A couple of years ago, I set my Tinder to men and women, after having pursued men (and only men) for my entire sexual/romantic life. I was beginning to get whiff of the many ways in which I have been culturally programmed to be a cisgender, heterosexual woman and how I’d never really considered if I desired women, just as I’d never really considered if I desired men. My desires were handed to me on a plate that looked very much like the women’s magazines of 2006 (consumed in secret by 12-year-old me).
The lesbian experience
Well, this was incredibly beautiful. Thank you for writing it <3