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Hey, hey, look me in the eyes when I tell you this okay? The whole "do trans women or trans men have it worse?" debate going on right now is the most obvious CIA bullshit on earth cause honestly we've both got it pretty shitty and fighting each other isn't helping anyone
what I mean: "sexual intercourse" is as much a social construct as "romantic courtship," and you discover this very quickly as a queer person if you try to talk to able bodied straight cis people who literally think the only thing that counts as Actual Sex is penis-in-vagina penetration, like they call oral "foreplay" it's so dire. various people have a lot of vested interest in cleanly defining "sex" vs "not sex" for a whole slew of reasons (ex. censorship dodging and enforcing, conferring the social clout of virginity and prowess, finding and closing loopholes about premarital sex, deciding what relationships "count" as serious partnerships, ligating what is general assault vs sexual assault vs Something That's Definitely Probably Fine And Not Sexual At All, Actually, etc.), and it's really not something you can just fall back on as obvious common sense that people are dumb for questioning.
what I say: sex isn't real and you can't have it
Transphobes can die mad 🤷🏻
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I'm sorry, but as someone who watched the "birthing persons" debacle in real time...
As someone who watched multiple people have their "why I left the left" moment over being asked to include transmascs in medical language...
As someone who watched transmascs be told to "shut the fuck up and quit whining" when asking for it to be called literally anything but "women's healthcare"...
As someone who watched terms like "chestfeeding" be treated as an utter laughingstock, even by "allies..."
As someone who had my cautions that abortion bans paired with corrective rape are tools to forcibly detransition trans men, be met with an accusation that I was the transphobic one for "implying pregnant men aren't men anymore..."
I have lost the ability to actually count anyone outside of the community of activists against transphobia to actually care about reproductive injustice as applied to transmascs, AFAB nonbinary people, and others. If I see a cis woman talking about "transandrodorks," I know immediately that she at best has never considered trans men who need reproductive healthcare, and at worst- and more likely- actively relishes the thought of trans men being denied lifesaving care to punish them for "betraying" womanhood.
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UCLA’s SDS Sigma-7 computer. In 1969 this machine became the first node on ARPANET, early packet-switching network and predecessor of today’s Internet.
I watched some videos by that guy who set up a fake ICE hotline to get people to snitch on members of their community. Not only is this very real and useful praxis- he's preventing these ghouls from reaching the real ICE- he also handles the calls in a really amazing way.
For the most part, he doesn't make accusations or insults people, he just repeats back the appalling shit they're telling him. And they get fucking furious. The example that went viral was him fielding a call from a kindergarten teacher who wanted to report one of her student's parents.
This absolutely disgusting piece of shit thought that the parents were "illegals" who were "taking up resources" because they weren't born in the US. The child was a US citizen because he was born here, but she wanted the "ICE" agent to "look into it."
So this dude just starts repeating stuff back like "so you want me to load the parents of the 5-year-old child you teach into a van and deport them, right?" and this bitch has the gall to say "you make it sound terrible 😅" in a self-conscious way. And then when he finally makes a more direct insult by nonchalantly saying that the 5-year-old "must be a major threat to national security," she demands to speak to his supervisor (which he agrees to and then makes no effort to change his voice for lmao).
This is far from the only call where the whole "repeat their rhetoric back to them" tactic pisses the caller off, too. As rotten, immoral, and disgusting as these ghouls are, I believe there's a tiny part of them that is aware of how fucked up their beliefs and behavior are. Being forced to confront that leads to painful cognitive dissonance and they'd rather lash out at the person who criticized them than look inward and do some self-reflection. Forcing people to confront their own cognitive dissonance of "I'm a good person" clashing with "I have objectively gross and harmful beliefs" is useful, even if it will never go anywhere.
Something that also got me was how the teacher kept looking for OP to soothe and assuage her ego/conscience and got progressively more agitated when he wouldn’t. This is someone who desperately needs to think she’s a good person who is doing good things when what she’s doing is objectively heinous.
She thought she was in the right because she was trying to tear apart this family in a “polite” and indirect way. She’s not the one holding a gun and herding people into an unmarked van, after all. The fact that her call would have directly led to that outcome doesn’t register as culpability to her until OP makes her connect the dots. THAT’S why she got upset, because she was forced to acknowledge the blood on her hands.
