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It’s been my impression that radfems and trans ppl broadly agree that gender is bullshit; it’s just their responses that differ. In this way it’s similar to the way libertarians and marxists agree that capitalism is bullshit, but libertarians respond by leaning into all the shit that makes capitalism bad in the first place, while marxists want to flush the whole system and start anew. In both cases, one focuses on the individual, while the other focuses on the collective.
Hello to all my new followers! I wanted to make it known, since I'm getting some attention, that I'm a Marxist GenX white dude who's learning about radical feminism and gender abolition. If that's not the kind of person you want to be following, no hard feelings!
imma keep it real with y’all…. no one should be surprised that the gender fandom only gives a fuck when a creator disagrees with their ideology and not when a creator, especially a male one, is racist or homophobic or misogynistic or a rapist or a pedophile because…. literally 99% of their faves are racist, homophobic, pedophilic, rapist males.
not to mention, their ideology alone is homophobic (sexuality is not innate nor based on sex, and to be exclusively same-sex attracted (aka homosexual), you are a bigot) and misogynistic (”inclusive” language dehumanizes women; their inability to provide a definition for woman erases women entirely; the idea that if you enjoy being feminine or performing femininity, you are a woman); their comparisons of males to black women (women!!!!) are racist (”if black women can be considered women, why can’t transwomen?” or “if transwomen are excluded from sports, they’ll start excluding black women too!”); and their slogans and terminology are all stolen from other groups, which is appropriation and also makes it harder for these groups to talk about their issues as the meanings of words and phrases are now changed and/or obfuscated—considering many of these groups are anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic, the appropriation of these terms is racist, misogynistic, and homophobic (also ableist if you include their stealing of terms from intersex people, as that is a medical condition).
furthermore, many males that “identify” as women openly discuss their “nazi to transgirl pipeline” or a white nationalist “past” (it’s hard to believe someone when they claim they’re an ex-nazi yet ascribe to a racist and misogynistic ideology) (sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); many males that “identify” as women (or “nonbinary”) either have assaulted and/or raped women, which is a hate crime against women (sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15—instances of both rape and pedophilia for the last two); and many males that “identify” as women have an obsession with calling themselves “girls,” a focus on a “denied” girlhood, and are simply outright pedophiles. (sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
also to any tras reading this post: please do not come to me talking about “those aren’t real transwomen! those aren’t real trans people! no trans person would actually do that!” because how do you know? there is nothing that disqualifies a person from being trans—actually, that argument would have flown in the past because dysphoria used to be a requirement to being trans, but now to claim that you must have dysphoria to be trans is actually bigoted and (surprise, surprise) transphobic. so with nothing to disqualify a person from being trans, and with the definitions of man and woman being “a man/woman is anyone who identifies as/says they are a man/woman,” how can you prove that they are not “real” or “true” trans people? so please do not try that shit with me.
you don’t need to ask for jane anymore: a guide to coming to chicago for a safe, low-cost abortion
A lot of people in the US are super worried about the Supreme Court axing Roe v. Wade, but what they might not know is that some states have laws in place that will protect the right to reproductive choice and abortion if that happens. One of these states is the state of Illinois. In 2019, a law was passed that protects abortion rights within the state even if the federal right to an abortion falls. This means that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion will still be a protected right in Illinois. Even before Roe, Chicago was a haven for safe abortions- you just called and asked for Jane.
Now, safe abortion access is the law of the land in IL, and there are several groups who can help you. This post is long, but I think it’s worthwhile. Even if you don’t read all the way through it, maybe save it for later. You or someone you know might need it. If you want to stop now, the TL;DR is this:
f you’re a minor and you can’t tell your parents, get a waiver of notification from the IL Judicial Bypass program.
Schedule your appointment.
Contact abortion funds to get financial aid. Your home state might have s fund, and the Chicago Abortion Fund can help.
Secure housing for the procedure through the Midwest Access Coalition or by talking to the intake staff at the clinic of your choice.
I’d like to start by saying that the closer to home you get your abortion, should you need one, the easier it will be for you… probably. It depends on your individual situation AND your safety. If I still lived in Indiana and I needed an abortion, I’d probably leave to get it done, even though there are abortion providers in Indiana, because Indiana is super hostile and there’s lots of clinic protestors- for example, when I was taking my GRE my senior year at Notre Dame, the testing center was in this little strip mall in Mishawaka next to Planned Parenthood. Despite the fact that the PP in Mishawaka does not provide abortions, there were protestors who yelled at me for going in there. I wasn’t even going to PP. I’d like to say that I said something devastatingly cool but I just ran in flustered. Point being: It really, really would have sucked if I was there for healthcare instead of a standardized test for graduate school. And that’s a very tame, mild situation! Real abortion clinic protests are often much more devastating!
