The Pokegyns Gazette

a union of fed up gnc women, transmascs, transfems, detrans women & evil male-hating homosexual dykes. | we advocate for nuance & intersectionality in this house !! | living in echo-chambers won’t save you. keep being close-minded if you so wish, just remember that your own personal opinions don’t reflect material reality & conditions 🪄 | gender abolitionism ftw 🫶 embrace & treasure nonconformity & refusal to bend to dominant social structures.

[pokegyns]

𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎…? 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚛.𝚌𝚘𝚖?

we are a cozy council of fed up rad-leaning cis/bio women, transmascs, transfems, detrans women & evil male-hating homosexual dykes.

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[gnomebutch]

I try to not let it get to me but the fact that terfbreaking as a concept even exists as a somewhat popular fetish on here is so fucked up. Also even from a trans perspective isn’t that horrible for optics lol. Proving terf rhetoric wrong by describing how I want to sexually assault them publicly. But males want to rape every woman who politically disagrees with them so idk why I’m not completely desensitized by now

[radinabluemoon]

i hate when people say “so you’d rather sex workers starve on the street with no income?” as a gotcha when i say im anti-prostitution.

actually i’d rather vulnerable women (homeless, drug addicted, immigrants, abused, etc,) had support from social services able to rehabilitate, support, house, and help them so that they dont have to resort to prostitution to survive

its that simple

[laysplaining]

psst wanna befriend more nuanced gyns?

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[hyenaswine]

i think people are starting to confuse class analysis with bioessentialism. like... no not all men do this, but Men as a constructed social class do do this. that's still okay to say. that is regular material analysis of the world around us.

[iwanttolisten]

Correct, male socialization is something that happens *to* you, you don't get to choose it. Just like no one chose to be born in the United States, or be born straight or white or rich. You were born into a system that wants you to act in ways that affirm the system, and you must understand it lest you perpetuate it.

[iwanttolisten]

If you made this post about any other oppression system on Tumblr it would be shot dead by leftists on sight.

"White privilege is such an evil rhetoric. Yeah I guess being born white and being taught I'm better than Black people at the age of 5 is my fault and I'm evil for it. Yeah I guess having a white childhood I never asked for means I'm a danger and I should perpetually apologize for it." -> immediately recognizable as bullshit racists say

"Straight privilege is such an evil rhetoric. Yeah I guess being straight is my fault and I'm evil for it. Yeah I guess having a straight childhood I never asked for means I'm a danger and I should perpetually apologize for it." -> immediately recognizable as bullshit homophobes say

But stuff like this gets posted and acquires 2k likes.

Male socialization is not even specifically attacking MTFs but they have successfully guilted everyone into being scared to believe in it.

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

Haha the rape and exploitation of millions of women and girls is so funny, obv anyone who takes issue with it is just jealous hahaha

[niiwa-angel]

Yeah, because sexual activity is the same as a sport or hobby. Where a certain amount of skill means you can start making money off it 🙄🙄

I work with the homeless population, a lot of them are Indigenous. We are in Northern Ontario, in a rural area. Wanna know how many of my female clients have been/are being sex trafficked?

All of them. So have a lot of my male clients when they were young. And I see the long lasting damage daily. Drug use, alcohol abuse, self harm, suicide attempts, cognitive damage (many of them have been beaten/hit on the head/choked), inability to connect to other humans anymore, and permanent scarring from physical abuse.

The age most of them started being trafficked? 12-14. And their parents/grandparents were the first pimps, for most of them.

They weren't "good" at sex. They didn't "go pro". They were raped and abused for the financial benefit of older people taking advantage of them. I have a woman I work with who has had three confirmed pregnancies, all three conceived through sexual assault. She has a developmental disability, she functions at the same level as a 7 year old. She isn't able to fully comprehend what happened to her body.

Pro "sex work" people have clearly never worked with the survivors.

[sichorean]

in "sex work", the more inexperienced and young you are, the more people will pay for you, and statistically the less you will personally get.

In real work, the more experienced and older you are, the more people will offer you and you keep the majority of it.

Do people go into an engineering firm and ask for the youngest and newest person? Do people go into a law firm and ask for the youngest and most inexperienced person?

