tell that to masculine Black men who are always seen as agressive/predatory, who lose their freedom and their lives because white people assume their masculinity equals criminality. Tell that to all the little Black boys who have been “mistaken” for grown men by law enforcement because of their clothing, how they walk, how they talk, their height, their features.
ANY Black woman could tell you about a time when she had masculinity imposed on her as a way to paint her as agressive and invalidate her skills, feelings, thoughts and opinions. Majority of the instances of public bathroom transvestigations that have made it to the news cycle last year involved Black women, and not just any Black women, but studs. Any instance where a Black woman chooses to embrace masculinity is met with pearl clutching white women who are eager to rip them to shreds.
All this goes and more in youre a queer Black person, a trans Black person, a neurodivergent Black person, a disabled Black person, a darker skinned Black person.
i got my cat one of those giant hamster wheel things so she could entertain herself then i showed her how it worked by putting her on it and spinning it slowly then faster then as fast as possible. and the good news is that she looooves her wheel. she just loooves being a hamster cat. but the bad news is that she doesn’t know how to use it solo so she will sit by it and scream until i spin the wheel for her. and if i dont go fast enough shell scream some more. so im hunched over this big wooden wheel turning it like igor and my cat is running so fast that shes panting like a dog and if I slow down even a little she’ll go MEEEOOOWWWWW and i frankly think I need to join a union or something. that bingus has no respect for me.
not exaggerating the scream thing either. my roommate sent me pictures of my wretched bingus yesterday and, as you can see, she puts her whole face into it. her body contracts like an accordion. she yells so hard that her ass gets two inches closer to her face.
