OWN YOUR RAGE
Submission driven blog full of cranky queers (and other gender and sexual minorities)
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I would of course accept submissions in any form and type up a transcript but I’m having trouble typing up really heartfelt rants.
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AH I LOVE THIS. I AM NOT ENRAGED BY IT, BUT I WILL WRITE IN ALL CAPS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CRANKINESS. -A CRANKY ANGSTY FEMME
Asked by femmesandfamily
GOOD!! <3 <3
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Hey! I love your new blog, but I'm having trouble reading it due to the brightness of the background and the low-contrast color of the font. I'm not sure if other people have a hard time reading it, too, but it's hurting my eyes :(
Asked by dearjimmoriarty
Good point :) thank you, I will adjust that immediately (this is why I use minimalist for my normal blog)
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FAAQ
(Fucking Angrily Answered Questions)
1. Who is queer enough to post here? Queer people are queer enough.
2. I’m somewhere other than queer in the gender and sexual minorities community, can I submit? Yep, go for it.
3. Can I talk about things other than queerness (like race, class, etc) as long as I am also talking about my gender and sexual minority status(es) as it intersects with the other things? I welcome it!
4. What kinds of things won’t you post? If you post triggering things without trigger warnings. If you use slurs (and aren’t strictly speaking about dealing with those slurs). If it has nothing to do with queerness. I’m going to give more room to stories told by the people who experienced them rather than I was angry for my gay friend.
5. I think something you said was oppressive? Tell me! Absolutely call me out, I’m receptive to that.
6. I think something you said was reactionary? That is the point; these are emotional responses to our lives and our communities, not college thesis. If you want something along those lines, I can direct you to some good blogs that think their shit through before they post it.
7. I think something has already been talked about before? I don’t care if every third post of this blog is “I’m angry because of my parents” we’re expressing ourselves, sometimes people have similar experiences. I will encourage people to give as much detail as you like though so that your story (while sharing threads from others) stands out.
8. So far this FAAQ isn’t very angry? Yeah, sorry about that, I clearly had higher expectations for my unreasonableness upon naming this. I’ll work on that.
9. Talking about problems in the community creates divides in the community! Not talking about problems in the community perpetuates power structures whereupon those with the least power continue to be hurt. Oh, wait, sorry I mean NOT MY BOSS APPLESAUCE!
10. I’m straight/cis and I have OPINIONS ABOUT HOW YOU SHOULD DO THINGS AND I AM GOING TO HETERONORMATIVITY/CISNORMATIVE ALL OVER EVERYTHING!! Oh waaaa you don’t have complete control over one tiny aspect of the universe, go find ALMOST EVERY OTHER SECTION OF THE MOTHERTRUCKING WORLD!
11. Why are you so cranky? I’m telling you why I’m so cranky, that’s the whole point. If a bunch of angry posts strung together explicitly saying why someone is cranky doesn’t tell you why someone is cranky, then you should probably take some classes at your local community college in how to shut the fuck up and read critically.
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Yes, I am a good activist by day.
I write and reblog well thought out pieces and I am fair and reasonable.
I use love as my engine and my driving force and that is what motivates me to do what I do.
But sometimes I hurt and there is no way to tell you in numbers and case studies and theory how I feel in that moment.
This is for those moments.
Reacting to the pain of queerness and the ways other identities intersect with that queerness we hear so often how we need to be Ellen, sweet or Dan Savage, funny and above all non-threatening.
Fuck you!
Own your rage!
Own your responsibility to those feelings of hurt!
Reach catharsis.
Submit angry and irrational and wanting too much, we’ll sort out the pieces for what to do later
Stop the silence
Nothing is wrong with feeling angry
Own your emotions
Emotions are important
We don’t always have to be academic to be taken seriously
Your anger is dangerous
You aren’t alone in your rage
OUR anger is dangerous
