Someone Put Red Paint On The "Serve And Protect" Sculpture At The Salt Lake City Police Building And

Frankly I don’t see the point in fussing over the precise gender identities of historical figures and what they would hypothetically describe themselves as were they alive today. They’re not fictional characters—they’re dead people whose opinions on a continuously evolving topic are largely unknowable, but are part of a shared history nonetheless.

For example, whether a historical figure lived secretly as a man because she was a woman in a society where that was her only option to actually do the things she wanted to do, or because he was just more comfortable that way and wanted to be recognized as a man... how can we know? How can we determine that it was not both? How can we look back through history to a world so different from ours and come to conclusions about things that are often complicated and indistinct in our own time?

I just don’t see what is accomplished by trying to sort and separate trans history from GNC history based on factors we can’t truly be certain of. In an earlier generation, I think I may have lived and presented quite differently based on the choices available to me and the ease with which I may have pursued them. The world changes so much in so many ways and I can barely make sense of myself in my own time—it seems more practical to simply say, “Ah. Relatable. I can see much of myself in the record of your life.” and leave it at that. Our history is cultural, not ancestral, and in a hundred years we may be the source of just as much confusion and consternation even if we believe ourselves clear today.

taylor swift title edits: cowboy like me

So I merged the two Dress performances videos from Nashville show with Taylor singing the first part on the b stage where Karlie was standing.

TAYLOR SWIFT attends the 2022 VMAs | August 28, 2022    

Taylor Swift wears Oscar de la Renta the 2022 VMAs in Newark, New Jersey ✨

Taylor Swift for “Anti-Hero” Single Cover

Who knows, if she never showed up, what could’ve been

And you knew what it was… People are so blind smh.