It bad enough men are being placed in a women's prison, but these scum?
A total of five male convicts were transferred to a Minnesota’s women-only prison following the adoption of a gender identity policy by the
By Genevieve Gluck September 11, 2024
A total of five male convicts were transferred to a Minnesota’s women-only prison following the adoption of a gender identity policy by the Department of Corrections in January of 2023. Two of the men who are now being held at MCF-Shakopee , a female correctional center, are sexual predators serving sentences related to the abuse of children.
Another, Sean Windingland, 35, sexually assaulted two 6-year-old relatives and posted videos of the abuse and grooming on pornography and pro-pedophile websites.
Windingland admitted to engaging in sexual contact with the young girls when questioned by investigators, but claimed that the children had consented. He pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2019. Windingland is now serving his 36-year prison sentence among women at MCF-Shakopee.
The third, Bradley Richard Sirvio, is a convicted murderer who is serving a life sentence. Sirvio, 52, beat a man to death with a hammer before setting his house on fire in November of 1995. A repeat offender, Sirvio has several other convictions that include multiple charges of assault, burglary, and theft. He was quietly transferred to MCF-Shakopee in November 2023, a full five months ahead of the date that a newly-drafted gender identity policy was set to take effect.
Bradley Richard Sirvio. Source: Minnesota DOC
The two remaining men confirmed by Reduxx to have been transferred into the women’s prison are Nathan Charles Johnson, serving two years for aiding and abetting a burglary, and a trans-identified male who uses the name Christina Suzanne Lusk, but was born Craig Lusk.
In June 2022, Lusk launched a discrimination lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections which ultimately resulted in the implementation of measures permitting male convicts to be housed in the female estate. Lusk, who was serving a five-year sentence for the possession of methamphetamine at the Moose Lake correctional facility for men, was backed by the trans activist non-profit organization Gender Justice – which was recently revealed to have received nearly $500,000 in taxpayer funds from the administration of Governor Tim Walz.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee’s office handed out $448,904 to Gender Justice just one year after the organization filed the sex discrimination complaint against Minnesota’s DOC on behalf of Lusk, according to a review of public records published by the taxpayer watchdog group OpenTheBooks.com.
Lusk was arrested on two drug-related felonies, but was ultimately only convicted on one after striking a plea deal. He pleaded guilty to first degree possession of a controlled substance, and was sentenced to 98 months in prison. The defendant fact sheet lists Lusk’s gender as “male,” though he had changed his legal name the year prior.
Lusk had a previous felony conviction for first-degree robbery.
The legal claim, which was successful in court, demanded that Lusk be transferred to MCF-Shakopee and refers to him as “a woman who was assigned male at birth”, using feminine pronouns throughout.
“Gender identity refers to a person’s innate sense and deeply held understanding of their own
gender. Everyone has a gender identity,” reads the complaint. Lusk began taking female hormones in 2009 and received chest implants in 2017.
Gender Justice further demanded that Lusk be given “women’s undergarments,” and claimed that DOC “punished Ms. Lusk for having breasts and for wearing women’s clothing.” Additionally it was stated that Lusk was “repeatedly misgendered and misnamed”.
Craig ‘Christina’ Lusk shortly after undergoing a chest implant procedure in 2017.
As previously reported by Reduxx, a Facebook account belonging to Lusk showed that he was obsessively posting about seeking female sexual partners, and that he wanted “a bride from Japan”.
As a result of a settlement between Gender Justice and the DOC, Lusk was awarded a $495,000 payout, of which approximately $250,000 was allocated to cover the cost of legal fees. The DOC also rolled out a new policy that would streamline the process for male convicts to transfer into the women’s prison.
The legal team responsible for arguing Lusk’s case was honored with the title “Attorneys of the Year” by law publication Minnesota Lawyer.
