The online journal of a messy human

12

Woh oh boy I was real depressing last chapter...enough of that! :D

Firstly, how have y'all been? I know not many people read this, but I still want to know how you've been holding up and how you've been keeping entertained since there really isn't much we can do outside of the house lately. In some places you can't even go to parks without getting a huge fine!

Anyway, I was watching youtube videos(like usual) and came across one of many videos of a trans male(or perhaps enby person) talking about tips on how to pass. Obviously, I clicked on it. In the video they went over different ways to bind safely(like the camisole way, sports bra way, etc etc. All safe ways.) and one drew my attention, and I thought id share it if anyone's interested. (This is a modified version, because I do not have a tape measure.)

Basically, all you need is a shirt of some kind,(camisole, tshirt, etc, but I would recommend a thinner but still sturdy one.) some scissors, and some string(and a pen of some sort if you don't feel confident free-handing this). Basically, take the shirt and put it on, then mark where you want to cut it off at(above and below the chest so that everything is covered properly). Take the shirt back off and start carefully cutting in as straight a line as you can around the shirt at each mark, leaving a large section of the shirt.(I don't recommend leaving the sleeves on, but you could try it.) Cut one line vertically down the center so that you have one long rectangle of fabric that should already be the appropriate size. You can then use the scissors or other methods to cut some holes along the two short sides of the rectangle so you can tie it together(make sure that you have enough string). Now you can put it on and tie it (enough that you can't just slide it off, but can still breath, obviously) in the front. It'll look weird until you shift it around so the tie is in the back.

I can't promise it will work as well as an actual binder from gc2b or wherever, but at least in the video I watched, it worked well. Of course, I haven't tested this myself, though I will eventually and let y'all know how it turned out.

*update: it didn't work well, maybe because of the fabric I used. So...itd maybe work better for y'all if you just find a not-super-stretchy fabric that no one uses?*