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caestoexist · 4 months

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(excerpt from my film + lit analysis class essay on afab gender nonconformity in film specifically about she's the man 2006 and tomboy 2011)

"She’s The Man is a romantic comedy designed for an adolescent audience, and therefore starts with a high energy montage of the main character, Viola, playing soccer on the beach. It is overlaid with bright, colorful graphics showing the title credits, and set to the song “No Sleep Tonight” by The Faders. Viola, while not stereotypically feminine, is clearly a girl. She is shown to like sports, and is uncomfortable in dresses, but also wears a bikini top and short jean shorts in the opening montage, and has long hair. She only comes to the decision to present as a boy in order to impersonate her brother, Sebastian, so she can play on the boys soccer team, after the girls team is cut.

At the end of the film, she reveals herself to be female, wins the game, and goes back to living as a girl. In fact, the second to last scene shows her onstage, in a dress and makeup, making out with Duke, a fellow soccer player and her former roommate, who first met her as Sebastian.

She’s The Man has something I call ‘The Mulan Effect,’ where a film represents a character pretending to be the opposite gender without actually tackling transgender topics. In these types of films, the character has external motivation, usually hiding from, or impersonating someone, or trying to gain access to something. A key feature of films that demonstrate ‘The Mulan Effect’ is the crossdressing character returning to their original gender presentation after achieving their goal."

i think it's an interesting phenomenon because on the surface a film with the mulan effect seems to be trans or trans adjacent in nature, but when you think harder about it, it's usually not as related as it would seem. of course it's somewhat related just due to the feature of a character acting and dressing as the opposite sex, and often has loosely feminist undertones (woman just as good at fighting war as man!! gender win!) but it's about a mostly gender conforming, usually straight character (in fact, if the character isn't straight, it kinda falls into a different category than the mulan effect imo) simply putting on a disguise.

it doesn't touch on actual gender nonconformity or transgenderism beyond very superficial features of it, such as being considered strange, ugly, or wimpy by those around you. its much safer than a film actually about trans or gender nonconforming topics, because it can almost fully avoid homosexuality or transgenderism other than a sort of parody/joke on those things (this straight woman falls in love with a boy, but he's secretly a girl! must be awkward for her!). it's kinda like the bury your gays trope in that it depicts the undepictable but in a way that doesn't justify being gay or trans.

it's also like the bury your gays trope becsuse people will still identify with it when that's the only representation they're given. like if all the gay stuff you can read ends with the characters dead, you're still gonna read it just for the gay shit. if the media showing gender nonconformity and transness only shows it as either temporary (the mulan effect, the trope of a tomboy growing out of it as they get older, usually influenced by meeting a man they're attracted to and realizing they're a Woman and gotta Act Like It) or evil (all the trans serial killers, who are mostly trans women, sometimes trans men who are gangsters, mob bosses, or criminals) you're still gonna identify with the characters just because you don't have anything else showing someone who does what you do.

in a lot of media trans women are represented as evil and perverted and trans men are often not represented, or represented as a temporary issue, something done as a result of external pressures, or something that you grow out of. trans women are often ugly, strange, aggressive adults and trans men are children, also perceived as ugly and strange but overall more sympathetic. i think it's interesting and wonder how much this broad societal representation affects the way we perceive those groups even without realizing it.

it's also interesting how the way we see women vs men plays into this, as trans women are "too manly" making them adult, large, aggressive, etc. trans men are sometimes also seen as too manly, because nobody takes them seriously as a boy to begin with, so they're judged as a girl. if they are seen as a boy, they're wimpy, small, childish, and more likely to have pity taken on them. trans women embody "man traits" like thinking for themselves and making decisions, like an adult, whereas trans men embody "woman traits" by just not even being taken seriously on the same level as trans women (who are more likely to be portrayed as actually trans women, as opposed to trans masculinity, often portrayed as confused or traumatized little girls) and also being shown more often as children. they are then able to be saved by a man, and only then are able to be happy as a woman. the transphobia is just the first layer of these types of bad rep, the deeper you dig the more it seems to be misogyny. like "trans women are men so they're powerful and aggressive by nature, trans men are women and therefore they don't know what the fuck is going on, even with themselves. they need a man to come set them straight, it's not their fault". it starts to seem really fucked when you think about it.

i'm saying this after having gone thru every pre-2012 representation of trans characters in television and film (according to wikipedia) and finding Some Patterns.

i don't really know what the conclusion of this post is, but basically. trans women and trans men are both affected by misogyny. misogyny is at the root of so many things. if you're against misogyny you should be against homophobia and transphobia too. period.

