Thursday, January 08, 2009
Becoming A Quality Black Woman
Posted by Monica Roberts at 6:27 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/01/becoming-quality-black-woman.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/01/becoming-quality-black-woman.html)
One is not born a woman, but becomes one.
That Simone de Beauvoir quote is one this Phenomenal Transwoman recites to herself on a regular basis, especially on her unpretty days. It reminds me that even though I was born with body and mind not matching, womanhood is an ongoing evolutionary process for a biowoman as well.
But the question I have pondered (and still do) on a regular basis even before I took my first hormones to begin transition is how do I become a quality Black woman?
How do you evolve into Black womanhood despite not having the body from birth, being socialized into the role or feeling like you have to play catch up with the biosisters of yours or any generation?
good article.