Lipstick Lesbian Pride! Femme-Loving Femmes Unite!
Femme Vitale
Chop! Chop!
(Source: transgenderexpress)
I’ve been working on my series of gender reversed Doctor Who trading cards and I thought I would share some of the images we did not use on the cards.
I’ll continue to update this as more images are finished.
I am having some serious butterflies going on for 3 and 11.
Love all these! The Third Doctor is my all time favorite, and I really like this representation.
mindthefilth asked:
Just wanted to say I really appreciated your commentary on the male superheroes dressed as female superheroes comic. Had thought of it a bit but not in depth and after reading, I really agree with you. So thanks for the commentary.
It’s reassuring to get feedback like this. I keep seeing different versions of this male superheroes en femme meme going around and I’m always really put off by it.
Welcome to: If Male Superhero Costumes were Designed Like Female Superhero Costumes!
Aaaaa I dunno. I got tired of guys having no idea why girls find female superhero’s costumes kinda sexist, so I, um, made this?
My main goals were: 1) Make it so the first thing you think of when you look at them is sex, whether you want to or not. 2) make it so that any male human who looks at this feels really uncomfortable. 3) make it funny, because, well, it’s kinda hilarious really.
Not trying to start a war here, just wanted to poke a bit of fun.
So, here you go menfolk, welcome to being a girl who likes comics.
I really hate the way these male superhero in femme poses parodies are framed. “OMG! Look how ridiculous they look. Hehehe…” No, no, no! They are fabulous! I don’t think there’s anything wrong with these at all. The butt of the joke is trans femininity, gender nonconformity, queer and overt sexuality and femininity in general. Well, that’s cissexist, sexist, heterosexist, and misogynistic. So knock it off!
Guess what, female characters get portrayed way more in macho, masculine poses than male characters get portrayed in sexual and feminine poses. By making fun of these cross-gender poses people are perpetuating a society that despises femininity in people assigned male at birth.
My motto is: “More Glutes, Less Biceps!” I’m not interested in female characters being portrayed more masculine as much as I’m interested in the portrayal of all characters as sexual and feminine without people treating it like it’s a joke. To hell with all this underlying anti-slut, anti-femme, anti-queer and anti-trans hate.
BTW, I want Captain America’s outfit. It’s superhero sexy and looks like a lot of fun to wear.
(via mindthefilth)
People who commented on the Bilerico Project hated this video because Emily “chops off” her penis, and a few objected to her going to Pleasure Island. But those are two of the reasons I love it. I think there’s a lot of truth in this video, and I think that scares some of the more image conscious trans women.
Geppetto refuses to accept Emily’s desire to transition so she takes action herself by cutting off her genitals with a wood-chipper. The fact is, before “trans” ever existed my people have been cutting off their genitals. It’s something that is still happening. This is especially true with young children who often attempt to cut off their genitals due to dysphoria and lack of an internalized fear. Self-castration is a lot more common than people commenting on Bilerico would like to believe. This is the reality of living in a world where it’s next to impossible most trans women who need surgery to get it. I believe that this is something that is going to continue to happen, like self administered abortions, until we have access to surgery on demand.
And as for Pleasure Island, there is an objection to the suggestion of sex work. But this is another thing my people have been doing since before we were “trans.” There are traditions in many cultures that don’t have a history of criminalizing and moralizing sex work where people we now call trans women were respected for what we now call sex work. With colonization they became marked as Others and have long been living on the margins of society with other criminalized and moralized outcasts. Again, this is something that still continues. Survival crimes involving sex and drugs are common, and like the boys of Pleasure Island, trans girls and women do get exploited through slavery and trafficking.
I think the video presents an opportunity to talk about some important issues that concern the trans women’s community.
(Source: bilerico.com)
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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY HEDGEHOG SITS ON A GREEN BLANKET. IT HAS ITS MOUTH OPEN. TEXT READS, “YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE EMOTIONAL.”]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3nuxxT1Ri1rpy84ao1_1280.jpg)
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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY HEDGEHOG SITS ON A GREEN BLANKET. IT HAS ITS MOUTH OPEN. TEXT READS, “YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE EMOTIONAL.”]
(Source: rightqueer, via transcreature)
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blackenedbutterfly:
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tal9000:
[Image: A sparkly lavender background, across which a pink and purple band with white text “I support trans women” is drawn. Below it is a drawing of a tiara, in pink. In the top right corner is the GLAAD logo and acronym]
Oh my god why is there a tiara
A pink tiara
Oh wow, I didn’t even notice that at first. It just seemed like A NICE LITTLE DESIGN
WAIT NOPE
I support trans women, both those that like pink tiaras and those who would never touch one. Stop being problematic, banner that was almost okay.
