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So are we noticing a pattern yet

So are we noticing a pattern yet

So are we noticing a pattern yet

Look at all the famous trans women in video games. Bridget, Poison, Birdo, Vivian, Madeline... you're either a white girl or an inhuman. Well, what about the popular trans girls in real life? All the funny comic artists, the youtubers, and even the actual celebrities and politicians? White white white white.

This confuses me. When I visit family, I see people who look like me. When I go to the park, to school, the store, there's always someone like me just around the corner. And the trans women- the trans PEOPLE I meet irl? Mostly brown! The majority!

And yet somehow, someway, every single tgirl on the internet is seemingly the same flavor of vanilla every single time. Now I know tumblr is a uniquely white place, but this is still prevalent everywhere else. It is not reflective of reality. It makes me sad. Every time I turn on the TV or go on my phone, I don't ever see myself. All those feel-good transition timeliness or waaacky personalities. Just a bunch of... people who aren't me. If there was literally just 1 trans Latina with any popularity, I probably would've figured out my transness sooner. You know how hard it is to navigate those feelings when 80% of resources are through white eyes?

Aaaaand don't think you're off the hook, TMEs. Gay men, I can see your ancient Rome-loving woman-hating James Somerton leather nazi sons of bastards! And cisbians, don't think I didn't notice your renaissance painting cottage core copaganda female rage in a plantation with mediocre pop music asses too! And trans men... put the fucking Rocky Horror down right now. That lack of melanin will kill you.

Someone asked F1nn why it was that on her larger branded social media accounts she still listed herself as a femboy in some places while in more intracommunity spaces she more readily and comfortably identified as transfem.

Now, depending on who you ask that kind of question to you'll probably get a meandering answer on the complexities of how one defines their own identity. But instead F1nn gave a very quick and simple answer.

a stolen moment at the pianoforte for our beloved Michaela and Francesca <3

i got inspired by antique furniture -> decided to try and make a wooden doll.