having the power of one Gillette

I post stuff. Mid 20s. Check out my sideblog @feenyreadscomics (formerly catholicism-and-comics). Follow at own risk

[feenyxblue]

I know I've been blogging a lot of information about the situation with Israel and Palestine, and if anyone is wondering my opinion on things, I am trying not to say something I'll regret in six months

[genderkoolaid]

the thing about MRAs is that they do often bring up valid points about how (centrally cis) men are treated, generally, but do so from an anti-feminist perspective. they fundamentally deny that being perceived as a woman in society creates a greater burden than being perceived as a man, argue that female privilege meaningfully exists, and argue that feminism as a whole has been bad for society and for men in particular. and to do this they present the real issues they talk about in a skewed, adversarial context.

these are not critiques of feminism that emerge from a dedication to feminist struggle, or that emerge from intersectional self-critique of feminism & the need to complicate our understanding of gender oppression. MRAs call for more attention and nuance given to (centrally cis) men's issues by downplaying women's issues and sapping the conversation around misogyny of the nuance they want for men. the pay gap, being made legally incompetent, the othering of people seen as women while androcentrism causes people seen as cis men to be centralized and made the neutral human being, honor killings, that gender-marginalized groups get paid less than cis men and experience sexual violence largely from cis men and that studies of the human body have looked at cis perisex male bodies etc. all of this is deemed totally irrelevant if not outright deceptive because cis men's experiences with rape are erased and downplayed. & its not that that isn't a real and pressing issue, because it very much is (albeit not one that only affects men, cis or trans). but this is brought up specifically to shut down certain conversations on privilege.

at best the shutting down is implicit, at worst its to set up a genuine argument that female privilege is real and feminism has ruined society and is a dominant political force oppressing men as a class. rather than "male privilege is a complicated thing and manhood under patriarchy is more complicated than being a straightforward universal oppressor who benefits from the system" (a feminist stance) they put forward "male privilege does not exist, that (cis) men suffer in society is proof of that, any feminists who say men men in any way benefit or are privileged in society are liars who hate men and don't care about their suffering."

ironically, to ignore the social and statistical reality of (cis)androcentrism and (cis) male privilege makes MRAs far more similar to the white liberal feminists they are angry at than either group would like to admit. while one is ideologically pro-feminist and one is anti-feminist, both ultimately harm feminism by taking the reality of "all women / all people suffer under patriarchy" as an excuse to make centralize their own suffering and shut down nuanced, intersectional conversation that makes visible their privilege, and how the ideology of domination still shapes their worldview.

& MRAs will never be allies to trans men as a result. because denying the reality of misogyny and cis male privilege means denying anti-transmasculinity, plain and simple. if MRAs do try to include trans men in their activism, they can only do it in the same way cisfeminists include trans women: as props, whose experiences only matter when they validate cis experiences, whose particular vulnerabilities are erased when unrelatable or inconvenient (because they make obvious the influence cis or cis male privilege)

[somelocusts]

Every thread i see about the whole Hank Green controversy is really quick to say "It's important that you shouldn't be mad at Hank, you should see this as a faultless cautionary tale about AI addiction" and like. I just don't agree. I am mad at Hank Green. Not because he's overreliant on LLMs but because he's overreliant on LLMs as a science educator. And spouting a bunch of hallucinated bs as a science educator is harmful. It spreads misinformationand lowers overall trust in science.

Addiction is not a moral failing but that doesn't mean that addicts are incapable of moral failings either, you know? It is reasonable to be upset that you put your trust in a professional who doesn't live up to the standards of their profession. And responding to Hank's apology by claiming that he's not at fault or that he has nothing to apologize for is counterproductive.

[letsnotandsaywewantedto]

"See? This is why he didn't want to tell you!"

I eat meat and dairy. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. But, if I make food for my vegan friend, I don't use butter or lard without telling them. And they would be pretty upset if they found out afterward that I'd used animal products that I knew they wanted to avoid.

Hank knew many of us wanted to avoid AI, and he used it on purpose to make videos. He doesn't think there's anything wrong with that. He didn't mention the AI because he knew a lot of us would opt out if we knew that was an "ingredient".

[empress-of-dark2005]

[evergreen-femme]

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[chiangyorange]

back soon

[agentofdeterioration]

The Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad is, to a modern audiences, what classicists have called “boring as hell,” but I can’t help but think that if you were watching Homer recite it it would have been more like when comedians go, “anybody here tonight from Chicago?” and the Chicagoans in the back start cheering

Homer’s like, “and there were forty black ships from… LOCRIS” and the Locrians in the crowd start going absolutely nuts

[thecactifindahome]

[huckleberryhal]

Mary Oliver in “Dog Songs”

[kedreeva]

I think that part of what irks me about AI being used even for "small" stuff like meme graphics (aside from all the larger problems obviously) is like.... the time spent on it was part of the humor. "this is a silly inconsequential joke but I had to stop everything and spend 5 minutes making it" was, at least for me, part of the joke. Someone really took time out of their day to make me look at something silly they took time out of their day to make. Now it's like someone took time out of my day to make me look at something no one even made. Stop wasting my time if you aren't wasting yours too.

[cykelops]

I don’t want to hear any writing advice from Stephen king not because I think there would be no value in it but because whatever works for Stephen king is between him and god and that demon he made a pact with that lets him write 3000 words in one sitting daily.

[cykelops]

HE HAS BEEN SOBER AND STILL WRITING FOR 30 FUCKING YEARS!!!

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[steampowerednarwhal]

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[lewadny]

happy june to everyone, especially my fellow aroaces

[muscleluvr4-deactivated20140223]

why the fuck is it called the xbox 360 what does 360 mean???????????????????

[wariolands-blog]

when u see it u turn 360 degrees and walk away

[viseriontargaryen]

turning 360 degrees would face you right back to the xbox you dipshit

[davekat-deactivated20130315-dea]

[btc-official-deactivated2024071]

this post somehow still in circulation despite everyone involved being deactivated

[rain-droplet]

even you

[hufflepuffharukananase]

Even me

[heartattackinblackdye]

hello guys in light of disability pride month i would like to urge everyone to practice harm reduction in any area of life if it is possible for you. if you have an eating disorder please let yourself eat enough for your body to keep going, especially because it takes more energy for disabled people to function. if you abuse substances please make sure they don’t interact harmfully with any medications you take (for example: watching your alcohol intake when on SSRIs). if you self harm please clean your wounds so your body doesn’t have to overcompensate when trying to heal. if you mask heavily for social survival please try to give yourself rest and breaks so you don’t completely burn out. i know sometimes all of this is impossible, and that’s okay. but if you can, i urge you to be a little kinder to yourself this month. i love you.

[tedisfishing]

shoot him into the sky

[forestofsprites]

you can’t leave me alone with Eva Stratt because I’ll just start committing her to the stars and whatnot

[lissar-deactivated20200503]

when jorge luis borges wrote in a copy of beowulf that he was working on translating, “beyond my anxiety, beyond this writing, the universe waits, inexhaustible, inviting.”

[lissar-deactivated20200503]

here’s the full poem! it’s so. something so transcendent something so inevitable and real and conceptually like looking into the abyss and hearing a choir sing your humanity back to you

[nyxshadowhawk]

Beyond my anxiety, beyond all this writing,

the universe waits, inexhaustible, inviting.

[bending-sickle]

here’s the original in Spanish:

[bugthingsdaily]

Today's bug thing is this crochet millipede!