The new transgender inmate policy, which was revised in April last year and came into effect at the beginning of April 2024, established an Agency Gender Identity Committee in order to identify and make placement recommendations for “incarcerated people who are transgender” or “gender diverse”. The document cites as an authority the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), a lobbying group that Reduxx has repeatedly connected with sex offenders and sexologists sympathetic to pedophiles.
Christina Lusk.
This week, a woman formerly employed at the Minnesota Department of Corrections came forward to tell Alpha News that she had resigned from her post in protest of the new policy allowing men who claim a transgender status to be transferred into the female prison estate. Alicia Beckmann, who worked as a GED instructor at MCF-Shakopee, says the policy which prioritizes “gender identity” over biological sex creates an “unsafe environment.”
“I think it has just created a lot of risk, a lot of unknown confusion, frustration, anger,” Beckmann said. “It just has a vibe that doesn’t sit right with a lot of us who work at Shakopee because we are a women’s correctional facility.”
“We house every custody level. We have what would be considered low-level offenders who are there on DWI charges, theft charges, drug possession. Then, you bring in biological males who are violent, who would be housed at a custody level four facility. I just believe we’re re-victimizing some of these women, re-traumatizing them. They are incarcerated, however, they all have a past and a lot of their past includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. I think allowing men to live amongst these women is traumatizing and it’s also unsafe for staff,” she added.
Beckmann remarked that the policy had caused a climate of fear among staff at the women’s prison. “We just fear saying anything. I’ve been away from the DOC now for a few months and I still fear any kind of retaliation from the agency for speaking out, and I’m speaking out for these women who deserve a chance to be rehabilitated and returned to society. I just don’t think the way they’re doing it is appropriate.”
She was a promising young Native American Actress who appeared in the Oscar Winning August: Osage County.
She was allegedly raped at the 2013 Golden Globe awards by an executive from Weinstein’s company in the men’s bathroom, WHILE A GROUP OF MEN CHEERED HER RAPIST ON.
She never came forward for fear of her career and her life. About a year later she went missing and was later found dead. It was ruled a suicide, even though the autopsy stated that the cause of death was several blunt force trauma injuries to her head and torso. Her name was not spoken at the Golden Globes that following year.
I was shocked to learn about this the story other day, and as May 5th is a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls, I needed to share her story here.
I'm just really tired of transgenderism honestly. These men are parading around as stereotypical notions of women and taking their anti-black and misogynistic perversions, fantasies and beliefs to a level much higher than what some of these heterosexual men do, which is highly ironic considering they are one and the same. Their asses need to be in jail.
I'm also really disheartened by some women and girls who:
~ call themselves "cis", cheering this ideology on as to not be perceived as "disrespectful", "mean", "hateful", etc.
~ who are rejecting their beautiful bodies and othering themselves to feel like a person for a myriad of reasons instead of simply being who they are and healing what needs to be healed
~ who are buying into this illogical narrative that black women and girls are somehow less feminine than women of other races because of their skin color, their features or their hair types and forcing themselves into a (eurocentric, mind you) hyperfeminine lifestyle without actually being into it so as to not appear "masculine" (thank you to @rad-by-nature for making that point!!), knowing good and well that we are the original women. We have absolutely NOTHING to prove. Do not let them define who you are. You are gorgeous and feminine as you are!! If you prefer androgyny or masculinity that is great too!!
I used to heavily be into trans rights too, but the sense is no longer sensing I'm afraid. It's time to hang it all the way up, flat screen. It's not cute anymore.
the only thing all lesbians have in common is that we’re homosexual females. that’s literally it. if you’re male there are no magical feelings inside of you that will ever indicate that you are a lesbian. no matter what clothes you wear, what porn you watch or what interests you have you will never ever be a lesbian
the idea of a “genital preference” existing for gay people is homophobic. my innate, biological and unchangeable sexuality is not and will never be a preference
Recently a family member came out as a trans woman, and after they explained their reasons to transition ( he is an AGP, basically), i absolutely love that my normie parents and siblings reactions were all "thats very offensive to women" "hows that being a woman?" "Thats so weird, why dont he just say hes gay?" (Hes a transbian but thats beyond the point lol), "yeah right, i will call him "she" to his face to be kind, but i will be damned if i call him that behind his delusional back" "yeah try feeling cramps every month".
