As a trans-woman reader and writer, so too am I hungry—but I am also afraid, because trans people are not yet free, not when the corpses of trans women are discovered in the streets every month. In giving voice to our full dimensionality, from our grasping desires and petty flaws to our courage and resilience, the renaissance of trans lit attempts to redefine the future of relationships between cis and trans people. And perhaps more importantly, of trans people with ourselves. This post is adapted from an article in the Spring issue of Canadian Art.
View recent articles by Kai Cheng Thom. It might also be at the heart of how art is given value, and is made political. Why are they so often rendered invisible?
Those identified as women, in particular, are often told to just say no; they are also told, in actions and in art, that their no means nothing. The visibility of trans women in the arts has vastly increased in the past half-decade, but the sense of freedom has not. As a big Yayoi Kusama show opens in Toronto, selfie-shaming is also in the air. By December, discussion of the tattoo flooded Wordpress blogs [10] and Tumblr, debating the reverse bigotry [11] , the value of the death threat [14] and the promotion of violence [12] inherent within the phrase.
On March 3rd, , a single topic blog titled Dear Cis People [6] launched, allowing an anonymous space for transgender people to air their grievances with those who are cisgendered. As of May , the blog has more than posts. The video was met by mainly negative and mocking responses, receiving a number of reply videos as well. On April 18th, , blooger Witch. Discussions about the use of "die cis scum" continue on Tumblr, with the phrase used as a tag [7] for both serious discussions and playful usages of the phrase.
View All Images. Show Comments. The sale is not as much of the whimsical move of a kooky billionaire as it first appears, however. Know Your Meme is an advertising supported site and we noticed that you're using an ad-blocking solution. Read Edit History. About "Die Cis Scum" is catch phrase used by some members of the transgender community in protest of the oppression they feel by people who identify as cisgendered, or those whose identities match the sex they were assigned at birth.
Origin On November 21st, , Tumblr user Char the Butcher [1] made a post containing a photo showing off a tattoo that reads "Die Cis Scum" shown below. Spread The same day, Char's sentiments were reposted on Asher Bauer's blog Tranarchism [2] , where Bauer acknowledged giving Char the tattoo with a sewing needle and ink.
Rather, what troubles me is that you point the finger to others as your oppressors in a way that conveniently excludes you as somebody responsible for the systems of oppression that facilitate most forms of violence against trans folks.
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