Few days ago, I mentioned that "live authentically" is a worn, tired phrase to describe trans experiences. Short thread on why.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
"She's going to live authentically as a woman" is a phrase that conjures up an extreme gender binary that centers high femininity.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
The phrase makes you think of soft focus and pastel cardigans. "Oh, she finally gets to embrace femininity."
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
For some trans women, that's life. That's fine. But for many others it's really not.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
No one hears "live authentically" and thinks about crying in a bathtub with a bottle of wine. Of crushing on every trans woman you meet.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Of seeing yourself in the mirror and feeling unbound joy. Or of seeing yourself in the mirror and falling apart to dysphoria.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Those are authentic trans experiences. A lot of them are also authentic experiences for cis women, too.
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But that's never what we mean, because patriarchy doesn't allow us to publicly acknowledge the struggles of any womanhood in its true lens.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
So "live authentically" can stop unless you're wanting to talk about the impossibility of finding seasonally-appropriate clothes in season.
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