lots of ~whining~ over random things

[gloraelin]

I'm aware this post may come across as me whining out of my privileged ass, but so be it. I have to work it out somewhere, and here's as good as anywhere else

Comments

[julephenia]

I applaud you for trying to unpack your privilege. I'll be honest - I've tried, and mostly I get really tired before I get to the bottom. (Which only reminds me how fucking privileged I am.)

For all that I'm a European Socialist, there are times I simply say, "What were the ODDS that I'd be born a white straight girl in NEW JERSEY?" (They had to be seriously small. Even with shitty past lives.) And then I mentally hug America and get on with my day.

I'm not familiar with the term "cis"... could you elaborate?

[gloraelin]

"cis" is the term for "when your gender and your sexual organs at birth match." Like, I'm a ciswoman. I have a friend who's not, since she's a transwoman. ETC.

[denelian]

i grew up as the "Token PoC/Injun"; everyone KNEW i was Cherokee, and the hell it caused was [not to be redundant] hellish