The interesting thing is this was all said to me in private lately, to his face everyone "was very supportive". So, trans women out there, i want you all to know that not one of your normie family members actually believes youre a real woman, they are just being nice. Everyone thinks you are a delusional pornbrained male, and everyone is using your "deadname" behind your back, constantly, also using male pronouns lol .
Anyways, i love my "terf" family, we do love facts and material reality
Jesus christ. Imagine being this much of a whiny sack of shit. I feel horrible for your trans relative knowing she’s surrounded with people like you. Why does your trans family member hurt you this much, why does her existence bring you this much anger?
She’s a trans woman regardless of what you and your little friends believe, and what OP + family think. She’s a woman because that’s how she identifies. She isn’t a cis woman. But i know that radfems have a very small view of what a woman is so i don’t expect you to grasp that.
Do you think people just wake up one day and think “i’m trans today!” It’s a process, it takes months to even years. You clearly don’t understand that, if you did, you’d show a little compassion to those finding themselves.
i know very well how all that works cause i was a TRA and identified as non binary not too long ago. until i realised it was all misogynistic bullshit.
Honestly, I’m glad you discovered your true self but that doesn’t mean everyone else who is trans/NB is faking/going through a phase/influenced by misogyny. That is you and your experience. Much like anyone else.
You aren’t asking that question in good faith, don’t even try it. Are you a cis woman? Do you identify as the sex you were assigned at birth? Yes? you’re a woman! Congrats. Now, are you a trans woman? Yes? You’re a woman! Great. Now, stop worrying about what other people do with their own bodies and identities
I'm not saying my personal identity was influenced by misogyny (tho it was). I'm saying the whole concept of gender identity is misogynistic.
if all it takes to be a woman is to say you're one than what does that mean for women's rights? who's rights are we fighting for and who is taking them away? how are any of these groups identifiable?
stop ignoring reality because of your misogynistic fantasies.
also I've been asking this question for almost a year to multiple ppl and the only ones who provided an answer that wasn't misogynistic were so called "terfs". most ppl don't even answer, they just call me a bitch.
yeah, i know how that feels, it's really tiring to see ppl just refuse to engage with critical thinking on gender. but i always do it cause if there weren't ppl willing to expose their views, i might not have changed mine for a long time
honestly tho you kinda do wake up and go “im trans”, or at least its a single moment of time that you decide to call it that. the process that happens beyond your choice is the dysphoria. outside influences get you to feel disconnected from your body and sometimes your entire sex. but that experience isnt exclusive to trans people. it happens a lot to women especially because theres patriarchal standards for what does and doesnt make us a woman and it makes us feel alienated from the word. but people decide to either call it cis or trans
also kinda tired of tras taking a desisters or detrans persons experiences and pretending it exists in a bubble. as if no one else could possibly have our experience and that it cant be used to discuss transness and how it works
Recently a family member came out as a trans woman, and after they explained their reasons to transition ( he is an AGP, basically), i absolutely love that my normie parents and siblings reactions were all "thats very offensive to women" "hows that being a woman?" "Thats so weird, why dont he just say hes gay?" (Hes a transbian but thats beyond the point lol), "yeah right, i will call him "she" to his face to be kind, but i will be damned if i call him that behind his delusional back" "yeah try feeling cramps every month".
The interesting thing is this was all said to me in private lately, to his face everyone "was very supportive". So, trans women out there, i want you all to know that not one of your normie family members actually believes youre a real woman, they are just being nice. Everyone thinks you are a delusional pornbrained male, and everyone is using your "deadname" behind your back, constantly, also using male pronouns lol .
