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the legends tell of a transfem whose glasses weren't round (europe.pub)
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Screenshot of a twitter post by @dm4uz3. Transcription: do not go out with the trans bitches brooo 😭😭 which one is mine 😭😭😭 Attached is a photo of a marble tabletop. There are three pairs of glasses resting on the table, all three of which have round, nearly circular lenses and a metallic gold-colored frame.
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[–] 54 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Hopefully you’ll never need to! They help me locate parts of my face when I look in a mirror, cause my fusiform gyrus largely went out with my second stroke few years ago. They’re a disability aid, not so much for style, but they have the added side benefit of being easy to distinguish.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Dunno if I've said it before, but it's really cool that you share that. A lot of folks have no idea what kind of things can go on with the brain post stroke, so it's awesome when people that have gone through it educate the rest of us. Helps break down barriers

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  • [–] 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Aw yeah!

    I end up thinking of them as like the big giant thick nerd glasses the military used to hand out in the seventies, the thick black rims that no one likes; and then of the people I meet, some see the glasses and know what my brain’s been through and keep quiet, but once in a while someone says “whoa, those are cool!” and I end up replying something to the tune of “buddy, it’s like complementing crutches, shh.”

    I’d have ordinary glasses if I could. At least I have them in a few colors.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    I honestly thought it was a stylistic thing. They look cool/it looks intentional and artsy to me. I thought it was a playful eyebrow raise in glasses form, they're fun. But I'm sorry to learn they're from a not-so-fun source.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Thanks for sharing! I'm interested to learn more - are glasses with this specifically sold to help people? Or do you always search for this particular frame style when getting new ones, because this shape helps you the most? I tried to search for more info based on what you said, but I wasn't finding anything relevant.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    It's a little of both. Notched glasses can be worn by people who don't derive medical benefit from them, but they help people with facial processing issues see their own faces in photos and mirrors. It's not perfect, but it gives me a starting point.

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