Thinking about Seven envying how people treat B'Elanna (poorly) because when she shows aggression or discontent everyone's response is (in Seven's eyes) "Oh well that's just how she is - typical Klingon B'Elanna!" giving her a pass so to speak because even though she's Human she's not REALLY Human - which Seven identifies with but is denied that ("You're a [Human/Real]Woman, Seven!") and constantly treated as something that needs to be fixed and softened. Seven seeing a freedom there - being able to act how you want and not being chided for it, led away from your own personality like it's a toy you should have grown out of years ago.
Whereas B'Elanna envies that Seven, despite having an extremely violent past of assimilating people and making (in B'Elanna's eyes) little to no effort to fit in, is given full access to (allegorically white) Human Femininity by virtue of her being born fully Human. How she's coddled and thought of as beautiful by everyone around her despite all the horrible things she's done. B'Elanna was born Human and raised among Humans for awhile and yet she's never been Human to anyone. To B'Elanna Seven is treated like a long-lost princess coming home: "This is all yours, it's your birthright, we're so glad you're finally back!" and Seven (infuriatingly) keeps pushing it all away and trying to climb out the window.
Both of them (not wholly, but in some sense) envying the respective ways the other is treated poorly by those around them. If /I/ was treated like that I wouldn't waste it like her...
Edited to add: Since a lot of people are reblogging this original post, I'm adding the updated version I did that incorporates the intersex circle...
I know intersex people are still getting excluded in a lot of LGBTQIA+ spaces (let alone wider society) and I think it's crucial to show this group is included in the statement that we all deserve equal rights.
Super disappointing to finally see artwork accurately representing my body and realize it’s being reposted on subreddits like “awful taste but great execution” and “diwhy” :( Like this is so cool
(Note- none of the people reposting it to make fun are posting a source and I haven’t been able to find one after an hour of searching, so I can’t say for certain what the artist’s intentions are/if it’s intended to be about intersex genitals or embryonic genital development or both)
why is it so hard for people to grasp that disabilities disable and chronic illnesses are chronic. yes even when it inconveniences you. yes even when your patience runs out
When I was training to be a battered women’s advocate, my supervisor said something that really blew my mind:
“You can always assume one thing about your clients; and that is that they are doing their best. Always assume everyone is doing their best. And if they’re having a day where their best just isn’t that great, or their best doesn’t look like your best, you have to be okay with that.”
Any now whenever anyone in my life, either a friend or a client, frustrates me, disappoints me, or pisses me off, I just tell myself They are doing their best. Their best isn’t that great today, but I have days where my best isn’t that great either.
Op I’d like to thank you for sharing this. Ever since the first time I’ve read it I’ve held it in my mind and it really has helped me to be kinder to others and to myself.
Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great!
How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public.
Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.
In practice: the goal is to make it DIFFICULT to identify trans people to target with bathroom bans, and to create many FALSE POSITIVES for businesses.
Basically, you might get accused of being trans and kicked out, because of the badge. You say: I wear the badge because trans rights matter.
You follow up with a letter to the business saying you're fucking furious because some nosy dipshit just tried to play fucking genital police with you in the loos. You know lots of trans people (don't name any, if you do) and you wear the pin in support and you're disgusted at them for allowing this.
Blame the business for allowing the behaviour.
Businesses see that their cis customers are getting bothered over a badge and may clarify trans-inclusive policies, so they can kick out the bathroom botherers instead of nice cis allies.
You only need to buy and wear the badge, and you are protecting trans people. You can be genuinely heroic. Even one cis person doing this helps, and everyone you get to join in helps even more.
I discovered that the various online lyrics websites have incorrect lyrics for Seeing Red and Riot Women, (and Just Like Your Mother doesn't exist because not 'published') so I've corrected them using the official captions.
Just Like Your Mother
I used to think your words could hurt me
We were spiralling and taking chunks out of each other
But you crossed the line and you lost your wife
When you said to me, "You're just like your mother…"
Saying it like it's an insult
Says more about you than it does about me
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
Poor little manchild forced to suffer
Because apparently I'm just like my mother
The joke's on you cos you never really knew her
A rebellious suburban, bad-arse bitch
Who never for a second would have taken your shit
Saying it like it's an insult
Says more about you than it does about me
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
Poor little manchild forced to suffer
Because apparently I'm just like my mother
Rebel with a Sparks card she's the Countdown queen
Gotta go don't want to miss the Chelsea Flower Show
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
Maybe I'm just like my mother
At least I'm nothing like yours!
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
He said, "Oh, you're just like your mother"
Maybe I'm just like my mother
Yeah, fuck you, I'm just like my mother!
Seeing Red
I'm so depressed, I can't get dressed
Having trouble hiding my lack of interest
Bloodstains, pouring like rain
Borderline anaemic from bleeding all day
My time's waning, feels like I'm fading
Doctor told me to stop complaining
If it happened to blokes, God only knows
We'd be getting HRT from Tesco
Am I invisible? Am I untouchable? Am I unlovable?
Are you uncomfortable?
And I'm seeing red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
I'm seeing red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
I'm angry, I'm nice, I'm fuming, I'm fine
Moodswings leaving me feeling like Jekyll and Hyde
Buckle up, it's about to get rough
I'm on a rollercoaster and I wanna get off
I've got a UTI, I've got no drive
Big surprise, my libido took a nosedive
Night sweats, too tired for sex
Lie awake, thinking ‘bout killing my ex
Am I invisible? Am I untouchable? Am I unlovable?
Are you all comfortable?
And I'm seeing red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
I'm seeing red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
Give me HRT
Give me HRT
Give me HRT
Give me HRT
Give me HRT
Give me HRT
Give me HRT
Give me
And I'm seeing red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
I'm seeing red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
Red, red, red, red, red, red
I'm seeing red
I'm seeing red
I'm seeing red
I'm seeing red!
Riot Women
Wanna start a band? You can do it
Better than any man, she can do it
Mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, they can do it
It might just save your life, we can do it
Let's start a riot, we won't be quiet
Riot women gonna set this world on fire
Let's start a riot, we won't be quiet
We run the world and we're not even getting tired
I make the rules in this house, I can do it
I'll get your baby out, I can do it
Get them on the floor, I can do it
We'll leave you wanting more, we can do it
Let's start a riot, we won't be quiet
Riot women gonna set this world on fire
Let's start a riot, we won't be quiet
We run the world and we're not even getting tired
Courtney Love, Joan of Arc
Riot women have been here from the start
Waging wars, battle-scarred
All that genius to impart
I'm you and you're me
I'm her and you're she
You think of everything you could be
You wanna be a riot woman with me
Let’s start a riot, we won't be quiet
Riot women gonna set this world on fire
Let’s start a riot, we won't be quiet
We run the world and we're not even getting tired
Let’s start a riot, we won't be quiet
Riot women gonna set this world on fire
Let’s start a riot, we won't be quiet
We run the world and we're not even getting tired
#the fact that 'can prove access to an online account at least 12 years old' or even 'account to be verified is itself fully 18 years old'#AREN'T accepted methods of age verification is such a telling sign of what the real purpose of age-gating laws is:#data harvesting and deanonymization and the buildout of state-controllable ways to restrict both content and internet access itself en masse (via @shinelikethunder )