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BLOSSOM by @vivathewilddog and @wrestleish

111,102 words, 5/5 chapters

Slow Burn, Non-Linear Narrative, Friends With Benefits, Pining while fucking, Trans Character, Not Kayfabe Compliant

spirit bloom by @vivathewilddog and @wrestleish

9,959 words, Explicit

Established Relationship, Trans Character, Not Kayfabe Compliant

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last night was one of the most frustrating nights i’ve had as a wrestling fan in awhile. a 2+ hour show, leaving the women only 15 minutes with the “brag” of saying they get to main event.

that main event didn’t even start till the overrun started. that main event only went 13 minutes. previous to this match, only two women’s wrestlers had been shown beforehand. only eight women’s wrestlers appeared in general last night.

aew has a large women’s roster that they refuse to book. off the top of my head people who were not booked last night; harley cameron, kris statlander, hikaru shida, queen aminata, zayda steel, thunder rosa, nyla rose, marina shafir, red velvet, athena, billie starkz, julia hart, skye blue, thekla, mina shirakawa.

this is not a case of aew not having talent. this is not a case of not being able to build stories. this is a case of misogynistic booking happening. why does hikaru shida have to defend her tbs belt on collision? the show airing on tnt? why couldn’t her defense against aminata happen instead of one of the men’s filler matches? why couldn’t they let two stories progress?

i’m exhausted. i know plenty of other people are exhausted. how are we meant to be excited to watch these shows when this is how the women get booked? when they aren’t given the time of day? because to tony kahn they cannot do the same as the men?

i will continue to be angry about this because it is not an issue i want brushed under the rug. these women constantly push out some of the best matches weekly yet cannot be given the time of day by their bookers.

It's some shit that everyone thinks they can understand based on vibes but science just doesn't work that way. Real scientists have proved time and time again that it doesn't work how people assume. Many medical conditions where it's assumed weight is a "cause", something to blame the patient for, it's often actually a symptom.

Body size is based on so many individual possibilities. genetics, upbringing, wealth, what type of food you eat, what type of work you do, where you live, etc etc etc. it is impossible to control for all of these.

I was a child born to fat, impoverished, labourer parents, and I grew up doing farm labour, gaining muscle - I will never ever be thin. It's just how my body developed. And no matter how much weight I were to hypothetically lose, doctors would still push me to lose more. Family would push me to lose more. Society would push me to lose more. It will never ever ever be enough. You will never be thin enough, there is no bmi low enough to satisfy them, there is no "progress" that won't just make them pity or shame you even more. Your personal circumstances aren't important to a pseudo-scientific practice, the variables don't matter that much, it must be a one-size-fits-all solution.

Every weight loss pill, every low calorie shake or meal replacement, every weight watchers frozen meal, it all contributes to the pseudo-scientific cult of thinness. Every ad that says you're not good enough, it pushes you to drop your critical thinking skills. We have created a world where people think shitting themselves into thinness using potions with untested ingredients is healthier than having some fat on their bodies. But it's not! That's absurd! You're sending your body into a constant state of gastric shock!! And one day, when you get bored of eating tasteless nutrient paste and decide to eat something with some flavour in it, your body will react with a starvation response and store every little bit of fat that it can, because it's so used to being fucking starved. Which sends people into a panic response, buying up more pills and trying to crash-diet and lose their meagre protective layers.

Your body stores fat because that's your reserve energy. Fat is protective. I thank my body every day for storing so much energy for me, fuck knows I need it! That's your blubber!! You are a large mammal. Your body is designed to keep energy in reserve so you can sleep and stay warm and keep your brain alive. You should research the human metabolic process. You should research the cow metabolic process. You should research bear metabolic process. YOU NEED FAT!

And just like so many other pseudosciences, fatphobia and all that it entails is deeply rooted in racism and specifically antiblackness. It is not a mistake that the ozempic-chic era is coinciding with one of the biggest waves of open, globalised white supremacy we've seen in decades. Whiteness needs to perform & police whiteness constantly, maintaining appearances is THE way to stay part of the ingroup.