maevele: (ant)
maevele ([personal profile] maevele) wrote2009-08-14 03:46 am

damn. from voz


Is Cis A Dis? And other air castles to storm… « FemmEssay

a cis feminist making a damn strong point about cis privilege.

Re: Hard words are often necessary ones..

[identity profile] maevele.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
One of the privileges I think people don't think much about, is the privilege of just being heard.

ayup

[identity profile] voz-latina.livejournal.com 2009-08-15 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
that's why I did the flawed maneuver of invoking a cis voice to say what trans women had said 1000000 times before.

Kynn makes alot of sense below. really. i knew this, and did it anyway, because, cis people are reliably stupid about trans women. Always.

For us, it's the cost of doing any business with you.