Karen Encarnacion
@krencarn.bsky.social
Mountain runner, intellectual, grocery store manager, LGBTQ+ . Yiddish student. Former art history/history of science academic. Childless cat mother who also loves dogs. But most at home in the mountains.
I’m hearing you 🤗
January 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I’m hearing you 🤗
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This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
![I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation. They're breaking down-I don't have the word for it right now-but it's gender prejudice, and [the idea that] somebody has decided that they can tell you who you are, what your name should be, and how you should look.
And those youngsters are saying, "No, I can decide who I am, what my name should be." Everybody's mad at me like, You should be a girl because we've decided you're a girl. And they say, "Well, who the hell are you?" I can decide that I'm a boy. And if it makes me happy, what does it mean to you? And I can decide that my name is John. And if you don't like that my name is Geraldine, why can't you name yourself? And if the people who know you and love you-or have to talk to you, maybe they don't even love you but they have to talk to you -you can tell them, “This is my name, and I would like to be referred to in that way."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bb6m3nt3ohlter5c35zjlt6z/bafkreibs7rspksh3k7ekvnnmxzeenwwuvr4ab6fs4usuckmu2zpdzq3hcq@jpeg)
December 10, 2024 at 3:18 AM
This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
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This case #Skrmetti is important because it affects the lives and wellbeing of trans children. That said, it is also important because of the legal issues being argued - it could set dangerous precedent regarding other medical care like abortion provision.
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
This case #Skrmetti is important because it affects the lives and wellbeing of trans children. That said, it is also important because of the legal issues being argued - it could set dangerous precedent regarding other medical care like abortion provision.
Thank you for your reply. That is inspiring to me.
November 24, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Thank you for your reply. That is inspiring to me.
I feel this so much. Thank you so much for posting your thought process. It’s hugely helpful right now, as my partner and I also think through how and what to plan, and how we would know when it’s time to go.
November 22, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I feel this so much. Thank you so much for posting your thought process. It’s hugely helpful right now, as my partner and I also think through how and what to plan, and how we would know when it’s time to go.
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So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me.
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
November 16, 2024 at 12:49 AM
So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me.
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5