Why do you seem upset about being a gender studies major?
I literally went into my degree with all the correct woke opinions and it was just so insane I managed to leave a TERF. everyone on here is like read the literature talk to real trans people. Yall. I did an entire 4 year degree in this if Iâm not sold âeducatingâ isnât going to fix it. Honestly reading less and knowing less and not thinking too hard makes it way easier to go along with everything. It was actually having to think and unpack everything that made me realize this shit lowkey doesnât add up.
Thereâs a reason that post modern gender study folx try to use the most confusing and inaccessible language possible. Itâs because if they wrote what they were arguing in plain English the general public would realize they make no sense. But now by using fancy words, if you donât understand or agree they can say that youâre just not sophisticated enough to understand. Oddly reminiscent of the bourgeoisie they try to find a way to bash every other page or so.
Thereâs definitely something very bourgeoise abt modern gender theory and âfeminism.â Ironically, this version of âfeminismâ is considered to be correct while radical feminism is âwhite feminism.â
Something very dystopian that happened during some of my seminars is when outside speakers were brought in (mainstream journalists, black elder repro rights organizer from the south, indigenous elder promoting midwifery, etc.) my recitations would spend the entire section picking apart their language. They didnât give a shit what they said their brains turned off after the they heard the word woman. Here is a group of one of touch undergrads literally ignoring these other (fascinating and important) perspectives. Even dismissing them as outdated! Feels like white feminism to me! Demanding everyone use the make up to date language which basically only people in academia will be aware of.
Then they tokenize these marginalized communities (two spirit, black women werenât considered women etc) while actively silencing them and ignoring their issues to push their agenda! Then they gaslight us that *we* are the âwhite feminists.â
Like do you really think girls in Afghanistan are like damn wish these news outlets would say âpeople who identify as women.â Obviously not. You have to be incredibly privileged to think gender/trans/pronoun issues are the most pressing for modern feminism to address.
Millennials and Gen Z? BUY SHIT! OWN THINGS! DO NOT SUBSCRIBE!
When you buy a device that requires proprietary software to run, the money you hand over is an entry fee, nothing more.
Listen to me.
You do not want this future to happen to you I promise you. Because the minute you enter into a subscription existence you allow for a possibility of losing everything. Why?
Well, because when you stop paying then you stop having.
I buy my cars outright for this reason.
I have not thrown away my DVD collection for this reason.
I still have my old-school ipod for this reason.
I buy songs I really like direct from the artist on top of my subscription for this reason.
I back shit up on to my external hard drives rather than depending on a cloud only for this reason (which reminds me that I need to do taht this weekend).
If someone ELSE is holding the physical source of what youâre paying for? YOU DONâT OWN IT. Youâre just giving someone your energy and time for permission to access it.
Youâre leasing your existence.
Donât fucking fall for it, do you hear me?
Itâs bad enough we have to lease our water, our heat, our internet and our entertainment.
Buy what you want outright WHENEVER YOU CAN. Then do anything you can to maintain it in the face of planned obsolescence. I promise you, there will be a moment when you will be glad you did
Because aside from relationships? Things are literally all the system let us keep in this existence so donât lease your fucking possessions if at all avoidable because at this stage in capitalism weâre all a few bad days from being unable to pay those leases. And then what? Then you only have what you can keep and it is those comforts and necessities that will keep you going, I promise you. Donât let there be anything more that can be taken from you than absolutely necessary.
womens clothing is very bad itâs all stripper clothes or little house on the prairie im not being nuanced theres no time go buy 100% cotton mens jeans steal skirts from goodwill save yourself
Itâs so bad out there. Especially the quality, itâs like every brand is fucking Spirit Halloween now. At least we can still reuse and repurpose things, or avoid the slop brands altogether. Iâve been wearing work pants exclusively for the past few years. Iâm honestly afraid to go shopping and see the state of womenâs jeans these days. Carhartt and Arborwear are still decent at least, and they have actual pockets.
By the way, if you need good sturdy clothes, check out dungarees.com for workwear âfactory secondsâ. Theyâre heavily discounted because they allegedly have an error that makes them unsalable, but Iâve never noticed anything wrong with them.
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