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A few days ago, Facebook showed me a memory from 1 year ago: a picture of me just before going to my first laser appointment. Here's that picture, followed by a picture of me from last week. Having bangs makes a huge difference and I love my hair so much now! But I think, even beyond that, I see some progress toward a place I want to be. My magical girl transformation continues!

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Details about the animal parade JSK:

This is a dress from Fluffy Tori that Miriam and I backed on Kickstarter for me to possibly wear to pride this past June. It wasn't here in time (which was not unexpected), and I wasn't at pride anyway due to complicated reasons. But I'm looking forward to marching with it next year!

The animals in the parade represent various identities, body types, disabilities, and orientations. That's Audrey the transgender lioness in the front middle.

Technically, it's a JSK, or jumper-skirt, rather than a dress, which is common in EGL (Elegant Gothic Lolita) fashion. It needs a blouse under it, and I hope to have one that goes with it better for the parade. It also needs a poofy petticoat so the parade is floofed out and fully visible!

Miriam is helping me so much with figuring these things out!