03/31/2025
From the yellow brick road and the year of “Bears Oh My!” Sending you and especially all my Trans and non-binary siblings lots of love on this Trans Day of Visibility. 🏳️⚧️
North American Mama Bear 2023
Mama Shannon
Today, we celebrate International . 🏳️⚧️
Back in 1904, L. Frank Baum released his highly anticipated 2nd Oz novel entitled, “The Marvelous Land of Oz”. In this book, Baum told the story of a young boy, Tip, who learns he was born a female and had been living in the wrong body for his entire life. Near the end of the story, Tip transforms into her true self, Ozma, and the passage that accompanies that moment will never cease to bring a tear to my eye…
“Glinda walked to the canopy and parted the silken hangings. Then she bent over the cushions, reached out her hand, and from the couch arose the form of a young girl, fresh and beautiful as a May morning. Her eyes sparkled as two diamonds, and her lips were tinted like a tourmaline. All adown her back floated tresses of ruddy gold, with a slender jeweled circlet confining them at the brow. Her robes of silken gauze floated around her like a cloud, and dainty satin slippers shod her feet.
At this exquisite vision Tip’s old comrades stared in wonder for the space of a full minute, and then every head bent low in honest admiration of the lovely Princess Ozma. The girl herself cast one look into Glinda’s bright face, which glowed with pleasure and satisfaction, and then turned upon the others. Speaking the words with sweet diffidence, she said: “I hope none of you will care less for me than you did before. I’m just the same Tip, you know; only-only-“
“Only you’re different!” said the Pumpkinhead; and everyone thought it was the wisest speech he had ever made.” - “The Marvelous Land of Oz” (1904) by L. Frank Baum
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