Hello all,
I would like to write and subject articles for this site. That was the idea when I thought this up, but honestly these subjects may not be considered "article material" for this site. That hardly matters, though. These are subjects that aren't getting the attention they deserve. ::soapbox:: These articles will go somewhere else, if not here, and will be shown publicly with all credits announced.
What I want to write about:
Traveling in the USA as a person of color/ non-white person.
Whereas our white counterparts are shown a "benefit of the doubt", colored people have to face an even harsher side of racism. Trying to live in the mainstream is hard enough. Trying to be a black/ brown/ etc traveler with whatever means or cause is at least twice as hard. Finding a place to stay, getting a ride, finding employment, police harassment, getting access to basic needs, and everything else. There are so few of us in the traveling and alternate living community and culture we're invisible.
Traveling in the USA as a queer person.
I need a lot of help with preservatives on this! I'm a bi, genderfluid person, and there's much more to being the worldly view of queer than those 2 views. I want more input from queer people of color as white, cisgender, gay man have been "normalized".
Traveling in the USA as a female, woman, feminine person.
This goes to all that apply - cis, trans, and all between and outside of those.
For every f/w/f that has been asked "Are you running from someone?" and they aren't. "Aren't you scared?" and they're clearly not. "Where is your husband/ boyfriend?" having to deal with heterosexist culture. And, what does having a spouse or mate have to do with anything, anyway? "Do you have a way to protect yourself?" And, it's already known the male/ men/ masculine counterparts aren't asked those kinds of questions. At least, not on the same "normal" bases as female/ women/ feminine counterparts.
The whole idea from the age-old "if a woman does anything other than stay at home and have babies she's in danger of violence". Random strangers feeling the entitlement is intrude on your decisions, regardless of the bases or intention. They insist that you should live a "normal" life built around the false sense of security setup up by capitalism, the patriarchy (sexism and racism), and now surveillance culture.
I can only speak so much on these issues, and some I don't know about as well, but something needs to be said on them. I also haven't experienced the best of the best or the worst of the worst. I want to have a well-rounded article written with a coherent combination of different points of views.
Thank you for reading this and please don't hesitate to let me know if you're interested in writing on any of these subjects. ::bookworm::
I would like to write and subject articles for this site. That was the idea when I thought this up, but honestly these subjects may not be considered "article material" for this site. That hardly matters, though. These are subjects that aren't getting the attention they deserve. ::soapbox:: These articles will go somewhere else, if not here, and will be shown publicly with all credits announced.
What I want to write about:
Traveling in the USA as a person of color/ non-white person.
Whereas our white counterparts are shown a "benefit of the doubt", colored people have to face an even harsher side of racism. Trying to live in the mainstream is hard enough. Trying to be a black/ brown/ etc traveler with whatever means or cause is at least twice as hard. Finding a place to stay, getting a ride, finding employment, police harassment, getting access to basic needs, and everything else. There are so few of us in the traveling and alternate living community and culture we're invisible.
Traveling in the USA as a queer person.
I need a lot of help with preservatives on this! I'm a bi, genderfluid person, and there's much more to being the worldly view of queer than those 2 views. I want more input from queer people of color as white, cisgender, gay man have been "normalized".
Traveling in the USA as a female, woman, feminine person.
This goes to all that apply - cis, trans, and all between and outside of those.
For every f/w/f that has been asked "Are you running from someone?" and they aren't. "Aren't you scared?" and they're clearly not. "Where is your husband/ boyfriend?" having to deal with heterosexist culture. And, what does having a spouse or mate have to do with anything, anyway? "Do you have a way to protect yourself?" And, it's already known the male/ men/ masculine counterparts aren't asked those kinds of questions. At least, not on the same "normal" bases as female/ women/ feminine counterparts.
The whole idea from the age-old "if a woman does anything other than stay at home and have babies she's in danger of violence". Random strangers feeling the entitlement is intrude on your decisions, regardless of the bases or intention. They insist that you should live a "normal" life built around the false sense of security setup up by capitalism, the patriarchy (sexism and racism), and now surveillance culture.
I can only speak so much on these issues, and some I don't know about as well, but something needs to be said on them. I also haven't experienced the best of the best or the worst of the worst. I want to have a well-rounded article written with a coherent combination of different points of views.
Thank you for reading this and please don't hesitate to let me know if you're interested in writing on any of these subjects. ::bookworm::
