Fixed that for ya.
Well played.
Much better.
Yes.
January302012
January252012
Unfollow the World
Being able to walk away is a privilege.
If someone says “Cis people are terrible FOREVER” and a cis person is like “fuck this” they can do that, you know? They can get away from tumblr, or where ever the message is, and immediately be inundated with the exact opposite message. They can return to a world where they reign as the majority, as what is held up as right and good and correct. They don’t have to sit there and take it.
But if someone starts talking about trans people in a negative light? I don’t really have anywhere to go. I have trans friends, and they’re amazing and positive and uplifting about being a trans person and being loved by other trans people. But, there’s no escaping the messages the world leaves for me. I’m bad, I’m wrong, I’m unlovable, I’m not sexy, I’m not a sexual being because who would want to have sex with something that looks like a man, but doesn’t have a penis? I can’t escape the message that I’m not enough, that I can’t be good enough, that I won’t ever win.
And that’s why I think it’s a privilege to get to unfollow people because you don’t like the message they send out. If a cis person doesn’t like that I think they’re terrible because they’re cis, if they’re hurt by that, if they can’t handle my “antagonistic behavior”? They can leave. They never have to see what I say again if they don’t want. And that is a privilege. Because I cannot unfollow the world. Not really.
September262011
An Education
“Do you know how I know that the whole “If you don’t educate me how will I learn” thing is a load of crap?
Because, um, well, who the hell do you think educated me?
Do you think trans people are born knowing this stuff? Or that there’s some kind of magic database that we get a password to at the time that we come out?
No. We have to do our own damn research. Often in secret, perhaps on a shared computer, obsessively erasing our browser history every fifteen minutes. We don’t get to ask for help, or demand that other people educate us. For us, at a certain point, such a move would be dangerous.
We learn because we care. If you care, you can learn too.You do not need us to walk you through it.
I had to do it myself. So did the vast majority of other trans people.
And so can you.
It’s a big internet out there, and yes, while internet access is a privilege, it’s a privilege that is getting more accessible to more people all the time. Anyone reading this clearly has it already. Don’t take it for granted. Put it to work.
Go google something.”
—Asher
(via brynncognito)
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