The photo is a 1974 photo of Leslie Feinberg, from the FBI file on hir. I've written a piece on my interpretation of Transgender Warriors and Trans Liberation, but I don't think it's quite polished enough, so I'll post it later. Instead, I'll go over hir FBI file: https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-065/6282555/Batch0010/6282555_100-HQ-480756.PDF.
The FBI thought Feinberg could be violating the Communist Control Act, advocating the overthrow of the government, and engaging in rebellion. Needless to say, a hero to all of us. Feinberg was a member of the Workers World Party (the party still exists, but more notably PSL split from it), which apparently wasn't openly advocating for the overthrow of the U.S, they just think it's inevitable.
My favorite line? "captioned subject is believed to be a white female, who became male through some kind of sex change operation, and is possibly homosexual". Some interesting language choice, and it's an interesting snapshot into the evolution of Leslie's identity.
The FBI found Leslie's place of birth and birthdate from public school records. It's a bit of an interesting look into all of the many places the FBI can get their information, along with how information like that was so much more patchwork before the digital age.
"Interview of subject is not being recommended because of the questionable nature of his sexuality". Hmm, interesting.
It's interesting how their investigation spanned multiple cities, from Kansas City to NYC to Bufffalo to Boston. It probably involved quite a few officers, though I'm sure it wasn't the main focus for all of them.
There's some interesting mention about changes in Leslie's gender identity. Born a girl, for a time wearing a beard and mustache, then going back to "she". I'm sure we all know, Feinberg's gender didn't stop evolving there.
"Subject reportedly contributes all extra money to WWP", Leslie definitely was dedicated to the cause. Leslie doesn't attend NYC WWP meetings, but the FBI doesn't mention why.
The FBI isn't immune to typoes, Leslie did some "criminal terspass" that garnered some attention.They wasted some time checking if Leslie was in Boston, but verified where Leslie in NYC lived by pretending to be a part of the Voter Registration Commission.
There's a whole 43 pages of documents, all just from 1974-75. There's plenty of interesting tidbits in there, so maybe check it out.
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Doing some nail polish shopping, a lot of options, and apparently they all make great gifts for women
I wish I had like, a UV kit and those gel polishes that go on perfectly smooth... but that shit's expensive and the standard gooey ones go on comparably with a lil skill.
I like iridescent ones that kinda look like a scarab shell
I would like to know more
I can't tell if you actually want to know more or if you're just making a starship troopers joke lol
Both lol, iridescent nails sound rad and I know very little about nail polish
Been thinking about how to respond to this all day, but idk there's iridescent nail polish. I have no idea how it works but it's pretty lol
Sorry I didn't mean to befuddle you lmao, I'll look into that
That's what the gels do?! Well okay damn, I thought they were just some weird thing I shouldn't worry about, hmm.
Yea I see what you mean about expensive though, these kits go up in price quite fast.
UV Gellish :3 they're pretty pricey, like a UV nail bed is cheapish, ~$30, but UV gel polish can be like $8, $12 a bottle. I recommend regular polish to start.
The key to smooth nails is to treat them like warhammer minis: two thin coats (plus a base and top coat)
Woah is the base coat for nails done with a specialty polish? I do two coats and then clear top coat fwiw, I'm not that good though.
Yeah they make special clear base coat polish. It’s supposed to help the polish bind with the nail better kinda like paint primer. I also use a special top coat polish but, thinking about it, I couldn’t find any clear polish that wasn’t labeled as top coat/base coat so one of the two might just be normal clear polish 🤔
Wow I need to get some base coat, thank you for alerting me to this. I've seen it used in salons but never knew you could get it...
Yeah I just got mine at the drugstore along with my normal polish
Lot's of different shades c: