#Tennessee Study

[classicliteratureprincess]

Reading the Twelfth Night tonight for Shakespeare class.

Then need to read Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Swimmer by John Cleevar, The Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and The Petrified Man by Eudora Welty for Literature class. All by tomorrow.

[canichangemyblogname]

The Cass report suggesting that children who want to change their clothing style (often considered a part of “social transitioning” for trans children) be evaluated by psychiatrists is so fucking insidious. And UK feminist and LGBTQ orgs have backed this? Have backed a study that literally proclaims that a child showing a desire not to conform to their sex-prescribed roles and norms is pathological?

“Sorry little girl, you can’t get your hair cut until mummy has you evaluated by a shrink,” because little girls wanting short hair is a sign their brains may be diseased? Hello???

“Sorry little boy, because mummy found you playing with her eyeliner and heels, she’s going to have to take you to a what is essentially conversion therapy because there’s clearly something deeply wrong with your brain.”

In the 60s, my grandmother found my dad playing in the backyard dirt while wearing his sister’s tutu. He told her that he wanted to be fluffy. In the UK today, his moment of “non conformity” would place him— a cis het kid— under surveillance under the suspicion he might be trans and thus something might be “wrong” with him. Back in the 60s, my grandmother simply laughed.

In the 70s, my grandparents sighed my mother— at 6 yrs/o— up for T-ball under the name “Ken” because girls were not allowed to play sports. This was a couple months shy of Title 9. In the UK today, that change of name and her wearing the team’s uniform would need to be evaluated by a shrink.

The Cass report was influenced and motivated by transphobia and it’s primary target is trans kids, but fuck if it doesn’t have wide sweeping implications.

Transphobic policies only work by constantly inspecting every member of the public for the smallest signs of non conformity. And the only way to try and “protect” yourself is to present as the absolute most stereotypical version of your sex at all times.

[modernmrsdarcy]

This what my books have started to look like.

[most-likely-fandom]

the jun mochizuki urge to give characters big ass bows

[gorillaxyz]

i will prob never visit the us unless for work reasons bc the thought of being there scares me more than the thought of flying there. i would love to go though... im just scared

[elijones94]

🦒 Kipekee, the rare spotless giraffe 🦒

[the-cr0w]

some doodlessss

yes I snuck a snapcube fandub reference in my shadow studies

[finisheachday]

23.09.23

“and the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, loss, loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition” —Tennessee Williams

Yesterday was my first moot practice, and the pressure is on! My weekend plans are nothing but readings. I’m overwhelmed, but I’m doing what I can and loving what I do. Am I doing too much? If I’m ambitious, it’s a grievous fault. Let’s find out how I answer it.

[closingremarks]

Hello! This past year, Neo-Nazis have been making greater strides to make themselves known and spread their propaganda in Nashville; one of the only progressive cities in ultra-conservative Tennessee. I wrote about not only this problem, but also how it connects to a broader pattern called “White Rage” that has prevented social progress throughout U.S History. If you’re interested I would love it if you read and subscribed to my Substack 😅

[justanotherliteraturestudent]

"Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart."

— Tom, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

[ireton]

Some good news out of Tennessee - They are banning the Trannys

[opera-ghosts]

Grace Moore sings Casta Diva from Bellini's opera Norma. From A Lady's Morals movie.

Remembering Grace Moore on her birthday:

b. December 5, 1898, Del Rio, Tennessee d. January 26, 1947, Copenhagen, Denmark

[kimblestudies]

Nashville, TN

-> Road-tripping w my dad for Spring Break. Very much enjoying some time away in this cool city, moving on to some other places tmrw.

-> Anyone else incredibly stressed about college applications?? Hit me up, we can complain together ♥️

[wutbju]

They felt the need to repeat this for the women students.

Study period closes at 10:00 o'clock; all students must be in their rooms and at 10:30 all lights must be out. Absolute quiet in all rooms after ringing of light bell. 5 demerits.

[tincansamurai]

i lied i been doing a drawing a day since like the 14th, none of it is big serious pieces but it’s nice to be having some kind of output and practice for when i am inspired eventually

[elijones94]

🦒 The spotless giraffe 🦒

https://brightszoo.com/rare-patternless-giraffe/

https://www.today.com/today/amp/rcna101041