There is a tiara because the graphic was specifically created in support of Jenna Talackova, the First Nation trans woman and professional pageant contestant who fought and won her right to participate in Miss Universe Pageant. But it can also works for CeCe McDonald, a Black trans woman accused of second degree murder after she was attacked by racist trans-misogynists in which one was stabbed in self-defense and died after bleeding out. CeCe’s support committee is encouraging people to wear purple and dress as royalty in solidarity with CeCe McDonald during her trail. So the colors (purple being the color of royalty while lavender and pink are the color associated with LGBT communities, not just femininity) and tiara (a crown associated with female royalty) work for her as well.
I’m so sick of the misogynist anti-femininity crap that is coming from the queer community. This just goes to show how only things that are feminine are gendered in our society. No one would be saying this if the colors were blue. No one ever questions the fact that resistance and solidarity are depicted almost exclusively masculinist tropes of fists and arm flexing, but heaven forbid there is ever any sort of femme expression of solidarity. Forget the fact that the vast majority of trans women under attack are feminine presenting women and that this femininity consistently makes them a target — both by the mainstream culture and the queer subculture.
Yeah, it’s got a pink (with a fuchsia gradient) tiara. And it’s fucking fabulous, so get over it.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2aa54njIz1r0gnkyo1_500.jpg)
[Image: A sparkly lavender background, across which a pink and purple band with white text “I support trans women” is drawn. Below it is a drawing of a tiara, in pink. In the top right corner is the GLAAD logo and acronym]
Oh my god why is there a tiara
A pink tiara
Oh wow, I didn’t even notice that at first. It just seemed like A NICE LITTLE DESIGN
WAIT NOPE
I support trans women, both those that like pink tiaras and those who would never touch one. Stop being problematic, banner that was almost okay.
There is a tiara because the graphic was specifically created in support of Jenna Talackova, the First Nation trans woman and professional pageant contestant who fought and won her right to participate in Miss Universe Pageant. But it can also works for CeCe McDonald, a Black trans woman accused of second degree murder after she was attacked by racist trans-misogynists in which one was stabbed in self-defense and died after bleeding out. CeCe’s support committee is encouraging people to wear purple and dress as royalty in solidarity with CeCe McDonald during her trail. So the colors (purple being the color of royalty while lavender and pink are the color associated with LGBT communities, not just femininity) and tiara (a crown associated with female royalty) work for her as well.
I’m so sick of the misogynist anti-femininity crap that is coming from the queer community. This just goes to show how only things that are feminine are gendered in our society. No one would be saying this if the colors were blue. No one ever questions the fact that resistance and solidarity are depicted almost exclusively masculinist tropes of fists and arm flexing, but heaven forbid there is ever any sort of femme expression of solidarity. Forget the fact that the vast majority of trans women under attack are feminine presenting women and that this femininity consistently makes them a target — both by the mainstream culture and the queer subculture.
Yeah, it’s got a pink (with a fuchsia gradient) tiara. And it’s fucking fabulous, so get over it.
The idea that all anti-trans sentiment arises from the fact that, as transgender people, we “transgress binary gender norms” does not resonate completely with my personal experiences. As a somewhat eccentric kid, I was given plenty of leeway to opt out of boys’ activities and to cultivate an androgynous appearance and persona. I was sometimes teased for being different, for being an atypical or unmasculine boy, but it was nothing compared to the venom that was reserved for those boys who acted downright feminine. And now, as a transsexual woman, I find that those who wish to ridicule or dismiss me do not simply take me to task for the fact that I fail to conform to gender norms - instead, more often than not, they mock my femininity. From the perspective of an occasional gender bender or someone on the female-to-male spectrum, it might seem like binary gender norms are at the core of all anti-trans discrimination. But most of the anti-trans sentiment that I have had to deal with as a transsexual woman is probably better described as misogyny.
Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
This is also my own experience. Even though I am a femme-identified woman, I often present more masculine. I do this because I receive less abuse and harassment than when I present more feminine. This is the case whether or not I’m read as a cis woman, mistaken for a cross-dressing man, or recognized as a trans woman.
When I see “gender nonconformity” or “gender transgression” used as synonyms for the issues faced by trans people it erases my actual lived experience.
(Source: transradical)
