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dangara2610 · 18 days

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(5/10) Varian attending a USA's high school

Hello everybody

Well, long ago I tried to make an AU were Var was on modern times, being Coronian/German and then moving to the USA living the American dream.

I must confess, as a mexican living in Mexico and watching few cartoons from the 2000's era, I don't have confirmation of how "real life school days" are supposed to be, but then, I just have these silly ideas, hope you enjoy:

(Psss... Hey... I use it to write a fanfic called Migrant from Corona to San Franstokio, and there, some of these things happened but in Spanish, my mother language.

I don't remember if I wrote all my ideas on that fic, but for sure I'm not opening my account, I made an agreement (not a promise, hehe) and I'm really invested on not breaking my agreement)

But surprise, in this post I'm not going to tell all the crossover action and drama, because I lack of the time

(Even though, my original intention was to write a whole fanfic with all the things happening on Big hero 6 the series and everything that happened to Varian on Tangled the series

But I forgot the details, and I wanted the details, and then I tried to rewatch both series and failed, because I didn't have that time xP)

So, I'm going to just focus on generic things, no superheroes or conspiracies, just a "normal" teenager going to school.

A) Varian having the time of his life at shopping.

B) Varian getting confused as a girl because of his body shape (and meeting the LGBT+ community at school)

C) Varian got treated like a genius child

D) Varian and getting to know the extracurricular activities

E) Varian suffering body shaming

F) Varian reaction to education groups not originally from the school

F.1 ) Anti-bullying measures

F.2) Anti-sexual harassment measures

F.3) Anti-domestic violence measures

F.4) Anti-su1cid3 measures

G) Summer Vacation

In new posts on the future I'm going to elaborate about each point, hope I can do it fast.

Thanks for reading and see you next time 🍓🌟🏣🌲❄️🏞️🌀🌊🫧🌈🥭🍊🍉🍎🍒🍓🧮🪆🧸

#varian #tangled varian #tts varian #varian the alchemist #rta varian #varian tts #rapunzels tangled adventure #varian and the seven kingdoms #vat7k

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justice-for-queequeg · 1 month

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Once you get this, you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly. Then you have to send this to ten of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool~) 🌈 🌈

Thanks for the ask 💗

1) I'm good at trivia. I read a lot so I know a lot of very random things. I live for some good bar trivia and I've gotten through the initial qualifier for Jeopardy a couple times (it's a lottery system for who gets to screen test out of everyone who passes the qualifier test, I have yet to make it that far. Someday...)

2) This is kind of random but, I am a good thrift shopper. I've gotten a lot fo great furniture and other furnishings for my apartment for a low cost. It also helped me develop a decent sense of style that's kind of unique. I'm trying to cut down on streaming services and have had so much fun thrifting DVDs and VHS tapes!

3) I like that I'm very independent. I've always been good at being alone without being lonely. I do a lot of things myself (I love a good YouTube tutorial for car maintenance and home improvement) and have gotten pretty good at problem solving.

4) I like my hair. It's pretty thick and wavy, which can be kind of a pain in the ass, but most of the time its nice. I know a lot of people aren't happy with being brunette but I really like the color of my hair. It's kind of a chestnut brown with red highlights.

5) I think I'm fairly compassionate and empathetic. I've adopted three rescue cats. I do a lot of volunteer work for a domestic violence shelter/hotline in the area and I plan to continue that in my career as an attorney. It makes me happy knowing I can help people even if it's not always easy.

It's so easy to be self critical, this was a nice way to reflect on myself in a more positive way!

#asks #personal

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ipsogender · 9 months

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Book review: Love, No Matter What by Komal Ahuja

While looking for book options for @intersexbookclub, I found this book on a list of intersex books and couldn't find any reviews of it from actually intersex people, nor any content warnings for the book. So, for anybody looking for such information, here's my review of the book:

Content warnings for the book

Rape by a spouse

Rape by a teacher

Domestic violence

Transphobia

How I felt about it overall

The book is neither awful nor great. I'd say 2.5 stars. It has some nice queer found family in it, and some lovely trans-intersex solidarity that was heartwarming. It centres on a perisex parent of an intersex child and the centring of perisex experience was disappointing for me (I am intersex).

Book Summary

Neira gives birth to Devi, who is born with ambiguous genitals. Her husband wants nothing to do with the baby. Luckily some hijras stop by to bless the newborn, and seeing an intersex baby, offer to take the baby in. Chandani, the Guru of the local hijra community comes to an agreement with Neira. Devi will live with the Guru and be raised with the hijras where she'll be accepted, and Devi will come over in the afternoons. And so Devi grows up.

When it comes time for Devi to enrol in school, Neira's best friend Naveen steps up to be the father on the paperwork since the birth father continues to want nothing to do with Devi. He winds up gettting fully involved as a co-parent.

Spoilers follow.

Devi grows up, has a mixed estrogen/androgen puberty, and experiences a bunch of hardships due to being intersex and the stigma of being associated with the hijras. This includes a sexual assault, struggling to get access to education, issues of filling in forms, and the psychological toll of being her birth family's dirty little secret. But through the support of her queer found family she pulls through, gets her education, starts a company, marries a transmasc, and becomes financially independent.

