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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:34:56 -0400

vectorbelly: I don’t have time to get healthy. Too busy dying.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:45:48 -0400

vectorbelly:

I don’t have time to get healthy. Too busy dying.

transensation: It is Not Transphobic to Treat Trans Men as Men

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:44:51 -0400

transensation: It is Not Transphobic to Treat Trans Men as Men:

tobitastic:

I have recently been hearing about multiple instances of trans men and occasionally others condemning certain women’s spaces — spaces that include and are co-organized by trans women — as transphobic and even campaigning against them because they don’t include trans men. What the…

skysquids: this is my favorite, people who break solidarity and...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:43:50 -0400

skysquids:

this is my favorite, people who break solidarity and then are *so offended* that someone doesn’t like it.

katbeee: deforest: Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931) God,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:51 -0400

katbeee:

deforest:

_{Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931)}

God, Joan Crawford will always be my spirit animal.

little coyote walks around: Just some thoughts on libfems I guess? I'm on my phone so I'm just rambling

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:42:10 -0400

little coyote walks around: Just some thoughts on libfems I guess? I'm on my phone so I'm just rambling:

little-runaway-bunny:

queenmoeblob:

little-runaway-bunny:

queenmoeblob:

the-identity-police:

queenmoeblob:

little-runaway-bunny:

queenmoeblob:

On tumblr I’m silent for the most part. I’ve deleted most of what I post and I dont reblog things much. Despite this, I’ve been spending a lot of time on here…reading and liking posts. Educating myself on various matters. Actually, tumblr is what got me into feminism and…

radical feminism is being left behind because its founders and members have historically (and presently) committed violence on women who are already marginalized and statistically suffer higher rates of assault/suicide than the general population. radfems are more interested in enacting violence unto other women (often using tools of the patriarchy) than in actually confronting and dismantling the patriarchy. why should anyone care or cater to bigots?

lol what the fuck are you on about?

they’re considering transwomen to be “marginalized women” and violent acts men commit against trans people to be “female violence”

Ah, thanks. Uhh.. I know it’s rude but I just really don’t care as much about the problems of people who aren’t biologically female. Yeah it sucks that because they’re being perceived as feminine people react violently towards them but I still feel like the hate they receive as a whole group isn’t really anything compared to [????] of years women have suffered under men. I don’t think it’s right to beat on someone for the way they look and I’m not even claiming to be all inclusive obviously but it still fucking boggles my mind how libfems can call themselves inclusive when they exclude other females in a movement that’s supposed to be about female liberation from the patriarchy.

hahahaha, a radfem whinging about a lack of inclusivity. that’s rich. you’re free to adhere to your bigoted ideology, but you shouldn’t expect everyone else to bow down before your antiquated, inaccurate, and patriarchal notions of gender and sex.

Umm… yeah, I am not all-inclusive and never claimed to be. I don’t see how expecting to be welcome to discuss matters relating to women in a general feminist space instead of instantaneously being attacked for my views on trans*folks and basically forced out, or made to feel so uncomfortable I have no choice but to bow out. Men who would prefer to be women, however, are welcomed.

Maybe it’s not entirely inaccurate to call my views on gender/sex patriarchal, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing in this case since I am a fucking female living under the patriarchy and have experienced my entire life as such. I don’t live in some ~magical land~ where I identify my way out of whatever makes me uncomfortable with the role I’ve assigned. Gender is harmful. Someone defining your entire role based on your sex is awful.

oh wow, people treat you like a bigot when you proclaim yourself to be one. do you wonder why people might be so hostile to your views on trans people? it’s not because they’re just ideologically opposed to them, or because they’re just wrong. it’s because your views have historically translated into deliberate, systemic discrimination against trans people that has made it more difficult for us to access the medical care we need, made it socially acceptable and legal to discriminate against us (housing, employment, refusal of medical care, etc.). this isn’t about rhetoric or identity politics. nobody should be expected to prioritize your ideology over some other woman’s safety and well-being. you’re asserting that being pushed out of feminist spaces for the ideology you choose to espouse is a greater crime than the damage your ideology has actually done to trans people (aaand being trans is not a choice, and your implications that it is suggests you fundamentally don’t understand what trans people’s life experiences are like whatsoever), which is either intellectually dishonest or deeply stupid.

