#betvous

[afrenomes]

betvous said: I’m old enough that I wondered where you’d found the ‘87 series and then I remembered they remade it. oh yeah lol i'm watching the one starring Kristen Kreuk (who's cute as hell btw)

[goylentgreen]

desciiuit answered: I personally hate the idea that only women can’t be feminists, not just for that reason, but also shouldn’t everyone want gender equality?

Well, the people who support it think that everyone who is not a feminist should use the label "feminist ally". So it's not that they are trying to limit who does and doesn't want gender equality, but rather, the label being applied to those who do. But saying feminist ally is just repetitive since feminist means someone who is an ally to women and who supports gender equality. 

thisfeministmadeline answered: My feelings all the time. And then the gender of dfab people are assumed women because they are in feminist spaces.

Exactly! It can be seen, in some ways, to be trans-exclusionary. Yet, I've heard this sentiment from plenty of anti-TERF feminists before. It also contributes to erasure of trans/non-binary individuals, which, as we know, is really not okay. 

betvous said: Mainstream, white, feminism’s treatment of non binary and trans issues is horrid. Men identifying as feminist worries me less. Though a man who insists on using the label and gets huffy about it is suspicious

I do understand being suspicious of those kinds of men--that much is understandable and often very valid. But the only people who have never once experienced misogyny are cis men, so if the label was purely about them, I might be more understanding of the argument for it. 

[afrenomes]

betvous said: I have a story - white, male dude sitting next to my tichel covered head saying, in ed journal club meeting, that Francis Collins (NIH head) is faking his faith for votes & we shouldn’t give students the idea faith is compatible with doing science oh wow

[afrenomes]

betvous replied to your post: why mycroft, joan why

I know right and the actor who plays him is not hot at all. There is really no excuse

exactly

she could do soooo much better

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betvous replied to your post: Is reading the RSVPs of people who cou...

at the wedding? weird. Official “talking” at a wedding should be kept to a bare minimum in my opinion (religious/civil necessities, intros and speeches short)

This was on the latest Sherlock so I was confused.