Mirror Me

I'm going to be fleshing this out over time, which of course means I won't think about this post for the next two months. - 11/30/2012

Reflections.

Why is it that when there is conflict between folks who share many of the same target identities, the resentment seems to be so much fiercer?  What is it of ourselves that we see in the other that makes the reactions so much more vicious, so much more vile?  Why is it that we lash out to folks who are, in essence, ourselves?  What does that say about our acceptance of ourselves?

When are you going to start being the person you said you were? When am I going to start being the person I said I was?

Yet

A friend recently confided in my that they are a survivor of sexual assault.  And it really makes me think, as a trans* person of colour, "I'm not a survivor... yet." I've seen the data I know the facts and I know it's a very real possibility in my future.

Alll I can do is stare at this popcorn ceiling. i literally have no words for this.