when i talked about my nose to the ffs surgeon he brought out before and afters of other jewish (also mediterranean etc) trans women who deliberately kept their nose shape through surgery entirely. i still don't know what i'm going to do about it, but that was comforting to see
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One lady they profiled got really defensive about it "How am I trying to look less Jewish or hide my Jewishness? I wear a Star of David necklace whenever I go out, my name is [stereotypical Ashkenazi name], my dating profile says I'm only looking to match with Jewish guys"
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"If you think me changing my face to something I personally like better makes me look less Jewish how is that not your problem"
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the epidemic is mostly over... it was pre-streisand era, "cut your nose to spite your race" and all that. there's a part of Mrs. Maisel -- itself absurdly caricatured -- where the grandmother talks about how a newborn baby will need a nose job as a teenager to find a husband
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