(they/she lesbian south asian) thoughts on films 💜🥀🪸 i overinflate star ratings sorry

when you learn the mere possibility of being a trans woman, you cry. there is relief in the sense that everything clicks into place. the shattered pieces of your life make sense. you were not crazy. these experiences were real. and yet, you also cry because it is unfathomable. to become a woman in a patriarchal society is a terrifying thing. to become a trans one is even worse. you are the poster child for ugly woman thing across the…
bearing your heart in your artistic work is above all a social process. there is no end point and the copious amounts of stuff you make act as footnotes and milestones of the actual process of growth and connection, and the intentionality of every choice. thus, the process of making art is like killing yourself over and over and over again. it is why the thing that keeps driving you despite everything is the burning desire to make sense of your world and cherishing the people you hold close to you.
pick up that pencil and keep making art because of yuri