVER BE DONE! 

I see us get a lot of questions from people specifically worried they’re too feminine to be non-binary but almost none from people worried they’re too masculine. There’s a reason for that y'all and I think we should examine it and work really hard to reject it.

Our conception of “androgynous” has for far too long been “mostly masculine with a dash of feminine” and that’s just not true. Long hair and unbound chests are not less androgynous. A dress is not less androgynous. The gender presentation of these things come from the wearer, not the style.

I wear my unbound chest in a way that I feel is pretty androgynous. Sure, it’s feminine… But it would never be “girly.” That comes from how I cary myself within my feminity.

We should all let go of this conception of the pinnacle of androgynous style being a feminine take on masculine style and accept the possibility for a masculine take on feminine style. And then after that, make room for an androgynous that isn’t a mix of masculine and feminine, but rather is distinctly it’s own thing. but that’s radical for now. First, we gotta focus on letting feminine ALSO be androgynous.

Thank you for coming to my talk today

Mod Zoe Leo