Last days, love days
i went to a bbq today with friends and had a good conversation with my friend cory. he's considered white by most people because he passes for it; i would like to learn more about people's experiences, coming from a mixed background though can accrue white privileges.
what i didnt know was the competitive features that can exist in dialogue between men, where one person has to introduce something impressive while the other has to mentally scramble for a more superior response. fucked up! i couldnt know how it possibly feels to always have to suffice a conversation with irrational filler just to prove my omnipotence. actually, for womyn it's through a different channel, one of propoghanda and like everyone else what we should subscribe to when we're younger- competitions of beautification and passivity. know your beauty and strengths, don't let them be sold to you.
another deep discussion cory and i had was about his friend Sam who is a transwomyn, and how no one would respect her transformation or logic behind her wanting to be recognized as a womyn. its all too common, but when i moved here to philly, i arrived into a new cultural awakening where gender descriptions weren't just she or he, but squee, zhe, they. i wish he could stick around for the film series, b/c one of the films we're presenting is based on a true story called Beautiful Boxer. the main character goes through so many phases in his life where he carries inhibitions haunting his self-esteem and honesty. there were many symbols placed in the beginning of the story with him as a little child opting to be in womyn's clothes and applying makeup. raised in a poor family, he ultimately decides to take up boxing(to win money for surgery and for his family), a controversial challenge to his claimed gender identity as it intensifies a climate of domination. eventually, throughout this he comes out as a transwomyn and gets mixed responses.
Come to the series, it will be fun. friends and fun and discussions and food.
ok, dawn i'll be writing to you, please wait for it! :)
It's THIS Saturday & Sunday!
Hope to see everyone there! *cough* afterparty too!
what i didnt know was the competitive features that can exist in dialogue between men, where one person has to introduce something impressive while the other has to mentally scramble for a more superior response. fucked up! i couldnt know how it possibly feels to always have to suffice a conversation with irrational filler just to prove my omnipotence. actually, for womyn it's through a different channel, one of propoghanda and like everyone else what we should subscribe to when we're younger- competitions of beautification and passivity. know your beauty and strengths, don't let them be sold to you.
another deep discussion cory and i had was about his friend Sam who is a transwomyn, and how no one would respect her transformation or logic behind her wanting to be recognized as a womyn. its all too common, but when i moved here to philly, i arrived into a new cultural awakening where gender descriptions weren't just she or he, but squee, zhe, they. i wish he could stick around for the film series, b/c one of the films we're presenting is based on a true story called Beautiful Boxer. the main character goes through so many phases in his life where he carries inhibitions haunting his self-esteem and honesty. there were many symbols placed in the beginning of the story with him as a little child opting to be in womyn's clothes and applying makeup. raised in a poor family, he ultimately decides to take up boxing(to win money for surgery and for his family), a controversial challenge to his claimed gender identity as it intensifies a climate of domination. eventually, throughout this he comes out as a transwomyn and gets mixed responses.
Come to the series, it will be fun. friends and fun and discussions and food.
ok, dawn i'll be writing to you, please wait for it! :)
It's THIS Saturday & Sunday!
Hope to see everyone there! *cough* afterparty too!