Nope. Sex Rape buyers are buying access to her body, not her experience.

[boganclarke2-blog]

Yep, the sheer economics prove it’s not a service but purchasing a commodity. Labor appreciates over time, commodities depreciate.

[transmasc-theory]

A moment of silence for the trans men who, due to their assigned gender at birth, have been legally banned from speaking in public in areas under Taliban rule.

A moment of silence for the trans men who, due to their assigned gender at birth and religious backgrounds, have been taught that they are forbidden from being anything but broodmares to a man they may or may not consent to marriage or sex with.

A moment of silence for the trans men who died in childbirth from a pregnancy they may or may not have consented to.

A moment of silence for the trans men who dropped out of high school after getting pregnant.

A moment of silence for the trans men who only knew their desire for masculinity, but were beaten to death for it and told they were going to hell.

A moment of silence for the trans men who had their clitorises mutilated by female genital mutilation.

A moment of silence for the trans men who died without ever once getting to wear pants or cut their hair the way they wanted.

A moment of silence for the trans men who committed suicide rather than be seen as a woman anymore.

A moment of silence for the trans men who never were allowed to learn how to read.

A moment of silence for the trans men with perfectly treatable conditions who were allowed to die to avoid violating "modesty" rules.

A moment of silence for the trans men subjected to honor killings.

A moment of silence for the trans men who were murdered by abusive partners.

A moment of silence for the trans men who were subject to "hymen checks."

We remember all of you, past and present.

[ballistic-goat]

I'm just trying to imagine what OSHA compliant sex work would be like

[limp-wristed-pagan]

If there was only some kind of PPE for sex. Some way to engage with sex safely. One that could wrap around the areas most used in sex.... Some type of rubber device that could prevent pregnancy, AIDS, and other types of STIs from transmitting...

[battleczar]

A condom isn't going to protect a woman whose john wants to spit in her eyes or piss on her or any other number of degrading biohazard exposures. And it doesn't work to say, "just make those acts illegal" because those acts are specifically what johns expect to be able to do. They expect to be able to subject a prostitute to biohazardous degradation and they enjoy the fact that they can do things to her that any other woman would sue them for.

[radigirlized]

We specially say in public health condoms are effective to prevent pregnancy but not the transmission of disease….

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

French kiss, facial, piss kink, sucking on breasts, like hello? Does this person think prostituted women do it through a glory hole?

[anqelmuse]

Not to mention the fact that johns will pay extra specifically to not use condoms, if they don't just remove it by stealth.

[boganclarke2-blog]

We should put johns in full body condoms, tie them up like goldfish you win at the carnival, and then watch them die just as fast.

[lonelydesolate]

hey. what. run that by me again. you can't be saying that on the same reply chain that you say this

[tboyoceanus]

Someone with a uterus will always be effected by abortion laws more than someone without a uterus. Full stop. Even if that person with a uterus is a man and the one without is a woman. Abortion laws affect people with uteruses, not just women.

Also, testosterone does not sterilize you. It can make it harder for you to get pregnant, but TRANS MEN CAN STILL GET PREGNANT.

[petrushka-st]

[laysplaining]

psst wanna befriend more nuanced gyns?

do you like discussing the complexities of the cisheteropatriarchy and how rad-leaning feminism can thrive in lgbtq spaces, while still calling out predatory moids, lesbophobes, bigotry and misogynistic bs?

JOIN OUR NUANCEFEM SERVER!! [click here]

...which, yes, is pokemon themed due to my @tirfpikachu blog and our shared collab blog @pokegyns :] we do not always keep invites active to not overwhelm our mods, but we're opening our doors once more.

if you're a nuanced rad-leaning feminist who is highly critical of mainstream lgbtq spaces, toxic bigoted radfem spaces, and watered down feminism, come join our tightknit community! rbs appreciated!! pls make an intro when you join & our mods will let you in <3

[sportsbianism-deactivated202306]

the most annoying thing abt the whole queer being reclaimed thing is like. yeah lots of fuckin slurs have been reclaimed. they still don't call women's studies bitch studies in college. they don't have n word theory 101. the fuck is anybody acting like it's cool for straight ppl and institutions to be throwing this word around like it's no big deal bc a couple of swingers with blue hair decided it was cool? wtf?