Anyways, i love my "terf" family, we do love facts and material reality
Jesus christ. Imagine being this much of a whiny sack of shit. I feel horrible for your trans relative knowing she’s surrounded with people like you. Why does your trans family member hurt you this much, why does her existence bring you this much anger?
She’s a trans woman regardless of what you and your little friends believe, and what OP + family think. She’s a woman because that’s how she identifies. She isn’t a cis woman. But i know that radfems have a very small view of what a woman is so i don’t expect you to grasp that.
Do you think people just wake up one day and think “i’m trans today!” It’s a process, it takes months to even years. You clearly don’t understand that, if you did, you’d show a little compassion to those finding themselves.
i know very well how all that works cause i was a TRA and identified as non binary not too long ago. until i realised it was all misogynistic bullshit.
Honestly, I’m glad you discovered your true self but that doesn’t mean everyone else who is trans/NB is faking/going through a phase/influenced by misogyny. That is you and your experience. Much like anyone else.
You aren’t asking that question in good faith, don’t even try it. Are you a cis woman? Do you identify as the sex you were assigned at birth? Yes? you’re a woman! Congrats. Now, are you a trans woman? Yes? You’re a woman! Great. Now, stop worrying about what other people do with their own bodies and identities
I'm not saying my personal identity was influenced by misogyny (tho it was). I'm saying the whole concept of gender identity is misogynistic.
if all it takes to be a woman is to say you're one than what does that mean for women's rights? who's rights are we fighting for and who is taking them away? how are any of these groups identifiable?
stop ignoring reality because of your misogynistic fantasies.
also I've been asking this question for almost a year to multiple ppl and the only ones who provided an answer that wasn't misogynistic were so called "terfs". most ppl don't even answer, they just call me a bitch.
The wording that gets me here is that “radfems have a very small view of what a woman is” like I hate to break it to you sugar, but there is only one way to be a woman, it’s not a matter of viewpoint
Recently a family member came out as a trans woman, and after they explained their reasons to transition ( he is an AGP, basically), i absolutely love that my normie parents and siblings reactions were all "thats very offensive to women" "hows that being a woman?" "Thats so weird, why dont he just say hes gay?" (Hes a transbian but thats beyond the point lol), "yeah right, i will call him "she" to his face to be kind, but i will be damned if i call him that behind his delusional back" "yeah try feeling cramps every month".
The interesting thing is this was all said to me in private lately, to his face everyone "was very supportive". So, trans women out there, i want you all to know that not one of your normie family members actually believes youre a real woman, they are just being nice. Everyone thinks you are a delusional pornbrained male, and everyone is using your "deadname" behind your back, constantly, also using male pronouns lol .
Anyways, i love my "terf" family, we do love facts and material reality
Jesus christ. Imagine being this much of a whiny sack of shit. I feel horrible for your trans relative knowing she’s surrounded with people like you. Why does your trans family member hurt you this much, why does her existence bring you this much anger?
She’s a trans woman regardless of what you and your little friends believe, and what OP + family think. She’s a woman because that’s how she identifies. She isn’t a cis woman. But i know that radfems have a very small view of what a woman is so i don’t expect you to grasp that.
Do you think people just wake up one day and think “i’m trans today!” It’s a process, it takes months to even years. You clearly don’t understand that, if you did, you’d show a little compassion to those finding themselves.
i know very well how all that works cause i was a TRA and identified as non binary not too long ago. until i realised it was all misogynistic bullshit.
Honestly, I’m glad you discovered your true self but that doesn’t mean everyone else who is trans/NB is faking/going through a phase/influenced by misogyny. That is you and your experience. Much like anyone else.
