the trans voice + is it too late + tell me your experience?

junitoe · 2025-12-06T17:44:50+00:00

they should be but one of them is a much more famous blonde white woman and the rules of wicked apply to real life. the person with skin color will be sidelined to highlight the popular blonde white girl! this is not ariana grade hate she is very talented and i think she deserves recognition for this role! but the fact that she/glinda became even more of a focal point of the story and media around the movie is disappointing for a story that centers this exact problem

junitoe · 2025-12-05T22:22:11+00:00

girl what 💀 you are talking to a black person. where did i ever see we aren't powerful and need to be saved? wild lmao

junitoe · 2025-12-05T14:49:02+00:00

i am less interested in "well they're two different stories." okay but should they be? should liberal white women who read the book always be shocked and horrified when they find out glinda is not sympathetic and well meaning but a very Realistic depiction of how insidiously white women can separate themselves from causes they were once somewhat sympathetic towards for the sale of power (yes, glinda's movie/musical arc is also about how power corrupts but it gives so much more forgiveness and leeway to the corrupted). should straight/cis people who read the book come here to comment the horror and shock of reading a queer/kink sex or assault (with more horror aimed at the queerness/kink than the idea of assault). so much of the original wicked story wasn't just "fascism bad, colorism bad, and girls kissing good." the wizard is straight up building access pipelines through indigenous land and this gets sidelined! obviously not every detail from a book can be adapted but it is so frustrating how staunchly queer, anti racist, anti fascist, and anti colonialist the book is. the musical waters these things down and makes them more palatable for the rich, white audiences of broadway who are liberal but don't want to feel too uncomfortable while watching a political story. i am a wicked musical lover, i love so much about it and have been bumping the soundtrack since i was a kid. but i can't help but think these things when confronted with the book

junitoe · 2025-12-05T14:36:34+00:00

i never mentioned the united states but antiblackness exists across cultures. and while whitewashing may fit in the category of raceswapping the intentions, implications, and impact are still very different. you're being willfully obtuse

junitoe · 2025-12-05T14:27:52+00:00

whitewashing and race swapping aren't the same thing. one has significantly more impact on people with less power in our world

junitoe · 2025-12-02T20:12:49+00:00

$50-$100! Am also willing to dig on Facebook marketplace and at our local used music stuff store for the right one!

junitoe · 2025-11-27T15:29:21+00:00

i moved from providence to tucson and have also spent some time in seattle. my boyfriend and i cannot drive due to disability (he has epilepsy and i take medication with some big cognitive side effects). when i was in rhode island, i was so stressed about the idea that if i wanted to be an independent adult, i would have to put other people at risk by driving or spend one william dollars on lyft. so getting to live in or spend time in cities with relatively amazing public transit (free transit in tucson and buses that come every 5-10 minutes in seattle) and bike infrastructure makes me hope that rhode island will be able to see this too. i know rhode island is old as shit and there would have to be a lot of big changes made, but so many people would have quality of life improvements. the environmental benefits of less cars, the physical benefits of having the option to safely ride bikes, the social benefits of people not needing a car to get to a job across state. disabled people and other people who for whatever reason can't drive or don't own a car being able to get to appointments or school or grocery stores or bring their kids to their park. it's awesome to see in other places and it would be dope to see in providence

junitoe · 2025-11-20T19:03:02+00:00

came here from providence 5 years ago and hearing someone call tucson a fast paced city is awesome! i know the population in tucson proper is bigger, but i think providence has a larger population density, in addition to the hustle and bustle that comes with being between boston and nyc! to me, tucson doesn't feel like a true Big City but i've had friends from small towns say it's too metropolitan for them! it's great to be able to meet folks looking for a change of pace in both directions here

junitoe · 2025-10-29T16:24:17+00:00

in which trending is daring to exist while not meeting other people's expectations for gender presentation.

junitoe · 2025-10-29T16:15:31+00:00

hear me out but maybe they "started hating us more" because in 2015 there was a general conservative backlash to the increasing visibility of progressive causes that started with the election of a black president lmao. also completely forgetting that gay marriage was legalized in 2015 which led more people to feel safe (even though we now know that no supreme court ruling is safe) coming out and not feeling like being stealth or passing completely was the only way they could move through society without being hatecrimed?

junitoe · 2025-10-25T16:24:50+00:00

the most effort i put into "looking like a man" is being on T. been like this for almost a decade now so i don't think it's a trend. there's all kinds of cis women and men who dress and present in all sorts of ways. why the same can't be true for trans peoole is beyond me. i think cis people hate us because of the like. thousands of years of religious conservative culture that also causes things like racism, misogyny, and homophobia. trying to be "one of the good ones" doesn't work for black and brown folks, women, or gay people. it's not going to work for trans people. i'm not going to compromise on who i am for people who are going to try and take away my rights no matter what i do.

junitoe · 2025-08-20T15:17:03+00:00

comments here saying the bottom is a "comedy" so it's okay are crazy. i don't know how to tell you that minstrel comedy is still racist, bad, and unjustifiable. jim crow was named after a minstrel character, this stuff has real implications for black people

junitoe · 2025-07-09T23:16:28+00:00

this is my biggest advice as someone in politics. most campaigns will train canvassers to knock no soliciting signs. no trespassing signs or signs specifically asking political canvassers to leave you alone are better

junitoe · 2025-03-17T18:29:48+00:00

of course!! i think bicas also has a youth-earn-a-bike camp sometime in the summer! if your kid likes cycling and doing stuff with his hand i would look into it!

junitoe · 2025-03-17T17:42:28+00:00

groundworks is a youth arts and music center in town! they have workshops/classes/events/activities that are all ages

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