[lagoonhag]

my hatred for rapists is unconditional. i don’t care who you are, if you rape, you have revoked your humanity and you belong in the fucking ground.

[beached-thing]

Okay I keep seeing these post on my dash so I need to say OP IS A TERF and probably includes every last trans woman in her definition of “rapist” so for the love of god please stop reblogging this

[lagoonhag]

You’re the one who just made the mental leap that rapists = transwomen, and I think that says a lot more about you and your politics than it does mine.

[ignis-divine-eleison]

LMAAOOOOOO

[auntiewanda]

Played himself so hard he deactivated. 

[maskydoodles]

It’s called dog whistle and it’s not hard to figure out. It’s no different than when Fox News defends cops murdering black people by going on about how cops are protecting (white) america from “criminal thugs.” Then as they go on using “thug” to mean black person, turn around and blame you for the association when you call them out it ‘LMAO you think thug means black? Looks who’s racist now.’ It’s gaslighting.

@tranbian-noctis is right. Literally just a few posts before this one, OP was going on with transphobic fear mongering with the myth that teanswomen are rapists and somehow get away with it. OP is absolutely a transphobe and wishes to define transwomen as rapists just like racists wish to define black people as thugs.

Actual rapists do belong in the fucking ground. And so do transphobes along with all other bigots.

[greenmain]

I wish I had stable intenet. Not much of that in the middle of a dessert. I suppose I should just be grateful to have any internet at all.

[greenmain]

Some colors. Too dark? 

[allfortheusa]

I’m purely curious.

Why is a show called the Young Turks allowed to exist today? The Young Turks were the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. It would be awful to imagine a web show with a name that is reminiscent of the Hitler Youth organizations of the past or the KKK, so why is TYT’s name okay?

[greenmain]

"According to Cenk Uygur, the name of the show was chosen because it is a popular colloquialism. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, one definition of a YoungTurk is "a young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party.""

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Turks

[rad-cherrypie]

i was thinking about the handmaid tale, and how it proves sex-based oppression. you think in a world like that, people would give a shit if you, a female, identifies as a man? no! you have a functional uterus, you are now their propriety. because misogyny is, and has always been about controlling womens bodies. and you cannot deny that. you cannot reclaim that.

[tygressofaera]

You even dimly understand Margaret Atwood is on the record as anti-terf?

[greenmain]

Hey OP, did you know there's more than one axis anyone might be oppressed for, and they intersect? Did you know that misogyny comes in more forms than reproductive control? Did you know that there's more to being a woman than reproductive capacity (and most women in handmaids tale are sterile?) Did you know that in the world of handmaids tale, transgender people would totally be oppressed and probably killed - a lot like in real life? Did you know fiction proves no points, being, ya know, fiction and all? Did you know that being oppressed is not what defines womanhood, nor is it a badge of honor?

[speak-easy-anon-deactivated2025]

So I took the ASVAB 2 years ago...

And I'm still getting texts/emails/phonecalls/HOUSE VISITS from recruiters. Despite the fact that I'm enrolled in college and hella queer.

[greenmain]

Neither of those prevent anyone from joining.

You're probably on some call list. Ask to be removed.

[luvtonique]

Could you imagine if there was a video game where you can create your character and the default character was female?

Like imagine if in, say, Skyrim

They’re like “Who are you?” and it turns the camera around and loads up character creation and it’s defaulted, from the get-go, to female Nord instead of male Nord

Could you fucking imagine the outrage that would cause?

Could you imagine how many people would get irrationally pissed off and write angry articles on Kotaku n shit about how the game “forces feminist agendas on its players” if for once, just once, the default was female instead of male

And no, random doesn’t count. If it’s a game where the character creation screen defaults to a randomly generated character every time, or one of multiple presets, that doesn’t count

And neither does any game where there’s multiple races and one of the races is primarily or only female

I mean:

>Start the game >Create character >A female character shows up >In order to be male, you have to click the Male checkbox >Female’s pre-selected >Every time

Every game I have literally ever played that has a female option always has male selected by default, literally every time

Even Pokemon! “Are you a boy or a girl?” has the cursor on Boy by default

I have never, literally ever, played a game where it’s defaulted to female, and I guarantee if it ever happens, there will be an obnoxious amount of delicious, delicious outrage from people who don’t want to admit they hate women

[cacophonouscatharsis]

If it’s just that the character creator starts you off as a girl and nothing else, I have a hard time believing gamers are gonna get pissed. The only way I can see that happening is if said game had a ton of other stuff that could be seen as “SJW” type stuff in there that would apply new context to the female default.

Also the reason the default is male is because men play video games significantly more than women do, so it makes sense to go with the sex that more of your playerbase is gonna more easily attach themselves to

[ineffable-monster-romancer]

Hello, and what you said was bullshit.