You aren’t asking that question in good faith, don’t even try it. Are you a cis woman? Do you identify as the sex you were assigned at birth? Yes? you’re a woman! Congrats. Now, are you a trans woman? Yes? You’re a woman! Great. Now, stop worrying about what other people do with their own bodies and identities
I'm not saying my personal identity was influenced by misogyny (tho it was). I'm saying the whole concept of gender identity is misogynistic.
if all it takes to be a woman is to say you're one than what does that mean for women's rights? who's rights are we fighting for and who is taking them away? how are any of these groups identifiable?
stop ignoring reality because of your misogynistic fantasies.
also I've been asking this question for almost a year to multiple ppl and the only ones who provided an answer that wasn't misogynistic were so called "terfs". most ppl don't even answer, they just call me a bitch.
Recently a family member came out as a trans woman, and after they explained their reasons to transition ( he is an AGP, basically), i absolutely love that my normie parents and siblings reactions were all "thats very offensive to women" "hows that being a woman?" "Thats so weird, why dont he just say hes gay?" (Hes a transbian but thats beyond the point lol), "yeah right, i will call him "she" to his face to be kind, but i will be damned if i call him that behind his delusional back" "yeah try feeling cramps every month".
The interesting thing is this was all said to me in private lately, to his face everyone "was very supportive". So, trans women out there, i want you all to know that not one of your normie family members actually believes youre a real woman, they are just being nice. Everyone thinks you are a delusional pornbrained male, and everyone is using your "deadname" behind your back, constantly, also using male pronouns lol .
Anyways, i love my "terf" family, we do love facts and material reality
you mention, but only a little, but the fact is everyone thinks a guy dressing as a woman is just gay. Its almost impossible to explain to people, and even why trans identification is dangerous to woman, cuz they cant believe a men that cross dress is not gay.
Unfortunately people believe in sexual roles and that being a man is being masculine wich makes you atracted to woman, and being a woman is being feminine wich makes you atracted to men. That means people believe that being gay and wanting to be the opposite sex is the same thing. Gay men want to be woman and lesbians want to be men. Therefore anyone getting out of line of dressing and behaving according to their sex roles is gay. Therefore everyone crossdressing is gay.
All of this only means one sad thing: normal people will never understand the fear of woman and feminists of putting trans woman on woman bathrooms or spaces, cuz they think those men are gay. And also that any shit that those trans identified men do will be put into gay mens account.
I constantly have to explain to my mom that the majority of these men are not gay. I tell her "These are not my people, these are your people. They're not gay, they're straight. These are just straight men with weird fetishes."
And she gets it. But then she'll forget and go back to thinking "man in a dress = gay man"
Recently a family member came out as a trans woman, and after they explained their reasons to transition ( he is an AGP, basically), i absolutely love that my normie parents and siblings reactions were all "thats very offensive to women" "hows that being a woman?" "Thats so weird, why dont he just say hes gay?" (Hes a transbian but thats beyond the point lol), "yeah right, i will call him "she" to his face to be kind, but i will be damned if i call him that behind his delusional back" "yeah try feeling cramps every month".
The interesting thing is this was all said to me in private lately, to his face everyone "was very supportive". So, trans women out there, i want you all to know that not one of your normie family members actually believes youre a real woman, they are just being nice. Everyone thinks you are a delusional pornbrained male, and everyone is using your "deadname" behind your back, constantly, also using male pronouns lol .
Anyways, i love my "terf" family, we do love facts and material reality
Gender nonconformity is healthy, natural, and normal. Kids expressing gender nonconformity in developmentally appropriate ways should not be medicalized, punished, or seen as inappropriate.
Gender roles are not inate
Gender roles are harmful to women and girls
Gender is a social construct utilized to systemically oppress the female sex
Sex does not dictate personality, hobbies, interests, or what childhood toys a person is drawn to, and we need to stop treating it like it does
Sexuality does not dictate personality, hobbies, interests, or what childhood toys a person is drawn to. Normalize homosexuality, don't enforce stereotypes on homosexual or non homosexual individuals.
Oh I have so many questions! But I guess I start off with my most basic one! What is radical feminism and how does it differentiate from mainstream feminism?
So sorry we missed this. It is such a great question.
