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21 " Ideals of attractiveness also often obscure racism, misogyny, ageism, and ableism. "
― Meg-John Barker , Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
22 " Both anger and loss are things that we might try to avoid as humans and that get a “bad press” in dominant culture. Nevertheless, we might find ourselves in a paradox: while we’re hypervigilant about our fear of conflict, and the accompanying potentiality of anger and loss, we’re not paying as much attention to the suffering that is caused by trying to avoid them. "
23 " When I gave birth to my child I was a mom. To her, I am still mom because she does not believe this should be a gendered role. I’m her mom and also a trans masculine person. She says my mom and “he” (I use both they and he pronouns) to refer to me in the same sentence, with the ease of someone who has been doing this for the past ten years. "
24 " If we look at tropes and stereotypes, it becomes clear who is allowed what emotions. There is no stereotype of the “angry white woman” but there is one for both the “angry Black woman” and “the angry trans person” (especially trans women). For some people, such as Black trans women of color, displaying appropriate emotional reactions can be lethal. "