Someone at work today told me I look so nonbinary, I dropped the smile and said “don’t say that shit to me I went all the way across I didn’t get stuck in the middle.” That doesn’t represent my opinion on nonbinary-ness but I think I made my point.
Do you guys think that statements like “men have privilege over women” mean “given an arbitrary man and woman, the man is directly causing material harm to that woman in particular”? He experiences male privileges (when passing), she experiences white privilege, etc.
"you want there to be a type of woman you can be misogynistic to without pushback"
you mean like trans women? cause trans women are the only women that get punished for pushing back against misogyny from literally any other group of people lol
Huge element of charisma / charm is having a subjectively minor flaw that should in theory make you insecure but doesn't. Slight facial asymmetry, a subtle imperfection, etc but you just radiate unforced authenticity regardless
Naturally magnetic because it's such a contrast in a world full of inferiority and superiority complexes alike. Then comes someone who's supposed to be weird about their different sized eyes but is somehow confident
Forces people to first wonder why he doesn't shy away from cameras or why she doesn't overly edit her pics etc, and then it forces those people to ask themselves "wait why am I not moving like that?" from a place of inspiration
Silently changing lives without even being aware of it which is actually the most genuine way to do it. Tremendous source of value just loving yourself in the purest sense. Most impactful thing you can do is just be
The biological part isn’t a social construct. The way societies classify, organize, interpret, and attach meaning to biological variation is. Those categories are historically contingent, socially mediated, and have changed over time. They aren’t derived from nature alone.
people seem to interpret passing advice as someone saying "this is how things should be" instead of "hey here's how you navigate the arbitrary and byzantine rules that society uses to determine gender"
every trans woman is born female and then violently coerced into performing “maleness” while the people around her jeer in recognition of the truth; we reclaim our femininity once we recognize it but to call us male to female denies the truth of our nature.