ANYWAYS. The less you have to travel, the easier things tend to be, if it’s safe to get an abortion where you are and if your state will have protected abortions if Roe is overturned. If you’re not sure what might happen in your state in that case, this map has a clear, succinct overview of the legal status of abortion in each state and all US territories. You will want to click through to that link, because this image isn’t interactive.
[ID: a map of the US with states and territories sorted by their legal protections for abortion into four categories: expanded access in the case of Roe v. Wade being overturned, protected, not protected, and hostile. IL is highlighted.]
So let’s say you live in any of those red states. (Yellow and blue are safe- abortion access is protected there.) Let’s say, worst case scenario, Roe gets overturned and you get pregnant and you want to terminate. You will be able to do that in IL, and it’s relatively easy to do that in Chicago for a relatively low cost and with the benefit of a robust support network of people who want to reaffirm your reproductive choices.
First, if you’re a minor and you don’t want to tell your parents because it’s not safe for you to do so, get a judicial waiver of parental notification. The IL ACLU has a judicial bypass hotline. This will come at no cost to you. Do this ASAP, because it takes time to get it set up! You can do this by calling the hotline at 877-442-9727, texting 312-560-6607, or emailing [email protected].
Next, you need to get an appointment set up. You could get a referral from someone local to you, but this can be tricky- 87% of counties in the US don’t have an abortion provider, and google can lead you to a crisis pregnancy center. They will not help you. If you have a local Planned Parenthood, call them. Even if they don’t provide abortions, they can refer you to someone who can. If you’re coming to Chicago, which this post… kind of assumes you are… you can call any of these groups to talk about your options and what clinics can help you. I recommend starting with FPA or PP; those are two actual clinics. MAC and CAF are funds- they can direct you but they can’t schedule an appointment for you.
Family Planning Associates (FPA): 312-707-8988 or use their online schedule tool, found here: https://www.fpachicago.com/schedule-now/ Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF): Phone: 312-663-0338 (note: the helpline is only staffed MWF from 3:30-6:30 PM CST, or email [email protected] Midwest Access Coalition (MAC): 847-750-6224 or email [email protected] Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PP): 1-800-230-7526
You might want to shop around and see which clinic costs the least, and is the most practical for you to get to. FPA has a lot of patient resources, as does PP. Don’t be afraid to ask for financial assistance. The people staffing those organizations have extensive networks and deep compassion for their patients- if the clinic can’t help, they might know who can.
Once you’ve made an appointment, now’s the time to start gathering financial aid. Some insurance, including IL Medicaid, covers it. If yours does not, or if the copay is still too much, this is where abortion funds come into play. Many states have their own abortion funds for state residents, so you might have to look around to see who can help you. I’d start with the National Network of Abortion Funds.
You also need to figure out transportation and housing while you’re in the city to get your abortion. This isn’t super necessary if you’re just coming for the pill abortion, but if you’re coming for a d and c or other surgical procedure, you will be staying for a couple of days. THIS is why I’m writing this up, because abortion funds typically only are able to help cover the financial cost of the procedure. It’s expensive to stay somewhere and it can be absolutely terrifying if you’re on your own! Navigating while you’re in pain from the procedure can be an absolute devil of a time, too! However, Chicago has MAC (contact info above), which is a practical access fund, which means that they help pay for transportation to the city (bus tickets and train tickets) and around the city (volunteer drivers or volunteers who take rideshares with clients), food, aftercare medicine (painkillers, etc.), and housing, and there’s also free access to emotional support staff throughout your stay. This is not just open to IL residents; it’s open to anyone coming to the city for an abortion. ALSO if you go through FPA, they have a partnership with the Hampton Inn a block away from their location where their patients get a discount. If you go that route, just talk to FPA about housing and they’ll hook you up. This can be super helpful if you need some evidence that you’re on a “business trip” or something like that- if you are in a position where you need an excuse for your safety, that might work well.
Hopefully you won’t need this post- but if you do, I hope it helps. Feel free to share it around. If you have anti-choice opinions and you feel the need to share, don’t. This isn’t the space for it; you will be blocked and your comments removed. And then remember that criminalizing abortion won’t stop abortion. It’ll just stop safe abortions. Also, increased access to abortion, funnily enough, tends to be the thing that lowers abortion rates, because increased access to abortion comes part and parcel with increased access to birth control and general health and sex education.
