his wildfire eyes saw the world burning and he could do nothing but tell you
cameras ready to capture the moment when the last African Forest Elephant topples from life’s platform
The childhood that Butler depicts [in Adulthood Rites] can serve as a blueprint for how we might better love and respect trans children.[...] Like the resisters who think they are saving Akin by pulling things out of his mouth, or the Oankali who insist that the contradiction in humanity means allowing the resisters to reproduce would be a form of cruelty, when we place children on pre-determined paths and invalidate their own experiences of their bodies, minds, and even time itself, we cause substantial harm. To love trans children, we must understand their experiences on their terms...
