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queer not as in being about who you’re having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but queer as in being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live
— bell hooks
the outcast, the weird character, often socially awkward, introverted, outside beauty standards, in a world of their own or searching for friendship. these characters are typically relatable to the neurodivergent, queer and trans viewers.
“In an ideal world, queer, trans, and nonbinary people wouldn’t have to perform in order to survive. But we do what we have to (and a few of us really love it!). sometimes the only ways that those of us who refuse the binaries and templates of our times can be understood is within the role of a performer - as goddess, witch, entertainer, or muse.
... See moreAs writer and activist Shon Faye puts it, “Queer is about removing labels and replacing them with a question. It is a side eye and a challenge back to mainstream society and politics. It says, ‘I don’t know the answer, but why are you asking the question?’”
Mia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
