thatdiabolicalfeminist:One reason it’s really exhausting having multiple marginalised identitities...

thatdiabolicalfeminist:

One reason it’s really exhausting having multiple marginalised identitities is that it’s basically impossible to cut yourself off from every person who hates you for one of your identities.

Consuming media, interacting with family, having friends, coworkers - there are always parts of yourself you have to do your best to play down for your own self-protection.

You’re constantly forced to make compromises and split your identity apart, because the one show that doesn’t have misogynist jokes has homophobic jokes, or your friends can handle you being poor but they’re super ableist.

It’s exhausting to navigate the world when you have to find acceptance piecemeal.