From 4665d31ab80a24e5dcd4bb75d7da4911c2124641 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tamsin woo Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:54:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] f --- users/tamsin/gemlog/2024/03-24.gmi | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/users/tamsin/gemlog/2024/03-24.gmi b/users/tamsin/gemlog/2024/03-24.gmi index 200722c..f735dea 100644 --- a/users/tamsin/gemlog/2024/03-24.gmi +++ b/users/tamsin/gemlog/2024/03-24.gmi @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ i was in Seattle this weekend where i had a date to take a girl to the ballet (P the highlight of One Thousand Pieces was the climax of the first half, when columns of mist fall behind the dancers. the water on the stage in this part of the performance both expands and restricts movements. the slick surface forces restraint. bodies enter controlled slides where they would otherwise stop abrputly. light is dispersed by the cascading mist and water droplets stream from the performers, throwing long symmetries across the stage. -for the whole time i've known her, my date has pursued her transition with an intensity i can't help but admire. i rarely see her not healing from one or more surgeries, laser sessions, tattoos—as an exercise of bodily autonomy, tattoos can be a trans technique. it's powerful, but also takes its toll. +for the whole time i've known her, my date has pursued her transition with an intensity i can't help but admire. i rarely see her not healing from one or more surgeries, laser sessions, tattoos—as an exercise of bodily autonomy, tattoos can be a trans technique. this technique is powerful, but also takes its toll. my own pace is more patient, tempered by my focus on motherhood. that is its own kind of trans technique and offers its own forms of intensity.