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Transfoundationalism is an ideology/term for those who believe to be trans one must:

Experience a disconnect between one's perceived identity and one's true identity.

Experiencing dysphoria due to that misidentification and disconnect, and/or experiencing euphoria when exploring one's true identity and being identified as it.

This is made to be a sort of in-between for those whose stances fall outside of Transmedicalism beliefs and Anti-Transmedicalism (or "Tucute") beliefs. Doesn't believe seeking medical/physical transition to be necessary to be Trans, however, does uphold the idea that one should desire (or enact) social transition, mental transition, etc.

Against taking up identities under the Trans umbrella simply "for fun" or appropriating experiences under the guise of aesthetics, when one does not experience the points above.

Someone who believes/follows Transfoundationalism can be called a Transfoundationalist, Transfoun, or Transation. These can be added onto existing terms, such as Transation Transexual.

This is made to fit any general Trans- term; this just uses Transgender discourse stance terminology as a reference. Generally made because sifting through multiple posts of Cis- individuals using the Trans- label "for fun" or for "aesthetics" or straight up using the Trans prefix when one's Cis because "do what you want forever" is becoming increasingly frustrating to see as someone who experiences atypical dysphoria/euphoria and is seeking community with similar beings.

This ideology is also generally AGAINST using the Trans prefix being defined as "wanting to be" when coining and encourages the usage of other terms for that experience. Viewing those who are Trans AS their identity completely, over simply being a modifier.

Edit, 05/18/26: The above points are being misinterpreted. Transfoundationalism includes ANY kind of non-physical transitioning. It counts mental transition to be even small things, such as labeling the identity. It is being against labeling "for fun" applies to completely CisID individuals, such as someone who is natal black that doesn't experience racial dysphoria/euphoria and a racial disconnect labeling themself as Transasian for fun/aesthetics.

Transfoundational highly encourages the usage of the MutoID (DissiID for the opposite) for those kinds of experiences. It does NOT apply to already TransID individuals who fit under the Transfoundational requirements picking up labels for fun (or playing with labels) regarding the identity they experience the disconnect and dysphoria/euphoria for.

Edit 2: This can be considered ideologically in-line with TransID Reason Critical.

Made with the big Trans- terms in mind such as race, abled-ness, age, plurality, species. Other Trans- experiences that are easier to (physically/socially) transition to and/or aren't really socially enforced are under less scrutiny. Pretty much the ones folks like to label as "nonharmful" TransIDs.

Explicitly against Transhateful terms in general being accepted under Transfoundationalism, regardless of intent to transition. Views these identities as inseparable from the ideologies they mirror. For Transharmful and Transharmed, Transfoundationalism accepts transitioning as long as it's consensual and doesn't threaten one's life; supporting Critharmful and Critharmed.

"The above points are being misinterpreted. Transfoundationalism includes ANY kind of non-physical transitioning. It counts mental transition to be even small things, such as labeling the identity. It is being against labeling "for fun" applies to completely CisID individuals, such as someone who is natal black that doesn't experience racial dysphoria/euphoria and a racial disconnect labeling themself as Transasian for fun/aesthetics.

Transfoundational highly encourages the usage of the MutoID (DissiID for the opposite) for those kinds of experiences. It does NOT apply to already TransID individuals who fit under the Transfoundational requirements picking up labels for fun (or playing with labels) regarding the identity they experience the disconnect and dysphoria/euphoria for."

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Kai - 230206 Ethan Shin's Instagram Story

Translation: "Ignoring the perspective, a two-shot.. Kai-ssi, I love you.. @zkdlin"

A short reading exercise this time, based on a Greenlandic women's magazine cover that caught my eye on the sermitsiaq.ag website.

