Kinda fucked up how cis women are allowed to abandon feminity in the name of feminism but trans women are forced to adopt it just to be recognized as women
even worse is when cis feminists accuse trans women who overperform femininity for safety of being tools of the patriarchy, and trans women who underperform femininity for ANY reason (including abandoning it in the name of feminism) fakers.
Valerie Castile had not even buried her son when CNN asked her if she forgave the killer.
Here’s her answer ^^^^^
Stop asking black victims of white violence if they forgive their victimizers
It’s a strange and offensive phenomenon in America.
When a black family loses a loved one to some type of racial terror — be it at the hands of police, white supremacists, or another angry caucasian, they are often asked a question that you rarely see asked of anyone else in a similar position…
…Why in the hell would you ask her that? Has that man asked to be forgiven? Has he admitted that what he did was wrong? Has he repented and accepted some form of justice? Has he been arrested or charged with a crime? Has he reached out to the family to communicate his feelings about their unimaginable loss?…
Do you think any family members of the slain police officers in Dallas were asked this weekend if they forgive Micah Johnson?
When Syed Farook and his wife killed 14 people in #SanBernardino and injured 22 others, nobody was rushing to ask people if they forgave him.
In other words, when the roles are reversed, and white people suffer any form of violence, it’s just common sense that you don’t ask them, particularly in the immediate aftermath, if they have forgiven their victimizer. You particularly don’t see this ridiculous question being asked of white people when a person of color was responsible for the violence.
Just stop it. Don’t rush our grief. And if you want forgiveness, earn it, and start providing some justice in this country.
Since there’s this Pokémon Go team war going on I decided to draw a 4th team: Team Harmony. I am myself a member of Team Valor, but let’s not forget:
“Disturb not the harmony of Fire, Ice, or Lightning lest these three Titans wreck destruction upon the world in which they clash. Though the water’s Great Guardian shall arise to quell the fighting alone its song will fail. Thus the Earth shall turn to ash. O, Chosen One, into thine hands bring together all three. ”
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i want to see more queer kids in childrens media i want to crush the idea that you have to be of a certain age before you’re allowed to know who you are
I don’t, but, before you freak, this is why:
Kids aren’t sexual. Not purposefully or with any knowledge. They have so grasp of sexuality (their own or any others) though they have much more outward affection. Attaching sexuality based labels to children is distressing.
being queer is not wholly sexual jfc young children are allowed their straght princes and princesses from when they’re fucking born, assuming that as soon as it is gay it becomes too sexual is gross as fuck and part of the hypersexualisation of queer people
silent hill go works with your phone making radio static noises at you when you come across a monster and then you have to figure out which part of your subconscious it represents
