imagine not being a trans man or transmasc person and then telling trans guys that the euphoria we feel about masculinity is in fact actually toxic and we need to stop loving masculinity
something something forced detransitioning but make it leftist
i feel like i grew up in that tiny perfect window of time where feminism was all “not all masculinity is toxic masculinity” “freedom of choice is the most important goal” “man hatred is reactionary and is not helpful towards reaching a more feminist future” and i internalized all of this and now shit’s gone wild
That's what my hippy feminist parents taught me, along with how the patriarchy forces men to conform in cruel and unfair ways too, and now I get people half my age telling me that's not really feminism.
yeah! like i’m nearing 30 (which isn’t old no matter what the kids say) and i’ve got fuckin 15 year olds in my notes and inbox acting like they know what’s what about feminism while falling into the same radfem rabbit holes we were warned about ourselves when we were their age.
i really don’t want to be all “old man yells at cloud” about this but i feel like there’s very few teenagers today who are willing to listen to anyone older than them about what feminism is. so now we have teenage terfs and radfems who think joking about killing men is the definition of feminism. when feminism is SUPPOSED to be about gender-based liberation for anyone negatively impacted by the patriarchy.
btw you might feel like you’re too deep into radfem ideology to go back but you can literally drop radical feminism at any time. you can join the folds of regular intersectional feminism whenever you want. it’s okay to change your mind.
