A.R.C.

A blog that focuses on feminist issues: rape, abortion, gender, sexism, survival, and all the intersections.

[logophilestudies]

male audacity🙄

[disgruntledftm]

reddit happenings.. none of these were downvoted when i saw them and in fact the first comment thread here is from one of the top comments.

[vintage-bentley]

Another example of TIF homophobia and of them being just as creepy and invasive as TIMs are towards lesbians. In this edition we find a straight woman attempting to join a gay male orgy, and getting upset that the men there wouldn’t interact with her because they’re “transphobic” 💀

[nansheonearth]

One of the first things that started to get me to question trans rhetoric was the validation of delusions. This was a time where even in liberal areas being outed could result in violence. In trans forums in the 00s people would post pictures asking how well they passed. I would be blatantly honest because to me, walking into a space like this while not passing could mean violence. People would get mad because, now looking back, they didn't want to know if they passed, they wanted validation of their delusion. Now the whole community is just feeding mass delusion.

Also the guy who invited her either was also delusional or setting her up for ridicule or sexual assault. There's no way he thought she would be welcome at a gay men's space because unlike lesbian spaces gay men still genuinely gatekeep their spaces.

[umrna]

[dhakcjshkvjbd]

“See what happens when you don’t prosecute people for questioning my ideology? WOMEN might LAUGH at us!!”

[drbased]

What’s that quote? Men are afraid women will laugh at them, women are afraid men will kill them?

[doingitatmybirthdaydinner]

see how in a country with free speech, people are allowed to speak freely? fucking horrible and hurts my fee-fees, put a stop to it now.

[anjomecanico]

No dogpiling of a famous woman is neutral in a world where famous men can commit the worst atrocities against humanity imaginable and still have a career

[cdigoddess]

they just look like that

[kkoffin]

“women who disagree with me [feminists] are ugly, brutish and manlike hahaha!!” says the “progressive” “gender is a social construct” crowd

but allegedly said feminists are the ones who think “women should look like women” or are “attacking women for not fitting their beauty ideals”.

anyways. the reason why they aren’t conforming to ur beauty standards is because they don’t see gender non-conformity as a thing to be fixed. and because they don’t want to give thousands of dollars of their own money to misogynistic companies that profit off making women feel insecure. hope that helps

[itdoobielikethat]

Crazy thing for a Pedophile Community Member to draw about other people

[helenvaughans]

[carrotcupcake]

[lesbofuturism]

libs comparing feminist anti-pornography beliefs to evangelical anti-pornography beliefs is so dumb because the evangelical approach is rooted in the idea that masturbation itself is a sin and a woman’s body belongs to her husband while the feminist approach is that a woman is not public property to be abused and raped on video for men to attain sexual gratification from. The feminist approach is ending the sex trade that provides victims to the pornography industry. These two beliefs are not similar when critical thinking is involved.

[mr-deep-downer]

the future rules

[atwoodsfemalefantasy]

yayyyyyy men are making money off the sexualization if women hahahahahaha!

ai can't create faces from nothing so this is a real woman's face!

[uncomfortablecliche]

the way women are just an afterthought to ‘liberal’ men and it’s just another “other side bad” thing to them

[scumbhag]

KAM

[emma-radfemcanu]

Men will write things like this and then insist that misogyny isn't real and that women are privileged

[theradicalbutch]

Men write things like this and then turn around and claim that they’re the rational ones

[lesblizzard-ultradyke]

"feminism will never be taken seriously because I am jerking off to the mouth of scarjo as she tells me I need to respect women" this is exactly why feminism should be focused solely on women and girls and ways to improve their lives, instead of on trying to make men listen

[pillarsalt]

LGBeetles

[cassia-longina]

The fact that men are so quick to equate abortion and murder really shows how little difference they see between female body and a public space.

[aeli-noir]

[genghis-khan-official]

rest in power Marjane Satrapi 🖤🗡️

[sichorean]

[lagraisselesbienne]

Buttons from the Lesbian Herstory Archives

[climbthestacks]

Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis

[cat-pilled]

discovering radical feminism has made me fall in love with being a woman again. a common smear campaign against the movement is that we only "trauma bond" and believe womanhood is only suffering etc etc but literally no other group of people has made me feel comfortable with my body, proud of my natural skin and unashamed of being a woman.

[ausradfem]

I will never get the point people throw at radfems that it's all about us just being doomerish women who only want to talk about the ways in which women suffer. That it's this collective trauma bonding experience. I have never felt more comfortable in myself! And being comfortable in myself has meant I've been more comfortable in every aspect of my life. I don't pay any mind to what men think of me, my friendships with women are stronger. I'm more focused on my interests and hobbies, the goals I want to reach don't feel as insurmountable. The types of people who shit on radical feminism either:

- don't know enough about it, and have only heard bad things so they stay away.

- know enough about it, the power it could potentially wield, and as such warn others away from it.

They know, that's why they demonise it.

[radfemradio-deactivated20250327]

Exactly.

Their goal in calling radical feminists miserable doomers who have no hope/joy/fun etc, is to psyop other women into avoiding real, meaningful feminism and undermine class consciousness and solidarity.

Expressing our joys in radical feminism and solidarity with other women, will directly undermine their efforts. This is why it's just as important to publicly share the things that make you happy as a radical feminist, to counteract the propaganda employed by TRAs/TIMs to scare other women away from us.

Being openly happy and proud to be a woman, and a radical feminist, is revolutionary.

The most fun I've had in years was with other women, who were also radical feminists. We did EVERYTHING together and it was awesome. The most enjoyable conversations I have are with other radfems. Other women have brought so much joy, optimism, and comfort to my life - and I wouldn't have experienced that without radical feminism. It's phenomenal.

[raddazestarlight]

What the patriarchy says to women: starve yourself, wear makeup, get plastic surgery, your female body is dirty and taboo, perform sexually and socially for men in every way but also don't lead them into temptation, don't be "like other girls" because being a girl is something to be ashamed of, other women are your competition

What radical feminism says to women: eat and enjoy it, don't alter your body, accept and love yourself as you are, get stronger, your female body is amazing and deserves knowledgeable care, don't give a fuck about men's opinions in any form, it's okay to be like other girls (but always be yourself) and love other girls because we're all in this together, other women are your sisters