I had absolutely no idea. I will remove it immediately.
Anonymous: yo. the credit card butt swipe photo's pretty problematic & not cool. do you know where that image is originally from? it's from the end of nelly's music video for "tip drill." and if you already knew that i'd be surprised, since it's pretty appropriative of some negative, sexist, commodifying aspects of Black hip hop culture, if you ask me. as a qwoc, i can't stand for that.
Anonymous: I feel weird about you using a quote by Gabourey Sidibe because she, as a fat woman of color, has a whole different struggle. I get that you struggle with your own demons, and don't want to invalidate that. I admire and respect you. But I'm tired of seeing white queers who set/fit in the standard for androgyny and queer beauty appropriating POC and WOC quotes about self love. POC can't have anything without white people saying "me, too."
yeah i completely understand that, totally valid, and i’m sorry if i’ve offended anyone
i always wonder if i’m allowed to reblog images of poc because it would in some way be an act of appropriation? in this case i identified a lot with the quote - the idea of feeling confident is something i struggle with immensely, and obviously i acknowledge and totally understand that there is a huge gap between my issues as a person with body issues and the issues facing a fat woc - so i wanted to have that on my blog, but i understand your point that i should not have reblogged it or commented on it as my experience is not comparable and thus should not be a part of that dialogue
i’ll delete the post and my commentary so i’m not contributing to that in any way
Anonymous: Have you ever heard of Ivan Coyote? You do the same thing to my heart that he does.
as a butch, it would be a total tragedy if i hadn’t heard of ivan coyote and was super inspired
so yes of course! ivan is one of the idols for sure
Anonymous: and in addition you're also unf
humping my pillow in response to this
jk i don’t hump things but if i did i would
Anonymous: You're everything I aspire to be and more and I'm glad I found your blog. I want to just live in your written pieces - they're fantastic and breathtaking and wonderful. Thanks for gracing my world with your presence. c:
hugging my pillow in response to this
Anonymous: How do you feel about trans men in Bryn Mawr? Do you know if Bryn Mawr accepts trans women, pre or post op?
bryn mawr does not currently accept transwomen so long as they are still “legally” recognized as men which is a lot of bullshit that i have strong feelings about because i genuinely believe all women belong at women’s colleges, and i’m sad my alma mater does not accept transwomen yet. but! i know it’s a current policy issue that the students and alums are super in favor of changing, so i hope good comes of it soon
i don’t really have an opinion on transmen at bryn mawr. the only thing that concerns me about our admissions policy is that a genderqueer person, aka me, had more rights to be there than someone who actually identifies as a woman! which is some grade a bullshit. i think that bryn mawr is home to a lot of different people and if a transman comes out or transitions while at bryn mawr, it will always be his home and should always be his home whether he chooses to stay there or not. i’m not entirely sure why someone who identifies as a man would apply to a women’s college but i think there are lots of reasons to want to be a part of a space and it’s not up to me to judge
fulloflightning: I think you have a lovely heart and I love you from afar. I live in philly and I think it's really cute to read all your posts about the trolly and other things like that.
fun fact: i work at 17th and chestnut and i’m in center city more than at home in west philly so maybe we’ve crossed paths!