I did a whole 5 minutes of research, and according to the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) (The company that owns and operates E3 amongst other things) and according to their surveys for 2019, 46% of the player base is Female. [X]

That’s just in the USA too, from 4,000 different households.

That, in industry standards is half. If you were a company looking to make shoes, and you found out that half of your customers were female, YOU WOULD HAVE FEMALE FUCKING SHOES.

The videogame industry is filled with white men, who decide the little things in games. The things that do give men the main stage. Which is why funnily, when you boot up a game with character creation 9 times outta 10 it’s a white guy as your default character. And if you can change your character to female, most of the box art, trailers, cinematic etc will feature the male default.

Honestly, just do 5 minutes of research.

[the-darkest-of-souls]

You people care about the most inane and retarded shit I could possibly fathom

No ones gonna give a shit if the character creator defaults to female…..not one single perso

[ineffable-monster-romancer]

The only single person here is you.

[the-darkest-of-souls]

Whether or not I’m single is irrelevant

You’re about the dumbest motherfucker I’ve seen today so I’m here to make fun of you

[thegovernmentcansuckmydick]

That is the dumbest shit to complain about

[opinionpositivity]

Women in 3rd world countries: please help us, we are subjected to arranged marriages, female genital mutilation, and so many other horrible things

OP: hehe, bet white males would be upset over video games if u put a female first in character customisation

[greenmain]

Misogynists: Oh? You want to point out this everyday sexism? Be grateful we dont treat you worse, because we totally could!

[hottestaceinthisplace]

If you don’t believe being asexual has any negative affect on people I was told by a psychiatrist that none of my relationships count because we didn’t have sex, and I can’t say I’m gay since I don’t want to have sex with girls.

and I was taken off my antidepressants because they may be lowering the libido I never had in the first place (plus various other reasons, but still immediately, cold turkey, which should NEVER happen unless they’re switching you to something else)

But aphobia doesn’t exist and asexuals are privileged, right?

[bitterqueerandtired]

Sorry to add to this but I wanted to say since I’ve had bad experiences with mental health professionals and biphobia, I usually get asked “but are you sure you are sexually attracted to both sexes, are you sure it’s not just an emotional attraction?!” Like my dude don’t you think I can tell the difference between wanting to date someone and wanting to be friends? Also, due to be gray ace 90% of the time I am not even attracted to anyone but like sure, make me feel guilty that I can’t “prove” my bisexuality.

[lesbianpeachs]

Sorry too but to add on, being aro isn’t much different. I told my therapist and she was immediately concerned that my meds were repressing “all my emotions” and wanted to take me off them. My insurance ran out and I went off them bc of no money before that happened. She also suggested dating someone anyway to “fix” the “issue” and expressed concern that my emotions (romantic feelings) weren’t present because “I’m suspicious and untrusting of everyone and don’t want to try hard enough.”

Having your orientation medicalized and invalidated is bad enough, but its fucking dangerous to have your meds taken away because you’re not performing relationships the way some doctor thinks you’re required to.

[star-anise]

Aaaand this is why we need the bi/pan/ace/aro alliance.

[grandmaestheticc-deactivated201]

this is why we need to recognize more queer experiences and identities than gay and lesbian, through increased awareness, information and representation.

[asexualspectrumspector]

My hand slipped…  (P.S. It’s transparent!)

[asexualcheetah]

Join the alliance!!

[hoardofhyperfixations]

Yes!!

[smitethestate]

I love it, I have joined the alliance effective immediately, I love all my ace/aro/bi siblings.

[ironwoman359]

solidarity, baby

[feministnova]

down with “cis”

it’s a word that forces women further into patriarchal gender roles and should be eradicated

[tygressofaera]

Literally it doesn’t.

TERFs like you want it gone because it is a language equalizer.

[queenophydea]

Pro-tip: dont sexualize someone without their consent. Dont sexualize minors at all. Idc what anyone says on this post. You cant change my mind.

[hellyeahrihannafenty]

Tom Holland does Rihanna’s “Umbrella” on Lip Sync Battle

[dr0wnedperfectionist]

I’m literally zendaya reacting like he didn’t have to go that hard and yet..

[kiera-jpg]

if this comes up on my dash and i don’t reblog it - just assume im dead

[aquabrie]

Awesome

[profeminist]

Seen on FB unattributed. If anyone knows the source, please comment or message and I’ll update the post, thanks! 

In case you’re wondering: What is mansplaining?

Source

[peachcookie]

expelling terfs from lesbian spaces isn’t lesbophobia and expelling racist lgbt people from safe spaces isn’t trans/homophobia…like other people exist in those spaces too and your bigotry being kept in check isn’t oppression.

