it is extremely sobering as a trans woman trying to articulate a materialist analysis of her own position politically socially and historically AS a woman, and to be not only confronted with but confronted by — that is to say, challenged by — a trans man whose explicit out-loud position boils down to "wait now, hold on, i actually want to be thought of as a different kind of man to whom different rules apply and who is only a man in some situations — when you guys [sic] say you're women you're actually serious?" and to be clear i don't think this is true of most trans men or is in any way like, essential to trans men, but it keeps happening. how many of these guys are there??
@mokeonn tags were like cold water for my brain
fantastically good tags by @viscer-aa
i have sometimes had disillusioned and hurt trans women ask me where to find the transmascs who actually do stand with us in solidarity, well sisters THEYRE IN THE NOTES OF THIS POST BEING BASED AS FUCK
@404ravens with yet more excellence in the tags
