KimmingtonJames

I LOVE CAT. ALSO DOG. HI.

[relentless-soul]

[pmamtraveller]

Art by Senju Horimatsu

[socialistexan]

Never let anyone tell you that lesbians and trans people are diametrically opposed enemies or that lesbian=terf. The like us even more than we like ourselves, and anyone who ever interacts with the community outside hyper-online spaces can tell you that our two communities love and support each other.

The vast, vast majority of transphobia comes from cishet men and on top of that, the vast majority of TERFs are cishet women who are trying to pit our two communities against each other and try to use lesbians as a weapon to attack our community.

I love you, lesbians ❤️

[socialistexan]

[gaydiation-poisoning]

It would kill half the 19-25 year olds online to realize "I can't help it I have trauma" is one of THE quintessential abuser excuses

[gaydiation-poisoning]

Like there is a difference between "My trauma creates impulsive urges and has changed my instinctive reactions to be irrational, I need to relearn shit." vs "I'm traumatized so I Can't Help It and you're not allowed to expect better of me"

[aioniopyr]

weh

[aioniopyr]

[dorothygale]

pop health science is so annoying bc it'll be like "did you know? eating strawberries will give you mega cancer" and you're like pfft whatever begone influencer. but sometimes then you'll see a reasonably credible article like "Study Shows Possible Link Between Strawberries and Mega Cancer" and you're not usually the type to follow that kind of thing religiously but idk maybe you should consider not eating strawberries? but then there's another article saying "Strawberry/Mega Cancer Study Debunked" and it turns out the original study had a sample size of 3 and was funded by Big Blueberry, and strawberries may have a small connection to mega cancer but only if you are genetically predisposed to mega cancer and eat 50 strawberries every day. so you return to your strawberry eating life. but whenever you eat strawberries in public someone tells you about the mega cancer.

[antiquesintheattic]

[sluicer]

[glamfellens]

"he can't write women" is crazy because its not like women are aliens or whatever but i guess men dont see women as people so it all adds up huh!!!!

[glamfellens]

perhaps i am missing something but i just dont understand how this is an issue that is struggled with by men. i know i answered my own question above but sometimes i'm floored by the stupidity of it yknow.

[glamfellens]

and then these guys will sit at the top of best selling lists and be considered giants of the genres they write for. its fine i guess

[targetedknowledge]

[tightjeansjavi]

also, google is free, but pick up a textbook every once in awhile. Find articles written by POC and keep up to date with how you can be a better ally. I took a black feminist theory class in college…taught by two white women.

You heard me right. Two. White. Women.

Which is fucking insane in itself, but on the first day of class one of the professors was reading an article, written by a black woman…and decided that it was completely acceptable and appropriate to drop the n-word (hard r) and every single person in class was fucking MORTIFIED. Even in the context of education, there was no reason for a white professor to so casually and subtly use that word. (They were called out for it immediately after and profusely apologized)

My point is that covert racism is still racism, and unfortunately it is alive and well.

I also have all of the articles and works saved from this class if anyone would like to do some heavy and necessary reading! I have hard copies, but I’m sure I can find the links for the articles as well.

Just after doing a little research on google, I found these articles to be incredibly helpful on breaking down covert racism, racism, white privilege, etc.

covert racism

systematic racism

racism and health

becoming trustworthy white allies

what is white privilege

books on systematic racism, racial justice, and anti-racism

race equity tools

Bottom line, white people have no excuse to not stand up for BIPOC. There is no excuse for racism. There is no tolerance, and we have to do better. I firmly believe that the first step in becoming a better ally is to educate yourself.

[memeuplift]

[goslinggf]

"girl dinner" "boy kibble" can y'all just eat a meal gender neutrally

[goslinggf]

gender neutrients

[crazy-brazilian]

[finalgirlianthe]

it's scary the amount of people who wholeheartedly believe that men and women are fundamentally different creatures

[pangur-and-grim]

I found a dog breed I'm interested in. they're born pre-stained

[pangur-and-grim]

I'm sorry but yeah, this is the one. when I get a dog, it'll be a Bolognese.

[pangur-and-grim]

what I like about them so much is that even in show-groom, where they've been conditioned and brushed and trimmed to perfection, they still look like the "before" shot of some shelter groomer video. and they're born like that. the fresh puppies in the bottom pic look like they've crawled out of a pile of used cigarettes. I honestly think this is why the breed is so uncommon: no one wants to spend big bucks on an animal genetically engineered to look your great-aunt's neglected couch ornament of indeterminate age that should probably be mercy killed but is somehow still trucking along.

[pangur-and-grim]

let it be known that I also weighing in their personalities. I probably couldn’t handle a husky or a malinois, but one of these? yeah.

[snacksafely]

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