provocatoria:intricatelystructuredjewel:sashareigns:angpent:The Tuilagi brothers talking about their
provocatoria:intricatelystructuredjewel:sashareigns:angpent:The Tuilagi brothers talking about their trans sister Julie and how fa’afafines are seen by the Samoan culture.(The audio was screwed up; from the point Manu said “our sister” onward, there was loud humming and I could hear almost nothing… I had to go by guessing and lip-reading, so the text might be a little off. I think that is the essence of what they were saying, though.)remember when Julie was hosting the Miss Samoa pageant and no one cared about the contestants, they just came to see what she would do/wearA culture that not only validates trans people but also celebrates them?? OMG world pay attention!!!lol @ white queers who ask me what being queer in such a “traditional” (read: primitive, barbaric) culture. It’s fine. Maybe if white folks focused more on moisturizing themselves instead of each other’s sexuality and genders they’d be as advanced as Samoans. *shrug*On a different note, this doesn’t speak to the shitty colonial take on gender and sexuality that a lot of Samoans have had forced down their their throats. The “traditional” take on gender and sexuality that white folks assume I have to deal with being indigenous, is actually remnants of their ancestors’ bullshit. Thx. -- source link