If butch daddies want to crochet, if twinkly ladyboys are sometimes tops in bed, if burly bears can do BDSM play as little girls, if femme fatales build bookcases in their spare time, these things, too, are not just good but great. They bring us, I believe, wonderful news: news that gendered options can continue to explode, that the chefs in the kitchen of gender are creating new and imaginative specials every day. That we, all of us, are the chefs. Hi. Have a whisk.
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S. Bear Bergman, “The Field Guide to Transmasculine Creatures”
The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You
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We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him. The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I said. “I get it. See, you are afraid, because for the first time in your life you have found yourself a victim of unwanted sexual advances by someone who has the physical ability to use force against you.” The boy nodded and shuddered visibly.“But,” I continued. “As a woman, you learn to live with that from the time you are fourteen, and it never stops. We live with that fear every day of our lives. Every man walking through the parking garage the same time you are is either just a harmless stranger or a potential rapist. Every time.” The girls in the room nodded, agreeing. The boys seemed genuinely shocked. “So think about that the next time you hit on a girl. Maybe, like you in the taxi, she doesn’t actually want you to.”
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Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.
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I wish this was an exaggeration, I really do.
But its not
Dear lord, this is one of the most accurate posts on this site.
You forgot the ruffles.
this is me shopping
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Wearing a dress shows I can be as feminine as I want. I’m a heterosexual…big deal, but if I was a homosexual, it wouldn’t matter, either.
—Kurt Cobain (via kurtcobainisforever)
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I finished it.
Katie Parker
—Rockabilly Girl (demo)
I wrote (and badly recorded) a quick song called Rockabilly Girl. Some of the timing got a bit messed up while exporting, blerp.
This is a demo song written for anybody who has ever been harassed for challenging traditional gender roles. Hurray!
If anyone ever wants a woman to model male clothing for them…
hit me up. If there’s one thing I know I can do it’s be androgynous as fuck.
(seriously. I know you art school kids are into that sort of stuff for projects and whatnot.)
like, is that a thing I can do?
The Hoidens
—Are You Listening?
Hey Tumblr
My band, The Hoidens, has finished demo recording our first song, Are You Listening!
Headphones suggested… Tell us what you think!
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehoidens
Album artwork by warlike!
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