I don’t care about people who don’t care about people.

"This is part of a response I just wrote to a woman who contacted me to ask the age-old Michfest..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:34:50 -0400

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This is part of a response I just wrote to a woman who contacted me to ask the age-old Michfest question, “what about naked trans women being seen by children and sexual assault survivors.” I generally don’t engage this because it never feels sincere, it’s literally traumatizing for me, and I don’t expect it to go anywhere. However, something about the way this woman approached me made me want to engage her. So I did. This is my official resignation letter from ever engaging this question again:

Let me first say that you’re not the first person to bring these concerns up. As I believe I said before, I recently experienced a traumatic flashback (and was subsequently barely able to get out of bed/stop crying for a week) because of this exact line of questioning. I’m not at all sure how I’m able to interact with it right now, to be honest. I’ll respond in a couple of ways.

1. the practical: Something that I’ve never seen proposed is “separate nude space for trans women.” Assuming that trans women will be inclined to be publicly nude (something I’ll address more in a minute) it is entirely possible to designate “trans nude” space on the land where anyone potentially scandalized or traumatize by trans women’s nudity can be aware of and not go. Frankly, I think this is a nasty idea as well, but it would constitute a compromise and I’ve never heard it genuinely suggested. Why not? I think the reason is, quite honestly, that this isn’t a practical concern. That presenting the “challenge of trans women’s bodies” an insurmountable logistical concern, supporters of the exclusion are able to skirt the real issue, which is that they just don’t want trans women around at all. But yeah, practically speaking: separate nude space on the land, a policy of “no nude trans women” outside of that space, separate showers OR specific “trans friendly” shower times. Same for massage. Again, this isn’t an ideal. In fact, it’s still highly offensive to me, but it’s a compromise and I’ve never heard it taken seriously by anyone.

2. the reality: Every time this question comes up, my first reaction is “have you ever met a trans woman?” I can speak for myself when I say that I have had //lovers// who have never seen my penis. I would literally rather be beaten up than walk around naked in public. My shame about my body is DEEP and the same goes for most of the trans women I know. I’m not saying that it’s IMPOSSIBLE that a trans woman would want to walk around naked, but I, frankly, see that as being so unlikely that it’s almost ridiculous to worry about.

3. the philosophy: Putting it bluntly, if we ACTUALLY accept that trans women are women, why is it okay to tell them that their bodies are inappropriate for children to see and traumatizing for other women? Especially in a space that LITERALLY boasts about the “diversity of women’s bodies” that can be seen there. Can you imagine facing these charges as a woman? Please, take some time to think about what it feels like to be a woman with deep seated shame around her body, to have a body that the world deems disgusting and wrong, and to then have other women, other //feminists//, tell you that yours is a body unworthy of care, that it must be kept from the eyes of vulnerable women, because it is a vulgar weapon. Women kill themselves over that kind of ostrecization. I have come close, myself.

Specifically speaking to the issue of sexual assault survivors: Especially in a queer/lesbian space, I find it incredibly dangerous to equate penises with sexual violence. This erases MUCH of the assault/abuse/violence that happens within lesbian communities. It also erases the women who experience that violence. As I mentioned in my initial reply, I am a sexual assault survivor myself. I feel completely ignored/unseen when trans women and sexual assault survivors are spoken of as though they’re mutually exclusive. I am the cross section of those identities. So, so, SO many trans women are. Do we not deserve healing? I hear so much about the “healing energy” of Michfest. Honestly, I have the exact opposite feeling. At this point, that space has wounded me so VERY deeply that, even if the policy changed, you couldn’t drag me onto that land with meat hooks. MANY trans women I know feel the same way. The healing that non-trans women recieve in that space has been, in part, cut out of OUR hearts for decades. I don’t fight the policy for my sake, but in the hope that some day trans women who have not been scarred by the Land can go and be healed of their pain and trauma and shame, just like other women.

