sabinetzin | Just sayin'.

There's something I feel like I need to say, because there's always this talk going around about appropriation and slash and who gets to talk about who. So let me say this about the end of DADT:

I'm not celebrating this for fictional people. That this changes the stories I get to write about people who don't exist- that's cute. That this changes the lives of real people who I care about- that's important.

I'm celebrating it for people like my cousin and his husband, who met in- and left- the military. I'm celebrating it because I believe every American has the fundamental right to choose whatever the hell life they please, even if it's a life of dodging bullets. I'm celebrating it because this move will make our armed forces stronger. I'm celebrating it because DADT was fucking stupid. I'm celebrating it for people like me, for whom the military has always been a closed option.

I'm not under the impression that this is the end- this is one important step in a larger struggle. We will be fighting about this tooth and nail for years to come. But right now, on this day, I feel like we deserve a little joy. And, yeah, if that means having fun with our little paper dolls, I'm fine with that.