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reading a negative review of something you love written by a person who very clearly didn’t understand it at all

reading a positive review of something you love written by a person who very clearly didn’t understand it at all

Reading a negative review of something you hate by someone who very clearly didn't understand it at all and hates it for the wrong reasons

On tumblr, you can say "don't stick a fork in that electric outlet in the wall, getting electrocuted that way is really bad for you", and people will reply with "but what if I use a knife? Is that dangerous too or am I allowed to do that?" And another one is like "op is lying it's actually 100% safe fun and cute uwu" because they live in a house with the electricity cut off. A third one goes "oh my god I had no idea I've been risking my life every single time I poke a fork at the wall. I just like the way the wallpaper feels when I puncture it. No wonder mom yells at me every time I do it! D:"

It’s a scary time to be a trans woman. A lot of people might be scared to go on estrogen because they have unsupportive people in their life.

I was on HRT for 3 years before I came out at work. When I finally did I had long hair, ear & nose piercings, painted nails, and wore a 36D bra. ONE person at work had any suspicions at all. People see what they expect to see and that can be helped along with a compression bra and loose t-shirts.

IF I DIE IN GAZA, MY STORY ENDS HERE.

Please don’t scroll past my story today. Donate if you can, or share it as widely as possible.

npr ran a story this morning on air about the recent supreme court ruling in favor of trans youth sports bans, a ruling that specifies trans girls in particular and allows even public schools in red states to do whatever kind of exclusionary policy they want. and for this story they interviewed two people: a teenage trans boy in massachusetts who participates in tons of school sports, and an activist trans man in nyc who runs a nonprofit for trans youth. I'm not saying that either of these people have absolutely nothing pertinent to say about trans youth issues, but the teenager from MA mostly spoke about how lucky *he* is to participate in sports and the activist from NYC spent the entire interview plugging the book he wrote while barely answering a single question. The activist guy mentioned that he actually has spoken to the west virginian trans girl who was part of the case, but only to say how proud/sad he is to watch her become an activist "just like him".

please help two brazilian trans women escape an abusive household

I have answered a few asks about TADC because I know how important transfem Jax has been to a lot of people, and I don’t want to take that away from anyone, but I am very critical of the use of the song “Isn’t She Lovely?” being reclaimed as a coming out scene, when the original song was written by a Black man about the birth of his Black daughter. Keeping in mind the racism from some of the voice actors, and the lukewarm apology from the creator, it is very insidious to me to take a Black-specific song and reclaim it as something else. It very much feels like “taking Black art without caring about the bodies that made it.”

#and frankly… #the fact that it wasn’t an intentionally malice decision IS racism in itself #because even though the song is by a Black singer his thoughts and emotions he put into the lyrics were not taken into consideration #people don’t *usually* just write music just to write it. music is emotionally charged. hence using music in such a big scene #… but they DID NOT CONSIDER him or his daughter because they are Black