The good

Queer family! 🌈 Devi's birth dad was awful, but it was heartening to see Chandani and Naveen step up so Devi grew up with two mothers and one dad. The queer co-parenting that emerged was lovely.

Trans people showing up for intersex people! The trans hijras like Chandani do a vital job in ensuring Devi gets bodily autonomy and a chance to grow up in an environment that is accepting 🏳️‍⚧️

Devi is explicitly described as healthy - (i.e. being intersex doesn't mean she is unhealthy)

Surgery isn't forced onto Devi! At the beginning of the book the doctors are recommending surgery and thanks to Chandani adopting Devi this doesn't happen. As an adult Devi chooses to have surgery for her own sake, and Neira is like "but why?"

The scene where Devi is upset at the science textbook not including intersex people! She first gets upset because the science textbook has nobody like her in it, then when Chandani explains her anatomy, Devi decides that the world of straight people sucks because "There is not even a mention of us in the text book." 🙃

Non-Western queerness! The hijras escorting Devi to school during times when there has been increases in anti-trans violence felt all too familiar, sadly. That and the pain of filling in forms when your sex/gender isn't one of the usual two.

This book knows the police are the problem and cannot be trusted

The bad

The editing. There are a bunch of typos, plot elements pop up randomly or out of order, there are minor details that are inconsistent, and the voice/style of narration is also inconsistent. The pacing is also all over the place.

Plot inconsistencies. The reasons given for why Devi can't attend school like the other kids are inconsistent throughout the book - at first it's because they're worried she'll have an unusual puberty, but later it's because of gender markers on her government ID. Devi faces issues because of the sex on her birth certificate. But they forged Devi's birth certificate to put Naveen down as the father but didn't alter it to change the gender/sex on the form. Why didn't they just try to pass Devi off as female?

Just so much sexual violence. When Devi is sexually assaulted by a tutor, she is consoled that "it happens to normal girls and boys too" which just WHAT A RESPONSE. At least the tutor gets beaten up by Chandani and another hijra. But when Neira's husband rapes her it is passed off as "oh you know how men are, they have no control". 🤮 The scene is incredibly upsetting and to have it passed off as acceptable was infuriating.

Neira's husband. I get that his role in the book is to be a cowardly bigot. But he neither gets commeupance nor comes around to accepting Devi. Over the course of the book Neira learns to take him less seriously but never goes as far as to leave him. He totally gets away with raping his wife. 😶

Plausibility in the end. Devi starts a company with the other hijras and it just goes too well. It launches without any snags, no bad reviews, no supply chain issues, no lost shipments, no cash flow issues, and so on. I've never started a business but this read like total fantasy. The company goes so well they get a government award and everything about the award ceremony and again it all goes too well to be believable. It veers into inspiration porn territory.

At one point Devi asks Chandani why the hijra are oppressed and gets a response that blames other's bigotry but also that "We [the Hijra] don't raise our voice against injustice." Victim blaming much?

The disappointing

There's still a bunch of conflation of sex and gender.

The book is pretty vague on what Devi's intersex variation is. It's clear Neira has access to doctors, and they order blood work and imaging, so you'd expect there to be a diagnosis. Devi is described as having "both organs", a penis and "a female reproductive organ". Why the vague euphemisms about female anatomy specifically? I don't acutally know if this means vulva/labia, vagina, ovaries, and/or uterus. The reason this bothers me is a lot of perisex authors don't differentiate between intersex variations and wind up creating physiologically implausible intersex variations. Devi is described as having a puberty that involves developing breasts, a muscular build, and some facial hair that she removes. PAIS maybe? Could also be 5-ARD or 17 beta? But it's never really clear and I worry that muddies the messaging.

Neira's parents-in-law are bigoted and excused with "they are far too set in their prejudices to … change". They won't be changing with that kind of attitude!

The choice of protagonist. This is not a book about an intersex person, this is a book about a parent of an intersex child. I recognize there is need for media for parents, especially to get them to stop forcing harmful treatments on their children. I find it upsetting that parents can't listen to actually intersex people directly, that even in a story about intersex it centres perisex experience.

Neira is lionized for having anything to do with Devi. There are a bunch of bits on how amazing she is for doing this bare minimum and how amazing parents are. And biological parents are still favoured - Chandani doesn't get anywhere near as much credit for raising Devi as Neira does, despite being the one who gave her a home and taught her about trans and intersex issues in a way that was accepting.

The Indian

The book is written in Indian English. Some language will feel inappropriate to North Americans like using transgender as a noun. Some language made me do double-takes. Did you know "tuition" can refer to classes/studies? I didn't - I'd only ever seen the term used to refer to school fees. Turns out that's very North American of me. TIL. I appreciate that author didn't try to internationalize the English.

There are a bunch of Hindi phrases that show up in dialogue. It's mostly comprehensible from context, but there were some bits where I couldn't follow what was going on.

