i don’t know why these shit white straight male actors think they’re some experts on this shit. they should probably all shut up before they fuck up even more
i like how he tries to back pedal by talking about trayvon’s life at the end - no bro you care more about a “racial slur” against whites than the fact a CHILD has been killed by a RACIST
keep fighting the good fight, padalecki, against “racist” poc by calling WOC ableist insults
its happened to a friend recently and ive seen plenty of people including streamers/youtubers etc have the same thing happen over and over again, where they put the LGBT label on their streams or a pride flag in their bio and then they get people demanding to know every detail of their identity.
if you see a guy online with his girlfriend and he has a pride flag in his bio and your first reaction is to question whether hes even allowed to put that there, log off. the guy could be bi, could be trans, could be nb, could be literally any queer identity at all and it doesnt matter. its none of your fucking business. he could also just be an ally showing support, its none. of your. business.
you are not the queer police and it is not your job to make sure everyone in the queer community has the properly documented justification for being part of it. touch grass. you need to be normal about not knowing everyones labels and identities and about people keeping those private.
cishet passing people have always existed and will always exist within the queer community, they are our family and belong with us.
also! queer people have been having kids for quite a number of years now! that guy could be the cishet-iest dude in the world but have been raised by lesbians, just like my oldest son!
this gatekeeping is poison. it is poison. stop it. you can't gatekeep the community without excluding people who need it.
[takes u all gently by the hand] conspiracy theories, misinformation, and reactionary posts are just as dangerous when they are about something you agree with. even more so, actually. be careful not to spread something just bc you think it SHOULD be correct to further your stance on something. that does not make it true.
also!! its okay to admit u were wrong and accidentally shared misinformation! sometimes shit slips through the net! we're humans, being bombarded with info on the daily. things are going to slip through, especially if it's something you're more easily going to believe (ie if it aligns with pre existing ideas). u can make mistakes, and u can fix those mistakes!
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Transmasculinity and queer sexuality in the works of Ikeda Riyoko
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Content Warning: Discussion of transphobia and suicide
Spoilers for Dear Brother, The Rose of Versailles, and Claudine
Ikeda Riyoko—perhaps the most famous member of the “year 24 group” that played a large part in creating the foundations of the shoujo manga genre—is often credited with laying the groundwork for depictions of queer characters in shoujo, and in particular with creating the archetype of the gender-bending heartthrob heroine, or “girl prince.” Building on earlier representations of butch or transmasculine characters in early shoujo manga such as Princess Knight, and the Takarazuka theater tradition of the otokoyaku male role actor, Ikeda’s enormously popular gender non-conforming heroes—Lady Oscar from TheRose of Versailles, Rei from Dear Brother, Julius from the Window of Orpheus, and the titular character of Claudine—helped to establish that there was a major mainstream audience excited to cheer for a hotheaded, androgynous tomboy with a heart of gold. Lady Oscar in particular has fingerprints all over the history of anime and manga, from a gender-bending cameo in Pokémon to serving as the inspiration for iconic characters like Tenjou Utena.
When I first read The Rose of Versailles last year, I expected its depictions of queer and transmasculine characters to be somewhat limited—after all, the comic was written for mainstream audiences and a mainstream publisher in the 1970s. But across Ikeda’s work, I was deeply surprised with the level of care and nuance with which Ikeda approaches transmasculine love stories. While there is obviously a lot about Ikeda’s portrayal of transmasculine characters that feels dated to modern audiences (for example, her comics often do fall back on “biological” ideas of women’s weakness and emotionality, and sometimes psychologize her character’s genders in uncomfortable ways), I was surprised by how much of these comics still hit for me today. What makes them work for me is both the extreme pathos with which Ikeda writes transmasculine character’s experiences of rejection—and, at rare moments, gender euphoria —but also the fact that her trans characters are not simply given a one-size fits all born-in-the-wrong-body narrative. Instead, they are each portrayed as unique individuals with varied personal relationships to their gender, their sexuality, and the historical context of the society they live in.
a lot of ppl have bought into the idea of consumerism as the ultimate expression of a person’s political ideology and identity. so they think that what you buy is the core reflection of your moral rightness. that’s why they don’t understand how real boycotts work or meaningfully participate in them because actual activism isn’t what is relevant to them. it’s just about using consumerism as a social signifier to indicate they are part of the “in group.” it’s like the leftist version of having a gucci bag except you’re bragging about the fact you don’t buy harry potter merch. it impacts next to nothing & it goes to show that capitalist ideology is so firmly entrenched in our psyches that even left-wing ppl think that what you buy is who you are.
not a new take but it’s fascinating to me how a lot of self-proclaimed progressives get off on shaming / judging others and feeling “holier than thou,” but don’t actually do anything to materially make the world a better place. then there are the people who internalize this shame and feel like they’re doing something wrong and seek validation from these really toxic judgmental people. it’s more about hating yourself and others for their “sins” than actually being a good person. it all very christian and weird. suffering and being miserable is not a form of activism & neither is being an asshole