#not gnc culture

[gnc-culture-is]

Wait there's a neutral version of sir and ma'am?

Oh there are several! None are official yet, but I tend to prefer Sai as title and honorific because while it sounds authoritative, it doesn’t sound harsh.

Others include Tiz [1], Ind [2], Mir [3], and Mistrum[4], though I encourage anyone who sees this to add the variations they’ve seen over the years, and any they may have come up with themselves!

[1] derived from, and short for Citizen

[2] Derived from, and short for Individual

[3] Mixture of sir and madam

[4] From the “Mist” part of Mistress [what Mrs is long for] and Mister, with the Latin neutral ending “-trum”

[bratprincedyke]

Lesbian iconography Ldov tattoo flash sheet I made and never posted on here

[kaseykeii]

I'm told I'm the full package...what do you think ?😋

Help Reblog 🙏

[vintagequeer-oceansoul]

the world needs more proud butch women.

[ordereduniverse]

“For all our boyish clothes and mannerisms... we women did not pass as men or boys... our point was not to be men; our point was to be butch and get away with it... A dyke learns much of her social function from other dykes... Whether she ever has the chance to enter a Gay bar or not, she imitates dykes, not men. She may identify with traditionally dyke figures: Diana the Huntress, Beebo Brinker, Gertrude Stein, Bessie Smith, Natalie Barney, Queen Christina, Joan of Arc, Amy Lowell, Oya, St Barbara, modern athletes, and other leaders... the social message she bears and is delivering is not ‘I am a man’ but rather ‘Here is another way to be a woman.’”

-- Judy Grahn

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

Source: Dyke London , by Rosa Ainley

[morsobaby]

For many queer individuals, long hair is just that baby skin you shed when you've outgrown it finally. And for many queer individuals, short hair is just that pot that you transfer out of because it's far too small.

Much queer about hair

[queerism1969]

[uncanny-tranny]

At this point, gender nonconformity is about what the person says their experience is.

If a woman with a beard or a man with lipstick and a mustache says they're gender nonconforming, then they are! If a woman with short hair or a man with long hair says they aren't, they aren't! And that's not even getting into the awesome nonbinary, abinary, genderqueer, intersex, and general genderfuckery that may both be and not be conforming.

So much of what is even considered gender conforming or gender nonconforming is based on a world of exclusion. When we start defining one's conformity with whether they fit into white cishetero perisex standards or not, we play into the idea that there's only a very narrow window of what is considered worthy of time and thought.

[hauntingofhouses]

i know I've mentioned my interpretation of mizu's gender a million times on here but i don't think i ever fully elaborated on it.

so on that note i just wanna ramble about that for a bit. basically, it's my reading of the show that mizu is nonbinary, so let me dig into that.

putting the rest under the cut because it ended up being pretty long lol. also here have a cute mizu pic of her being happy and most at ease with herself, symbolised by her letting her hair down. <3 ok let's proceed.

thus, when i refer to mizu as nonbinary, i am interpreting mizu as a woman, but not ONLY a woman. not strictly a woman. she is also a man. she is also neither of these things, she is something in between, while at the same time she is none of these at all. i've said as much many times, but i just don't want people to think that when i say nonbinary, it inherently means a "third androgynous gender" that essentially turns the gender binary into a gender trinary. not only is that going against what the term nonbinary was crafted for (to go against rigid boxes and categorisation of gender identities), but also, not all nonbinary people fall under that category or definition, and that's definitely not the way i interpret mizu.

okay before i go deeper i'd just like to address some important things. first of all, this post is an analysis of canon, and thus everything i am arguing for is about my own interpretation of the show, and not some baseless projected headcanon i am projecting onto the character. please remember there is a difference between an interpretation (subjective; interpretations will differ from viewer to viewer, but ultimately it is firmly rooted in evidence taken from the source material) VS a headcanon (unrelated and often even contrary to what is presented in canon; opinions wildly differ and they cannot be argued for because there is no canonical evidence to back it up).

