The first problem when I want to explain to people what it’s like inside me is that the words are missing. „Something between man & woman“ is about the first thing I could come up with, but that doesn’t really describe it well. „I’m an Enby“ works quite well as a substitute for man/woman, even if it sounds a bit like scene slang. (mehr …)
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What the hell am I and how can I explain it
Is it the society that is weird, or is it me? I don‘t know. What am I? I don‘t know what I am.
The only thing I know is that I‘m confused. Confused and overwhelmed. (mehr …)
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Don’t Assume my Socialization
„It’s that time again, I’m sitting in a crisis plenary where one person thinks she only sees female socialized people cooking.
Before that, she saw me. Great.
Yet I was so sure I had flipped the pancakes extra male.“
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…and All of Your Socialization Shall be Forgiven
People don’t grow up in a clearly male or female way.
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Foreword: R̶o̶l̶e̶ Models Wanted! (m̶/̶f̶/x!)
When we grow up, we are presented with all kinds of role models – the brave soldier, the loving housewife, the uncompromising businesswoman, the stubborn police commissioner who doesn’t always play by the rules. Depending on which gender you were assigned at birth, you have access to two of these four life goals.
We, the authors of this zine, never knew how to fit in there. And not just because we don’t like the military, patriarchy, capitalism, and cops. (mehr …)
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Between One and Zero. A Short Story
Blue woke up from the terrible feeling of getting unplugged. Reality hit them in the face, hard. Blue gasped for air and grabbed the armrest of their chair. The dream was over.
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Positive Alltagsgeschichten
Meine Mutter hat mir ne Email geschickt, und aus den Headern geht hervor, dass sie mich als „erstgeborene Person“ abgespeichert hat.
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What the hell am I and how can I explain it
Ist es die Gesellschaft die weird ist, oder bin ich es? Ich weiß es nicht. Ich weiß nicht was ich bin. Das einzige was ich darüber weiß, dass ich verunsichert bin.
Verunsichert und überfordert. (mehr …)
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Don’t assume my Sozialisation
„Es ist mal wieder so weit, ich sitze in einem Krisen-Plenum, in dem eine Person meint, dass sie nur weiblich sozialisierte Personen kochen sieht.
Vorher hat sie mich gesehen. Toll
Dabei war ich mir doch so sicher die Pfannkuchen extra männlich gewendet zu haben.“
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…und all eure Sozialisierung sei euch vergeben
Menschen wachsen nicht eindeutig männlich oder weiblich auf.
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