“What’s wrong with being a man who looks bad or sloppy or underprepared or like a mannish, fake girl in a dress? Why are other people shocked, or distressed, when they see femininity poorly, or inexpertly, performed? And why do I care—since I do care—about what they see?
How much work does it take to look real, and—if I don’t want to pass full-time as a woman—where’s the point of diminishing returns? Are costume jewelry and nail polish, accessories and ornaments, a skirt and tights here and there on a weekday afternoon, a sustainable compromise, or a way station of some sort?”–
—from Harvard professor, poet and critic Stephen Burt’s essay about the long process of discovering his trans identity.
(via rookiemag)
Born Of An Atom Bomb
Image and thought dump for the various projects of Jared Axelrod
