Aria Sa'id

Aria Sa'id

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August 26, 2018August 26, 2018 ariasaid

Passing Privilege | Aria’s Journey to #FindingPride

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:: “People need to see a black trans woman having fun, being successful, living her best life, in the face of all the violence and all the disenfranchisement. I deserve to live a good life. But I still have trauma. I still have the memory of being kicked on the street a block away from here and being catcalled and misgendered. It’s important for me not to get caught up in thinking I’m so fabulous, or I’m better than somebody because I’m at a party.” - Laverne Cox #girlslikeus #kweenculture #transisbeautiful
:: “i am a diva” - nina simone | this week, the word “diva” has consistently come up for me. humble. and if you’re not “humble” in the ways that fit a narrow scope of meekness and silence, you are then, a diva. we (i?) are/am consistently asked to downplay ourselves in this way, that i think asks us to quietly fit the comfort of other people. don’t celebrate that you survived in a world that tells you not to exist. don’t mention the incredible things and strides you made, in spite of. don’t vocalise. be silent. i think in particular, as a black trans woman in the spaces i occupy, i am consistently asked to “be grateful” to be at the table. “think of how many of *you all* are where you are”. how is this when i’m at the table, and i speak, that it is interpreted as critique? that it is not read as appreciation, but rather lack of humility? why would i sit at a table and not start a conversation? and it’s in that spirit, that people, places and institutions actively attempt to disempower you- when you speak up, when you disagree, and when you are confident in your voice. audre lorde said, “silence does not protect us”. and as i sit with that, i recognise that things don’t actually differ when you’re silent. the same paradigm exists. we are in an era, i believe, where the disparity of black transgender women is more accepted and embraced than the free spirit, and powerful genius of black trans women. that’s why it’s not cultivated. so yes, i am a diva. in every sense. i have earned that title, whether it be used to empower me or disempower me. - aria, the diva #havealovelyday #girlslikeus #transisbeautiful #kweenculture #diva
:: “i’d never seen a young trans woman of color who was thriving in the world. i was looking for that” - Janet Mock. #girlslikeus #transisbeautiful #kweenculture
:: 2019
💐 👑 lost in an emotional sea of my own making #plussizefashion #alternativecurves
:: :: “We all spend our lives kicking the crap out of ourselves for not being this way or that way, not having this thing or that thing, not being like this person or that person. For not living up to some standard we think applies across the board to all of us. We all spend our lives trying to follow the same path, live by the same rules. I think we believe that happiness lies in following the same list of rules. In being more like everyone else. That? Is wrong. There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be. Being traditional is not traditional anymore. It’s funny that we still think of it that way. Normalize your lives, people. You don’t want a baby? Don’t have one. I don’t want to get married? I won’t. You want to live alone? Enjoy it. You want to love someone? Love someone. Don’t apologize. Don’t explain. Don’t ever feel less than. When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it. No fairy tales. Be your own narrator. And go for a happy ending. One foot in front of the other. You will make it.” - Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes 📷: @clnelson9
:: i’m good love, enjoy
:: unspooked on any MLK Blvd #wegood #kunt #washfaced #realness
:: aria ain't humble no mo' nigga
:: all my business, keep it private | you know bosses move in silence
:: just private affairs in a tighter circle ⭕️
:: “my life didn’t please me, so i created my life” - coco chanel
SEPHORA x Aria Said x @kweenculture
SF Weekly 2017 Pride Issue
:: Compton’s Transgender Cultural District Co-Founders ❤️
:: pretty thug came out that tenderloin, hit me.
:: 👑 👑 👑

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