December 2011
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As 2011 Comes to a Close
I guess I will post about the year in review on the last day of 2011. I graduated with a BS in Marketing this year. I got my first tattoo. I started a Master’s program in Performance Studies. I became a board member and officer of a statewide transgender organization. I was cast in my first show. I went to my first national conference. I met a lot of amazing people. Two of those people have...
“What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we...”
– William Glasser (via gender-ninja)
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“[TRIGGER WARNING: Rape] Fat women are treated as utterly undesirable in our...”
– Jaclyn Friedman, What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety (via khaleesi)
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“What we are wearing is political and has really high stakes! The conditions of...”
– Dean Spade in an interview with Queer Couture (via besttumblr)
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Pronouns/Descriptors
I was prompted to post this by someone who posted asking for people’s preferred pronouns. Like it says in my blog description, I am ok with all pronouns, she/he/they/ze and her/him/them/hir. But when I thought about it just now, I’m noticing that different people have different preferences for me. Then there are descriptors. While any pronouns are fine, I tend to prefer more feminine...
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You Know You're Trans* When: #1983 Your...
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Somebody says I can't be Genderqueer AND Femme at...
cctcd:
I say, they aren’t me. They haven’t lived my life, they can’t see the world through my eyes, hear it through my ears, taste it on my tongue, dance in it with my feet. I reserve the right, as all people should, to identify myself the way I want. And you, my gatekeeping friend, are wasting your time telling me I can’t. I’m not restricting myself through these descriptions, I’m adding my own...
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What I Really Want for Christmas
There are two things that I wish I could wake up to on Christmas morning.. Unfortunately, I don’t think either is waiting for me underneath that illuminated and sparkling tree.
The first is simple. I want to be able to spend the day with the Squish. This isn’t going to happen though. We are in different cities, and I am being held captive by my family. Why can’t he be waiting...
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“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s...”
– Audre Lorde (via drunkontheory)
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“How much of my brain is willfully my own? How much is not a rubber stamp of what...”
– Sylvia Plath (via happylittleboxes)
“Queer people do not need to offer excuses or defend their own existence. If one...”
– » Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” Social Justice League (via sexisnottheenemy)
Anonymous asked: I think you would look awesome in a kick-ass corset!
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A Note About Cissexism...
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manybothans:
I had a really great pride this year, but I was also troubled by comments I heard over the last week from a lot of people in both the mainstream and radical queer communities. I want to say a few things about cissexism, specifically towards trans women and other MTF spectrum folks.
1) Gay sex does not require genital symmetry.
Most people in the community...
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“Remember that our words are powerful. They can cause hope and love and life, or...”
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“Whenever a man stands up for the basic human rights of a woman, his act...”
– One man’s modest plea for womankind’s right to nonviolence (via sociolab)
This is always really interesting to think about. There is this notion that not being a complete racist sexist homophobic ass is something exceptional when in fact it should be a lot more common than it is. People who are...
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"Lady Lazarus" by Sylvia Plath
I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it –
A sort of walking miracle, my skin
Bright as a Nazi lampshade,
My right foot
A paperweight,
My face a featureless, fine
Jew linen.
Peel off the napkin
O my enemy.
Do I terrify?—
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.
Soon, soon the flesh
The grave cave ate will be
At home on me
And I a smiling...
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112) Having a gender neutral title is one of the...
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How to Still Have Sex (if You Want it) Despite...
iragray:
Are you afraid that your dysphoria will render you incapable of having enjoyable sex? Do you avoid having sex (assuming you want to to begin with) because you’re not sure how you’ll react? These are perfectly valid concerns, and no one should tell you otherwise. This post isn’t meant to pressure you into having sex and should not be used by partners of trans* folks as such. This is for...
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