transitions
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Transitions #8
In trans women’s eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognised as female, a raw strength that only comes from unabashedly asserting your right to be feminine in an inhospitable world.In a trans woman’s eyes, I see someone who understands that, in a culture… Continue reading
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Transitions #7
In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources of power within the culture of the oppressed that can provide energy for change. – Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider I am a world, in a world, among other worlds. In my unfolding, I dwell in the placetime that grows in the… Continue reading
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Transitions #6
You want them to notice the ragged hem of your summer dress. You want them to see you like they see every other girl. But they just see a faggot. They hold their breath not to catch the sick. – Laura Jane Grace, Transgender Dysphoria Blues Content note: transphobic slurs Gaze. The quiet (loud) quiet… Continue reading
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Transitions #5
While there’s life there’s hope. – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote For Penelope. For hope. How much time do I have to free you, scared little girl? How much time did you sleep in that dark closet, buried under histories barely-whispered, barely-spoken? How much did it hurt to hide from the degradation and the pain?… Continue reading
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Transitions #4
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. – Plato, Phaedo Apophasis. The cis soul denies, moves-away-from the dawn that beckons in the dark night. The problem they face is an allic problem: because they witness themselves as standard, they can’t recognize themselves as a one-in-many / many-in-one. The cis soul is… Continue reading
Fish In the Afternoon 