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zombofgreenz

Uninfished Harry sketch

muuska277

spectre

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Clay Butler for the Sidewalk Bubblegum comic strip, 1997.

seravph

being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

seravph

what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past ‘dresses are for women and pants are for men.’ i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we’ve made

autoenucleate

“We’re in danger of losing what the entire second wave of feminism, what the entire second wave of women’s liberation was built on, and that was ‘Biology is not destiny’. ‘One is not born a woman,’ Simone de Beauvoir said, ‘one becomes one’. Now there’s some place where transsexual women and other women intersect. Biological determinism has been used for centuries as a weapon against women, in order to justify a second-class and oppressed status. How on Earth, then, are you going to pick up the weapon of biological determinism and use it to liberate yourself? It’s a reactionary tool.”

— Quote by Leslie Feinberg, from TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism, issue 7, volume 1. 1995.

grubarchived

i think 'stay outraged' and other things of that nature are more of a magical activism goal than a material one. an idea of ritual upset or mourning or fury as an end in itself. which is fine as far as magic goes but should be categorized separately from more material goals

grubarchived

as is, i think, 'refuse to normalize'. ritual and not material... why should injustice not be conceptualized as normal. normal has been unjust for a very long time! i think the idea is to assign abnormality and upset to the various day to day horrors and then have that form the basis for action against them but i don't really think it's as much of a requirement to action as people make it out to be. surprise and shock and outrage are not particularly deep wells of impetus to action in my opinion

grubarchived

to be clear i think this kind of "witnessing" or group-emotional-focus magical action can be a worthy aim on its own and when done well can be very effective at making community, mourning loss, or comforting those with little power. but 1) for this kind of emotional magic to be effective, it usually needs to happen in a more specific way than "all of the time be upset about everything", and 2) i don't think it's useful or practical to, like, put it at the top of your "things to do to help with x" list above the material actions one could take. it's useful to be really aware about what exactly the possible ends of various actions can actually be

despoinanyx

How long before we start seeing cases like these for just being queer? Do we have to get to that stage for people to start to mobilize against this loudly? We can't let the fight against internet censorship and puritan outrage against NSFW content be another controlled narrative by the right wing grifters.

theweirdwideweb

marlinspirkhall

Scoot, scoot, scoot, scoot, scoot scoot scoot scoot

edit: this post is a severely different experience with the sound on

[Video shows a snake crawling across the sofa cushions while music plays in the background: "you said: ain't nothing gonna break my stride, nobody gonna slow me down, oh no, I got to keep on moving, ain't nothing gonna break my stride- [end video]

communist-ojou-sama

A general rule of thumb that I feel people should understand about hard power and empires use of it, is that strong empires deliberately refrain from full displays of hard power where possible, because each display of an empire's full hard-power capabilities, is also a display for any peer-competitors of its limits. Empires at their peak get their way through financial and diplomatic power without having to resort to hard-power solutions.

agaypieceofcheese-deactivated20

“Second: the growth of fascist tendencies is a sign of the weakening of the rule of finance capital. It is a sign of the deepening of the crisis, a sign that finance capital can no longer rule in the old forms. It must turn to the more open and more brutal and terroristic methods, not as the exception but as the rule, for the oppression of the population at home and preparation for war abroad. It is preventive counter-revolution, an attempt to head off the rise of the revolutionary upsurge of the masses”

“Social-Fascism: Its Historical and Theoretical Context” by Earl Browder

diaryofandnwoman

I spoke with a friend in Minneapolis a few days ago. She confirmed a lot of what is described below.

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Minneapolis Minnesota

The following text is being shared, and the writer is asking for it to be spread far and wide. It’s a much longer and more detailed description of what’s going on. The good, the bad, the ugly.

“Friends outside MN, you need to know what is happening here. Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But that’s not the only thing that’s going on:

- ICE agents are cruising areas with immigrant-owned businesses, and kidnapping patrons and employees alike. Yesterday they abducted two US citizen employees at a suburban Target, one who was begging them to allow him to go get his passport to show them.

- ICE is going door to door in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods, asking residents where their immigrant neighbors live. Read that again. If it sounds like something out of your high school history textbook, that’s because it is.

- ICE is targeting schools and school buses. They pepper sprayed teenagers and abducted two school staff members at the high school up the street from me on Weds. Police are literally escorting school buses to ensure children can get to school and home safely. The Minneapolis Public Schools have moved to virtual learning for the next 4 weeks because it’s unsafe for children or teachers to physically come to school.

- They are targeting hospitals and clinics. Patients are scared and are canceling their appointments or just not showing up. Kids are missing their checkups and vaccines, folks aren’t getting their cancer care, etc.

- They are smashing windows in cars and homes.

- ICE is increasingly picking up Native Americans—again, targeting folks based on skin color alone.

- They are arresting and beating legal observers. A friend of a friend had her arm broken yesterday. Folks are showing up at local hospitals, brought in in ICE custody, with severe injuries that are absolutely inconsistent with mechanism of injury reported by ICE. (Think: patient appears to have been beaten unconscious, while ICE agent says he slipped and fell.)

I can’t emphasize enough that these ICE agents do not have warrants. There are 2,000+ agents here and they are simply hunting for anyone that’s not white. It doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen or a green card holder, they will kidnap you first and ask questions later.

But the community is fighting back.

- Protests are happening every day.

- Community groups have been leading know-your-rights sessions for months, often to packed venues.

- Whistles are being distributed by the thousands, carried on keychains and worn on coat zippers, always at the ready to be blown in warning if ICE is spotted.

- Drivers are following ICE vehicles, blaring their horns in warning.

- Businesses are locking their doors even while open to keep employees and customers safe. As I type this, I’m standing guard at the locked door of our neighborhood burrito joint while I wait for my takeout order, so the employees can focus on their jobs. The place is packed with neighbors supporting this small business.

- Anti-ICE signs are posted everywhere. The community is making it crystal clear that ICE is not welcome here.

- Parents and neighbors are standing guard outside schools, organizing carpools, and escorting kids to and from school on foot.

- Parents of kids in Spanish-immersion daycare (there are a LOT of these daycares here!) are keeping their kids home so the teachers don’t have to take the risk of coming to work.

- Churches and community groups are holding fundraisers to buy and deliver groceries to families who don’t feel safe leaving home.

- Mutual aid money is going out to folks who can’t make rent because they can’t work or because a breadwinner was abducted, or who need a warm place to stay after their home’s windows were smashed.

THAT is what is happening here. This fight is ongoing and it’s horrifying to watch. But we are not backing down. To my friends in other cities and states, don’t think for a minute that this won’t happen in your town. It will. Be ready. Learn from us, as we have learned from Portland and Chicago and New York. Fight back. Don’t let us get to the last line of Martin Niemoller’s poem.”

victusinveritas

tetrafelino

voiceofaboud

She is dying. My little niece’s lips are torn open from the freezing cold in Gaza. Ignoring this could cost her life.

voiceofaboud

Her lips are cracked and bleeding, not just dry. She is too small to explain her pain, but she feels it every moment.

voiceofaboud

This may look small, but it is unbearable for her. Please donate urgently to treat her and buy milk before it’s too late.

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“no one’s ever mad at me unless they tell me so” is the best assumption i’ve ever made

dustsculptures

sorry for tagwatching but you still have to act like they aren’t mad at you imo! bc it’s the mad person’s duty to make it known if they want anything changed. it is never anyone’s duty to be a mind reader.