[bellamysd]

Looking to work with other Black Transmen

Hello, my name is Shahan Bellamy. I am a graduate student under the direction of Dr. Marlon M. Bailey in the Women and Gender Studies Program in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. I am conducting a research study to understand how Black transmen construct and express masculinity on Tumblr and in the real world. As part of this study, I will be observing and interviewing Black transmen who use Tumblr to help express their masculinity. I am recruiting individuals who identify as Black American transmen and who are over the age 18.

With your permission, I would like to observe and interview you for a period lasting 1-8 weeks. Each interview is designed to last approximately 2-3 hours and will be video and audio recorded with the participant’s permission. Interviews will include questions about transitioning, masculine gender expression, and your use of Tumblr. Your participation is completely voluntary and you may exit the study at any time. If you have any questions or would like to participate in the research, I can be reached at [email protected].

[andreii-tarkovsky]

We didn’t have a word for our, as you guys call, gay/lesbian people. So we coined that word as an umbrella for all our tribes. We never said, “Well, you’re transgender. You’re bisexual. You’re lesbian.” We never knew those terms. Those are all from Western culture, you know, LGBTQ and all that. So on some level, it’s about getting rid of labels. Those terms were forced upon us.

[thisiseverydayracism]

Fucking revolting.

[teamrocketing]

[theshitneyspears]

“is that you?” “……………….yah.”

[roslips]

WHY IS THIS SO DRAMATIC

[doctorqueer]

[d4c]

[bando--grand-scamyon]

UNMUTE THIS IMMEDIATELY

[theryanproject]

I APPROVE OF THIS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE! 

[good-pic]

[pleasestopcosplaying-deactivate]

[humorfever]

This is supposed to be the llama from the Emperor’s New Groove.

[nosdrinker]

that is the devil and he is here to kill us

[theweirdwideweb]

[weloveshortvideos]

[gifbro]

[fireball-mudflap]

[kingrudegyalchina]

Teaching Racism

The desensitization of black death .

[ssstop-it-sunflowa]

Wow….

[blvcklatinx-deactivated20160424]

Wow

[crimeshetyped]

I never even noticed this before

[tyvvy]

[nourrice]

LEAK THIS GYM’S ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY

[sheholdsyoucaptivated]

I would work out every day if he were my instructor tbh

[kaitbabbling]

I’ve reblogged this six million times, and I’ll reblog it seven million more times

[espritfollet]

This is a map of Asia. North Americans, you may notice this map is not solely comprised of Japan, Korea, China and Thailand. People in the UK, you may notice India is not  a continent. That is, if those of you who generalize entire continents can even pinpoint India on a map. Indians are Asian, gasp! And not all brown skinned people are Indian, also, gasp! There are an alarming amount of people, of all ages, from all backgrounds, who seem to be unable to process this.

I’m ethnically Asian. Since Asia is an extremely large continent, I could be from any number of countries. I am neither from India, China, Korea, Japan or Pakistan, yet not so surprisingly, I am still Asian. 

Yes, there are commonalities across regions, through the conflation of cultures, colonialism, globalization, transnationalism and movement of diasporas. Sometimes these are all the same thing. Rickshaws, rice and curry can be found across the continent. But let’s not overgeneralize. You can also find Buddhists, Catholics, Muslims and Hindus across Asia. Cantonese Speaking Chinese Muslims! English Speaking Indian Jews! 

No, we are not all the same. Orientalism? (Please look up Edward Said for basic concepts) No thank you. 

Geography, people. It’s important. 

[fuckyeahethnicwomen]

This pops up on my dash every so often. I reblog it again, not just because I wrote it, but because nothing has changed since I first posted this.

[dentalgoth]

What’s cool about Iran is that it falls in 3 different regions of Asia so depending on what part of Iran you’re in, you can kind of get culture shocked a bit. The central and western part of the country is West Asia, the north east is Central Asia, and the southeast is in South Asia. 

[numinous-queer]

To the folks wondering about Russia being included, I want to mention that the cultural debates and angst about that has been going on for CENTURIES. While France has been pretty fetishized all the way back from Peter the Great, there is no question that we are not Europe, even with that influence showing really obviously in historical seats of power like St. Petersburg. Nonetheless, the whole country was under control of the Mongols (The Golden Horde) from roughly 1242 to 1480, and that left an enormous Mongolian and Tatar heritage that remains to this day. The ancient Scythians are huge in the cultural imagination as well. And besides… look at the Russians who are outside the standard “Kievan Rus” phenotype (which most folks assume is how all Russians look.) 

Here are three of the 30 distinct ethnic groups in Siberia alone:

Buryat grandfather, photo by Alexander Newby

Evenk children, photo by Evgenia Arbugaeva

Young Yakut couple, photographer unknown

[espritfollet]

boom

[as2kakamlq-deactivated20150103]

AS SOMEONE WITH NORTHERN IRANIAN (AZERBAIJANI)/RUSSIAN/ HAZARA-PERSIAN/ UYGHUR-CHINESE ANCESTRY THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL POST 

[dreamerskeepwriting-deactivated]

And that’s why sometimes you’ll see a person with curly black hair, pale skin, and hazel-green eyes (my grand-father’s sister) who turn out to be Chinese. Mad recessive genes game at play, I swear. Mongols, they really got around. 

[yondamoegi]

I will reblog this post whenever I’ll see it. Like, as yakutian person I thank you for including Yakuts, man!

[useless-thailandfacts-deactivat]

“This is a map of Asia. North Americans, you may notice this map is not solely comprised of Japan, Korea, China and Thailand.”

//snots and laughs a bit

…I’ll consider that day extremely lucky if I find someone who has no idea how many countries there are in Asia but kindly includes Thailand among the Eastern Asia countries…

……wait, or maybe they confuse us with Taiwan again??

[tiocfaidharlulz]

New Refugees Mural on Beechmount Ave, Belfast photo shared by WSM

[frenchmontanaween-deactivated20]

Rebloggable by request

[khakhov-deactivated20151129]

oh my god, every single one of these!

[iloveyouthough-deactivated20170]

I couldn’t not reblog this. Wow…

[oye-yemaya]

this is too much

[7-2wice]

I honestly hate this country with a burning passion. How anyone can have pride in such a murderous, imperialist, racist place is beyond my comprehension

[lovelykeba-deactivated20141005]

Fuck this hurts!!!!! Smdh

[theunmarkedjournal]

You Woke Yet??

[datgirlwithdafro-deactivated201]

@sonofhueypnewton