Reblogging this because it’s always relevant… and because an administrative decision by MAC’s incredible leadership means they don’t just do bus and train tickets anymore. They will also help pay for airline tickets if you need to fly. If you are in the US and need to come to Chicago for an abortion, MAC’s got your back.
In light of recent events.
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a37668369/abortion-funds-crisis-where-to-donate-end-of-roe/
https://abortionfunds.org/
http://www.sparkrj.org/
https://keepourclinics.org/
https://www.nirhealth.org/local-reproductive-freedom-index/
Also, if you find yourself in a situation where you can’t travel, and you catch it early, you can do a medication abortion at home. This can either be clinician supported through telehealth or it can be a self-managed abortion (SMA). Either way, you can do this entirely online without ever having to go into a doctor’s office or clinic.
http://www.sparkrj.org/website/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SMA-1-Pager.pdf
Now, this only works early in a pregnancy (up to 11-12 weeks), so if you’re in a situation where you suspect you may become pregnant and you don’t want to be, test early and often if you can. The various help lines can also help you figure out how far along you are.
More resources: https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/- this link is a good resource for talking about your legal options. If you’re a pregnant person of color, immigrant, or low-income (and using Medicaid) in an abortion-hostile state, I HIGHLY recommend talking through your legal options because you are absolutely targeted by politicians and the US legal system.
https://www.plancpills.org/
https://abortionhotline.org/
Also, if you would like to do something IRL to help, why not print out some stickers? These have a QR code that leads to Plan C’s website.
https://global-uploads.webflow.com/5f7e0692875fa8243cac6673/613fac241151daf59881d89e_PlanC_DIY_StickerSheet_2x2.pdf
You can print these on sticker paper at home if you have it. It’s a good way to get the word out.
As of… thirty minutes ago on Monday, 2 May 2022, Politico got hold of Justice Alito’s draft statement on Roe. It’s not good. We’re probably gonna lose Roe vs. Wade in two months, and that means if you live in a red state, you’re VERY probably going to lose the right to a safe abortion.
I know this is a long post, but if Roe is overturned, it’s not going to stop abortions. It’s just going to stop safe abortions. Abortion access is reproductive healthcare, and a lot of states are going to get really restrictive. Indiana, my home state, has already put a woman in jail for having a miscarriage. Oklahoma lawmakers would rather let women with ectopic pregnancies die than allow lifesaving medical procedures. This is bad, but! Underground abortion networks did exist before Roe vs. Wade, and now we have the internet. We have robust networks in place to help people that the government would rather see dead or imprisoned. Even if Roe is overturned, some states will be safe havens for abortion. Travel to these states can be difficult, but not impossible– that’s what abortion networks and abortion funds are for.
Please save as much of this information as may be relevant to you. And if you’re “pro-life” and feel the need to comment on this post? Don’t. Your opinions and input are neither valued nor wanted. Abortion access is a vital, necessary part of reproductive healthcare.
*hits the bong* ya know……i used to be a smart kid . i was so f ucking smart man. i can’t even read anymore dude
“Trans ideology is one of the more offensive edges of gender essentialism because it is packaged as “progressive” and “morally advanced” and it has taken over discourse about “feminism” in ALL leftist mainstream spaces. “Trans ideology is *dangerous* because it erases the ways in which females are oppressed by social constructs by making false equivalencies between how males and females are treated by others and how they perceive *themselves* as actors in that world. It is a “reverse racism” kind of ideology in the way that it supposes sexism against males is the same/worse as sexism against females. “And the way that trans ideology has been deployed— as the ultimate human rights frontier— actively SILENCES thousands (maybe millions) of females from *understanding* and speaking about their oppression as a result of sex-based social roles.”
— Elizabeth Hungerford (via noanodyne)
Karl Marx: Prostitution is typically the consequence of coercion or economic desperation, is lumpen in regards to its class nature, and ultimately conflicts with the goals of proletarian class struggle, female liberation, and communism
Liberals masquerading as self-proclaimed Marxists: Uhh, Marx said “worker rights” and sex work is work, sweaty!! ☭★
I literally wrote a paper about how many times Marx uses prostitution and slavery as synonyms. Spoiler: it’s a lot.
Indeed. Marx also likened marriage to prostitution, trafficking, and slavery, due to women often being compelled to marry and carry out domestic/conjugal duties out of economic necessity, if not being sold into marriage outright by their families.