[bookstolookat]

Exactly! to copy what I said privately on the topic:

For most slurs, reclamation is considered an individual process. What one person may be comfortable with is not safe to presume everyone will be comfortable with. Additionally, reclamation is normally done within a community, not outside of it.

Yet for sexual minorities, we're meant to suddenly be okay with straight news anchormen calling all of us the "Queer Community," who gave him the right? Lesbian authors are suddenly listed under "queer authors" by articles even when the woman herself has only called herself "lesbian."

There is a pervasive and constant pushing of boundaries by TRAs, and if you push back even a little bit, you're the one seen as intolerant. Why couldn't you just roll over and let us label you as strange?

[bookofknives]

sunny day stickering ☀️

[noblackwomannocry]

Article | The People Who Let Lolicon Happen

The following article contains discussions of adult-oriented media, CSEM, CSA, and other troubling subject matter pertaining to fictional an

for anyone interested in the history of "lolicon" as a term, and especially those interested in the "lolicon has nothing to do with real children" defence (complete cope), I highly recommend giving this a read. some excerpts:

In Japan, this debate first formed around shoujo-ai photography collections. The first photobook of this nature was published in 1969, depicting a 12-year-old girl photographed by Kenmochi Katsuo. These early photographs were largely naturalist (or, nudist) portraits, but later ones had specific theming. At the time, Japanese society regarded nude children with the same attitude held by the Victorian English: inherently sexless and with a sense of holy purity, and this innocence could symbolically “counteract” vulgarity. (Takatsuki 53) However, shoujo-ai media took advantage of this openness, deceptively presenting nude children out in the open by relying on onlookers to believe that this imagery was not intended to be sexual. One man’s disinterest in a weird magazine of naked kids running around in a field was another man’s coveted pornography.

...

This is perhaps why so many hobbyists look back on the Lolicon Boom with a sense of wonderment. If one does not know about the “other” side of the Lolicon Boom, it seems as if the entire Boom was a period of artistic flourishment, wherein hobbyists united to produce their own magazines, animation, and even venues of commerce. However, the same thing was happening elsewhere with real children.

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It is important to note creepshot photography is not exclusive to the Japanese entertainment industry. There have been ample instances where Western publications have used voyeuristic photography (of celebrities and civilians alike) as for-profit content, but Japan had the unique problem of a closely-guarded, extremely specific loophole: “you can publish naked children without obscuring their genitalia because they don’t have public hair”. For most people, this is an absurd scenario they would never, ever normally encounter during their magazine reading experience. Unfortunately, some publications realized this loophole made them a lot of money – some of these magazines were even being mailed overseas. These magazines soon began covertly circulating child exploitation, right alongside graphic photos of adult models and other exploited creepshot victims. Most shockingly, some readers of the time later admitted they tolerated the presence of child genitalia because of the novelty of actually getting to see an unobscured vagina. As photo magazines were traded internationally, non-Japanese readers were often shocked to see children in these publications, leading to an ongoing Western stereotype that pedophilia is mainstream and tolerated in Japanese culture. These magazines were not representative of the entire population – rather, they came to be after multiple phases of the industry’s creatives gave photographers too great a benefit of a doubt.

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Two of the worst offenders among these men’s photo magazines were both published by Byakuya Shobo. The deceptively cutely-named Billy and Hey! Buddy contained so much illegal content that most online marketplaces will not allow copies of these magazines to be listed for sale. Readers and contributors competed with each other to get the most graphic photos possible: according to witnesses of these magazines, some photos seemed to suggest they were taken in public places; girls sometimes looked nervous or impatient, implying they had been pulled aside for the photograph. Upskirt photography was often introduced as a “prank”, as if the presence of a minor’s underwear was intended merely as a punchline. Some girls didn’t even know they were being photographed; they may have been captured strolling on the beach, or standing across the street. As if the rampant non-consensual photography wasn’t enough, these girls’ faces were rarely obscured.