#texts i sent to my mom #who is gender critical #she was unsure how to respond #trans #media literacy #misogny

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godmademewithoutarms · 3 years

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Sometimes I tell myself 'you know maybe I'm being over dramatic and my dad isn't actually that bad' an then he says something transphobic

#tw transphobes #I hung up REAL QUICK #I hate how my brain choses to ignore the fact that my parents aren't actually good people : /#Like it just blocks it all out and I forget until it happens again an I have to face the harsh reality #Imma go into detail b/c I need to rant feel free to skip past #It was about She-Ra #I have never seen it so I can't confirm anything #But he said that they made She-R a 'transgender' in the new one because women had rights now #And impiled that trans women are real women : /#'if you're gonna make a show about a woman don't make it a transgender #if your a trans women you ARE a real women #Being trans doesn't take away from that #Same goes for trans men #OMFG I MEANT THAT HE IMPLIED TRANS WOMEN AREN'T REAL WOMEN #I FORGOT A WORD FUCK #I FEEL LIKE AN ASSHOLE #JESUS I AM TRANS WHY AM I PANICKING #THATS WHY I VENTED

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neil-neil-orange-peel · 2 years

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I’ve started watching The New Statesman properly, and I may well be mistaken (because I honestly don’t think Alan cares a fig about anyone but himself), but it comes across like Alan has a soft spot for Norman/Norma? Like, when the American couple are pretending they want to swing with them, Alan snatches Norma’s hand back, protectively and reiterates that they are “strict christians”. You might argue that Alan saw through their deception, but when they come clean, he seems caught off guard.

Awesome to hear you're watching TNS! You're not the first person to notice this soft spot Alan seems to have for Norma. I think there are a few reasons for this.

(This is gonna contain some spoilers by the way, so beware.)

Firstly, as TV Tropes points out, Marks & Gran decided to up Alan's nastiness in series 2. This is not to say Alan is nice in series 1 - far from it - but he ascends to new heights from series 2 onwards. This is highlighted in the first scene of series 2, in his first line:

"I did not say I opposed abortion, what I oppose is the so called woman's right to choose! It should be the state's right to choose. Ugly, stupid, poor people should not be allowed to have children!"

The episode also ends with Alan blackmailing a closeted gay man just because he can, and includes this great line, said as he attempts to murder Piers:

"Yes, I know I don't need the money, Piers, but you see I want it. Because I'm very, very greedy, Piers! That is why I became a Conservative!"

Much nastier Alan, no?

Marks & Gran also started focusing more on Alan's financial rather than political exploits from series 2 onwards, probably as he enjoys manipulating things from the shadows. The decision to make the various changes that occur between series 1 and 2 probably came about, I'm guessing, because being granted a second series is being given the green light. You don't usually know if you'll get more than one series when you start a show, so once it gets renewed you have another chance to review everything and adapt again in the hope that more future series will be forthcoming. I suppose it's a bit of a confidence boost, but also a chance to reflect on what was successful and unsuccessful in the first series and then adapt accordingly. The Young Ones did the same for their second series.

So, anyway, if series 1 Alan is ever so slightly softer than he is from series 2 onwards, this helps explain his friendlier relationship with Norma. It also might explain why Norma vanishes after series 1. If Alan was going to get even worse, was it realistic for him to have a person he was almost friends with? Someone he complimented from time to time and who was in on his schemes? Someone almost... Equal? Norma's disappearance could be more a reflection of the change in the character of Alan B'Stard, though I'm sure there were other reasons too.

