I’ve Been Going Back And Forth On Posting Anything Rebloggable About Eden Knight, Because Simply Posting

I’ve been going back and forth on posting anything rebloggable about Eden Knight, because simply posting something feels like…such a non-action. But it’s worse to say nothing at all, and the people who loved her clearly want her story to be known. So I’ll try.

A Saudi trans woman named Eden Knight died by suicide after her parents hired two American “fixers” and a Saudi lawyer to traffic her back to Saudi Arabia and forcibly detransition her. Her loved ones have put together a document about this tragedy in hopes that something can be done:

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Eden Abduction Details

I feel like the cultural piece of this hasn’t get discussed, and i understand why; I’ve seen plenty of utterly sickening commentary from people who can’t be normal about the idea of a trans Saudi, but I feel I’m in a position to break the silence around this, as being a queer Arab myself, the nuances aren’t lost on me. So I’ll try that too:

Arab culture is patriarchal (like most cultures are), communal, and honor-based, which contributes to many Arab parents wholeheartedly believing that they own their children and that they need to control them to prevent any “dishonorable” behavior, even at the cost of death. This is not unique to Arab culture, and I’m really simplifying here, but this is why honor killings happen, and I think it’s remiss to not name the honor-based violence at play in what happened to Eden. She threatened her family’s honor by not adhering to the gendered role coercively assigned to her, and so they inflicted the conditions that led to her death upon her. And I can guarantee that, had her parents not had the money to hire some of their fellow monsters to destroy their daughter, they’d have recruited extended family to stalk her or found another way instead. Honor culture is self-policing.

It’s also remiss to not name the other forces that killed Eden: transmisogyny in both the United States and Saudi Arabia—the latter obviously being worse than the former, but fleeing to the former DID NOT PROTECT HER, so USAmericans can hold off from being smug about her being Saudi, thanks—and her migrant status. The State, capital-S, and its borders assisted Eden’s parents in this.

We need support networks that can actually help trans people with complex cultural/legal situations like this. We need support networks to prevent honor-based violence, which primarily impacts women and LGBT people of any gender. “Just cut off your parents” isn’t helpful when you’ve been raised to internalize this level of guilt and shame, and it especially isn’t helpful when your parents are willing to find you and abduct you to protect their image. There needs to be SOMETHING to prevent tragedies as horrific as this. I can’t say I have the answers. But there needs to be some understanding of how far this honor shit can go, how it can cross borders, and how even people who have found community outside their abusive families can still be very vulnerable to it.

I’m so sorry, Eden. You deserved the world. Rest in peace.

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Asexual + Quoisexual

I use +s instead of &/and (Unless in image descriptions + written stories)

I will put the number and write out the number in parentheses alongside

I have issues with tone, and doubt personal judgement on tone quite often, most posts + asks will be read as genuine unless specified otherwise

I use the words queer, transsexual, dyke + fag in reference to myself

I have multiple sideblogs

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Use + Believe the term 'Narc Abuse'

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Ship Real People

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Hate have say this but

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2 years ago

“why does that character have to be queer?”

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2 years ago

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It's all I ever see. My sanity demands people be a little more creative.


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2 years ago

Bathroom accessibility is not limited to mobility aids.

Bathroom accessibility is also having hooks to hang medical equipment.

I went to Walmart today and none of the bathroom stalls had hooks for my feeding tube backpack. Not even the disabled stall. They were intentionally removed by the store.

These hooks are important because we shouldn’t have to put our equipment on the floor and risk god knows what by contaminating our backpacks in the public bathroom.

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1 year ago
A Long Ass Beginner Level Tutorial For All Of You Comic Folks Who Want To Start Using Sketchup For Your
A Long Ass Beginner Level Tutorial For All Of You Comic Folks Who Want To Start Using Sketchup For Your

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http://www.genkigirl.com/finesometimesrain/?p=771


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1 year ago

Edit: someone reminded me I can just put a link, so here you go. I'm not deleting the how-to stuff, because I'm lazy, lmao.

Anyway, link is here

I have found a place where I (an American) can legally watch Doctor Who classic for free! Thought I'd share it!

I don't know if it has the missing episodes that have been redone, but it has all of the of her episodes as well as the movies.

Edit: It has an unaired pilot and bonus videos of different things. Will edit more as I find out more.

There's a website, Internet Archive, and I've found where the BBC has released them by season!

For those who need it, under the cut is just how to get to it!

You need an account on Internet Archive, but they're free.

Once you're logged in, you can get to all the seasons if you first search up "Doctor Who Classic Season 1," which should being up the first season,of course.. Then you click that.

Edit: Someone Reminded Me I Can Just Put A Link, So Here You Go. I'm Not Deleting The How-to Stuff, Because

Then scroll down a little and click the "British Broadcasting Corporation" hyperlink below the video.

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Then you'll be brought to all the stuff they've put out.

Go to the left of the screen to the filters and go to the "media type" filter and click "movies" (which really means video).

Edit: Someone Reminded Me I Can Just Put A Link, So Here You Go. I'm Not Deleting The How-to Stuff, Because

It'll reload with that filter applied and once it's done that, go back to filters and filter by "subject" and click the "doctor who" filter.

Edit: Someone Reminded Me I Can Just Put A Link, So Here You Go. I'm Not Deleting The How-to Stuff, Because

And then you'll have them! The seasons are out of order, but they're all there.

I don't know if missing episodes that have been recreated are on there. But the rest definitely is.

So, it should look like this!

Edit: Someone Reminded Me I Can Just Put A Link, So Here You Go. I'm Not Deleting The How-to Stuff, Because

And then just find the season you want, pick the episode you want, and watch the show!

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