TERFs have done more harm to feminism than any other group within feminism because they are both the group most willing to ally with the right-wing in order to achieve their goal of oppressing and marginalizing trans women, and they are the group most likely to actually hate men in the sort of violent, over-the-top way that is often taken and used in propaganda by anti-feminists. They are simultaneously the group helping to open up rifts in the LGBT+ movement, and the group that openly says and writes things that clearly only help the reactionary right-wing build their propaganda base.

TERFs are harmful and only harmful. Trans women are women and I love all my trans friends. TERFs can fuck off.

fullyrealized:

i think the thing that makes me angriest about the entire culture of people being forced to set up online fundraisers for things like medical treatments and basic necessities is that at least 99% of the people who donate are people who are ALSO struggling but just slightly less, people who think “well i was saving this $20 for lunch this week but this person who needs chemo could probably use it more”, while a single billionaire could fund every online fundraiser in existence and not even notice a dent in their wealth

It is a scientifically proven fact that poor people are overwhelmingly more compassionate than rich people. This has been repeatedly shown by numerous studies over the years, and it’s honestly fucking disgusting.

The hypothetical billionaire in the OP’s statement has a choice between helping their fellow human beings – a choice will not negatively affect their daily standard of living at all, I should mention – and literally eating gold for no fucking reason other than for the sake of eating gold, and you know that they’re going to choose to eat the fucking gold every fucking time.

Eat the fucking rich.

ithotyouknew2:

pastimperfection:

ithotyouknew2:

The word queer really gets on my nerves like I was trying to chat this girl up and flirt and it turns out “queer” for her just meant she dates trans men like hoe you’re straight leave me alone

Not to be a bitch but I feel like there is a small but non-negligible and vocal “queer” demographic who started using “queer” because they figured out that if they actually went into detail about their identity politics people would call them bigoted creeps.

And that’s tea.

pustluk:

pustluk:

pustluk:

binarized Socialization arguments are like universally terrible

i remember this one woman came into my inbox in response to a post i made, Instructing me that many of the trends i’d put out there about trans women’s childhoods were also applicable to gay men–that she thought i wasn’t aware of this, having had an eight year gay boy phase, is also p laughable–finishing it up with “SURELY you don’t believe gay men aren’t socialized as men?”

and like idk sis, if you’re suggesting that i don’t think gendered socialization can be neatly circumscribed by two oppositional and quasi-moral categories, yeah. you pretty much Got Me.

that and it’s super weird that people with these same subscriptions will be the first to argue that their womanhood is determined (sometimes solely) by their being gay and contoured to that experience and, like, that’s fair, but for some reason they seem incapable of extending that idea to any other gendered subjectivity. hmmmm

of all the thousands of dudes who’ve written thinkpieces on why we don’t need feminism i think “how could i hurt women when i’m biologically wired to be a Protector?” is very very probably the worst line of any of them i read it this morning and ive still got chills. the bad chills

“traps aren’t trans women, they’re effeminate gay dudes who crossdress to deceive and fuck straight guys”
ok but you’ve, just decided to counter an accusation of transphobia with “checkmate, i’m a huge transphobe AND homophobe. weren’t expecting that one hey?”. like you really thought your knowledge of fetish anime would make you look Less Gross

clitcheese:

hey the only reason we think of dingos as wild animals is because so many of them were left without their humans after colonisation collapsed so many indigenous societies. they have all the characteristics of domestication and were a part of indigenous societies as pets and hunting dogs. they’re just regular dogs that white people made homeless on a continental scale

as soon as i wrote this i realised i need a disclaimer; pls don’t keep them as a pet unless you’re actually an expert, you can’t keep them inside and they have a completely different set of behaviours to regular dogs and they’re apparently a huge and dangerous pain in the ass when they decide it’s time to breed. while they’re domesicated dogs they’re an offshoot that’s completely different to anything you’re used to when you think of regular dogs. please don’t get your baby ate bc of me

ulto:

ulto:

femme doesnt mean straight-passing

like femme literally does not mean “any lesbian who a man would fuck given the chance” or “lesbians who look straight” or “lesbians that are still pretty” it is a very specific identity and a lot of women who are femme are still perceived as gay by straight people. and vice versa butch doesnt mean “lesbian who wears pants and has short hair” butches can look like a lot of things THEY ARE VERY COMPLEX IDENTITIES

hey the only reason we think of dingos as wild animals is because so many of them were left without their humans after colonisation collapsed so many indigenous societies. they have all the characteristics of domestication and were a part of indigenous societies as pets and hunting dogs. they’re just regular dogs that white people made homeless on a continental scale

Re. Your post about people getting involved in debates that they don’t have any business being in: I absolutely get that. So I figured if people are blindly trying to get involved, is there a way they can get involved that’s actually helpful? Or is it better to wait for people who are sex workers to explicitly ask them for help before they stick their nose in? (Also I’m sorry that anons are scaring you.)

patrexes:

if you’re a civilian coming across some swerf rhetoric or just gross discourse in general and you really desperately feel like doing something, what you can do first is see if a sex worker has already refuted it — reblog their response instead of writing your own.

if nobody’s responded to it directly, consider responding with the bulk of your response being quotes from swers and links to swers addressing the issue in question.

i’ve definitely asked people to field responses for me before, ngl, and if someone asks you to cover a topic theyve like, discussed with you before, that’s totally chill. and if in real life somebody says some bullshit obviously there’s gonna rarely be a safe situation where you can redirect them to the nearest sex worker (and you shouldnt do that anyway lgr). just like, remember that you’re not speaking from experience, you don’t necessarily understand our experiences no matter how close you are with a sex worker, and definitely don’t speak over or argue with us about our lived experiences.

yeah, i know sometimes sex workers can say some fucked up shit about our jobs. i’ve talked about it before. but it’s solidly an intracommunity thing, so just let us handle it amongst ourselves.

on a wider scale, you can support sex workers by supporting the nswp, the red umbrella fund, swop, and others, get involved in protests, sit ins, and the international day to end violence against sex workers (dec 17). and on a much smaller and more personal scale, if you can and want to support us individually — do so! if you’re interested in porn, buy it from sex workers directly instead of going on pornhub! pay for nudes! pay your cam girls (and others)! donate a couple bucks to a sex worker’s ko-fi or paypal if you like their content (sexual or otherwise)!

and if you don’t engage with someone in those contexts or just don’t have money to spare, plain old regular support is still always great. just don’t be…weird about it. keep your “not that there’s anything wrong with that"s and your “i’d do sex work but i don’t like older men"s to yourself, and if someone feels comfortable enough with you to divulge trauma or discomfort with an element of the job, don’t say “i told you so”, or “well you know it’s dangerous”, or “you have to go to the police”. ask what you can do to help, if anything, and assume that they’re able to make their own decisions.