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- Red Durkin (via anxiousfrustration)

LOL @ all the stuff I write on facebook winding up on Tumblr without me having to do anything. =P

gogogogoww: such a show-off manly breakfast, and yet the coffee...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:17:38 -0400

gogogogoww:

such a show-off manly breakfast, and yet the coffee ain’t black? Pshaw

sikssaapo-p: “Never confuse education with intelligence.”

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:16:24 -0400

sikssaapo-p:

“Never confuse education with intelligence.”

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:04:19 -0400

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:03:06 -0400

brbnightmares: One two three four five, emotions working...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:18:20 -0400

brbnightmares:

One two three four five, emotions working overtime.

A good time was experienced by several women entangled in a well-aged long distance relationship as girlfriends.

This several-days-long Internet t-girl slumber party meet’n’greet was truly something.

For those of you who didn’t feel like showing up, trust me you were there.

We had a criminally splendid time. Rolling the the halls like cliques in the mall and not even going in stores.

How thick is our blood these days? The water back home tastes terrible.

Would you speak to your mother like that? Because I think she’s standing over there.

Still a faggot? Call me. Some girl in a picture can always give you another girl’s phone number. A have a friend, she knows a guy.

&Elenor &Austin &Julie &Ali &Red
&Katie &Alice &Julie &Alice &Julie
&Wesley
&Kennedy - ‘still a faggot’ gel pen and Post-It on Julie’s back, 3”x3”
&Red &Alice
&Amelia

&So many girls I just met. Would you meet me? I would meet me. I would meet me so hard, and let me talk about my problems.

Who did you talk to and what the fuck was she like?

<3 everybody.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:59:25 -0400

everyone: are you okay
everyone: you look tired
everyone: you look upset
everyone: you look confused
everyone: are you mad at me
everyone: what happened to you
everyone: are you sick
me: IT'S MY FACE

i wish i was a boy

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:19:14 -0400

braidedhate:

So that i could shave my head instead of having feelings.

kushitekalkulus: CLASSIC PHOTOS OF LADY BLACK PANTHERS

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:35:37 -0400

kushitekalkulus:

CLASSIC PHOTOS OF LADY BLACK PANTHERS

dommes-journey: gaytransguys: I love how this makes more sense...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:16:06 -0400

dommes-journey:

gaytransguys:

I love how this makes more sense than doing 15 minutes of argumentative Trans 101 with an adult.

I will always reblog.

rery: 〓, pli my participation for upcoming Two Words For,...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:14:59 -0400

rery:

〓, pli

my participation for upcoming Two Words For, online creative literary & arts publication

Your blog's very entertaining. Did you draw any of the comics in it?

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:08:08 -0400

Thanks! There are a couple of my illustrations posted on it from a couple of months ago, but mostly I just reblog comics from artists I follow. =)

"I asked you to watch the TED talks, but instead you’re drinking and worshiping the devil."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:21:18 -0400

““I asked you to watch the TED talks, but instead you’re drinking and worshiping the devil.””

- My roommate’s disappointed father. (via gooprone)

topsidepress: Philadelphia Trans Health Conference 2013! Come...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:29:22 -0400

topsidepress:

Philadelphia Trans Health Conference 2013! Come find Topside Press outside room 108!

Books are available and we can take cash & credit cards!

Author Signings on Saturday:

11am-1pm: THE COLLECTION authors!
Red Durkin, Cyd Nova, Alice Doyle, and other authors will be signing books!
1pm-3pm: Kelli Dunham signs FREAK OF NURTURE