[goobra]

this is honestly how some of y’all sound

[sourlemonblue]

officer, that’s my emotional support two-liter of vodka lemonade

[hominishostilis]

Some people??? Drink and drive???? To COPE???

[misogynistcatgirl]

Yallre acting like alcoholism isn’t an actual uncontrollable illness

[entropicembrace]

Yea but getting in a car isn’t

[misogynistcatgirl]

just cause you’ve packaged it up in some moral justification doesn’t make drinking jokes ok lol, you can talk about drunk drivers being absolute pieces of shit without making “i drink to cope” jokes

[greenmain]

People dont drink to cope. They drink to avoid coping. Drinking solves zero problems. It may provide temporary relaxation in the short term but in the long term only - ONLY - makes psychological problems worse. You are helping exactly no one by treating self harm though alcohol abuse as valid medecine. People need real, actual help.

And drinking and driving literally was the topic. No ones shit behaviors are justified by shit 'coping' excuses.

[officious-seeing-eye-bitch]

What she says: I’m fine.

What she means: Thane Krios’ final fight was completely inaccurate and poorly done. There is no way Thane would’ve hesitated to shoot Kai Leng, especially when the Councilor and Shepard in danger. Furthermore, there is no way Thane Krios, trained since she 6 to shoot and kill, would’ve missed Kai Leng multiple times, even under the assumption that illness was damaging his reflexes. All in all, Bioware has admitted forgetting Thane, and they wasted him, his romance, and also his death in a poor, OOC storyline.

[greenmain]

Also there is zero reason for someone with a gun to run to close the distance on an opponent already close enough to shoot, especially when thag opponent is already running at him with a sword, a weapon literally only dangerous at very close range. A trained assassin would know this.

And like. Everyone just stood around and watched. Shepard and team had clear shots but did nothing.

[colossaldiscourse]

the fact that inclusionists want to make A stand for asexual and not for ally is not only really shitty to rob closeted individuals of a label that allows them to participate in the community they belong in but is also incredibly redundant because if you're a cishet ace and not a shitty person you can still be an ally and if you're an lgbt ace then you're already lgbt so... what the fuck is the point.

[yorksilk]

okay so I hate to tell you this but I’m pretty sure if you want to keep a letter for allies that includes asexuals, you aren’t an exclusionist

[colossaldiscourse]

yeah no shit everyone is welcome to celebrate the lgbt community but you know being an ally doesn't make you lgbt right, like you know being an ally makes you specifically NOT lgbt because if you were lgbt you wouldn't be called an ally you'd be called lesbian gay bi and/or trans

[yorksilk]

Well then this whole thing falls apart then huh? Because you just found a very important distinction with how the A can be used to mean ally or asexual/aromantic. You imply we’re hypocritical for not accepting ally as the only label for aces and aros in the community, when you still clearly outline the exact reason why that’s not good enough. The way you describe it, the A still doesn’t include asexual/aromantic as lgbtq and you’ve figured out (one of the reasons) why we don’t accept that as a solution.

[greenmain]

OP, aces/aros have ALWAYS been a part of the community. Grow up and get over it. 

[feministism]

[offensiveblitz]

Man, sounds like i should try to get in legally

[witcheshaven]

Seeking asylum is legal.

[somuchanxietysolittletime]

To dive into it a bit more: Pretend the US economy collapsed largely because of Canada’s repeated interference in US economy or the economy of neighboring countries that might have been functional trading partners. After taking resources from America over the course of decades, installing pro-Canada politicians in local and state governments, and possibly even aiding in the creation of these roving gangs, Canada withdraws humanitarian support. They say that America needs to support itself and its own people and that sure they might have done some things a very long time ago (It wasn’t) but now America needs to create a functional government of its own. One not filled by the corruption that they helped to create.

None of which helps with the roving gangs breaking into homes and killing people.

But, seeking asylum is, on paper, legal. In order to legally cross into Canada you need to fear for your safety or for the safety of your family and seek asylum. Well, there are roving gangs, abuse is rampant, and the police force is either functionally useless or in the pockets of these groups so, hey, you have that down!

But you need to move quickly because there are people who want to make this PERFECTLY LEGAL means of immigration illegal, in which case there are no other nearby countries that you could flee to. And the current Prime Minister keeps saying they’ll close the border entirely, threatens bringing in guns, and it becomes increasingly clear that the longer you wait, the more violent and unlikely it is that you’ll be able to find a home in Canada.

So you cross. Legally.

Canada takes you at gunpoint, strips your two year old of anything that you’ve given them, and deports you. Months pass, no word from your child. You hear reports, they could be dead, dying, adopted into a Canadian family, or sold to human (usually sex) traffickers. No one knows, because no one is keeping track of what happens to American kids. You try to reach out for help and you get told that you should have followed the law.

Which you did.

And they stole and possibly murdered your kid for anyway.