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Comment by Jeff_Brown | Hacker News Reader

This drives home to me what a bargain it is to be willing to carry a bag around.

I’m transgender, male to female; and going from a sidebag to carrying mainly just a purse has honestly been a blessing and a curse.

I’m aware I could obviously still rock a sidebag as a woman, I just generally don’t; lol, and honestly the smaller format of a purse has its advantages, too.

Maybe a little backpack?

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=mini%20backpack&tbs...

Purse can be accessed much faster compared to a backpack.

I got a triangular backpack with a single strap that you can kind of swing around over you stomach so you can pull stuff out of it. It's handy if you don't have too much stuff but also don't want a satchel flapping into your thighs.

My lesbian ‘husband’ who is considerably more masc-presenting than I, loves this.

I’m finally almost sold on the concept of a MacBook Air, now that the performance vs. cost factor is there. I never used to see weight or size as a huge factor in hardware but I sure as hell do now.

In various countries in asia the cross-body small bag is wildly popular, probably because everyone's always carrying phone batteries and umbrellas and a bunch of other random stuff. It wears like a sort of tight-to-the-body pocket-on-a-strap. Really, really convenient, but every time I tried it as an enormously wide white dude in a Hawaiian shirt I don't think I pull it off lol. I think it's more of a streetwear look. Keeps your pockets nice and slim.

Masc presenting non-binary AMAB and I definitely carry a man purse and I agree it's amazing and I love it. Definitely taking an adjustment period to be fully comfortable with it.

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