Teganing (Verb) - Means to be hanging out with Tegan (aka myself). I know you are going "What?" Honestly, this was my initial feeling about this. Oddly enough, I was told I could not be able Tegan because... I was Tegan. This made me very sadface. I actually called this blog "Teganing" because a group of friends got together and decided that I should be a verb. First off, this delighted me on so many levels. It came at an interesting time as well. I'm a "Grammar Nazi", many people know this. I wholly dislike the idea of not being able to both speak and write proper English when you go to public school to learn just how to do that. Secondly, with the past month being behind me (it being a really rough month for myself). I decided that it's a positive thing when people like to hang out with you and actually be friends. Growing up, many of the friends I had always where "Out for themselves". So, I rarely had real friendship. It's nice to be able to feel... accepted. Especially when you think it's very hard for you to be accepted because you are not even like the community you want to belong too.
I'm a Genderqueer/Genderfluid/Non-Gender Conforming person. I do not even fall into the categories along the spectrum. They really don't know how much it means to me to be able to be a verb that other people made up. For that I love them. It's conflicting as a person, whom with my experiences to understand how it came about and even the fact that people can talk about me (and in a very positive attitude). I was even deemed as a "Popular Kid" in our community. Which, that's even more... sketchy to myself. I was never popular growing up and suddenly in the past year. I have the biggest personal life I could ask for! It's just amazing.
Okay, now I know I have two blogs "The Gender Agenda" and this one "Teganing". The point of these two are that the "The Gender Agenda" is where I will put my more analytic pieces and this one "Teganing" will be a more personal "Day to Day" type of subject matter. So, I hope you enjoy these types of things. I know I do!
~Tegs
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