anyways I went through the transtape tag on tumblr after I heard about it to see what other people were saying and oh wow. what did I find? so much fucking ableism.
People saying that, because transtape didn't work for them, it doesn't work for anyone, and anyone who says it does is delusional and in a cult, comparing it to snake oil and saying people are brainwashed into pretending it works when it doesn't. (So on top of being ableist towards physically disabled people, now we're adding in ableism towards mental illnessess too!!!)
People saying that, because it didn't work for them, it will never work for anyone, and no one should ever try using it, and why would they want to anyways? Wearing a normal binder is always the best choice, for everyone, all the time, always!
Like literally everyone is perfectly capable of binding and we're just too stupid and lazy to do so -.-
Like disabled people who can't bind without sever injury don't exist and we just don't want to bind to be special -.-
So here's a fucking reminder:
Not everyone can bind. Not everyone can wear a binder. Disabled people fucking exist. No, binding is not the universal solution that everyone can and should use.
For fuck's sake, binding can and does literally fucking injure able-bodied people! and you want to fucking pretend that it's the only option anyone should ever use, and people looking for other options are just stupid and want to feel special or are in a cult?? Are you fucking kidding me????
If you can safely wear a binder, if that works for you, good for you!
But not everyone can safely wear a binder, for so many fucking reasons. Breathing problems, hypermobility problems, literally there are so many fucking health problems that prevent people from binding, I swear to god.
I haven't fucking tried transtape yet because it hasn't been delivered yet, and then I need to make sure I'm not allergic to the adhesive before I can actually start trying to use it.
Before I heard about transtape, I'd fucking resigned myself to the fact that unless I magically get rich over night in order to get top surgery, I was just going to have to deal with having breasts forever.
Because I cannot fucking wear a binder. I have dislocated a rib sweepng the fucking floor, and reaching for a bottle of shampoo. I cannot wear a fucking peice of clothing designed to compress the chest in ways it's not meant to be fucking compressed. I cannot wear a fucking piece of clothing that even the most able-bodied of people cannot breathe properly in and aren't allowed to do strenuous activity of any kind in and have to take off after a few hours so they don't seriously hurt themselves.
I cannot wear a fucking binder.
If transtape or things like it doesn't work for me, then nothing short of literally cutting these useless things off will ever fucking work for me, and that's not currently a fucking option because I'm poor and have no health insurance.
Just because something works for you does not mean it works for everyone. Just because you can safely wear a binder does not mean everyone can.
Just because something does not work for you does not mean it won't work for anyone.
I cannot wear a fucking binder. Do you see me fucking attacking people who can, do you fucking see me saying people who wear binders are lying to themselves and everyone about them working? No. Because I'm not self-centered jackass!
Not everyone can wear a fucking binder, for too many fucking reasons to count.
Stop fucking acting like binding is the only option people should ever use, and they're idiots if they try to find other options.
You people are just being fucking absurdly ableist.
