On the 10th of April 1912, The Titanic set sail from Southhampton in England for her maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Four days later, just before midnight on the 14th, Titanic struck an iceberg, which caused it to take severe damage and sink during the night, leading to the death of the majority of her passengers.
At the time, Titanic was one of the most advanced ships in the world. It was as a steam-powered ocean liner, a type of ship specifically built to repeatedly make the dangerous crossing between Europe and America. Because air travel was not available at the time, this service was vital, and Titanic was built at a time where different shipping lines were constantly trying to outcompete each other in building the fastest and most luxurious ships. The Titanic was equipped with restaurants, cafes and even a Turkish bath (a sort of spa / sauna hybrid), though due to the strict segregation of first, second, and third class passengers, only a minority were allowed access to these accomodations.
The White Star Line, who built and operated the Titanic, was convinced the ship wouldn’t sink, and did not adequately prepare for it, only carrying enough lifeboats to carry a portion of the ship’s passengers. While this claim seems absurd today — modern ship are far, far safer than the Titanic, but no one would ever claim they couldn’t sink — it was a popular sentiment at the time. Because of the Titanic’s novel and highly advanced watertight compartments, it was thought that even if she suffered catastrophic damage, she would bob around on the surface like a cork, rather than sink to the bottom, so there would be no hurry to evacuate the passengers
Later, the story of the titanic would go on to become something of a pop culture legend, the greatest example being the 1997 movie by James Cameron (it’s really good actually). A bunch of conspiracy theories about the ship’s fate has also popped up over the course of the last century, some gaining significant traction despite the lack of evidence.
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I get the tension between thinking trans bodies are beautiful and understanding people who say that the darker stuff about wrong puberty - I love my trans body personally, I think Im pretty sexy and while Im getting bottom surgery and had a tracheal shave I still feel pretty aligned after years of HRT.
I worked in pediatrics! I found it very rewarding. I didnt want kids before transition, same as you - I did figure out that was about not wanting to be a father, being a mother on the other hand sounded lovely! I couldn’t afford freezing my sperm so I made my choice, and later when I get bottom surgery itll be foreclosed. Ive never felt bad about it, I was always open to adoption and fostering or surrogacy anyway. Probably best that my genetics ends with me and my siblings generation anyway… and its shaking out like that.
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yeah i love my trans body and also reckon with i got bottom surgery and ffs in it. feeling a lot more at home in my body than i ever have, and the world views me more in line with how i wish it to. i find it very funny that masculinity really did not work for me as a man, but now i am pretty masc leaning woman, and i feel a lot more at peace.
I did not freeze my sperm either, as i knew that i wanted any of my genetics to end with me. but i very much feel like i could be a mother. i’m still quite young and might find the chance to do so. :)