[chainmurders]

[radragefem]

She helped me and sooo many other ex muslim women 💜

[pokegyns]

radblr hot takes? 🔥

what opinion do you feel easily shamed for on the radfem corner of tumblr?

[kittyregime]

A lot of radfems equate being rude, insufferable, and unempathetic as a strength simply because men do it. At that point you're just a hypocrite who has lost any moral high ground you claimed to be standing on beforehand.

[radragefem]

I find there's a tendency to want women to be deconstructed in every way, and quickly. With less consideration for those who still have a long way to go, it pisses me off because we're so far removed from the norms that it's ridiculous to allow ourselves such demands. If I see a woman questioning things, fighting against an aspect of the patriarchy, I support her, period. If I see a woman becoming radicalized in her misandry, I'll support her even if she still gets her nails done, etc. This militant purity tires me; we can't allow ourselves this, and especially turning away from women who don't conform to these demands breaks the bond of sisterhood and abandons them. For example, I have a friend who I see becoming increasingly radicalized, gaining confidence, and starting to strongly criticize patriarchal sexuality... which she has with her boyfriend. I'm never going to abandon her because, "OMG, how embarrassing, you call yourself a misandrist but you're dating a guy!" Yes, it's a contradiction, and I tease her about it from time to time when she sees the problem, but I'm there for her and I always will be, and she's infinitely more feminist than 90% of women in general. And no, I would never think she's illegitimate to call herself a radical feminist or to talk about these topics WTF. She's taught me so much, too; we develop our thinking together.

And it's so hypocritical, too. It's implied that this demand is directed at women who have the freedom to make these choices, privileged white Western women, but the implication is implicit and completely idiotic when you consider the issue of women in a universal way, as we do. There is so much internalized misogyny among women all over the world, and not all of them have this freedom. My grandmother said horrible things to me and considers marital rape normal... she was married at 14. And beyond inequalities, there are invisible inequalities and prisons, like the disturbed relationship with our bodies following trauma. It was very difficult for me to accept my body hair because of this (I don't want to elaborate at all), and it's thanks to the women who let their body hair grow and who didn't turn their backs on me and despise me (even though I was already talking about radical feminism and criticizing this dictate of hair removal and even the discourse of choice feminism that wants us to believe that both aspects have the same implications—yes, I was contradictory, and yes, I was ashamed) that today, it's been more than two years since I stopped removing my body hair, and I don't even question it anymore. So yeah, maybe it would be cooler to accept women with their weaknesses as long as they are aware of the problem and fight to free themselves from it, I don't know.

[radragefem]

Of course, this is far from the majority of radfems I've encountered online, and thankfully so, but it still annoys me.

[gayeilgeoir]

No hate to bisexuals, we are going to have this conversation politest way possible, but please dear god, stop spreading the rhetoric that “Everyone is secretly bi” “If you wouldn’t like your partner as a different gender, you don’t really love them” “sexuality is always fluid!” That’s homophobic.

What is the difference between telling a homosexual that “One day you’ll find the right person of the opposite gender and you’ll be straight” and “One day you’ll find the right person of the opposite gender and you’ll be bisexual.”

What is the difference between “Everyone is secretly bi and won’t admit it” and “All gay people are actually straight and just won’t admit it.”

What is the difference between “Sexuality is fluid, you might turn out to like men/women” and “This is a phase, you like men/women really”

It’s repackaged homophobia, it’s conversion therapy rhetoric, and it’s not cute to be spreading. Just because you wrap it up in woke language, doesn’t mean it’s not harmful. Your inability to understand that your experience of queerness is not universal doesn’t mean you’re right. Talk to some actual homosexuals, understand the harm these sayings do, and stop.

Homosexuals spend their whole lives wishing they could be attracted to the opposite sex, and claiming that everyone “secretly is” is so tone deaf. Why would I hide it? If I could like men, I would be so happy, it would make my life a thousand times easier. Claiming that I don’t know my sexuality is not woke, it isn’t some crazy new, informed and intellectual take, it’s new age homophobia and conversion therapy rhetoric. Please stop spreading these sayings.

[gayeilgeoir]

Reposting for pride month because im tired of homophobia from BTQ+ individuals and I ate with this