Butch positivity post for
💖butches who take estrogen 💖
💖Butches who use she/her pronouns exclusively 💖
💖Butches who voice train💖
💖Butches who get laser hair removal/electrolysis💖
💖Butches who get breast augmentation 💖
💖Butches who get facial feminization surgery 💖
💖Butches who get orchi💖
💖Butches who get vaginoplasty💖
💖Transfem butches in who do none/any/all of the above.💖
You are seen, you are loved, and you are no less valid as a butch or as a lesbian.
the craziest thing about being transmasc or a trans man is that people LOVE to say you’re gonna look ugly, gonna turn ugly etc. and personally for a while i bought into this nonsense. but one day i decided fuck it, decided to transition and you know what happened? i still retained the most handsome parts of the person i was before. but i looked happier. i looked more beautiful, more handsome, prettier, stylish, hot. because i finally looked like me & so much happier and confident. anyway, this is just to say - go transition dude, if you’re hesitating. you will only look even more handsome & beautiful, fuck their propaganda.
i literally thought me & this guy were on the same side until the last sentences i was nodding along fondly 😭
Papercraft commission of Xie Lian and Ruoye! The client requested that I pose them to look like they were dancing together, and y'all know I love dancing poses! So I took great glee in making Ruoye look extra flowy and detailed and ribbon-like to match Xie Lian's graceful movement. ^_^
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im gonna cry this person is so sweet to their fish
Joy and whimsy I found on another platform! How joyful and whimsical!
the problem with the idea that we can bully cis men out of toxic masculinity is that toxic masculinity is fundamentally about bullying people seen as men into "proper" behavior. the patriarchy is absolutely in love with casual cruelty and shame as a way of modifying behavior. and whenever i see people trying to use toxic masculinity tactics but for feminist aims it makes me want to bite the walls. oh wow you are telling depressed boys that if they feel bad about themselves its all their fault for being a whiny bitch? are you also selling a $200 get rich quick scheme and sawdust supplements by any chance
#wild to me because I keep seeing people like “oh I should be nice and friendly to someone who's actively trying to kill me then?”#like no there is in fact a middle ground between. checking my notes.#being mean to struggling people. and being personally responsible for struggling people to your own detriment#there are in fact a whole spectrum of middle grounds#“ignoring someone” is in fact an option#but the same people who are like “what do you want me to be personally responsible for a man's transformation?”#will then use bullying tactics and claim the shame will help the men in a transformation?#it sounds like you're still using energy to get involved but you just get mad when people ask you to do it in ways that are effective praxis#you can't have it both ways. either get involved in an effective and humane way or. like. don't get involved LOL!
pulling out these tags because they are great. specifically i think more people need to hear "hating on men is still giving men your energy and you aren't even spending that energy on effective praxis"
people who are sinking a lot of time, effort, and ego into Being Mean To People For Good Reasons get incredibly fucking mad when you tell them that being Nice To People For The Same Reasons accomplishes their stated goals way more effectively.
and then you find out that the Reasons were actually Excuses and being mean was the entire point.
and that now that they know that you know this they're going to try and kill you.
im working on a longer post about this, but my short and sweet guide to buying a used car is as follows:
-there is nothing more expensive than a cheap german car
-do not buy anything with a turbo unless you are willing to spend the money to replace said turbo or maybe if it's super low mileage (i would still be very cautious in this case)
-if it seems too good to be true it probably is
-do not buy anything that has been modded
-if you're looking at something that is popular with tuners it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with what the engine bay looks like when it's stock
-if you've got your eye on a specific model ask around about potential issues. there are forums for pretty much any car you can think of and people there are usually happy to help you out.
-always have a mechanic look at the car before you buy it
-do not buy anything with flood damage. close the tab the moment you see the words "flood damage". i dont care how great the car seems.
-used car dealers have a reputation for a reason. don't believe anything they tell you without documentation
-i hope this has gotten better, but when I was in highschool it was common for women and girls to take a male friend or relative along because sellers were less likely to try and swindle them if there was a man present. this isn't a piece of advice i hear passed around much anymore, but im including it anyway
-try to find something that has had a low number of owners. the closer to 1 the better.
- shelling out the ~$40 for the Carfax is absolutely worth it. Idk about elsewhere but here in Cali it's been really common for folks to roll back the odometer and lie about the actual amount of miles on the vehicle.
drive it down a straightaway at about 30 mph and stop as hard as you can if that is an option, like in the parking lot. also manhandle the steering and listen for any noises. take it down the highway for at least 10 minutes. let it run for a few minutes and check underneath to see if there is any unusual dripping (dont run the ac or you will confuse yourself). check all the engine belts for any kind of greasy substance (deodorant will hide a belt squeak). bring a penny and check the tires- you want to put it upside down so abes head is pointing into the tread- if you can see the top of his head, those tires need replaced. have someone follow you and stop if any white smoke comes out of the tailpipe (works only if the temp is above 20 degrees, otherwise it will get disguised. i dont normally recommend buying a car in the winter if you can help it anyway) because if it does you have an oil problem most likely (that is how i learned the car i bought with my brother had a bad valve cover gasket) and ALWAYS familiarize yourself with any lemon law your state may have.
really wish medical terminology would just drop "male" and "female" entirely -_-
it's clunkier, but probably 85% of the things labeled "male" and "female" can just be described with the anatomical name of the relevant part. we don't need to say "female genitals" (or worse, "afab genitals") when we can simply specify "natal vagina" or "uterus" or "neovagina" or "vulva" or anything else that's relevant. i'm tired.
This thing. Checklist of what's there or not.