ALSO please note that nonbinary is an umbrella term. this means that it applies to a vast range of gender identities. other identities that fall under the nonbinary umbrella include agender, bigender, genderfluid, and so on. however, it's my personal preference to use the term nonbinary as it is, simply because i'm not a fan of microlabels (more power to you if you do like them and find they suit you more though!).

also, before anyone fights me on this, let me clarify further that gender means something different to everyone. it's not your biological sex or physical characteristics. but at the same time, gender is not mere presentation. you can be a trans woman and still present masculine—either because you're closeted and forced to, or because you just want to—and either way, that doesn't take away from your identity as a woman. same goes for trans men. if you're a trans man but you wear skirts and don't bind or don't get top surgery, that doesn't make you any less of a man. because gender non-conformity exists, and does not only apply to cis people! some lesbians are nonbinary and prefer using he/him pronouns while dressing masculinely, but that doesn't mean they're a man, or that they're any less of a lesbian. neither does this mean that they're a cis woman.

the thing about queer identities in general is that, like i said, they mean something different to everyone, because how you identify—regardless of your biological attributes and fashion or pronouns—is an extremely personal experience. so a nonbinary person and a gnc cis woman's experiences might have plenty of overlap, but what distinguishes between the two is up to the individual. there's no set requirements to distinguish you as one or the other, but it's up to you to decide what you identify as, based on what you feel. either way, by simply identifying yourself as anything under the LGBTQ+ umbrella, you are already communicating to the world that you are not what a conservative, cisheteronormative society wants you to be.

which is why i find all this queer infighting on labels to be so ridiculous. because we're all fighting the same fight; the common enemy is a societal structure that divides us into set roles and expectations purely based on our biological parts. that's why biological essentialism in the queer community is a fucking disease. because by arguing that women are inherently weak and fragile and soft and gentle and must be protected from evil ugly men, while men are inherently strong and angry and violent and exploitative of women, these people are advocating for the same fucked up system that marginalises and abuses women as well as effeminate and/or gay men.

anyway. i'm going on a tangent. this was meant to be a blue eye samurai post. so yeah back to that— the point i'm trying to make is that there's no singular way to identify as anything, as everyone's views on gender, especially their own, is specific and personal to the individual.

so with that being said, yes you can definitely interpret mizu as a gnc cis woman and that's a totally valid reading of the text. however, interpreting her as nonbinary or transmasc also doesn't take away from her experiences with misogyny and female oppression, because nonbinary and transmasc folks also experience these things.

me, personally, i view her as nonbinary but not necessarily or not always transmasc because i still believe femininity and womanhood is a very inherent part of who mizu is. for example, from what we've seen, she does not like binding. it does not give her gender euphoria, but is instead very uncomfortable for her both physically and mentally, and represents her suppressing her true self. which is why when she "invites the whole" of herself, she stands completely bare in front of the fire, breasts unbound and hair untied. when she is on the ship heading to a new land in the ending scene, she is no longer hiding her neck and the lack of an adam's apple. we can thus infer that mizu does not have body dysmorphia. she is, in fact, comfortable in her body, and relies on it extremely, because her body is a weapon. instead, what mizu hates about herself is her face—her blue eyes. she hates herself for her hybridised racial identity, hates herself for being a racial Other. hates that she has no home in her homeland. thus it is important to note that these are not queer or feminist themes, but postcolonial ones.*

* and as a tiny aside on this subject, i really do wish more of the fandom discussion would talk about this more. it's just such an essential part to reading her character. like someone who's read homi k bhabha's location of culture and has watched this show, PLEASE talk to me so we can ramble all about how the show is all about home and alienation from community. please. okay anyway—

nevertheless, queer and feminist themes (which are not mutually exclusive by the way!) are still prevalent in her story, though they are not the main issue that she is struggling with. but she does struggle with it to some extent, and we see this especially during her marriage with mikio, where we see her struggle in women's domestic spaces.

on the other hand, though, she finds no trouble or discomfort in being a man or being around other men—even naked ones—and does not seem stifled by living as one, does not seem all that bothered or uncomfortable navigating through men's spaces. contrast this to something like disney's mulan (1998), where we do see mulan struggle in navigating through men's spaces, as she feels uncomfortable being around so many men, always feeling like she doesn't belong and that she's inherently different from them. mizu has no such experiences like this, as her very personality and approach to life is what can be categorised as typically "masculine". she is straightforward and blunt. her first meeting with mikio, she tells him straight to his face that he's old while frowning and raising a brow at him. she approaches problems with her muscles and fists (or swords), rather than with her words or mind. compare this with mulan, who, while well-trained by the end of the movie, still uses her sharp wits rather than brute strength. this is a typically "feminine" approach. it's also the approach akemi relies on throughout the show—through her intelligence and persuasive tongue, she navigates the brothel with ease. mizu, in contrast to someone like mulan and akemi, struggles with womanhood and femininity, and feels detached from it.

thus, in my opinion, mizu is not simply a man, nor is she simply a woman. she is both. man and woman. masculine and feminine. she has to accept both, rather than suppress one or the other. her name means water. fluid.

