“The legends say the moon was the first waterbender. Our ancestors saw how it pushed and pulled the tides, and learned how to do it themselves. […] Our strength comes from the spirit of the moon, our life comes from the spirit of the ocean. They work together to keep balance.”
“The legends say the moon was the first waterbender. Our ancestors saw how it pushed and pulled the tides, and learned how to do it themselves. […] Our strength comes from the spirit of the moon, our life comes from the spirit of the ocean. They work together to keep balance.”
my take on the question of “do trans women have male privilege before transitioning” is, as always, “the very fact that people’s relation to oppression is so conditional - that one can be insulated from direct material harm under certain circumstances, while simultaneously being traumatized by the process in a way that merely causes indirect material harm instead - should tell you that ‘privilege’ is often an oversimplified framework when attempting to deal with the nuances of reality”
that is to say: as someone in the closet, my financial circumstances are generally better than those of my openly trans friends. however, to remain in the closet is to constantly inflict low-level psychological harm on myself in order to avoid the possibility of high-level psychological harm, financial harm, and physical harm.
can we call this “privileged?” certainly not! it’s an inherently fragile state, and one which simply changes the nature of the oppression I experience rather than removing it entirely. on the other hand, to suggest that it’s wholly irrelevant to my material conditions is self-evidently absurd
I can’t get over this little girl…..pretending to be long dead while someone digs up her body out of the ground. The jewelry laid out beside her…the hair clips….this is everything
