*Atenção: O texto que venho partilhar abaixo está em Inglês*
Alô 'ssoas lindas.
O post de hoje nada mais vai ser que a visão de um pequeno, grande homem chamado Brian Rosa sobre o feminismo.
Não podia deixar de partilhar com vocês um dos textos mais bonitos que já li, já que me foi dada autorização ^.^
Toca assim nos feels todos e, a quem o assunto interessa, vai gostar de ler com certeza.
É com muito carinho, e maior admiração ainda, que partilho convosco as palavras do meu quase primo, Brian. I am really lucky to know you! I love you Morda Foca.
July 15th at 9.15 p.m
"*Trigger warning, Sexual violence**
I am open to anyone and everyone discussing this. I certainly hope that I did not and do not offend anyone by my words. I read it and re read this at least 15 times before I decided to post it but I was feeling some kind of way. Have a great night everyone.
“Brian, why are you a feminist?” I don’t get this question often but when I do, my brain races at about a million miles a minute. Where do I begin to explain how angry it makes me that people do not understand the difference between sex and gender? How can I explain to a white woman that she has privilege over a black man? When, in the same breath, I’m talking about male privilege. How can I tell her that what society says about black men going to rape her is a myth and that she is more likely to be betrayed by a friend more so than a random stranger? How can I explain to my gay white male friends that black men do not choose their skin tone, the same way we do not choose our orientation? Where do I even begin to challenge the struggles men face with the hyper masculine standards set on them? How do I express my distaste for feminists who exclude Trans people from their “circle of safety’? How can I sit here and explain to a grown man, twice my age that, a girl dressed in a mini skirt is not asking for it? How do explain white privilege to a white person who has lived in poverty for 45 years? How do I explain the significance of slavery and how, even though we may not support it, we still benefit from it, in this so-called “color blind” state? I can’t even muster up enough strength to express my fears now that gay marriage is legal. My Facebook page was flooded with rainbow and “relief”. As if to say, “we did it, we are equal now.” To you, it might have felt like a great victory, but how can I sit here and be happy for me, when months before #blacklivesmatter was a running joke? I can’t speak for everyone. I cannot validate everyone’s feelings and I cannot begin to understand what people go through on a day-to-day basis. What I can say is this. I am a feminist because I do not know enough. I do not have all the answers. I want everyone to know what Intersectionality means. I am a feminist because female genital mutilation is still culturally accepted. I am a feminist because men cannot cry without being called a faggot. I am a feminist because too many girls are starving themselves to feel beautiful and not enough girls are supporting one another. I am a feminist because Trans people are hardly represented or taken seriously. When they are, they get called a bitch for being prettier than “regular women”. The truth is, there are so many reasons why I am a feminist. There are so many levels of feminism. I have one experience and that experience is my own. From the perspective of a white, gay, cis gendered male of immigrant, middle class, parents. That’s it. So, to answer your question, I am a feminist, simply because I want to understand the world. It affects you, whether you believe it or not. End Rant."
