In 2016, I had dyed white hair with purple streaks for a few months. I got it done very cheaply, at local hairdressing school.
@Shanmonster Thanks! It was a huge hair makeover.
@PhoenixSerenity you're fabulous in a thousand looks, Q B
@normjess And I hate fascists with every single one of my looks ✊️
@PhoenixSerenity you are a fascist hating machine
and far more importantly, you do shit about it ✊🏻 xx
@normjess Which is also why I think it's bad hilarious when anyone accuses me of helping any fascists. Ignorant fuckeronis.
@normjess My parents supported me because they didn't create an apathetic bystander.
@PhoenixSerenity my parents didn't support me. they didn't understand me
I'm this in spite of them
@normjess I'm grateful that you made spite your friend, to deal with being misunderstood ✌️❤️✊️
@PhoenixSerenity I'm not half the epic warrior you are
I'm a reclusive trans woman, writing words on a screen
I'd be more harm to the resistance than help. I'm problematic as fuck. I'm helping them by not helping them
@normjess I actually really appreciate folks who know themselves very well & avoid hard frontlines. It's better to know yourself well & contribute in other ways - there's so many other ways to help out. I had to send more than a couple people home because they're not suitable for hard frontlines work & we don't have capacity/energy to babysit newbies. We can't have anyone who will break down in less than a month of heavy direct actions. It's better that they do other resistance work.
@PhoenixSerenity oh, I'm a fighter. I've been that for a very long time. you have to be if you're trans and poor
I just have a checkered past and a lot of enemies
the fascists are always looking for ways to discredit movements. they'd use me
@normjess I understand. I'm on government watch lists & have been for decades. I'm older & stopped giving a fuck because no matter what I do or don't do - the target is never removed from my back. I just can't do hard frontlines at the moment because of my family caregiving responsibilities.
@PhoenixSerenity you do a lot, and have done a lot, and we appreciate your service
most people's names are forgotten, but their actions, the freedoms they defend and win, live on long after them
we are all planting trees which we will not see the shade from 🌳🌳🌳
your family is very lucky to have you too x
@normjess Thank you, for understanding how I roll ✌️💚✊️
This was during the time I was obsessed with Storm, from the X-Men Marvel series.
@PhoenixSerenity so pretty!