I shared a version of this to my Facebook page and so far the list has been:
-speaking more than one language
-Owning an old car
-Having kids
-Thrifting/Flipping furniture and other âDIYâ projects
-Tiny houses
-getting money from the government
So much of our daily lives is sold and packaged to us as something people of certain classes can do or shouldnât do. Itâs fucking ridiculous.
-cooking your own food is seen as a sign of âworldlinessâ if youâre rich.
Iâm a cis-gender man which basically means that, when I was born, the doctor went âItâs a boy!â and when I was old enough to understand I agreed with him.
The thing is, I donât know why I feel like a man. I was teased and bullied for it a lot when I was little. Iâve never had stereotypically American male interests. I never cared about sports or cars or guns. I was more interested in music and cooking and the arts. Iâve always been emotionally in tune and sensitive, even when I did my best to suppress my emotions to survive a childhood of abuse from other children.
Itâs not physical either. I donât feel like a man because I have a penis or a beard. If you put my brain in a robot body or any other body, my essence would still feel male (I assume). I literally canât imagine what being any other gender would feel like, since I feel so acutely male.
I think thatâs why the concept of being transgender always made sense to me. Iâm a man. I donât have any bloody clue why I feel like a man, but I donât feel that itâs tied to my body or my interests or the way that Iâve been treated. I feel like a man because of something beyond that. Something ephemeral. So, why couldnât others feel the same? Why couldnât a person whoâs been misidentified as a girl feel like a boy for the exact same nebulous reasons that I do?
And, since gender really doesnât make any sense to me anyway, why couldnât there also be people who feel as if they donât have one? Or who flow across genders like a ship on a map?
Are there people out there whose sense of their own gender is inseparable from their physical form? If you put those people into robot bodies or, simply, other physically different bodies, would their gender identity also swap? If so, why? Are they actually more lost in their gender identity than I am and they need to hone in on the physical in order to anchor themselves?
Why do people feel like they are the gender that they are?
This is very soul filling to read. Thank you
My grandfather, who had a difficult time coming to terms with it when I came out, has been working very hard to understand me and my experience. About 5 weeks ago, he asked me, almost offhand, âwhy are you so sure that youâre a man?â
And I replied, âwell, I could ask you the same thing.â And I moved on, continued, tried to explain why I feel the way that I do, but I donât think he heard any of those things that I said afterward.Â
Because six days later, we talked about it again, and this is what he told me:Â
âI couldnât stop thinking about what you said last week. Because all my life I identified it as âthese are the parts that I have, and so I am a manâ. But youâre living proof that gender is not limited to what is attached to your body, so I asked myself, why am I a man? And all I can say is âbecause I have no idea what it feels like to be anything elseâ. I cannot imagine what itâs like to be a woman. Or neither, or both, or any other gender. I have always been a man.â
And I replied, âthatâs exactly what it feels like for me.â
So, shoutout to my cisgender grandfather, for stumbling upon the essence of being trans accidentally, with very little help from me. I love you, grandpa.
watching cis folks suddenly and comprehensively grasp the inessential nature of gender is always a joy
âTaylor literally saidââ shut up! Iâve honestly stopped taking Taylorâs word seriously years ago. How many times has she said something that wasnât true? Now, I donât hold it against her, all of the instances I can think of when that happened was all for marketing/brand or taking-care-of-herself purposes. But still, I donât trust her lol I trust her word on her lyrics because thatâs the only thing that has stayed true and genuine and CONSISTENT, and if we take the lyrics they contradict what Taylor says most times so...
what did he think of to get so emotional that he needed to take a minute to get his composure?
he is such a great actor, i want to hug him
writer: *has a female character start undressing in front of men to show how ânaĂŻveâ she is*
me:
writer: *gives a female character with little or no understanding of expected ânormalâ human behavior only one guide to learn from, who is the man who has a sexual interest in her, making her totally dependent on him*
me:
writer: *makes a female character naĂŻve and/or childish in order to sexualize her*
me:
man like. being lgbt kind of ruins time with relatives in a very specific way that cishets will never truly experience. like family time can be rough tm but theres a special brand of discomfort that lgbt people face and itâs kinda wild
Itâs the specific feeling of âthese peopleâs love is entirely conditional, and I know exactly what the conditions are, and one day Iâm gonna have to bite the bullet and come out and none of these people will love me anymoreâ. Itâs not a feeling cishet ppl experience for obvious reasons.