Now, Alan is obviously no ally to the LGBT community. As I just mentioned, in s2e1 he blackmails a closeted gay man and tells him he "hates queers almost as much as [he] hates poor people". Inside The B'Stard File, a piece on Alan and Sarah's wedding mentions Norma being there pre-transition - the wedding occured before the show's canon starts. The word "transsexual" is used to describe Norma, which we recognise today as the outdated term for a transgender person. This would suggest that, whilst becoming a woman was Norma's get out of jail free card (literally), it was also something she'd wanted to do for a while, and she is in fact a trans woman.

So, Alan tolerates transgender people? What?

Well, in a manner of speaking. I doubt Alan is especially knowledgeable on what being transgender means or the reality of it. In s3e2 it is revealed he has been blackmailing Eugene Quail since he spotted him leaving a transvestites club, and it wouldn't really surprise me if the concepts of transvestism and transgenderism are basically the same thing in his head. Because Alan. Still, he compliments Eugene's choice of clothing, just as he sometimes compliments Norma's transition progress. And the example with Quail is Alan after his further B'Stardification. So why is he not being completely horrid to them both? Because his interactions with Norma and Quail are on his terms.

I think his stance lies in his politics. Alan is a libertarian (he says this in s1e3 and it's evident throughout the show), and libertarians believe in a small state (like conservatives), but also absolute freedom (unlike traditional conservatives). This means people should be free to dress and express themselves however they wish. Complete social freedom clashes with conservative social values quite strongly (people should be free to take drugs if they want; free to sleep with whoever they want; dress as they please; conduct themselves however they please; indulge in whatever they please - all of which horrifies the conservative sensibilities of, often but not always, religious morality, as well as traditional family values). This is why early libertarians were firm on identifying as liberals rather than conservatives.

Whilst on social stances (outwardly anyway, most Tories are hypocrites), libertarians and conservatives differ, it is undeniable that fiscally libertarians are go arm in arm with the new right branch of conservatism. Remember, if you should have freedom in every sense, you should have the freedom to accumulate as much wealth as you wish, through whichever means. And fuck everyone else, basically. Free market economics. That's Alan's excuse for making money through morally dubious means - why shouldn't he be allowed to make money where there is money to be made? Surely that should be none of the state's business? Surely taxation is only an infringement on his freedom to accumulate as much wealth as he likes? I think Alan's at his most libertarian (as well as his most nationalist and Brexity) in the interview with Walden, A. B'Stard Exposed.

Be careful with libertarianism, the "live and let live" attitude towards alternative lifestyles is really just a front for the truth, which is: "I'll let you exist, now you have to let me rip you off for every penny I can get".

Anyway, why have I gone off on a rant about political theory? Because I think that's basically Alan's attitude to transgender individuals. Fine, exist - preferably out of his little sphere of contact, because ew ordinaries - if you exist he can get money out of you. In Thatcher's Britain, where new right policies of laissez-faire economics and conservative social values were implemented, of course Alan is going to blackmail anyone who can't afford to be seen going against these conservative social values. In the early series especially, he tows the party line publicly and spouts conservative social values himself, while in private engaging with sex workers, porn, BDSM, bestiality, and adultery (the best example of this Tory hypocrisy is s1e3).

Alan isn't being progressive, in my opinion, just self-indulgent. I don't think he cares what people do with their lives, just as long as they don't do it near him. He wouldn't ever campaign for minority rights (not unless there was some lucrative underhand deal involved), because he's not in a minority, so why should he care? He's a conservative, so disrupting the status quo isn't high in his list of things to do... Unless it would benefit him financially, as that's what he balances everything against instead of a morality scale.

In his personal views, he's clearly homophobic. I reckon he'd also be transphobic to a trans person who got too close to him without his permission. Like I said, he interacts with Norma on his terms. He tolerates her because they already have a longstanding rapport, and their relationship is mutually beneficial. Norma is useful to Alan - she's his accountant, and throughout series 1 she comes up with solutions to a lot of his problems. Likewise, Alan is useful to Norma - he is loaded and can pay for her sex change. Because Alan's a libertarian, he doesn't care that his money is being spent on a sex change - which a traditional conservative most definitely would mind. Alan is not a righteous person (in the right wing sense I mean, obviously he isn't in the left wing sense). He puts righteousness on to tow the party line, but really he has no "heartfelt political principles" (as we learn in s3e1), so he really just doesn't care.

The question of whether he'd impose any specifically queerphobic laws if he had absolute power, or a close approximation (which the show basically ends on, although that ending was written out of future TNS projects), is something I'm not too sure on. I think it would just come down to how vindictive or indifferent he was feeling on any given day. As a libertarian, he should be freeing society from all its social and economic laws and having very little sway over people's lives... But things don't really work out that way under extremist dictatorships. He'd love the power and end up authoritarian, I think. Maybe only those he deemed rich enough already would be afforded freedoms, while the ordinaries have to prop up their decadent lifestyles. After all, a society where no one faces any compulsion to contribute at all isn't going to make Alan any money. So maybe you can be gay or trans or any other identity, but only if you're rich enough to pay for it. Sounds dystopian, although I suppose it sort of reflects an imbalance that already exists.

I've drifted from the point here. 😂

Alan and Norma. I sometimes wonder if Norma actually wanted to be Alan's wife. I don't know whether she fancied him - I'm undecided on that, Rowena Cooper is 23 years older than Rik, so I guess it would depend on Norma's tastes - but she can clearly see how it would benefit them both, provided nothing leak out about her. I could see the series 1 Alan tolerating this in an AU. It would be a marriage of convenience like his and Sarah's, only a more amiable one, so they'd both presumably sleep around. I'm just not sure if Alan would be fully up for the risk to his reputation. He'd need some reassurances that there was no chance of anyone finding out Norma's secret. Also, divorcing Sarah wouldn't be simple either - they'd need to catch her committing adultery for any chance of conservative sympathy for Alan.

I have actually thought about Alan's behaviour in that diner scene too! Mainly because, as he's reprimanding Guzzler for his behaviour and refusing to do as he wishes, he might lose the contract and then he'd lose his seat. So the fact that he says that to Guzzler at all proves that he really, really doesn't want to fuck around with him and his wife. For one thing, there's Norma's little secret. Plus, while Alan is homophobic in the traditional sense (he's a bigot), he also seems to be homophobic in the literal sense too (he does actually seem to be scared of gay men, which we see a bit in s2e5, which is a big part of homophobia).

Why exactly he grabs Norma protectively the way he does... Tis interesting, very interesting. It adds to the devout Christian image they were going for, of course, but both of them did appear to be genuinely spooked.

Norma has an arc over series 1 - her transition - but there was definitely more that could have been done with her character in further series. I don't think the later series suffer for their lack of her character - I think series 2 helps amp up the sharpness of the satire and Alan's sadistic tendancies, as well as giving Piers and Sarah larger roles - but in an AU there's stuff that could be explored with her.

Sorry for the waffle! Apparently, TNS has this effect on me. 😂

Thanks for the ask!

#asks #wat-the-cur #the new statesman #alan b'stard #norma bormann

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trutimeline · 3 years

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idislikecispeople, The Most Infamous Dyscourse Blogger: Part 1.0, Rumors

idislikecispeople, also known as many names throughout her time on Tumblr (such as Adele, Kat, Mami, Samantha and Sayaka), was a former Tumblr blogger who became infamous for coining the term "tucute", among many other controversial things she has posted on her blogs. This was supposed to be one, very long masterpost about her, but Tumblr's post editor is a bitch and won't let me do that.

In this post, I'll be debunking or confirming rumors commonly spread about idislikecispeople. The rest of my posts about her will each be dedicated to a specific controversial belief she held or situations she got into. For simplicity's sake, I'll be referring to idislikecispeople as Kat for the rest of this post and future ones.

Rumors

Kat Coined the Terms "Truscum" and "Tucute"

Verdict: Partially True

Kat coined the term tucute, but she did not coin the terms truscum or transmedicalist.

Here's a screenshot of Kat's original definition of a tucute:

Transcript:

What is Tucute?

What does tucute mean?

Tucute is basically just the opposite of truscum, it’s a term and community for trans, nonbinary, and/or non-cis individuals created to separate anti-truscum from truscum and to serve as a safe place from truscum and from cis people, where they believe that being trans requires dysphoria, we do not,where they think that being trans is a medical condition, we do not,and where they deny numerous gender identities on the basis that it “discredits the trans community” we do not.

What are the prerequisites to be a part of the tucute community?

You have to be trans, nonbinary, and/or non-cis in general

You have to accept all pronouns and gender identities

You haveto believe that dysphoria is not necessary to be trans

You have to dislike truscum

You cannot side with truscum or believe in their ideology

You cannot misgender anyone no matter how mad they make you

You cannot be an ableist whatsoever

Did you invent the tucute community? Why?

I indeed did coin the tucute term and community and anyone who says otherwise are creeps who are trying to steal it from me and redefine it for their own nefarious doings. I started this community so anti-truscum could separate themselves from truscum and cis people who are a part of the truscum community, it serves as a safe space from both truscum and cis people.

I’m cis, can I be tucute if I believe in your movement and want to help?

No, you can’t be tucute if you’re cis, you can only be a tucute ally, and you need to be sure to never speak for or over a trans person.

I see a lot of tucuties being just as harmful as truscum, what will you do about it?

There isn’t much I can do to them other than ask them to stop aligning with the tucute community, and of course, that doesn’t mean they will. Also be noted that truscum and cis people will pretend to be tucute just to tarnish the name of the tucute community, so tread lightly, you might be talking to a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Spread the word, use the tag #tucute and join the army today!

[A digital drawing of Sayaka Miki from Puella Magi Madoka Magica in her magical girl form, with a banner underneath her reading "Tucute 4 U!"]

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Kat Was a Cisgender Woman Who Lied About Being a Transgender Woman

Verdict: False

This rumor primarily comes from a post on Kat's oldest known Tumblr blog, chromaghost, where she claims that she wasn't MTF and only tagged a selfie as such because she thought that transgender people were "cool".

Transcript:

Anonymous asked: are you a mtf? i seen it tagged on one of your photos.

No lol. I wanted to post it to the tag because transgender people are cool :3

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However, Kat addressed this post and made it clear she very much was a transgender woman multiple times on her later blogs. This claim can also be confirmed with nude photos Kat posted online, which I don't feel comfortable spreading, so you'll just have to trust me on that one. I also don't feel comfortable directly encouraging you to go and dig up those nudes, as most of her nude photos were either taken when she was a minor, spread without her consent and/or were uploaded because people pressured her into posting nudes to "prove" she was a transgender woman.

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Anonymous asked: you bound with ace bandage in one of your selfies. i don't know what to think about you anymore. according to some people you're a 27 year old cis woman scamming us, but you say you're a 22 year old trans woman. i want to trust you but i don't know if i can. i'm sorry.

Rest assured I’m not 27 years old lol. What you’re referring to is a less than graceful ~art piece~ we did (”Playing a Boy” or something) on deviantART when we were 16/17 (?) and really ill-informed. I ask you to not take that as how I stand currently – as I have learned so much more since, and I have a penis and I was designated male at birth because of it (feel free to purchase a passcode to our nsfw blog to see for yourself). At the time we were developing breast tissue but still had to appear as a ‘boy.’ Don’t bind with Ace bandages, kids, it can damage your rib cage, something we didn’t know at the time.

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[A picture of two prescriptions, estradiol and spironolactone, both prescribed to Adele Sheffield.]

grandtran still gonna think I photoshopped it or what

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Anonymous asked: In other words, you aren't gonna cough up the pics because you know you can't fake that shit because you're actually cis. Cool. BTW why do you keep changing your story about the blog, and if the blog was run by you when you were in denial about being trans because of self hate, why were the pics tagged mtf and you were constantly saying trans people were cool?

