yeehaw

privilege usually does a specific thing: makes you more ignorant on the axis you're privileged in. you're unaware of the stuggle of the disprivileged group of the same axis, and since this bigotry is something we absorb since early childhood from everywhere and every space and media: you are more likely to also be bigoted about it, it's not a literal guarantee but since your life doesn't depend on it and you won't get aoe blown up by association for standing for, yu're more likely to stand against.

sometimes even when you stand for those who are disprivileged, you can accidentally make a bigoted joke or say something bigoted. this might NOT be a BIG deal for you because it's not something that affects you, not because you're evil, it's not having full understanding of how deeply ingrained it is.

sometimes when you're told what you did was bigoted, you default to thinking you're being accused of being evil. you are not evil, you are privileged.

sometimes when you're told you have relative privilege, you default to thinking you're accused of not being oppressed at ALL. that is unso. being white doesn't absolve you being a lesbian, for example, but a white lesbian can be really violently racist, there's examples!

sometime when you're told you have relative privilege, you think you're being told you have your life good. it's not that. your life might suck because of something you're oppressed for. it just as a rule doesn't suck even MORE because of some privileges you have.

(also no, you can't compare white transfems to transmascs of color, it doesn't work like that, you would compare transfems of color with transmascs of color, etc.)

With a heavy heart, I come to you all with the news announced by close friends of Cat Frazier that she had passed away on Monday, June 29.

She had been running @animatedtext since 2012, with her impact on the internet SHAPING tumblr. If you have a years long history on this site, you’ve seen her art.

She ran a venue in Oakland called Oakland Secret, a punk venue where I’d vend at regularly as an artist. She made a safe space for queer artists, artists of color, and local furs too. I am forever grateful for her work both in the Bay Area creative scene and online, and am forever changed by the totality of her impact.

I’ll be linking some articles from the 2010’s about her impact online: The Fader | Action | Jezebel | ObviouslySocial

I invite you to take a visit through her archive, and if you have a long history with this site like I do, it’s like walking down memory lane. (open link in browser)