"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."

-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

Yes, it can happen again. 👀

I’ll always call it Twitter and I’ll always call it the Gulf of Mexico, spare me the cult stupidity. Period.

•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•

this is my absolute most pressing need. like even more than selling my book (which is my only income) it’s these two surgeries.

like it’s actually urgent so if you can spare anything… please 🙏

So, patriarchy very much wants *us* to see trans(het) women as a kind of hypersexual gay "man", but we can see them as women, and the synthesis of this leads us to transmisogynistic degendering, a more interesting conclusion than "they're just gay" or "it's only misogyny, they're valid women"

On the one hand, patriachy very much wants to see trans men as a kind of embarrassed woman, but we can see them for men, and the synthesis is of this leads us "transemasculation" a more interesting conclusion than just "its misogyny, they're just women" or "its never misogyny, they're super valid"

I see this issue as one of discipline: as feminists we must be able to analyze oppression and how it constructs as well as the subjects of that oppression. Patriarchy seeks to regender trans men which emasculates, feminizes and marginalizes them from manhood

What paradox cases like this ask us to do is reconsider our standing views of reality.

Trans men are legitimately men but are oppressed by misogyny.

Het trans women are legitimately het but oppressed by homophobia.

It can feel bad to talk about this way, because it seems to be ceding to misgendering, and so I don't blame anyone who dislikes that.

But it's a simple case of the spiral principle—something that's contradictory on one level can be harmonious on another.

I see the connection between transhet women and homophobia as a lot like the connection between trans men and misogyny.

It feels on its face like it can't be the right explanation, but you also need it to understand the material conditions of that population.

Today would be a good day to read and share my essay about trans medicine and trans autonomy, and why trans people are complexly traumatized without them.

We deserve for our bodies to belong to us. We deserve lives we can live.

I’d love for cis people to read this.

medium.com/@mayrpeterso...

You're not going to be able to draw everything perfectly in your comic, ur gonna have weird looking cars or buildings, or hands- And i want you to know that's fine
Readers spend seconds per panel- as long as things are clear narratively, keep going! Dont get stuck on making every panel a masterpiece

She’s a happy camper

me: hm i should repost some art for social media reasons
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me: ah damn i dont like any of my art