So I've seen discussions about how "women read/ write too much mlm fic" which is really reductive, but I've never seen anyone talk about the fact that a lot of people are bad at writing about bodies that are AFAB, so reading wlw or m/f stories can feel like a minefield

Like, I never know if I'm gonna run into gross fatshaming, or a forced pseudo body positive spiel, or a horrible description that makes me feel like *my* body is gross

And with mlm* fic I can just... skip all that anxiety! Cause the tropes/ expectations are totally different!

*I'm not a trans man so I don't want to speak for how they are represented in fic! I try to read works by trans authors and in my experience it's much more thoughtful

Anyway, this thread brought to you by the fic I read today that used "snail slime" to describe a woman's slick that made me want to walk into the sun