as a side note, while i do believe mizu is nonbinary, i also primarily use she/her pronouns for her, but this is a personal preference. i find it's easier to use in fanfic (singular they is confusing to write stories with, but again, that's just my feelings on it, and this is coming from someone who uses they/they pronouns). i also lean towards she/her because it's what the creators and all the official promotional copywriting of the show uses. and even though i am a "death to the author" enjoyer, i feel that when interpreting things that are left open-ended, it does help to look at the creators' take on things. also because, in general, being nonbinary simply doesn't necessitate the use of they/them pronouns. nonbinary is not just a third gender. it's about breaking the binary, in any which way, and that's exactly what mizu does, constantly.

also, i'd also like to mention that one of show's head of story even referred to her with the term "nonbinary", rather than simply "androgynous" (see pic below). and it's possible this could be a slip up on his part, in which he believes the terms are interchangeable (they're not btw), but regardless i find it a very interesting word choice, and one that supports my argument.

so anyway yeah that's my incredibly long rambling post.

TL;DR nonbinary mizu rights 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 congrats if you reached the end of this btw. also ily. unless you're a TERF in which case fuck off. ok i'm done.

[gnc-culture-is]

*close enough. perhaps not exactly. [citation for isogender definition]

[darksou07]

I honestly don't think the name "cringe culture" works to show how harmful it actually is. The name for that should be bullying. It's the act of shaming someone for doing something others call "cringy".

Fakeclaiming is a literal form of violence against disabled people.

"Transtrenders" are GNC trans people or nonbinary who are targets of literal transphobia.

Hard to tell when something is violent with these names, but they are. Whenever you see the words "cringe culture", "fakeclaiming" or "transtrenders" remember this: They are violence against minorities that cause harm to very real people who exist outside online spaces.

[my-lonely-thoughts]

Tw// ftm dysphoria, self hatred, etc.

After some time of identifying as nonbinary, I would like to share my experience of coming to terms with being a binary trans man.

Identifying as nonbinary before I could even come close to passing as a man was very helpful for me. It was honestly really hard to see myself as a man after being so hyper feminine over the years and for not passing at all.

I also came to realize that I can slowly transition. I don't need to do it all at once.

I felt like an imposter going from girl to man, and it reminded me of being little and feeling like I was playing dress up with my dad's clothes.

Thanks dysphoria 🥲

I also viewed being a man as a horrible no good thing. I was surrounded by toxic masculinity, had been hurt by men and to top it all off I have severe dad issues.

I thought that by me being a man, I was instantly horrible and beyond saving. I thought it made me a horrible person.

But the truth is, your gender doesn't make you a horrible person.

Something else that made this hard was missing out on having a boy childhood.

I spent so much if it depressed and suicidal. I didn't get to have the childhood I deserved living as my true self.

And I will always mourn that.

I also kind of don't want people to know I'm trans (if I can help it) because once they know, they can only see me as a girl. The version of me I try so hard to bury.

I don't feel seen. I don't feel heard.

And I can't undo the fact that so many people know of my identity.

That I came out before I was ready. That I didn't take the time to think about if I wanted people to know or not. That I kinda didn't have a choice once I came out because I didn't pass at all for years.

That I couldn't accept being a man because it felt so horrible and I thought everyone would hate me.

That I thought transitioning would make me ugly because I was "so pretty" but I hated myself.

I don't believe in gender stereotypes or that clothes/items have gender but I do believe certain things are associated with certain genders and that these things can bring gender euphoria/dysphoria.

I feel, deep down, that I truly am a man. But I can't commit to it yet. I'm not ready.

Because what if people can't or don't accept me? What if I can't take the hurt from others any longer?

I know I'm strong and I know I'll be okay but I just wanted to rant about my experience for a bit because I really need to feel heard right now.

[genderqueercultureis]

Genderqueer culture is not feeling your AGAB, but also not 100% conforming to the gender you do identify as

[bonefall]

Are cats ever assigned gib at birth? If so, what's the criteria?

Yes! But it is quite rare.

Molly and Tom are usually assigned based on kit sex, and Gibs reveal themselves over the course of their childhoods. Gib-gender is associated with wisdom and diplomacy, so arbiters of a litter are often seen as Gib.

But StarClan can make its will known; kittens with a visible difference or blessing are assigned Gib at birth. Traits that can cause a kitten to be assigned gib:

Albinism and leucism

Extra toes

Coat mutations

Differently-shaped ears, whiskers, and tails

Over time, if a mutation becomes 'normal' in the general population, it stops being seen as an indicator of gibness. A good example of this is ShadowClan's brightly colored whiskers; Blue Whisker was considered gib in her time, but her genes run through SC so deeply that it's not a sign anymore.

[dollopheadedmerlin]

No offense to all the fan girls out there but sometimes it is so refreshing to find fans of Merlin who are gay or trans.