Embrace the Strange

boy is a devil

Eridian OC named THINGS. She is in charge of miscellaneous items in Grace's biodome and gets MAD AS HELL when he doesn't ask her for stuff.

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A puppet eridian from Project Hail Mary. She is bright pink with orange spots and covered around her carapace and arms with bead bracelets, bells and random things like strips of duct tape and plastic.

As she is moved, the bells on the puppet are jingling constantly

Folks, if you don't know who Emi Koyama was, you should. Her website (eminism.org, which is a delightful pun) has a ton of her work entirely for free.

You can read the Transfeminist Manifesto in particular here. Emi considered it a historical document and she wrote a very good self-critique in 2008 (included in the document) on the subject of the Manifesto, white feminism, and the lack of inclusion of trans and genderqueer people who aren't trans women. I highly encourage everyone who wants to involve themselves in transfeminism to read her work, not because it is perfect, but because I do think Emi Koyama's Manifesto represents the best intentions for transfeminism: the desire to challenge cissexism, to take activism seriously and compassionately, and a commitment to being open and honest about where we fall short and how we can do better.

I really appreciate this quote from her, which I hadn't seen before, on the subject of feminism needing to "fit in" trans people:

Cis feminists do not own feminism. We don't need to "fit trans people into feminist theory"; we simply need to challenge cissexism in feminist movements and theories. Trans people do not need to be explained by feminist theory; we need to start from the fact that trans people exist and matter.

And it would be a crime to not mention how hard she fought specifically for women of color, to challenge racism and imperialism (white/western and non-white/non-western) in feminist spaces and in general, as well as her intersex activism, and far more. She had such a drive to contribute to, engage with, and push for more and better feminist discourse.

This has, understandably, made it difficult to find the time & energy to entertain. Things will get stable again eventually, but until then, if you'd like to help me get through this ridiculously rough time, I'd deeply appreciate the relief it would bring.

We're disabled, trans + queer, and struggling. The gov cut our benefits yet again despite an appeal. This makes it impossible to for us to afford cat supplies, phone + internet, and OTC supplies like Tylenol and sanitary products.

We also have debt from last year. Our mother died, leaving us with debt, and our oldest kitty had a brief illness before passing. Our younger girls both got sick shortly after. Donations help cover those CareCredit payments. We had to spend to get meds for our oldest girl, which set us back this month.

We're trying to raise $282 ASAP, but by the 20th at latest. We're currently at $50/282, with 9 days to go to raise the rest!

Our kofi link is here in case anyone feels generous. Literally every dollar helps. Thank you so much for any help or sharing!

Kitty tax under the cut.

Authorize fear ‘cause we’re gonna take it all !!