Tag Archives: awareness
-phobia
I have never liked the -phobia language used mostly by the LGBTQIA community. And trans, asexual, and intersex people use it, too, so they’re included this time. But it’s getting to me a bit more than usual. There are two … Continue reading
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Selling your soul to who, exactly?
I recently read Doktor Snake’s Voodoo spellbook (available in my school library, donated by someone who a building is named after, I find this awesome). I’d recommend it even for people who don’t care to practice Voodoo or hoodoo because … Continue reading
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The Vagina Monologues
My school did the vagina monologues. I did not go. I don’t know if they did either of the two about trans women, but I sure as hell hope they didn’t because I’m pretty sure that, if they did, they … Continue reading
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Shields Down
Most of the ways that I don’t have privilege are invisible and things that I wasn’t fully aware of. This doesn’t mean that I didn’t suffer because of not having the privilege. Bad things happened because I didn’t know I … Continue reading
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Trigger Warning: [list of names]
This is something that has bothered me for years. What the hell do you do when you’re triggered by a certain name? I don’t know how common it is, but I imagine I’m not the only one who’s triggered by … Continue reading
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Privilege 101 ish
(I’m not entirely sure I’m qualified to talk about this, but I’ll give it a go.) Privilege doesn’t often come up around people who have it, and when it does it’s generally knocked down with privilege denying and people not … Continue reading
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I’M BLIND!!! Colorblind That Is… via Mike Lemons
Read the full post here. Edited for cissexist, interphobic, and racist language. Yes, “Caucasian” is racist. (the link also doesn’t give textual descriptions of the images for visually impaired people) But aside from the blog author needing to check a … Continue reading
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Internalized
Society is cis supremacist. Whether we realize it or not, we’re fed a lot of transphobia and cissexism from a very young age. Hell, look at the cards and such available to buy someone who just had a baby. There … Continue reading
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