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radfem 101 is coming back

Hey everyone! I'm so sorry for the unannounced break and the nearly three year long silence. In that time, a lot of things happened (obviously) and I was extremely burnt out from radical feminist activism, from seeing the terrible things happening to women day after day and trying to bring attention to them, from the abuse on social media, from everything. I have been suffering with some health issues for a long time, and in the last few years they've got a lot worse. With all this combined, this tumblr was the last thing I had on my mind.

However, I did still write some stuff for it. It never reached what I wanted it to be when I started - I wanted a one-stop-shop for radical feminism beginners, and that included in depth explanations of radical feminist beliefs, which I never got around to. I would really like to finish that at the very least.

I truly believe that this little blog could be something useful and important to people, and I hope that it can reach its potential.

I have plans on adding in more pages that go further in depth about radical feminism, writing essays about pop culture etc. from a radical feminist point of view, and of course, reblogging as much stuff as possible that I believe needs to be seen. I still want to keep this place welcoming to newcomers and people who just want to find out what radical feminism is without joining. I still plan on making sure that this blog shows the truth about radical feminism without getting too complex and nitty-gritty. I still want to make this blog a great resource that radical feminists can use to find sources, citations, and community. I hope this can be something you can introduce your friends to, your sisters to, your mothers to - and show them that radical feminism is not how it's portrayed in the media and society at large.

I hope some of you are still willing to bare with me while I deal with all of this, and while I am inevitably going to need to take breaks again. I'm barely more healthy than I was before, and I still get deeply affected by seeing the things women are put through daily.

Thank you ever so much, everyone who has followed and reblogged and liked and replied to all the posts so far. It means so much to me. I had a lot of things I was going to add to this, but I really struggled to find the words to write. Just know that I'm proud of what we have made here so far, and I fully intend on making it better. There's two posts left in the queue that never got posted, so I'm going to post them now and then there'll be a bit more of a break until I can get new content and hear your suggestions.

If you have any suggestions of things you would like to see on this blog, any particular things you'd like explained or talked about, any content you'd like posted, any new features or additions, please let me know! I am actively seeking out what you want. Literally anything (within the bounds of this blog being a radical feminism explainer blog)

-- @resister-sister

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masterpost of masterposts!

anti porn stats

Marsha P Johnson

Stonewall riots

anti porn stats + receipts

(I will be adding more to this, I can only copy a few links at once)

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Hey all! I want to get a good collection of radfem resources going! 

What have you found useful in becoming a radical feminist or gender critical? What are your favourite radfem books? Writers? Videos? Anything! Please reblog and help add to this post for all future radfems!

I’ll start: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez has completely blown my mind in so many ways. I genuinely had no idea how deep the inequality goes in society, from simple things like why mobile phones have stopped fitting in my hands to things like bulletproof armour or seatbelts not fitting women properly. 

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We are currently looking for radfems who are willing to accept messages/questions in their inbox about radical feminism! If you are open for questions or discussions from anyone who would like to learn about radical feminism, please reblog/reply with your name, and you will be added to the list.

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Today is International Detrans Awareness Day

Many women who are now radical feminists or gender critical (including myself) used to identify as something under the "trans" umbrella.

There are so many people struggling because they are not allowed to speak about their negative experiences with gender or the medicalisation of their non-conformity. We need to speak about this so anyone experiencing this knows that you are okay; you are not going crazy, you are not making a mistake, not staying trans doesn't mean that your feelings about your body never existed or are magically fixed.

This can be an issue with a lot of complex and private feelings, but if you are willing to share your own detransition story, please do, either on your own blog or via this post.

Please spread the word about #DetransAwarenessDay today and let people know we exist and we will not be silenced. We demand better treatment of gender dysphoria and detransitioners. We demand acknowledgment and respect.

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Welcome!

Hello and welcome to radfem 101! 

In this tumblr, I will be compiling information about the very basics of radical feminism (radfem) and gender criticism (GC). I will include some places to sources to learn more, and posts from other people. This is aimed at people who want to learn more about radfem, either because they are interested in joining/becoming allies, or because they want to know what they say they're against. Please feel free to ask me anything regarding radfem/GC! I am more than happy to help, and I am fine having discussions so long as they don't turn into bad faith arguing. I am also willing to keep questions confidential if you would like that, though you are free to share anything if you wish.

This blog is currently under construction and run by one person (resister-sister). It may take a little bit of time to get the actual information up and accessible. If any other radfem would like to help, please contact me! 

Thank you very much for reading this! I hope I can be of help in the near future! 

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Hey! New radical feminist here! So I am straight girl (very important for the rest). I have always been raise by my father only (my mom leave us when I was 4 years old) and I am currently in a relationship with an amazing man. I consider my father to be my hero but I agree with everything radical feminist says. And I sometimes feel like radical feminist think every man are horrible. I just the reassurance that this is not the case.

Hey! Welcome to the community!

The belief in how ~horrible~ individual men are really varies depending on the man and the radfem in question. Some radfems make no exceptions and want to be completely separated from men entirely, some view men as potential allies and believe that staying in an integrated society is better. 

In your case, if you value the relationships that you have with those men, then that’s fine. You need to acknowledge the oppression men as a class have towards women, and know that no man can be truly separated from that, however. I think it would be really useful for you to speak to some straight radfems and ask their thoughts on male relationships! 

Any straight radfems able to share advice?

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confession: i am starting to feel disconnected from radical feminism.

I’m really sorry you feel that (I’m also sorry that sounded so disingenuous, I really mean it). What are you struggling with about radfem? I’ve definitely had problems with it, either because of the community or because of the overwhelming sadness and anger that knowing the extent of misogyny brings. When I feel that way, I take a break from all radfem places. I do things I want to do outside of radfem. Each time, I come back, because I really believe in radical feminism, even if there are bad people in the community or I can find it hard to deal with the immense suffering of being female. Maybe one day I won’t return, but I will still believe in radical feminism, with all my heart. Just on my own, in my own way.

Take a break. Do hobbies outside of radfem. Try not to think about it for a week or two. And then at some point, you’ll either want to come back and rejoin radical feminism, or you’ll want to leave. There are lots of other kinds of feminism out there, it’s not exclusively radfem or libfem (though most can fall into one of those two categories). If you don’t feel like radical feminism fits with where you’re at in life anymore, have a look at those, or make your own! Pick and choose, so long as you understand where those things come from and why. 

I don’t know if you were looking for advice or just a place to vent. I’m the kind of person who gives others advice even when they aren’t looking for it. Either way, I hope this helped you. If you want to talk more you can message me privately, on here or @resister-sister. 

Has anyone else felt disconnected from radfem? What have you done about it? Do you experience radfem burnout, too?