resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner, unruly
I wanted to make a space for non-sapphic/non-woman-aligned nblw (and perhaps nblnb if im feeling particularly unruly) | transsexual | oriented aroace (if you "didn't want to get involved in ace discourse" I'm not your friend | Alex/Hugo | They/It | 23 | white | hard of hearing | kink belongs at pride especially the weird ones | if you see me doing dumb shit please tell me | my main is @oddblonde21 just... fyi
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
If you want to help support a disabled queer keep being cute and surviving todays a great day to do so its getting sketchy out here :D
"saying nonbinary/genderqueer identities are more complex than binary trans ones is transphobic, binary transness is complex and nuanced etc" is such a confusing take to me because it feels so bad faith. nonbinary identities are more complex to understand and navigate having because they do not fit into a male/female binary, which the entirety of modern society is built on enforcing. if you fit into a male/female binary, you do not have to navigate the complexity of interfacing with the parts of society based on you being solely either a man or a woman (which is most of them) when you cannot be categorized as solely either even in the most trans-affirming and leftist of leftist spaces. hope this helps.
Self Portrait/Pervert (1994), followed by Self Portrait/Nursing (2004) both by Catherine Opie.
i have been deeply obsessed with catherine’s work for a minute now, but these two images in particular, side by side, keep echoing in my head the past few days. the more i look and think about them the more i love them. the scarring in the second piece!!! just wow!!! the way that the passage of time is reflected on the body is a huge point of interest for me right now. the blurring of the tattoo, the scarring providing a thread of connection to a former self. the madonna and the whore and what lies in between. one day i will feel more eloquent and write pages and pages about this set of images…but until then i have to at least share them with the void to satisfy myself a tiny bit.