So when are we gonna talk about the east asian fetishism problem in white transfem spaces
fucking gutted to be asian and having to be within such close proximity to these spaces
still thinking about when someone on here made a post about โharmless facebook trans girl memesโ and I was like โokay but some of these are sexualizing the school gym uniforms of japanese girls, specifically, here is an article talking about how this is a problem, maybe we should be considerate of thisโ and she blocked me over it immediately (I was being pretty conversational, so it was clear she just. Wasnโt interested in having a conversation about this.)
it is wonderful to celebrate being LGBT, but, ultimately, being LGBT is value neutral. It is indicative of oppression, not content of character, and be wary of people who are trying to conflate those two things.
Hope this isnโt derailing but thereโs a very similar phenomenon of white transmascs pulling this shit with south asian/west asian/north african aesthetics especially in the realm of video games (gerudo link being the most notorious example) and itโs fucking gross and exhausting. The discussion on gender-affirming orientalism in white trans spaces is long overdue.
Iโm seeing an annoying amount of people in the notes going โdonโt blame this on white trans people specifically; this is a problem all white people haveโ โ and while youโre not necessarily wrong, thatโs not the point. The thing is, by not cracking down on this, you actively make spaces that are supposed to be safe for trans people into unsafe spaces for white people only. We are pointing to our absence in spaces that are supposed to be for us as well, and you responding with โwell, this is a problem with white communities in generalโ does not solve the problem of us not being able to access the same safe spaces and resources that you can. Do better.
you know, thereโs a lot of unspoken comedy in the fact that magnus learned a form of sign language that does not fucking exist while he was still a living guy on the earth planet. imagine being deaf and some kid starts speakin to u in fuckin hand simlish because he learned it from an elf. tolkien i wish you were here
i am not the only one who wishes tolkien was here
YESSS
YES!!! YES!!!! I DONโT EVEN NEED TO READ THE REST OF THIS I GOT WHAT I SILENTLY, ANXIOUSLY HOPED FOR
[ID: a drawing of Soldier from Team Fortress Two saluting, the trans flag behind him. Text reads โSTAND UP OR GET OUT!!!โ. End ID.]
weโve missed pride every year running ๐
i don’t know anything about hypno kinks tbh but i really like that practitioners of the art so readily appropriate the spiral imagery of early hypnosis. this is, somehow, one of the only things i miss about twitter.
special shoutout to both of the japanese characters in the percy jacksons for being evil. me too kids. this is historically correct but man isn’t that kind of a rough consistent undertone to put on like. alive japanese kids who didn’t commit war crimes. whatever i love drew tanaka’s mean girl swag
under normal circumstances i would not call a simple regina george type evil but unfortunately she achieves this through mind control which is typically sorted into the “Would Be Unforgivable If It Was Real” category.
special shoutout to both of the japanese characters in the percy jacksons for being evil. me too kids. this is historically correct but man isn’t that kind of a rough consistent undertone to put on like. alive japanese kids who didn’t commit war crimes. whatever i love drew tanaka’s mean girl swag
i love it/its pronouns sm. they mean so many different things to so many different people. to me “it” is a connection of myself and the rest of the world; unknown creatures are “it”, “it” will be a beautiful day outside, “it’s” been decomposing for weeks, look at that songbird; “it” is beautiful.
and this sense of community I share with other parts of the world which we refer to as it, is an entirely different sensation from many other people who use it/its pronouns! for some people it is a rejection of society - it is a way to unshackle oneself from modern understandings of gender. for others it becomes almost celestial - “it” is like the stars, the sky; immutable and hard to dictate through word concepts.
i love the versatility of meaning in it/its pronouns. man. sucks that people r weird about them.
