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the arcane subtleties of decent tambourine playing

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victoria / 23, trans dyke / minors dni, cis hets ask before following
Transphobia cannot be separated from fascism because it relies on white supremacist principles to function. There are two genders, male and female, each serving a singular biological purpose: the continuation of the race. Anything outside of that binary logic is broken or degenerate. And while not all transphobes might agree that this race must be white, it’s generally white beauty standards that transphobes choose to call upon when trying to determine what a woman is.
The rules prohibiting high levels of testosterone in sports are still more likely to eject black cis women than anybody else, while the assumption that ‘real women’ will always be shorter, smaller, and less hirsute than ‘women who actually men’ leads to the unfair and unnecessary scrutiny of (usually queer, non-white and/or disabled) women’s bodies, sometimes to the point of even the most slightly gender non-conforming cis women being attacked.

and further to this article, this grim perennial reinforces this with historical force: 

[ID: a tweet from Heather Hogan @ theheatherhogan. It reads, “This poor pharmacy tech was doing the mental calculations on whether to call me ‘sir’ or ‘ma'am’ – and then he saw my shirt says DYKES and completely panicked and said ‘May I help you, dykes? Oh god. Oh my god.’ I’ve bought him an ice cream to calm him down.” End ID]

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Me: Did you know that medieval cathedrals weren't actually supposed to be dark and rundown places with only stained glass as color? They were bright places full of light... the reason they look like that now is because of the centuries of accumulated grime and dust, here look at this restoration of the Cathedral of Chartres in France:

It's based on actual paint from the times, and when you think about it, it makes a lot more sense, after all a church is supposed to be a bright place of hope. Yet when we think about the middle ages we think about grimy and dark cathedrals. I wonder how much of our conception of history is shaped by our current visions of historical buildings.

My Goth GF: listen, I don't think this thing between us is working,

Growing up as the delinquent class clown "funny" kid sucked shit actually because I'd encounter bullies and go to an adult and be like "Hey boss the other children are brutalizing me for being an effete limp-wristed gayboy" and the adult authority figure would look at me and be like "Straight-up this whole time I thought you were just acting weird on purpose as part of the setup to a bit"

Broke: "This is your fault actually. Have you tried not being weird?"

Bespoke: "This is your fault actually. You're so good at being a disgusting freak, I bet when you grow up you could be a disgusting freak on TV for a living. Never give up, kid."

thinking a lot about authorial voice for the play I’m writing at the moment. I wonder if anyone really has a sense of what i’m like from this blog

Your two choices on this website are 1) making short posts which people will willfully misinterpret, or 2) making long posts which cover every possible exception, objection, and caveat to your point, which people won't read but will still willfully misinterpret

"it's so annoying to have to deal with people associating lesbians with terfs all the time :("

mhm okay sure. a few quick questions. 1. have you ever heard the phrase "sense of proportion"? 2. describe, if you can, what you imagine it might be like to have a group of people who want to eradicate your existence team up with (other) fascists and fundamentalists, who also want to eradicate your existence, for the sole purpose of promoting policies that they imagine will eradicate you and people like you, and would you say that "so annoying" is the right phrase for it? and 3. why have you said "lesbians" for "cis lesbians" here?

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Ok but like actually DNI if you support the death penalty. Yes there are people who deserve to die for their crimes. No there isn’t a court in existence that should be given the power to decide who those people are