@realcaseyrollins right, it's the procedure that did that, but she only had to undergo the procedure because of bioessentialist logic around gender and what testosterone levels a woman "should" have. So it's a direct consequence of exactly what I said.

@ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs Sadly this sort of thing only seems to happen to enforce gender norms.

@alexispurslane it is really sad and makes me so angry

@alexispurslane to clarify, they would never make a white, cis man alter his gift of advantageous genetics, so I was being sarcastic

@alexispurslane just goes to show how femininity is specifically defined around white women

@sayyid_qishta yeah. I'm not super well versed in intersectionality but it seems to me like black women are often just by default excluded from white western ideas of what femininity and womanhood are. This goes back to a point I've made before about how people's understandings of womenhood differ and it's no one's job to enforce their categories on everyone.

@alexispurslane if you are interested to learn more the best book ive read on the topic is c riley snorton "black on both sides: a racial history of trans experience." he begins specifically by addressing cis black women's experience as fundamental to how modern trans people are viewed and judged.

@sayyid_qishta that sounds really cool

@alexispurslane yea snorton is one of my favorites, here are some old gfx i made with quotes from black on both sides