la violette pensée: [TW for trangst] Being trans makes you apologetic.

cocksucking-accent:

(AKA “I should be doing homework but this really needs to be said and I didn’t stick it in my proposal because it felt like whining and I couldn’t find a proper place to put it but this has got to be out there somewhere.”)

It does. It really does.

It starts the very…

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Instead of trying to fictionalize gender, let’s talk about the moments in life when gender feels all too real. Because gender doesn’t feel like drag when you’re a young trans child begging your parents not to cut your hair or not to force you to wear that dress. And gender doesn’t feel like a performance when, for the first time in your life, you feel safe and empowered enough to express yourself in ways that resonate with you, rather than remaining closeted for the benefit of others. And gender doesn’t feel like a construct when you finally find that special person whose body, personality, identity, and energy feels like a perfect fit with yours. Let’s stop trying to deconstruct gender into nonexistence, and instead start celebrating it as inexplicable, varied, profound, and intricate.
Julia Serano (via becomingkeltik)

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When Cylons Dream: Trans women in particular have always waited..

whencylonsdream:

I’m tired of waiting.

We spear-headed the queer rights movement at Stonewall. And when you stole that from us and turned it into some white-washed, cis-washed, thing that the gay cis white men apparently did. Yet we didn’t complain.

We fought tooth and nail with cis women for a united cause….

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Nerd is my Gender: Things I'm Expected To Do for Cis People in Return for Their Not Hating Me: An Angry List

radtransfem:

After seeing bidyke’s remix of sanctimonioussilentagony’s list, I thought I’d sketch out the beginnings of one for transsexual folk. Improvements welcome:

  • Answer any and all questions about my body and my medical treatment no matter how invasive
  • Answer questions about…

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bettybone:

Hahahahahaha! This is so great.

laughingsquid:

Angry Birds in the Wild

(via glitterfarm)

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kimjongillookingatthings: looking at rice
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kimjongillookingatthings:

looking at rice

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duskanddawn: popularmechanic: deejaybird: “Uhura” comes from the Swahili word UHURU meaning “freedom”. Uhura was pretty much the first ever black main character on American television who was not a maid or a domestic servant in 1966. TV network NBC refused to let Nichelle Nichols be a regular, claiming Deep South affiliates would be angered, so Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hired her as a “day worker,” but still included her in almost every episode. She actually made more money than any of the other actors through this workaround, and it was kept secret from the other actors, but it was still a humiliating second-class status. The network people made life hard for Nichols, constantly trying to pare down her screen time, purposefully dropping racist comments in her presence and even withholding her fan mail from her.This deplorable state of affairs led Nichols to make the decision to quit after the 1st season, but then she happened to meet the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. who pleaded with her to stick with the show because as a Black woman she was portraying the first non-stereotypical role on television. I had a crush on Uhura as a kid. LOL. always reblog uhura — I didn’t think I could love her more, but after reading that, my love has increased a hundredfold.
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duskanddawn:

popularmechanic:

deejaybird:

“Uhura” comes from the Swahili word UHURU meaning “freedom”. Uhura was pretty much the first ever black main character on American television who was not a maid or a domestic servant in 1966. TV network NBC refused to let Nichelle Nichols be a regular, claiming Deep South affiliates would be angered, so Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hired her as a “day worker,” but still included her in almost every episode. She actually made more money than any of the other actors through this workaround, and it was kept secret from the other actors, but it was still a humiliating second-class status. The network people made life hard for Nichols, constantly trying to pare down her screen time, purposefully dropping racist comments in her presence and even withholding her fan mail from her.This deplorable state of affairs led Nichols to make the decision to quit after the 1st season, but then she happened to meet the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. who pleaded with her to stick with the show because as a Black woman she was portraying the first non-stereotypical role on television. I had a crush on Uhura as a kid. LOL.

always reblog uhura

— I didn’t think I could love her more, but after reading that, my love has increased a hundredfold.

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Another amazing video. This one messes me up every time I see it…

This has to be one of the most amazing music videos I’ve seen in a long time

accidentalchinesehipsters: Who should really be riding this bike? Some would say a small, female child who is wearing a white helmet with butterfly stickers all over it. Others would say a small, androgynous hipster who will soon apply some neon plastic beads and puff paint to the frame and park it conspicuously on a trendy street. One man, who probably has incredible knee pain and a wish to be clipped by fast-moving vehicles on 23rd and Park (NYC), says that anything goes. It is his bike and he is carpe diem-ing all the way down that crosswalk. Submitted by an anonymous good Samaritan.
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accidentalchinesehipsters:

Who should really be riding this bike? Some would say a small, female child who is wearing a white helmet with butterfly stickers all over it. Others would say a small, androgynous hipster who will soon apply some neon plastic beads and puff paint to the frame and park it conspicuously on a trendy street. One man, who probably has incredible knee pain and a wish to be clipped by fast-moving vehicles on 23rd and Park (NYC), says that anything goes. It is his bike and he is carpe diem-ing all the way down that crosswalk.

Submitted by an anonymous good Samaritan.

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