I am a white Canadian. I am in no way able to judge the realism of this book in the Indian context. I don't know if it is a realistic or accurate depiction of hijras (the author is not hijra). I'm not sure if "hijra" is even the right term to use. In the book, they present themselves as a third gender, and I don't know if this is what they want. The book also middle-class-ifies the hijras by the ond of the book and again, not sure if this is what they want. There's a lot I don't know and am just going to have to trust/hope the author got this right.

I was stunned that the doctor didn't tell Naina that the baby was intersex, instead only telling the birth father and leaving it to him to tell Naina. Not sure if this is normal but just uuuuugh callbacks to how mere decades ago doctors wouldn't tell women basic things and instead leave it to husbands/fathers to decide 🧐

The gender roles in this book are real something. Wives exist to serve their husbands meals. Daughters exist to be given away to another family via marriage. Devi chose well in deciding to stay in the Hijra community. 👀

Overall rating: 2.5 / 5

#intersex #intersex books #book reviews #book review #queer books #intersex literature

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darkromanceenthusiast · 4 years

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🌈hi🌈

May I please have Michael Myers x reader? Michael chokes his s/o in a fit of rage and almost kills them? If not then it's okay

Thank you ✨🧚☁️

This is pretty short let me know if you’d like a continuation!

Slasher: Michael Myers

Contains: Violence against reader, domestic abuse, reader is scared, Michael is Michael, descriptions of abuse, Michael wants reader back but reader is rightfully terrified, flashbacks

You stared out the window and pulled your cardigan tighter over your shoulders as you felt a chill run down your spine, but it wasn’t from the temperature it was from him. He had found you and the memories from that night flooded back, the fear, the hurt, the anger. It had broken the two of you and he had let you go -or at least you thought he had but that was your mistake- your hand lightly traced the skin that was previously bruised and you suddenly felt claustrophobic in your living room.

Your head was spinning as the feeling of his presence filled your senses you loved him so much so so so much but he was so dangerous. All you could see was his dark eyes through the holes of that damned mask as he lunged at you then the fear slipped away as that memory was changed to him sitting on the ground, mask on the floor and clutching his head, gripping his hair so hard this knuckles were white he looked hazy as you were coming back to consciousness by the time you had focused he was staring at you his blue eyes boring into yours as his tear-stained cheeks made you gasp, you reached out to stroke his face and stopped before quickly turning and running out of the house.

This was your only chance to get out before he decided he wanted to kill you you let a sigh escape your lips and you remembered what had made him snap

“You have to talk to me! Or do something! I know you don’t give a shit but please!” You yelled at the unflinching man who just stared at you enjoying your pain

“God, I hate you!” You screamed and that made him go stiff as he let out a small growl

“You’re a fucking monster.” you sneered at the masked man in front of you you had stared at him, hearing nothing but the sound of your own breathing when he lunged and grabbed you by your throat. A loud crashing sound snapped you out of your memories as you whipped around to see the intruder.

“Hello, Michael.”

#slasher #slashers #michael myers #slasher imagines #michael myers headcanons #michael myers imagines #michael myers x reader #slasher x you #slashers headcanons #slashers x reader

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Taylor Swift no longer mum on politics after endorsing Democrats in Tennessee midterm races

(CNN)Midterms, look what you made Taylor Swift do.

By her own admission, Swift has been “reluctant” to voice her political opinions in the past, but, she said in an Instagram post, “due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now.”

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I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections on November 6th, in which I’ll be voting in the state of Tennessee. In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now. I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love. Running for Senate in the state of Tennessee is a woman named Marsha Blackburn. As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives. Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway. So many intelligent, thoughtful, self-possessed people have turned 18 in the past two years and now have the right and privilege to make their vote count. But first you need to register, which is quick and easy to do. October 9th is the LAST DAY to register to vote in the state of TN. Go to vote.org and you can find all the info. Happy Voting! 🗳😃🌈

A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Oct 7, 2018 at 4:33pm PDT

“I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country,” she wrote. “I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.”

RELATED: This is the single most important Senate race in the country

Swift went after Bredesen’s senate race rival, Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn, in her post, saying the politician’s voting record “appalls and terrifies me.”

Bredesen served as governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011.

In a tweet, Bredesen thanked Swift for her “kind words.”

“I’m honored to have your support and that of so many Tennesseans who are ready to put aside the partisan shouting and get things done,” he wrote. “We’re ready for it.”

“The choice continues to be clear: voters can either have more of the same old partisan shouting that’s coming out of D.C, or they can hire someone who has a track record of getting things done for Tennessee,” Bredesen’s campaign added in a statement to CNN.

Swift included a plea to her young adult fans in her post, urging them to register before the deadline.

“So many intelligent, thoughtful, self-possessed people have turned 18 in the past two years and now have the right and privilege to make their vote count,” she wrote.

Swift added: “Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway.”

CNN’s Dan Merica and Hunter Schwarz contributed to this story.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/07/entertainment/taylor-swift-politics/index.html

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