Even with family that Accepts You tm, theres always this level of âI can only talk about being gay so much before it gets Uncomfortable. I cant actually talk about dating bc someone will look like they ate a raw lemon whole eventually until Iâm told Iâm oversharing and then conversation will turn to Perfect Cousin with her Perfect Husband and When Are We Going To See Babies? Are they trying? How often? And justâŚ.its annoying that it still has to be Rough tm when u do come out and for the most part ur still loved an accepted, but u cant actually talk about it too much, even in the sense of Finding Someone or Boo Evil Politics bc ppl will STILL get visibly uncomfortable
Reblogging this implies that Iâve been dead inside since I was six and honestly YES
I finally finished my black lives matter masterpost, here it is.
It is my attempt at compiling activism (the post includes petitions and donations suggestions), mental health and educational sources (videos, podcasts, books, articlesâŚ) anything to help you grow in understanding and get involved with the cause.
The 5th place queens who will forever be in our hearts
Adora/She-ra, She-ra and the Princesses of Power
Angel Dust, Hazbin Hotel
Luna Loud, The Loud House
Ben, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
Giovanni Potage, Epithet Erased
Adam, The Hollow
Harley Quinn, The Harley Quinn Show
Garnet, Steven Universe
Enid, Ok Ko Letâs be Heroes
Marceling, the Vampire Queen, Adventure Time
Happy Pride Month everybodyâ¤ď¸đ§Ąđđđđđ Feel free to add more characters
âPlease, Malala⌠Mexicoâ
A man brandishing a Mexican flag stained with blood-red paint disrupted Malalaâs Nobel Peace Prize acceptance ceremony on Wednesday, as the 17-year-old Pakistani activist stood on stage in Oslo, Norway.
The man, who had a camera hanging from his neck, yelled, âPlease, Malala, they are killing us. Donât forget Mexico!â He was promptly arrested, according to Oslo police.
As the man was escorted out by three security guards, he shouted, âViva Mexico!â
The appeal is most likely a reference to the disappearance and suspected massacre of 43 college students from a rural teachers college in Guerrero state â and the governmentâs failure.
Investigators say Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa, ordered police to confront the students, who had gone to Iguala to raise money and had commandeered passenger buses for their use. The couple reportedly feared the students would disrupt an event being led by Pineda Villa.
Iguala police fired on the students in two incidents, killing six people. Officers then allegedly turned over 43 arrested students to a local drug gang who, some say, murdered them, burned their bodies and threw the remains into a mass grave and river.
âThis began as a movement to demand justice and answers in the case of 43 students who were kidnapped and killed by a drug cartel at the behest of corrupt politicians. Drug cartel violence is nothing new to Mexico, but the studentsâ kidnapping struck a nerve and quickly became a national story, prompting protests around the country that have grown for more than a month. Thatâs not just because the kidnapping was so terrible but because the attack encapsulated many Mexicansâ worst fears and frustrations about where their country is headed.â
I love so many things about these pics. I love the courage of that brave young man carrying the Mexican flag, protesting for Justice in Mexico. I love Malalaâs smile. Let us not forget that she was shot for daring to get an education. And the 43 students kidnapped in Mexico were studying to become teachers. Education is the single worst enemy of corrupted States.
Idina Menzel, Aurora, along with nine other international voices of Frozen 2âs Elsa from Denmark, Germany, Japan, Latin America, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain and Thailand, perform âInto the Unknownâ at the 92nd Academy Awards
This whole "Disney Twisted Tales" collection and their premises are just too intereresting to ignore. AND LOOK AT THOSE COVER ARTS!!!!
hey guys thereâs a bit from the bonus commentary thatâs really sad and i wanted to share
so a lot of people know this part already but if you dont: in hidgensâ original backstory that was cut, he was an infectious disease researcher
what nick informed us in the commentary vid was that at one point, greg, steve, stu, mark, leighton, and chad became infected with a disease he was studying, and hidgens had to quarantine them in his lab and watch them die
but since that was cut nick says that in the final version âi just think heâs crazyâ
One thing thatâs pissing me off is the number of people saying Ethan didnât need to die and that it didnât make sense to kill him off that early
I understand why you would jump to that conclusion. When Ethan died I was heartbroken and shocked. I actually had to pause the video and take a moment. I couldnât believe the musical had taken such a dark tone so soon.