For reference, I will use “liberal feminism” to refer to “mainstream feminism”. Liberal feminism is focused on the individual. It is about individual experiences, individual desires, and individual success. By this I mean that liberal feminism is about personal choices and only how they impact the individual, not the greater picture of patriarchy. Radical feminism focuses on something called class analysis. This means that we acknowledge that we live in a patriarchy that is built upon the hierarchy of gender, and thus that women are an oppressed class. Where as liberal feminism focuses on individual oppression, radical feminism applies it’s analysis to systemic or institutional oppression. Below I will outline the differences between radical feminism and liberal feminism with regards to common topics within feminism.
Gender:
Liberal feminism: Gender is a set/spectrum of identities. It is about personal expression and personal feelings. Gender is not a binary. Gender in it’s current state is oppressive to “non-binary” people, but otherwise is relatively harmless. If stereotypical gender roles can be deviated from, gender can be good and fun. Gender is in no way related to biological sex.
Radical feminism: Gender is a sex-based hierarchy. Gender is the backbone and tool box of patriarchy. It is the set of rules that exist to enforce masculinity and femininity, and thus exists to socialize women as oppressed, males as the oppressor. Gender is assigned based upon physical sex and is socialized into us from birth. Gender is the source of male privilege. It is misogynist in nature and is where all oppression of women (patriarchy) stems from. So long as gender exists, women will remain subservient and oppressed. There is no true means to the liberation of female women with out the abolition of the hierarchy of gender.
Prostitution/Sex Work/Porn:
Liberal feminism: Sex work is empowering. It is a choice women can make. Because it is a choice women can make, it is empowering if a woman chooses to make that choice. Legalize prostitution. If you question the institution of sex work/porn you are a misogynist “slut shamer” and want women be prudent virgins forever.
Radical feminism: (disclaimer: I am using sex work in this context to refer to all forms of sex work including prostitution, pornography and other forms) Sex work is the ultimate objectification of women’s bodies. Sex work enforces the idea that women are commodities to be bought and sold. While radical feminism agrees that women should have free sexual and bodily autonomy, it acknowledges that coercing women to have sex through monetary incentive is not consent, nor is it ethical. Women’s bodies cannot and should not be purchased. So long as a system exists where men can pay to use women’s bodies, men will feel entitled to women’s bodies and see women as sexual objects for their pleasure and consumption as opposed to human beings. Sex work is inherently harmful to women.
Transwomen/Transgenderism/Cis Privilege:
Liberal feminism: Woman is an identity. Anyone who says they are a woman is one. Males that identity as females are females because they say so, further more females who identify as females have privilege over these people because they have the privilege of being “born into the right body.” Males who identify as females do not have male privilege, and female women in turn have privilege over these males who identify as women. It is an act of violence to question the right of males to identify as women.
Radical feminism: Woman is not an identity. Woman is an oppressed sex class. Females are assigned as women from birth, and women is the subservient and oppressed class within patriarchy. Male privilege is assigned based upon biological sex, and the socialization inherent to male privilege begins at birth. Men who lay claim to the identity of “woman” are appropriating the oppression and lived experiences of the class they have privilege over. Cis privilege is a misogynist, logical fallacy that implies that there is privilege in being born female, and thus being born into an oppressed group. Further more the assertion that you are a woman because you “feel like one, act like one, dress like one” only enforces gender. It reduces womanhood and femaleness to a set of behaviors and roles that were designed to oppress and subjugate women, and thus enforces traditional gender roles. Males are an oppressive and privileged class and have no right to group themselves in with the class that they oppress and maintain privilege over.
BDSM/kink:
Liberal feminism: It is acceptable for couples to play-out rape fantasies/ pedophilia/fantasies/etc as long as it is consensual. BDSM/kink challenges heteronormative ideas about sexuality. BDSM/kink is empowering. It is harmful to be critical of BDSM/kink.