Yeah I’m not gonna do something for y’all and get nothing in return except more doubt from you, you see how one sided that kind of request is? Also its technically considered sexual harassment, just because its on the internet, you’re a coward (whats your username btw?), and you think I’m cis and you want me to prove time and time again to you that I’m dmab doesn’t justify sexually soliciting someone when they’re not comfortable in being solicited – for free no less.

At first I genuinely had no memory of that blog, it was only active for all of 2 months and for some reason I moved onto a new email and new tumblr, and I haven’t the foggiest why. As for the whole “me claiming to not be ~mtf~” I don’t have any memories from that time, I can only assume it was a lot of dysphoria fueled self-hatred and wanting to be seen/pass as a cis girl lesbian.

If you’re really gonna solicit nudes from a trans woman (a second time) as they do sex work to try and stay on their feet without offering anything in return just so your transmisogynistic ass can get off to trying to tell me my dick is fake isn’t classy at all. I perish the thought of what you’re parents would think of this behavior from you. But yeah, feel free to send some money to my paypal so I can get the gender markers on my records changed because that’s gonna cost a lot apparently, and I’ll definitely send you the dick pics you want. :)

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Transcript:

[A picture of a a hospital bracelet on Kat's wrist. The patient's name is Adele Sheffield and her sex is labeled as "M".]

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Kat Lied About Having Diabetes To Get Money From Tumblr Users

Verdict: False

This doesn't need much commentary from me, just view the screenshots below.

Transcript:

To the people who keep harping on me buying a $15 video game for my mental health 7 MONTHS ago “with my donation money,” well, here you go, some proof, links and screenshots provided

So for everyone spreading misinformation about me spending $15 on a video game for my mental health, here’s a full list of reasons why there is no way, shape, or form I spent my paypal money on it:

Yes, I spent $15 of my own money after selling one of my possessions, not denying it:

[A screenshot of a Tumblr post by Kat where she shows off a copy of Fall Out: New Vegas, marked with a price of $14.99. The date of the post is marked as July 21, 2014 at 06:28.39 PM.]

Be sure to look at the date, July 21st, 2014 6:28 PM. Now lets look at my first donation post asking for help:

[A screenshot of a Tumblr post by Kat where she asks for donations to be able to afford insulin because she has no insurance. The date of the post is marked as July 20, 2014 at 08:14.00 PM.]

Hmm, one day before the purchase of said game, July 20th 2014 at 8:14 PM. Now, I’ve never heard of a video game store — much less a non-chain video game store accepting payment for video games in the form of virtual Amazon gift cards, have you? Oh, but you’re gonna say, “well you bought the game with your paypal donations anyway!” Well, here’s exhibit C:

[Another screenshot of a separate post made by Kat where she is also asking for donations to be able to afford insulin. The date of the post is marked as July 23, 2014 at 12:27.46 PM.]

Again, looking at the date of this posting which is the original donations post, you can see it was posted on July 23rd, 2014 at 12:27 PM, a full 2 days after I had bought the game. Now, if there’s no way for me to use Amazon gift cards for a real life video game store, then how can I go back in time a minimum of 2 full days to give past me $15 to buy said game, hm? This isn’t even accounting for the fact that I didn’t even have my own bank account associated with it until over a week later, and it surely doesn’t account for the fact that it takes up to 5 days to transfer from paypal to your bank account. All the dates are linked to the original unedited posts so you can see for yourself, and for added measure my first deposit was on August 14th, 2014:

[A screenshot of a deposit made by Kat. The date is marked as 08/14/14.]

Oh but yeah, anti-sjs, truscum, and the like took damniwishidthoughtofabettername’s postthey used to gaslight us with misinformation and you all bought it. Tell me how I could misuse donations that I could not use outside of Amazon and money I didn’t even start receiving until a full two days later, let alone the fact that there’s no way I could have transferred said money and used it two days prior as of the date of the paypal donations post.

I hope some of y’all could reblog this and get the word out, I’m sick and tired of people buying into that misinformation that person did solely to gaslight me as a means to try and disrupt my donations drive.

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Transcript:

[A selfie of Kat holding up a vial of Novolin to the camera.]

Hey anon, I don’t feel comfy giving you my receipts (because doxxing is a thing) but here you go, a selfie with my most recent insulin purchase. 👽

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Anonymous asked: Getting desperate for money again I see. How is your fake diabetes lately. I bet your blood sugar is like 800 this time and you're still able to be alive somehow.

You got me, I’m ~totally faking~

[A selfie of Kat. In the background several items used by diabetics are seen such as insulin syringes, glucose tablets, a blood sugar tester and test strips.]

[A picture that gives us a closer look at the background of the previous selfie.]

[A selfie of Kat holding up two vials, one of Lantus and the other of Humalog.]

Gee, must be one dedicated faker, right? To have hundreds of dollars of insulin equipment and insulin itself. Hmmm… Insulin syringes, glucose tablets, a blood sugar tester and test strips.. oh and insulin, hmmmm….

Oh and because you didn’t learn from last time you don’t die instantly when your blood sugar goes over 600 lol, something anyone who studies endocrinology can tell you, and I would know, being a diabetic, having to be hospitalized numerous times for ketoacidosis where the blood sugar has been too high for too long. Things you clearly do not know and you’re just jumping on the disableist bandwagon. I have an idea of who you are anyway, just doing this for future reference.

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#idislikecispeople #dyscourse #transmed #truscum #tucute

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gridelincarver · 5 years

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Trans women don't have lesbian brains and white heterosexual trans women DO NOT HAVE A MURDER RATE HIGHER THAN BIOLOGICAL FEMALES. So you're just lying? You think men who identify as women are more oppressed than actual women?

I didn’t say they had lesbian brains. I said that there’s a neurological study showing that they have the brains of WOMEN.

Here’s a study published by the European Society of Endocrinology: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180524112351.htm (and in case you’re not a STEM student like me and haven’t been taught how to read and understand scientific studies, here’s a Global News article explaining it for the general public: https://globalnews.ca/news/4223342/transgender-brain-scan-research/)

Here’s one published in Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5953012/

Here’s a study led by a psychobiologist: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4987404/ (and here’s a Scientific American article and discussion of it, once again in case you don’t have experience reading scientific studies: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-there-something-unique-about-the-transgender-brain/?redirect=1)

interesting how there’s all these facts available to show that you’re wrong, trans women do absolutely have female brains!

oh and on the topic of murder rates, interesting how you’re only including white heterosexual trans women? because last i checked when people publish studies of the murder rates of cis women, it’s not just white heterosexual cis women. so let’s look at the OVERALL murder rates for both cis and trans women!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-homicide-rate-female-victims-of-homicide-rose-by-21-percent-according-to-study-2018-12-6/ here’s a CBS article on homicides. it says that in 2016, 12.2 out of every 100,000 women were victims of homicide. that is 0.000122%

in contrast, let’s look at the rates of trans women. I’m just gonna link a bunch of articles here (here’s one, heeere’s another, and another, and yet another, and you’ll find more if you look). this is literally an epidemic. because for some reason, censuses generally only put “transgender” as an option rather than specifying the person’s actual gender, it’s hard to get statistics on trans women specifically. however for trans people as a whole, they’re 3x more likely to be unemployed, more likely to be refused medical treatment, more likely to be refused jobs, 28% of them report harassment in medical settings, 50% of them had to fucking teach their doctors about transgender care. (https://www.thetaskforce.org/new-report-reveals-rampant-discrimination-against-transgender-people-by-health-providers-high-hiv-rates-and-widespread-lack-of-access-to-necessary-care-2/, https://www.glaad.org/transgender/transfaq)

and also, to reiterate ONCE AGAIN: you keep saying “men who identify as women” as though once someone realizes they’re trans they immediately start giving them the respect that a man gets. that’s just not what happens. once someone realizes a woman is transgender they treat them WORSE, because in the eyes of the general public a trans woman is lesser than either a man or woman. they do not get privilege for having a penis. they get treated worse.

so uh yeah. trans people are absolutely more oppressed than the general population. look up some facts. do some research. stop making up some bullshit. it’s a bad look.

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