People were trying to cancel him on twitter today for “being anti-sex work” and luckily most people were like “umm he was against exploiting people of course he was against sex work there’s no sex work under communism”
Im sorry people were trying to cancel karl marx? 😂😂😂
"There's no sex work under communism" someone should probably tell the (American) communists
Reason #13243243546 I don’t believe in gender ideology:
This person literally admits it’s because of the pressure from gender stereotypes ;;;; and in 24 hours it got 1.7k+ likes and the replies are full of people being supportive and cheering instead of wondering if…maybe…gender is bad? 🤔
so okay, yes, if it’s because gender is bad, and you consider yourself gender critical/a gender abolitionist, i would like to genuinely ask you why you then think that the solution to this is requiring people to be referred to by words indicating their sex-at-birth. wouldn’t the solution be either pushing to not gender anyone (including with pronouns) or to allow people to be referred to however they want without gender having strict meanings or definitions?
That’s pretty much what I used to think: that the way to sap gender of its meaning was for men to identify as women, women as men, etc. But it turns out that gives gender more meaning and power, not less. As visible above, unquestioning affirmation as practiced by the pro-gender community affirms sexist stereotypes about what it means to be a man or to be a woman.
I don’t think changing pronouns is an effective way to eliminate prescriptive stereotypes. Google informs me that more than half of the languages worldwide lack gendered third-person pronouns; it hasn’t created societies of equals. And I’m personally opposed to referring to a particular man with something other than he/him/his just because he doesn’t “fit in the rigid cis binary male culture” because by doing this I would agree someone like him doesn’t belong as a man.
Beyond pronouns, I’m not sure what you mean by not pushing to gender anyone, but if that means hairstyle, clothes, hobbies, etc etc are nongendered, excellent. If it means a woman is a bigot for knowing she’s generally at higher risk of rape from someone male than from someone female, no. In some areas, being gender neutral and saying “I don’t see gender/sex” means “covering up sexist mechanisms of oppression,” and pretending those sexist social patterns have nothing to do with male and female just disguises and abets sexism instead of disrupting it.
Last thing—everyone gets to decide what words come out of their mouths, it’s their call. I don't “require” anybody to use sex pronouns and I think it’s a topic where people (like all of my friends) can reasonably disagree with me. But gender activists seek to require other people to use certain pronouns and (non)gendered language, on pain of being harassed, fired, or fined. That’s a problem, not a solution.
i just really am so exhausted by the idea that if you’re a man alienated by other men/masculinity that means you have the right to demand accommodation in womens spaces. women are not whatever men aren’t; they aren’t some void you can fill with your own dissatisfaction with your life or your body. perhaps instead of believing that a man who hates other men/masculinity is somehow actually female, we should work to dismantle the socially constructed expectations and roles of masculinity and femininity and create space for male/man and female/woman to just be biological descriptors rather than bring to mind a set of culturally defined behaviors. aka gender abolition lol.
young women being terrified of aging is the DIRECT result of watching middle aged women getting hated and despised by society for absolutely no reason. Because of the fact that there’s no way for middle aged women to prevent getting mocked, since anything they do is automatically hated just for being done by a middle aged woman, young women conclude that the only way to avoid this is to never appear middle aged. Which is of course impossible, but the cosmetic and plastic surgery industry is happy to capitalize on this desperate desire to stay young at any cost.
On the flip side, men only gain respect as they age. Generally, a 45 year old man will be more respected than a 29 year old man, because it’s recognized he has more life experience, knowledge, and expertise to offer. But since women are not valued based on their intelligence or experience, only by their fuckability (young women) or ability to care for others (mothers of young children, grandmothers), middle aged women, who are no longer “fuckable”, and who no longer have to provide children with 24/7 care, are left to be appraised as embarrassing and valueless
What's a psyop?
Good question! Psyop stands for psychological operation and it is something the CIA does. Here's the Wikipedia article explaining what it is in more depth.
Now you might think, how is that relevant to feminism or your own life?
Well, the CIA doesn't just do psyops in other countries, they do them here in the USA as well.
Post modernism, which is the whole idea that everyone has such a unique experience you can't group people together in a class consciousness, was created by this guy, Foucault. He was a pedo who promoted the idea that not only is gender a social construct, but so is age, and morality. And the CIA loved his ideas!
Because back in the 60s and 70s, you had this big Civil Rights movement where people were gaining class consciousness and forming solidarity movements based on material conditions and Marxist analysis. Radical feminism came from this!
