Your Favorite Annoying Teen

Oh mah gawd.

I almost want to cry right now.

Still Black is an AMAZING documentary. I mean not super amazing but just really good. Oh mah gawd.
It is about black transmen and I can't even talk. I like...want to cry.
Louis Michell, who was in the film, showed up to talk about his experience as a transman afterward and he was so INSPIRING! He is completely in love with his mate too whom is a self identified lesbian but looks white but actually has an ethnic background. Apparently they are thought of as a straight couple when people see them so it is confusing for people that used to know her since they go all "What? I thought you were a lesbian?" Louis made a great quote about his wife though and her strength and how he couldn't have done it without her. He said that "Only a weak man wants a weak woman." OMFG! SO TRUE!!! He had us all laughing and was just so open. He talked about God and his relationship with the church and HE TALKED ABOUT CLASS! HE TALKED ABOUT RACISM AND MASCULINITY and like....OMFG!!!! AGH! I WANT TO HUG SOMETHING AND TO CRY BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD!
He talked about the spiritual journey to take before he became a man and just weighing all the things and the feeling of completeness afterward and accepting your body and AGGGGH.

The movie made me so happy and has me in such thought. It was very beautiful in it's way.
Acceptance.
Yeah.
I seriously have tears in my eyes right now. Like I don't even know.
It gives me hope.

Like it's about being happy with yourself as well and doing what is right for you. I loved that they were positive experience. You always hear the bad ones. And they really have a unique experience of what it is to be a black male because they have been a black woman. They understand the direct effects of the stereotypes on them. That just amazes me. It was like...whoa...
Louis talked about how he feels more sympathy on transwomen because they have such a smaller box to fit in of what femininity is. They have to give up their rights and freedom in order to fit in to what they feel they are. "If you are a man you can be anyone from Danny DiVito to Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a transwoman you have such a smaller box to fit in and any deviation gets you the fuzzy eye." It's so true! Like of all the people to understand gender it would be trans identified persons. I just find it interesting.

Like what if you removed this gendering thing? I mean that would be very hard. There are indigenous cultures where they have more than two genders and blarg argh argh ah!

Black and white....it really is such a formula for humanity. Louis talked about how even a little bit of grey would be good, understanding of all person's beliefs and having room to be grey and to understand why a strict heterosexual follower of the Vatican law would have issues with going to work with a homosexual couple every day and what ties them to their job and EEEEP.

This is my nerd cocaine in a way.
Nom nom nom om.

I had nerd cocaine yesterday too when we got to the cultural achievements of Islam and then to Saladin and then the House of Wisdom in Baghdad and the Mongols and the Ottoman Empire and Suliman and yeah...I totally did a history happy dance because that is like...my favorite shiz stuff ever rolled in to one. EEP!

Okay, I'm okay now. I'm going to go now. I have just had a Knowledge Happiness Week even with the other bull crappola.
AHHHHHH!

Bye.
Peace.
~Lo

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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) Share on Facebook A summery of Your Favorite Annoying T... Hello, I am YFAT or Lo. I have been writing/around on Journal Scape for over a decade now. Time flies! This journal chronicles my random thoughts, high moments and sometimes low, throughout high school, college, and now beyond, into the world of "adulthood", whatever that means. Sinerely, ~Lo		2009-03-26 10:19 PM Still Black=happiness Oh mah gawd. I almost want to cry right now. Still Black is an AMAZING documentary. I mean not super amazing but just really good. Oh mah gawd. It is about black transmen and I can't even talk. I like...want to cry. Louis Michell, who was in the film, showed up to talk about his experience as a transman afterward and he was so INSPIRING! He is completely in love with his mate too whom is a self identified lesbian but looks white but actually has an ethnic background. Apparently they are thought of as a straight couple when people see them so it is confusing for people that used to know her since they go all "What? I thought you were a lesbian?" Louis made a great quote about his wife though and her strength and how he couldn't have done it without her. He said that "Only a weak man wants a weak woman." OMFG! SO TRUE!!! He had us all laughing and was just so open. He talked about God and his relationship with the church and HE TALKED ABOUT CLASS! HE TALKED ABOUT RACISM AND MASCULINITY and like....OMFG!!!! AGH! I WANT TO HUG SOMETHING AND TO CRY BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD! He talked about the spiritual journey to take before he became a man and just weighing all the things and the feeling of completeness afterward and accepting your body and AGGGGH. The movie made me so happy and has me in such thought. It was very beautiful in it's way. Acceptance. Yeah. I seriously have tears in my eyes right now. Like I don't even know. It gives me hope. Like it's about being happy with yourself as well and doing what is right for you. I loved that they were positive experience. You always hear the bad ones. And they really have a unique experience of what it is to be a black male because they have been a black woman. They understand the direct effects of the stereotypes on them. That just amazes me. It was like...whoa... Louis talked about how he feels more sympathy on transwomen because they have such a smaller box to fit in of what femininity is. They have to give up their rights and freedom in order to fit in to what they feel they are. "If you are a man you can be anyone from Danny DiVito to Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a transwoman you have such a smaller box to fit in and any deviation gets you the fuzzy eye." It's so true! Like of all the people to understand gender it would be trans identified persons. I just find it interesting. Like what if you removed this gendering thing? I mean that would be very hard. There are indigenous cultures where they have more than two genders and blarg argh argh ah! Black and white....it really is such a formula for humanity. Louis talked about how even a little bit of grey would be good, understanding of all person's beliefs and having room to be grey and to understand why a strict heterosexual follower of the Vatican law would have issues with going to work with a homosexual couple every day and what ties them to their job and EEEEP. This is my nerd cocaine in a way. Nom nom nom om. I had nerd cocaine yesterday too when we got to the cultural achievements of Islam and then to Saladin and then the House of Wisdom in Baghdad and the Mongols and the Ottoman Empire and Suliman and yeah...I totally did a history happy dance because that is like...my favorite shiz stuff ever rolled in to one. EEP! Okay, I'm okay now. I'm going to go now. I have just had a Knowledge Happiness Week even with the other bull crappola. AHHHHHH! Bye. Peace. ~Lo Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top