must have been easier to be alive before news traveled so fast and you were only ever aware of a handful of tragedies instead of thousands and thousands of them being delivered to you on a daily basis. why is there even a question of why our generation is so depressed and anxious like I’ll tell you why?? everything i read breaks my heart and my capacity to empathize and be outraged is absolutely maxed out. yeah i’m sad bitch! we’re all sad! there’s no relief!
something i’m sick of hearing when i talk about the trope of transmisogyny in horror films is “but this character isn’t really trans.”
no transphobe believes ANY trans person (especially woman) is “really” trans. all that matters is we are something “other.”
it’s completely irrelevant that within their respective films norman bates and buffalo bill don’t canonically identify as women as a “real” trans woman would. it doesn’t matter that in both sleepaway camp and insidious chapter 2 the “male” killers were forced to live as girls by abusive mothers, their feminization a revolting affliction.
for bill and angela, the horror of their existence is punctuated by nudity. the audience is meant to feel disgust at the wrongness of such a body lying beneath a feminine presentation.
the message is clear: within a “male” body “mutilated” by femininity, horror manifests. within transsexuality is violence.
if anything, the fact that these characters aren’t “really” trans gives more ammo to the transphobe in transparent disguise: inside every trans woman, in their eyes, is a sick, twisted man.
hey, just curious, but do other countries have an official currency they value so little that they literally just make diy crafts and decorate with? like
hello everyone, i’ll get straight to the point— my friend is stuck in Iraq because her parents tricked her into a one way trip. she was told that they would just be visiting family and vacationing, but by the end of the trip when they were supposed to start leaving, it was clear they were not going anywhere. her father ripped up her passport in front of her and now she is in need of a new passport, taxi funds to get to the US Embassy in Baghdad, money for a hotel to stay in, and a plane ticket. not to mention, when she comes back to the US she won’t have anywhere to stay or any of her belongings anymore. if you could DONATE even just a little bit, it would be greatly appreciated. please reblog this. some friends and i helped her make a gofundme because she’s unable to do so, here is the link, again PLEASE donate: https://www.gofundme.com/tricked-into-a-one-way-trip-to-iraq?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=campaign_title&utm_campaign=donation_receiptv5
