I saw the play Immerensis by Denzi Bing. The writer/actress is trans. I did not know that until I saw the play reading. I mention it because it was emphasized. I live in Jamaica. I'd love to see good, good-looking, tall, built, Christian, single, fun, smart, caring, non Momma-boy Caucasian straight men here and in many places, but there are not many. Of course, I believe all people should have rights. I also believe that most people are not trans, some that are have problems and children should not get sex-change operations. Probably, one percent or fewer people in the United States really are trans authentically, not due to trauma or these days status in some circles. [I also know that a few people biologically can have the presence of both genitals or a variation of XY chromosomes and at some point must make a choice or be non-binary, I guess.]
I did enjoy the play reading as art work. I act and write myself. There were some great lines I could relate to, such as that men date for status. I always thought women did, but looking back perhaps men do as much. Almost every man I liked asked why I live in Jamaica and judged me over it. It could be racism, elitism and heavy judgment over me like my ambition or mental health if I live there, or more. I even had one man say he would not drive through Jamaica. Most people from all races seek status. I doubt that one of the Obama daughters will marry a white, black, Asian or mixed like their father doorman from Jamaica I believe there is a new Indian movie aout how some adhere to he class system. I think this is based more on work and money than how dark the brown skin is
I am not on one extreme of ways of thoughts or politics and for decades, perhaps since I was a child, have thought multidimensionally, which few do. People of all races seek status.
I like the "fuck boy" phrase (perhaps not original) and the emphasis on getting to know someone and shared experiences like Thai food. I related to pushing someone away, which could be an actual good testing tactic. Of course, if one does not know you slowly, they may not know if they want to be there for trauma, but the good ones who know you will.
At the same time, I do not know why everything had to revert to toxic patriarchy, melanin people problems or being anti-Trump as if he invented everything bad in the world, which existed since the Garden of Eden. I do not approve of making fun of "disabled" people, or women's looks firing people like scientists with no investigation, or burying an ex-wife on a golf course. The bombing of boats may be unconstitutional. But overall, he is a big improvement over President Biden and wokeism. (President Biden did acknowledge the Armenian genocide, much to his credit. And Armenians (Cher, the Kardashians) are white.)
I have a mostly Greek background: Many "browner" people if we are to classify people that way, which is not by character that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr noted, the Turks, killed and dislocated many Greeks from Asia Minor in 192. The Western part of Turkey could be Greek today. They also took the northern art of Cyprus in 1974. Why is no one protesting on that as much as they do with Palestine? Turks, a browner and Moslem group since we classify people that way, held Greeks and others as slaves for centuries in the Ottoman empire. I am sure there are many other examples of this, like Barbary pirates and white slaves and blacks selling blacks in slave trades and massacring each other in Africa today. What are we to make of that? Is it President Trump's fault? If you think so, you have Trump Derangement Symptom. Perhaps the author or some audience members have it; I do not know them enough to know.
Yes, some men, like ones that would ask why I live in Jamaica, do have some toxic masculinity. But some that have balls, like the man who jumped on the man with a machine gun in Australia have a good masculinity and the ones being silent while the young white woman was stabbed on the train need some damn masculinity!
As for trauma of people with melanin, I didn't know those with smaller levels of melanin have less disease, family and marital issues, career problems and more. That is a bunch of BS that alienates and divides people and is just surreptitiously seeking dominance by victimhood. It's a MASK unless someone gives specific instances of definitely being discriminated against due to their race or ethnicity, and will give equal listening and action energy to a "white" or "Asian" person to hear how they were discriminated against due to their skin (yes, it happens) or any other problem in their life.
A woman in the audience made a wonderful comment to judge by our souls.
A man in the audience said we are living in what men (I am sure they meant white) created. Ther e is a BIT of Truth in that. But in this country you are free to have blue hair, be an atheist and screw different genders weekly if they are over 18 years old. So what is the problem? I have heard of intersectionality. I am white in Jamaica. I am a woman with science degrees. There is a bit of wisdom in talking about that, but it is not inventing the wheel. Just like a lion is beautiful AND a deadly killer who will not be a vegetarian tomorrow, yes, the normal is dual. Most men are attracted to women and their attraction is why we are all here. Men should have the b*lls to protect for and provide for women (even if women are millionaires. Most trees are green and some, even in the summer, may be burgundy. There are normals in nature. Even magnetic spin is dual. And it is great for some variation, and we have a lot in Queens and in Jamaica, yet it is not the large part of the bell curve. The majority of the bell curve is it bad. And that inclusivity, if it is inclusivity, should include people like myself and my views, as well as a rainbow (hmmm) of other views.
I am not sure "trans women" is a proper phrase unless "trans men" is used. Women in all their complexity of spirit, soul and body which may be hard to describe in words are women. They are entitled to that word, and to their spaces like locker rooms and sports.
Perhaps everyone in this country, including President Trump, a new money person, is marginalized and is trying to break into the "blue blood" original Anglo Saxon settlers. Perhaps everyone thinks they are better than everyone and pretend to be victims to gain status. Perhaps the rich are banding together with the poor to assuage their guilt and because the poor compared to the middle class pose a smaller threat to their status. Many or most Greeks think they are the chosen people who gave most to the world, including to Anglo Saxons, who get an ugly drunk on the Greek islands, as opposed to Greeks and Italians, and who borrowed Christianity, democracy, literature and more from them. Many Jews think they are the chosen people. It's Shakespearean, or actually Aristophanean.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, a Nigerian, proclaims to be Greek as he carries the flag at the start of the Olympic Games. (Is this intersectional?)
The experiences talked about in the play excerpt, some of which I mentioned, and I am sure there are more in the play, are the experiences of people everywhere. We do not need to mention trans trauma, melanin or the problems with President Trump, who is a Jamaica homeboy by the way. lol Just keep it at an art show about life, and yes, this trans person's (and friends') experiences, which we may all be able to relate to in some way be because we're all human, for better or for worse.
Oy voy
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Guide to Fitness (two versions and the anti-bullying children's book The Boy in a Wheelchair are available on Authorhouse or Amazon.