Radical feminist ideas were promoted in universities back then. Mary Daly taught at Boston College, Dworkin's work was being read in women's studies classes. Feminists at the time were growing out their leg hair and burning bras. They called feminists "women's libbers" because everyone knew the goal of feminism was liberation from patriarchy, not a watered down "equality."
Now, of course, this is BAD for the people in power. How could they stop this?
So the CIA promoted Foucault's post modernist ideals of individuals over the collective in universities.
They did this with the express purpose of dividing the left wing and killing class consciousness. They did it to kill solidarity, kill unity, the thing that really threatens the order of the world.
Marx, Lenin, they all said that there can be no revolution without women. Women are 50% of the population and our oppression is the oldest. Q Theory was born from post modernism, relies on it. The trans movement is a direct product of that.
Christ this is so fucking cool
Girl when I tell you that this fucking slaps
Certified Iconic terf post
Logical Fallacies in Trans Activism
No true Scotsman - “Trans women aren’t violent! Those trans women who committed violent crimes aren’t real trans women!”
Ad hominem - [completely ignores other person’s argument] “Go fix your eyebrows, you’re so ugly! You’re a bigoted idiotic bitch!”
Ad nauseam - “Trans women are women. Trans women are women. Trans women are women. Trans women are women.”
Circular argument - “A woman is anyone that identifies as a woman.”
Ad misericordiam - “Don’t you care about those innocent trans kids that are being murdered in the street? Don’t you care about the trans women that are being violently raped every day? Trans people are being killed, there is a trans genocide happening!”
Strawman: “I’ve never actually looked at a radical feminist blog, but I’m going to make posts about how they’re all violent misogynistic and racist bigots who believe that women belong in the kitchen!”
Moral equivalence - “If you misgender a trans person, even by accident, you are as evil as Nazis and you are responsible for the deaths of trans people!”
Ad baculum - “If you don’t completely and blindly support trans people, then you’re a TERF and we beat up TERFs.”
Appeal to authority - “Well, x organization says trans people are valid!!”
Guilt by association - “You’re wrong because I saw a conservative say something similar”
Genetic fallacy - “This movement was started by trans women of color” [besides the fact that that’s blatantly untrue]
Fallacy of equivocation - “Trans women are women, it’s literally in the name”
Appeal to tradition - “Trans people have always existed!”
Fallacy of composition - “This one trans person benefitted from transitioning, therefore everyone will”
Appeal to the popular - “Everyone hates you stupid terfs, just kill yourselves already”
something I find kinda interesting about radfems is that because they believe that womanhood is characterized by universal experiences of trauma and oppression, and because they believe that only they and people who agree with them correctly understand the nature of this oppression, they end up sounding like they believe that the only reason women would like things that they think are bad is if they're somehow being tricked into liking it
does a woman like wearing makeup or revealing clothes? patriarchal brainwashing. a cis woman who identifies as a lesbian dating a trans woman with a penis? she's doing it out of guilt or pity, or she was pressured into it. afab people coming out as non-binary or trans men? that's just internalized misogyny making them want to escape womanhood. hijabi women keeping their heads covered and dressing modestly? obviously they've been pressured into it by their oppressive islamic upbringing. women who are into kink, particularly if they're submissive? abuse victims who don't realize their male partners are taking advantage of them
women aren't allowed to like things under radical feminism. every aspect of a woman's life is either a political statement or a decision made under duress. women have free will and agency unless they disagree with me, in which case they're helpless victims who can't recognize how oppressed they truly are.
don't get me wrong, I think it's worth examining why you enjoy doing the things you're doing. the modern state of corporatized pop-feminism has found a way to frame nearly every act, regardless of how harmful to one's self or others, as feminist, and that's a trap that you certainly don't want to fall into. but the vision of womanhood that radfems paint is so bleak and joyless that it can never adequately act as an answer to that problem
Those arent hobbies though ? No radfem is going around saying you cant sew, or do arts and crafts, or bake even though they are traditionally feminine activities in western culture. The things you mention are specific things that society and men generally pressure women into- they are not neutral activities.
Hijab is enforced by law as well as socially in many countries. Makeup is required in a lot of industries, for example service. Men pressure their female partners into kink which sometimes even results in death, and porn normalises it for them.
And even if individual women like these thinhs, it DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE THESE PHENOMENA ARE HARMFUL TO WOMEN AS A CLASS. imagine if people said you shouldnt have the right to take a lunch break at work because some workers might not want to eat . Do you see how stupid that is ?