Radical feminism: BDSM/kink enforces and perpetuates rape culture. In no circumstance is it acceptable for men act out fantasies of rape. In a society where most women will experience some form of sexual trauma at the hands of rape culture, it is inherently dangerous to assert that it is empowering/acceptable for rape and sexual abuse to be fetishized. It is not acceptable for men to be taught that it is okay to have fantasies about raping women so long as their partner “consents” to this. Just because consent is involved does not make the sex ethical or healthy. Men who have rape fantasies are dangerous and potential rapists. BDSM/kink do not challenge “heteronormativity” they only enforce male violence via fetishizing it.
Sex positivity:
Liberal feminism: It is empowering for women to “objectify” themselves. When women embrace their “inner slut” they are overthrowing the harmful idea that women must not have sex. Women who position themselves as sexual objects for male pleasure are owning their sexuality. It is empowering for women to post nude photos to garner male attention. It is “slut shaming” to question why it is empowering for women to adhere to the male gaze.
Radical feminism: There is nothing empowering about doing exactly what the male gaze wants you to do. Although the slut/virgin dichotomy is inherently misogynist, and women should not be valued by how much sex they do or do not have, it is not empowering for women as a whole to be objectified. Sex positivity only benefits men, it does not help women achieve bodily and sexual autonomy. By emulating the type of sexual objectification that men employ and enforce, the only thing that is being achieved is the perpetuation that women exist as sexual objects for male pleasure. The notion that it is “slut shaming” to question sex positivity enforces the misogynist idea that women who have sex/are sexual by nature are sluts.
This is truly just the most basic fundamentals, and I have not even included all of them here, but I do hope this helps. I picked the most commonly talked about discrepancies between the two theories. I do hope this piques your interest and that you continue to do more research. Radical feminism is important and it is necessary for the liberation of women.
In the beginning God created the men and the nonmen. The nonmen were without form, and void; and no makeup was upon the face of the nonmen. And the palette brush of God moved upon the face of the nonmen. And God said, let there be women; and there were women. And God saw the makeup, that it was feminine. And God divided the women from the nonmen. And God called the women Girls, and he called the nonmen . And the mascara and the lipstick were the first femininity. And God said, let there be a cliche in the midst of the girls, and let it divide the bitches from the witches. And God made the cliche, and divided the bitches which were still useful from the witches who must be burned; and it was so. And God called the cliche “Trans Women Are Women”. And the mascara and the lipstick were applied in the exact same manner everyday.
to clarify … so many strong women in my life rely on men. that dependence is dangerous. ladies here are some good ref resources I’ve found helpful on my journey towards self reliance
automobile
changing coolant
changing oil
changing tire
jumping a car
plumbing
toilet running
basement flooding
replace a faucet
clogged drain
electrical
replacing light switches
blew a fuse
installing overhead light
earth vs. neutral vs. live wires
home
patching drywall
finding studs
this list is in no way comprehensive feel free to add on
a lot of ‘man things’ are a lot easier than you think they are. especially considering the fact that most of these things when buying the parts come with directions on the packaging that men usually don’t even look at (and often end up doing it wrong because they were taught by fathers who also did not look at the packaging).
like i recently had to change my car battery and freaked out cause i thought id electrocute myself but turns out new batteries come with directions and its the easiest shit in the world so long as you can lift the damn thing.
so yeah, ladies dont ever feel like a man is a necessity for life, you can do this shit on your own its easier than you think!
“I’m happier being detransitioned, but saying that people detransition because they’re “not happy” with transition is disingenuous. The truth is that a lot of women don’t feel like they have options. There isn’t a whole lot of place in society for women who look like this, women who don’t fit, who don’t comply. When you go to a therapist and tell them you have those kinds of feelings, they don’t tell you that it’s okay to be butch, to be gender nonconforming, to not like men, to not like the way men treat you. They don’t tell you there are other women who feel like they don’t belong, that they don’t feel like they know how to be women. They don’t tell you any of that. They tell you about testosterone.”
— Cari Stella, @guideonragingstars, Response to Julia Serano: Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation
