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Seán Dowling's avatar

This is absolutely my brand of unhinged truth. I adore it. Exquisite!

Honestly I’m just gonna prefix every interaction with cis men “well you know how you have a seam down the middle of your nutsack where your vagina used to be?”

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Robby Darling's avatar

haha omg thank you so much! and yes; i wanted this essay to be conversational - not only for you to tell critics a fact that they might not know about themselves - but also just for everybody to read and say to themselves. I tell myself “i have a seam down my nuttsack” - like its a daily affirmation - it makes me feel connected to the human condition. Education and empathy are the way forward. thank you so much for reading and sharing and commenting - i really appreciate you!!

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Seán Dowling's avatar

I gave a dramatic reading of this to a friend, they were delighted by it. They went on to explain there are other vestiges, you still carry the channels, the canals where your ovaries descend in the newly encapsulated labia to for your testes. Your body, my body, all at body’s carry the “scars” and proof of how we change and grow.

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Robby Darling's avatar

I am so honored!!! thank you so much for doing a dramatic reading!!! i think that is just the coolest!!! and your friend is so right. i mean, the proof is in the pudding lol… and i totally agree with you about how there are other vestiges; i like being brief and to the point, i definitely don’t have the ability to be overly scientific; i also left out that we have so many left over mammary glands that cis men’s breast cancer rates are a very real thing. and then to zoom people out, i like to bring up, if you x-ray a whale they don’t have fins, they have knees and legs and ankles and things that used to be feet. big ass elephants just walked into the ocean one day and was like, “i’m not getting back outta the tub…” I also didn’t even want to bring up there is a spot of developmental time when humans have tails in the womb… don’t wanna throw too many new concepts at people that are just now learning about their seam down their nuttsack… Thanks again for sharing and reading my writing- I really appreciate you & your friend!!!

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Madilyn Carrier's avatar

Yesss!!! Been waiting for you to write this!!!!

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Robby Darling's avatar

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this! Thank you so much for sharing it as well!!! And I am so thankful and grateful that you are doing this Substack journey with me!!! Also, I hope you liked the article. I know I talk a lotta shit and you’ve heard bits and pieces of this; I figured now would be a good time to write it all down and publish it.

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Robby Darling's avatar

lol... someone finally left a negative comment under my post... i can't see it or find it... they must have immediately blocked me after making it... lol.... intellectual coward.... i bet they ran headfirst into a wall that someone painted a hole that resembles a highway on, ole looney toon ass idiot....

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RM Greta's avatar

Thank you for your reply to the hater and for this incredible bit of writing.

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Robby Darling's avatar

i am so thankful and grateful you read and shared my stuffs, the thank you’s are all yours! and people are nuttier than squirrel turds if they don’t think i can back up my writing… i hope you have an amazing weekend… cheers…

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RM Greta's avatar

I'm here for it. I can't wait to read more.

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Kestrel M's avatar

Well said.

I have a seam that goes down my nutsack too. It masks the scar from when the doctor took my nuts out because I'm a trans woman and I wanted them gone...

We're all human and we're all worthy. That's what the 'phobes keep forgetting.

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Robby Darling's avatar

respect! i think thats amazing! you're amazing! and i couldn't agree more, we are all human, we are all worthy. and its a damn crying shame that there is no historical context for anything anymore, the 'phobes think that the singer prince invented gay people in the 1980s and that 'trans people existing' is something 'new'... i hope all is as well as can be... thank you so much for reading my stuffs and leaving a comment. it means alot and i appreciate you!!!

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[Emotional Interoperability]'s avatar

Incredible write loved it 🫶🌈 thx for sharing

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Robby Darling's avatar

right on! thank you so much for reading it and sharing it as well!!! i appreciate you!!! i hope you have a great rest of your day!!! cheers…

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Monster Sereande's avatar

Holy cow, this is an incredible piece of writing 😍

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Robby Darling's avatar

omg thank you so much! i really appreciate you taking the time to read my stuff! i hope you have a great rest of your day!!!

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Libby Clarke's avatar

I love the title!!

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Robby Darling's avatar

OMG Libby!!! Welcome to substack!!! Thank you for reading my article! Love you! Miss you!

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Alien_Relay 3.0's avatar

Glad you researched the science. You are 100% correct.

I would like to add that in the evolutionary scope, male and female differences are minor. We share every tissue. Overies and testicles are modifications of the same organ.

The Y chromosome, is a genetic mutation of an X chromosome. XX shouldn't get to comfortable, the X chromosome is a mutation of a no-sex chromosome.

So we're all mutants.

Good article again.

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Robby Darling's avatar

Right on! And thanks for adding this awesome info!!! I always thought about everyone as ‘the same’ especially in the face of racism- if you have an accident and you need O+ blood, you dont need O+ blood from a man, or a woman or a white man or a white woman - you just need O+ blood. I remember thinking - ‘if we can change blood and organs and tissue, as long as a few minor markers match up, then indeed, racism is a social construct not based on science, just for the fact that we can change parts.’ And you just linked that thought to sexism and transphobia - i really appreciate that! Thank you! And I tell people ‘ovaries are on the inside and warm- testicle are on the outside and cool - but - same organs, different functions’. Thanks again for adding this awesome context to the conversation!! And thanks for reading my stuffs!!! I appreciate you!! cheers…

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Spencer G's avatar

Absolutely amazing. I like the emphasis that it doesn’t matter how many genders there actually are. What a great exercise in dismantling biological revisionism.

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Robby Darling's avatar

thank you for leaving such a kind comment. i really appreciate you reading my stuffs. its a strange time we are in. it feels weird watching individuals try and rewrite reality. ‘biological revisionism’ - thank you for sharing that term with me. i like that. i didn’t even bring up the fact that there is a biological window during our developmental time in the womb that we have a tail; didn’t want to introduce too many ‘new’ ideas all at once. thank you again so much for reading my write up. i hope all is as well as can be where you are… cheers…

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Janee Jarrell's avatar

Fantastic writing and truth telling. I'm trying to think of all the people I'd like to send this to!.

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Robby Darling's avatar

Thank you so much for the kind words!! You are so appreciated!!! and please feel free to share far and wide - i believe these are the kinds of conversations we need to be having with our friends and loved ones… cheers

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Lois Gallagher's avatar

This is amazing. Thanks for writing ✍️

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Nina Rachel's avatar

Brilliant, thank you!

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Robby Darling's avatar

thank you so much for reading my stuffs! I appreciate you!!!

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Malcolm J McKinney's avatar

You have the proof.

Thank you.

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Scotty's avatar

Awesome! Well done. So with you on all of it. Can we save the country together and kick those nut sacks out of the White House now!❤️💙💙❤️

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Robby Darling's avatar

hey right on! thank you so much for reading and sharing! i really appreciate you! and i couldn't agree more. so much ignorance out of DC. i'm used to ignorance coming out of DC in one form or another but we are in strange times! i think we just have to keep speaking truth to power. knowledge is the key. and they can't rewrite reality. thanks again for reading and sharing!

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Robyn B.'s avatar

This was absolute 💯 perfection.

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Robby Darling's avatar

omg! thank you so much for reading my stuffs!! and thank you for leaving such a nice comment!!! i hope you have a great rest of your day!!! cheers…

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Robyn B.'s avatar

you're welcome! more people need to read this! it's sooooo clever 🙌

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Robby Darling's avatar

that is so nice… thank you again for the kind comments…. i hope you have a great day…

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Cherales's avatar

Seams I MUST now subscribe! Will do so gladly too.

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Robby Darling's avatar

haha! thank you so much for reading my stuffs. i appreciate you… and many thankies for subscribing…

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