today there was a “flash mob” set up by the seniors because it was their second to last day so they blasted the macarena over the loud speaker and did the dance in the main lobby but our headmaster knew about it so it wasn’t even funny but whilst walking past the elevator i found out why they really did this so called “flash mob”
my grandparents have to lock their car doors when they go to sunday mass because people have been breaking in to unlocked cars and leaving entire piles of zucchini
i feel like i should’ve added more context when i posted this. my grandparents live in a rural area where farmers and casual gardeners alike are, at this point in the year, suddenly being hit with unexpectedly abundant zucchini crops. there aren’t just some random vandals leaving zucchinis in people’s cars for the hell of it, this is the work of some very exasperated, probably very elderly, folks who have more zucchini than they know what to do with
Yep. You can also expect to find a bag of zucchini on your porch.
My grandfather once found his neighbor stealing his tomatoes out of his garden at three in the morning. Red-handed, with a basket of the nearly-ripened ones. He thought he was going to find gophers or something, but no, here’s Henry, taking his tomatoes. The best ones.
There was a long pause between them.
My grandfather (allegedly) said, “Henry… it’s OK. You can take some tomatoes if you want them.”
Henry sighed in relief.
“But,” my grandfather said, “you have to take two zucchini for every tomato.”
There was another long silence. “That’s a harsh bargain, John,” said Henry. “But I accept. I’ll tell Joe up the street, too.”
My grandfather said, “Tell Joe he needs to take three.”
a friend of my dad’s came by in the middle of the night, he seemed very nervous when my dad answered the door. he wouldn’t come inside but he leaned in and whispered to my dad in spanish, “i have some fresh grapes for you.” and then this happened:
the melon was a special bonus.
MY DREAM
WE’VE DONE THIS WITH TOMATOES
THIS YEAR WE HAVE TOO MANY CUCUMBERS
SAVE US
I SWEAR I WANT THOSE GRAPES AND CUCUMBERS HOLY FUCK
So as you may have heard, “About Ray” is a movie about a teenage trans boy named Ray going through his transition and the problems that trans men face.
Problem is: he will be played by a cis girl (Elle Fanning)
By casting a trans boy as a cis girl, it’s saying that trans men can be equated to women and that there is no difference between the two. Erasure of trans people is not representation. End of story.
The trailer also has transphobic lines in it as “born in a girl’s body” to name one in particular. The two main writers are both cis as well, so it is very unlikely that a transgender person worked on the script. (Additional sources are welcome)
This has nothing to do with the skills of the actress chosen nor the previous works of the writers. This is about actual trans people being swept under the rug for cis people to feel proud of themselves for being an ally as well as the continued erasure of trans people from their own experiences (ie the Stonewall movie).
Boycott this movie. Trans people should be recognized for what they go through and accomplish, and NOT pushed aside for an “inspiring” story to please cis audiences.
Okay, but consider this alternative:
What if we supported and encouraged representation, and didn’t treat it as a zero-sum game where we can only ever support one movie involving or related to trans people, but instead could support more than one?
I don’t at all see how you get from “two main writers are cis” to “very unlikely that a trans person worked on the script”. I mean, yes, Hollywood is crazy, but people do consult on things like this a lot?
And… I think there’s a real problem when you start picking things that many trans adults say about themselves, and believe to be the best way for them to relate to their experiences, and call those things “transphobic”. Lots of people say things like “born in a girl’s body”, and that’s actually pretty much totally fine by me. You get to decide how you relate to your body. If someone feels that “born in a girl’s body” is the best description for them, that’s up to them, and what I’d think is “transphobic” is telling them they can’t say or think that because it’s wrong.
But… The really big thing that bugs me is claiming that casting a cis actress to play a trans dude is “saying that trans men can be equated to women and that there is no difference between the two”. That testifies to some kind of very fundamental failure to understand what “acting” is. Actors don’t play people they are, they play people they look like. And by and large, cis girls and untransitioned trans dudes look like each other, as categories. So this is not, at all, “erasure”.
I mean, yeah, I think it might be better to cast a trans guy, but there are a lot of medical issues and actor mental health issues you’re gonna have if you try to make a guy who just finally got rid of those damn boobs put them on again for a movie, or whatever. So maybe they tried and failed. Maybe they didn’t think of it. Maybe they put out a casting call and got zero responses. Who knows?
But on the whole, if the movie is successful and people watch it and get some kind of idea that trans people are real and are not evil, I and many of my friends will be safer, and I care a lot more about this than I do about yelling at people for not doing everything perfectly.
Should a trans man portray this person on the movie, he would have to go off hormones which could set them back years.
Or I can just hate pop music because the majority of it stands for nothing but living your life in a moment with no worries or problems and denying reality. Plus there’s not enough guitars for me.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
