imakesomestuff

toast rack, 1927

Over 90% of parents of visibly intersex children opt for cosmetic surgery on their infants.

The ones that don't experience medical violence then, likely experience it as a teenager.

I didn't.

I am very rare in that I did not experience medical violence.

Why? Because I learned what intersexuality was as a young age, and I actively fought against what doctors wanted to do to me. All the way down to legal research on what medical care minors can be forced into. I remember walking into that doctor's appointment with the state law written down that proved that if I did not consent they could not do surgery.

If I were a man it wouldn’t frighten you! You’d think it was right for me to go out and get anything I could out of life, and use anything I had to get it. Why should men be so different? All they’ve got are their brains and they’re not afraid to use them. Well neither am I!

The Braid

Elsa Blacklund Celsing (1880-1974)

Torre Helea, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico,

Also called 'Helea', this tower is residential building, 142.5 meters tall and 33 stories high.

Richard Hescox

King Richard conqueror of space

An eye superimposed with a degree scale. The text criticizes its use, saying it leads to eyeglasses with poor lens alignment.

Hand-book for opticians. 1892.

Leader knots. Trout fly-fishing in America. 1914.