THATS THE POINT OF HIS DEATH!
To let the audience know from that moment onward that no one is safe. This isnât your basic musical with a happy ending where everyone links hands and sings happy songs. Itâs dark and gritty. Anyone can die. The musical ends in tragedy, and Ethanâs death sets that up.
And on a character note, his death also makes sense in regards to his relationships. Heâs the one helping Lex and Hannah get to Cali, heâs helping watch Hannah, heâs someone for Lex to lean on. He symbolizes Lex and Hannahâs hope for a better tomorrow. By killing him, the show is literally killing that dream off
Ethan represents tomorrow and like the musical literally says: tomorrow wonât come
For everyone who didnât sit around watching the four hour livestream, hereâs what you missed!
Wiggly Doll:Â Jon Matteson
Becky Barnes: Kim Whalen
Lex Foster: Angela Giarratana
Ethan Green: Robert Manion
Linda Monroe: Lauren Lopez
Uncle Wiley: Joey Richter
President Howard Phillips: Curt Mega
Tom Houston: Dylan Saunders
Sherman Young: Jaime Lyn Beatty
Frank Pricelet: Corey Dorris
Xander Lee: James Tolbert
Hannah: Kendall Nicole
Jeff Blim
Wiggly Doll:Â Itâs the hip new toy that comes out on Black Friday. All the people are fighting to buy it.
Becky Barnes: The nurse at the pediatrics wing at St. Damionâs hospital in downtown Hatchetfield. She is at the mall trying to get a Wiggly doll for the sick kids in the hospital. A good person, a kind soul.
Lex Foster: A high school dropout. She works at Toy Zone the store that is selling Wiggly dolls. She wants to steal a Wiggly doll so she can sell it for $7,000 and use the money to run away from home. She has a bad home life and is trying to get to California with her little sister. Would do anything for Hannah (her sister). Smart. 18-19
Ethen Green:Â A teen, high school dropout character. He is Lexâs kinda boyfriend. They are trying to run away to California together. He means well.
Linda Monroe:Â A wealthy woman in Hatchetfield, president of the Hatchetfield boating society. She is one of the primary villains of the show. A âdeliciously evil villainâ. At the mall trying to get 4 Wiggly dolls. She is not a fool, very mean to people.
Uncle Wiley:Â If the Wiggly doll was a show like barney, Uncle Wiley would be the host. An old-timey sailor type character, the creator of the Wiggly dolls.
President Howard Phillips:Â The president of the united states, gets involved in all the Wiggly madness as well. Gets involved when things escalate in Hatchetfield.
Hannah Foster:Â Lexâs little sister who Lex plans to take with to California. She is 9 years old and will either be played by an actual little girl, or just someone who looks young. A quiet, odd, mysterious, quiet, weird girl who speaks in riddles. Has strange visions and imaginary friends. Serious character, not comedic.
Tom Houston: There to get the doll for his son. Was Beckyâs highschool sweetheart, but has not seen Becky since high school. His son is named Tim. Has some family connections to a familiar face(s?).
Sherman Young: An avid toy collector. Goes to the mall in order to buy one or more Wiggly dolls. Very into collecting dolls and stuff. Gets swept into the chaos and maybe has something to do with some bad stuff that goes down. A man?Â
Frank Pricelet: The owner of Toy Zone. He is big into capitalism and he loves black friday.
1:03:00- The Wiggly Jingle: Musical commercial for the Wiggly doll. As though wiggly is from a show like barney.Â
2:58:00- Califor M.I.A: Sung by Lex Foster about how she wants to run away to California.
3:53:00- What Do You Say?: Sung by the other people in line at the store on Black Friday when Becky and Tom meet for the first time since high school. Spreading the gossip.