If you were to ask someone unfamiliar with Greenland what they imagined an Inuit women's magazine would cover, your guesses probably wouldn't be too far from the following:

- how to sew your own sealskin purse

- it’s reindeer season! How to look good on the hunt

- an article on facial tattoos making a comeback

- a cut-out-and-keep guide to recognising 40 types of snow

- win some handcream, made with natural Greenlandic plant extracts

Well, 4 out of 5 of those are exactly what this magazine is about! You can no doubt guess the one I made up (although it's probably the headline of the equivalent men's magazine...).

Here's the vocabulary list (of course, for you Danish speakers out there you can see the magazine is bilingual):

arnanut - for women, derived from arnaq woman and -nut allative case (plural); to, for

ukiaq - autumn/fall. Not to be confused with ukioq year. Note related forms ukiaru this coming autumn/fall and ukiarmi last autumn/fall

eqquigit - win! Second person singular imperative form of eqqui- to hit [something], to guess [something] right. Half-transitive form of eqqorpaa he/she hits it.

atuagassiap – of the magazine (relative case); in absolutive case atuagassiaq

iluani – in its inside, so atuagassiap iluani inside the magazine

takusaqarnerugit see more [things]! From taku- see + -saq passive noun (thing which is [verbed]) + -qar- have/exist + -neru- more + -git second person singular imperative, intransitive. Literally “[please] have more things [to be] seen!”

puisip  - of the seal (relative form); absolutive form puisi

amianik – with its skin (instrumental case); from ameq skin + -a- his/her/its + -nik instrumental case form used after plurals or possessive endings (as here)

aningaasiviliorit – make a purse! From aningaasat(1) coins, money + -sivik/-livik place where one puts something + -lior- make + -rit second person singular imperative (note the sound alternation: -git is used after vowel endings or “hard consonant” endings; -rit after -r- endings). ((1) In turn I believe that singular aningaasaq coin is derived from aningaaq an old Eskimo name for the moon in storytelling + -usaq thing which is like)

kiinnakkut – on the face (prosecutive case: by, along, upon). From kiinaq face; note this is one of those words where the consonant before final –q undergoes gemination (due to metathesis of the -q- before the -n-) before certain suffixes. This is the same process found in nanoq bear > nannup / nannut / nannumut of the bear / the bears / to the bear. Because this gemination is an irregular process, sometimes “regularised” forms are seen, e.g. nanormut has a small number of google hits. 

kakiortinnerit – tattooings. From kakior[paa] – [he/she] tattoos [him/her] + -ti*- to cause something to happen + -neq verbal noun, the act of doing [verb] + -it plural form of –neq ending.

atugaaqqilersut – they are being used again. From atu- use + -gaq passive noun (like –saq above), something which is [verbed] + -u- to be (changes to -a- after previous -a- from -gaq under normal spelling rules) + -qqi- again + -ler- to start, to have started, be about to + sut 3rd person plural intransitive nominal mood.

tuttunniarneq – going deer hunting. From tuttu reindeer + -t- to catch (only used with a few animal names) + -niar- which, as noted above, means “to want/to intend/to try” but in a hunting context it implies being out on the hunt + -neq verbal noun. Note the -t- morpheme is assimilated into the following -n-.

aallartippoq – it has started

piniarninni – [when] on your hunt. pi- here is a “dummy” ending (discussed in previous lessons) which can function as a dummy object for a subsequent ending which supplies the meaning for the word.  So with the “hunting” meaning of -niar- discussed above we have piniarpoq – he/she hunts; piniartoq hunter. Here with the addition of -neq verbal noun (shortened to -ni- due to affix following it) + -nni in your/on your (formed from the fusion of  -t- your + -ni in, on (locative case)).

atisarissaarit – wear some nice clothes! Or perhaps more naturally dress well! Formed from atisaq clothing item + -rissaar- to have a nice [noun] on (e.g. kavaajarissaarpoq she has a nice jacket on) + -rit 2nd person imperative.

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The event story for “In My Heart, It’s Always Halloween!” has been completely translated by Inuzuka28 here!