Neither butch nor femme

Lynne Monsoon is a white, cis, queer, poly vegan who knits, spins, quilts, plays the ukulele, and makes zines in Chicago. They cannot be found on Facebook. http://www.butchnorfemme.com/

[proudnb]

Outgrowing your “cis” phase is completely normal and healthy.

It’s nothing to be ashamed of.

[butchnorfemme]

Ha!

[proudnb]

I’m still waiting for the day when I must “inevitably” outgrow being nonbinary. It’s sure taking its time.

It makes you wonder if that idea was really just a bunch of exorsexist and transphobic bullsh*it after all. Really makes you think…

[butchnorfemme]

Ha! I’m almost 40 and just grew into being nonbinary.

[butchnorfemme]

Anyone need the X-Files zine to end all X-Files zines? I’ll be selling this at Chicago Zine Fest this weekend (with a special discounted price for anyone who wants to trade perzines!) if anyone is planning on stopping by.

If not, you can find it at my etsy shop.

[i-dream-of-dapper]

Degrassi: Next Generation S4E1 #BackToReality

[alexwrekk]

Hey friends, I still need some help. This is turning out to be very expensive to do correctly. I just got my invoice from my attorney the other day. After my $5,000 retainer there’s almost $9,000 left on this invoice and there will be another invoice next month.

One of the reasons it’s so high is that he had A LOT of research to do catching up up on 15+ years of zine history, can you imagine?

I would love it if you could donate but if you can even share this, that would be great. If you are wondering what this is all about, check the latest update on the gofundme page for links to some public documents you can read to get caught up.

Thank you everyone who has donated and helped with this. You have no idea how much it means to me to see my communities pitching it to help out. It has really been comforting for me me in this time.

https://www.gofundme.com/legal-fee-fund-for-alex-wrekk

[butchnorfemme]

Please help, even if it’s just reposting this.

[saturns-king]

YOU DONT HAVE TO EARN THE RIGHT TO YOUR GENDER OR PRONOUNS

[thepowerwithin]

Don’t get mad. Don’t get even. Do better. Much better. Rise above. Become so engulfed in your own success that you forget it ever happened.

(via thepowerwithin)

[proudnb]

Your relationship to your body as a nonbinary person is your business.

You could be dysphoric, not dysphoric, anything in between, or have different feelings entirely.

Regardless, you don’t owe anyone an explanation of your feelings about your body.

[ohashleylove]

A Love Yellow Rose Tattoos SLC Utah

[butchnorfemme]

Lovely.

[onlytwitterpics]

[butchnorfemme]

Already did my clean-up over the past few years, but this is great.

[refinery29]

This is what a real, qualified OBGYN will tell you about what women feel when they get an abortion

Dr. Willie Parker, who is trained as a gynecologist and OBGYN, is a hero for the pro-choice movement because he’s honest about the undiscussed aspects of getting (or not getting) an abortion. Watch how he gives a consultation.

[afunnyfeminist]

That last statement about regret is so important, because so many people don’t understand what it is or what causes it. Anti-choicers exploit this by manipulating pregnant people and creating doubt, which only increases the likelihood of regret, no matter what decision the pregnant person makes. You know what is best for you, even if it takes some time to figure it out.

[profeminist]

[profeminist]

More posts on Dr. Willie Parker

[dragonfli17-deactivated20231030]

I had an abortion and it was the right decision, no regrets, don’t let anyone shame you with their religious bullshit

[gracklesong]

I was delighted to find they have changed the female trainer in the loading screen so that she stands like a normal human being instead of that weird bowlegged pelvic thrust pose that is the hallmark of shitty webcomics drawn by dudes

[erin-nations]

[thingstolovefor]

An example of someone acknowledging their white privilege and using it to help. #Love it!

[glendathegoodone]

Bless her

[the-movemnt-deactivated20170912]

One high school demanded students remove their African head wraps — but they’re fighting back (x) follow @the-movemnt

[adulthoodisokay]

Wow, Merriam-Webster just murdered a senior editor at Slate.

[reallymakesyouthink-blog]

I don’t have the strength for this world

[superdrivel]

fuck

[franksantoro]

comicsworkbook

[jaysonscottmusson]

Hahahahahaha

[jaysonscottmusson]

addendum to this: https://twitter.com/supernerdcow/status/774008562280521730

[bethanyactually]

[thespectacularspider-girl]

“Journalism”

[micdotcom]

Oxford Dictionary accused of sexist word examples

Oxford Dictionary is under fire after Michael Oman-Reagan, an anthropologist and Ph.D. candidate, pointed out these instances of sexist example sentences accompanying words like “rabid” and “shrill.” At first, Oxford Dictionaries responded with the above flippant tweet — but later apologized and vowed to change at least one of the words.

[genderfuckt]

WOW this is so not okay

[jadelyn]

This is what we mean when we talk about invisible sexism. Each of these makes perfect sense to most people, fits perfectly with our social context and our cultural worldview. Only when they’re put together do you see the pattern all at once and go “oh…yeah that’s actually kinda fucked up, isn’t it?” Because tiny, invisible things create a cultural context which builds into an overall attitude of mocking, minimizing, and dismissiveness towards a full half of the population.

[ruffleshaveridges]

This is also a good example of why “but the dictionary says-” isn’t a valid argument when discussing racism, sexism, etc.

[odinsblog]

YES! And ​this is precisely the same thing language does with colorism and anti-blackness. Our language has sexism and racism embedded in it, and quietly teaches us to associate negative qualities with non-male and non-white people. Sexism and colorism become normalized in common, everyday euphemisms to the point we often don’t even “see” it - hence the “invisible” part of invisible sexism. Language is extremely pernicious (and effective) in this regard.