Carcharodonna [she/her]

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  • Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.netOPtotheory@hexbear.net•Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue Reading Group – Week 2, June 14th - June 21st – Chapter 2: Allow Me to Introduce MyselfEnglish
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    1 天前

    Both sie and Linda correctly state that one’s body doesn’t dictate your gender (“True gender lies not in the appearance of the body but the workings of the mind.” is an amazing statement from someone who was born in the 30s), but their choice of words gave me the impression that they at least somewhat viewed their AGAB to be an essential, unchangeable part of them.

    So something I struggle with, and especially in reading this book, is language. I suspect there’s a lot of gender essentialist brainworms going on here, but I sympathize because I realize how difficult it is to excise them. On top of that, I often struggle to find correct words to describe things I’m feeling and I also don’t think our current vocabulary is anywhere as good as it could be for this. Not sure I really have a point other than I agree with your take here but I also know how difficult it is to manage that in my own head most of the time.

    And my answer is: Who cares! As long as my right to explore the full measure of my own potential is being trampled by discriminatory laws, as long as I am being socially and economically marginalized, as long as I am being scapegoated for the crimes committed by this economic system, my right to exist needs no explanation or justification of any kind.

    I also love this and I’ve never been comfortable with the “born this way” defense against transphobia or homophobia, which was seemingly popular in the 90’s when I was growing up. For one, it’s obviously not as simple as people being born into these rigid categories and never changing them throughout their life. And two, no one should have to justify who they love, how they present, or who they’re attracted to anyways. People should be able to pursue their own happiness without having a stack of scientific studies to prove who they are is “natural”, whatever that means.

  • Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shotEnglish
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    2 天前

    This is from a Guardian article about it:

    The gunman is still at large, law enforcement said on Saturday, and the city of Brooklyn Park still on a shelter-in-place order. The shooter was impersonating a police officer, dressed in a uniform that would appear to be real to most people, police said.

    “They did drive a vehicle that looked exactly like an SUV squad car,” Brooklyn Park’s police chief, Mark Bruley, said at a press conference. “It was equipped with lights, emergency lights, that looked exactly like a police vehicle, and yes, they were wearing a vest with taser, other equipment, a badge very similar to mine, that no question, if they were in this room, you would assume that they are a police officer.”

    So they had actual law enforcement vehicle? This seems very sus. Less like a “lone wolf” and more like an organized hit.

    EDIT: After hearing about the assassin’s background, him just being a larper makes more sense but I’m still a little suspicious.

  • Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.netOPtotheory@hexbear.net•Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue Reading Group – Week 1, June 7 - June 14 – Chapter 1English
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    2 天前

    Sorry for the very late reply to this. I agree with you and it’s honestly something I’ve been thinking about all week. When I first read this the questions that popped into my head were more along the lines of “Are femboys, crossdressers, dragqueens, etc. trans?” but the case you bring up is very interesting. Obviously most people these days wouldn’t see something like women wearing pants or having short hair as “trans” in any way, but it’s true that at one point women dressing like this and taking on strictly male roles was seen bold act of crossing gender lines. In this case, they were able to successfully change social norms to the point where this is no longer something anyone even thinks about it, which gives me hope that we will eventually win and move past our current situation.

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