French speaker here! Your interpretation makes the most sense from a translation standpoint. “La beaute trangenre” is a reference to the state of being, not simply a direct descriptor of Valentina (though she is very beautiful). It’s a singular statement, whereas the sub header (I don’t know if this is the right name…
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It’s Vogue. You know, the fashion magazine with impossibly beautiful and thin cover models? They only feature cis models who meet their standards of feminine beauty, why should it be any different for their trans models?
Come on. It’s a fashion magazine. They’re all for diversity but they still want their models to be pretty.
As a tumblrite...ignore them. A lot of them are teens (the average age for tumblr is 14-18, a 25 year old like me is “old” there) just parroting whichever SJW account they follow and some of those accounts are seriously misinformed and have their own wars with each other (and there are others that are more measured…
You’re fine. Those women aside from being trans women are also trans idiots. Unfortunately cis people don’t have the asshole market cornered. Both types of people who complain on one side or the other about too much trans inclusion or too little trans focus are all idiots. As long as women aren’t telling me to shut up…
Today it really sunk in that white supremacy transcends gender and political parties. The fact that an overwhelming majority of white women voted for Trump is all I keep thinking about. Yeah I’m holding white women accountable today, run up if you want to
Every time I come here to say white women are racist too, people come in droves to shit on me. Today, you literally have proof that white women voted for trump in droves but here you are, blaming Gary fuckin Johnson.
This is such a great comment. Its disappointing to realize how much bullshit i’ve internalized about all kinds of folks (including my fellow black/female/queers), but we all grew up and live in this culture, so of course it happens. Acknowledging the fucked-upness/calling yourself on it is really the only way to fix…
Wow, people are just crazy. I’m sorry this happens!
Exactly!! Not only that, but isn’t true feminism allowing for, respecting, and celebrating a whole range of self-expression? Also, doesn’t everyone experiment with different styles over their lives? You do you, sister.
I had no idea that cis-women were somehow offended at trans-women embracing femininity. When I moved to the big city at 22 back in the time of dinosaurs and saw my first trans-woman, my reaction was “Wow, she’s prettier than I’m ever going to be” and I felt a bit put out for a few minutes, until I realized that, of…
And I wanted to say I understand your feelings about your infertility. And I wish motherhood wasn’t so inextricably tied to our identity, while also understanding that it brings joy to some women. I don't want to have kids so at least for me that hard conversation with prospective partners is out of choice and not…
Oh and btw, I don’t give a fuck about how femme you want to appear, you do you girl.
This is what especially gets me. They want people to use the bathrooms of the sex they were born with. So they want trans men in the women’s room but they kick out a lesbian because she looks masculine. This is an irrational response to their even more irrational laws.
So when we do it we’re ruining feminism, but when cis women do it that’s empowering. Got it.
Right, because there weren’t any of us at the Stonewall Riots (there were), and transpeople only come in the heterosexual variety (herp derp). Whether it comes out of ignorance or prejudice, is there much of a difference? Thanks for putting that out there.
:-( I hope this is changing. Gah - kindness (not to mention minding ones own damn business) costs nothing.
That’s totally the CIS gendered mindset though. Many trans people, especially if they’re early or mid-transition don’t think get in, get out. They think “Should I even go in? How badly do I have to? Can it wait? How many people are in there? Is somebody going to “know” and yell at me, or even assault me?” What seems…