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God. We even took SHOWERS together!!!
It’s hard to look at all the articles being written about how this is our time and our moment in history and not explode in anger when so many of our Black and Brown sisters and elders aren’t being allowed to see this “historic moment” happen by the same cis society that is supposedly giving us this moment right now. Trans people, trans women of color, Black trans women need to be protected, prioritized and not fucking murdered.
You can’t quite tell if Jade Foster is doing stand up, rapping, praying or casting a spell on you before she is done and you are laugh-crying, wondering where she went so fast. Be Steadwell is twenty voices harmonizing with each other while she sits in one chair making women wipe their eyes. T’ai Freedom Ford manages to tell the story of her mother’s history of addiction in such a way that her mother can sit in the audience, raising her two arms up above her head, beaming with pride. If you are devastated by the state of this country and you aren’t sure what to do about it, you will watch this film and feel differently. I mean that.
Bags, purses, backpacks, pockets, fanny packs — we emptied them all out onto our floors and beds and tables, then catalogued their contents! Seemed like a perfectly good way to spend a Wednesday night.
