A Difficult Woman

My friend and I used to watch Gilmore girls afterschool each day and debate the previous day’s episode on the way home.

My friend and I used to watch Gilmore girls afterschool each day and debate the previous day’s episode on the way home.

I know better than this but obviously sometimes I give in to temptation and comment on a TRA post with ‘hey… have you met basic biology?’

I know better than this but obviously sometimes I give in to temptation and comment on a TRA post with ‘hey… have you met basic biology?’

for some reason its mostly transphobic outlets talking about this, but a model was forced to resign after coming out as a trans man, after already having faced a ton of exorsexist transphobia while out as nb, because he was told he was "insufficiently masculine" to model as a man and stopped getting work opportunities after coming out.

#definitely not the point of the post but also insufficiently masculine???#i could find photos of about a hundred cis guys who like that#some of whom are in the modelling industry

This is an excellent example of how transphobia against trans men isn’t only transphobia, but a combination of transphobia, misogyny, AND a hatred of their masculinity. This trans men is directly affected in a negative way for being a trans MAN. It also shows the double-bind, this trans man is barred from the agency because he no longer identifies with a woman gender identity or femininity, but ALSO is barred for not meeting standards of masculinity (even though this guy has a very masculine face and he looks like any other cis male model). This is the space many trans men find ourselves in, where we are punished both for rejecting womanhood/femininity is a woman way, and are excluded from manhood and masculinity (while also being demonized for wanting that masculinity and manhood by other queer and trans people, and being essentially blamed for being trans).

Sorry but you’re all getting so tied up in queer theory and being offended that you’re forgetting about reality. This is the model:

@baited-beth is a radfem, to nobody's surprise. TERFs can't go a single post without embarrassing themselves, that's how you know. If you're gonna call someone's hips feminine, at least choose someone who has more hips than a starved 14 yo twink...

Christ alive. I’m not the one embarrassing myself here.

for some reason its mostly transphobic outlets talking about this, but a model was forced to resign after coming out as a trans man, after already having faced a ton of exorsexist transphobia while out as nb, because he was told he was "insufficiently masculine" to model as a man and stopped getting work opportunities after coming out.

#definitely not the point of the post but also insufficiently masculine???#i could find photos of about a hundred cis guys who like that#some of whom are in the modelling industry

This is an excellent example of how transphobia against trans men isn’t only transphobia, but a combination of transphobia, misogyny, AND a hatred of their masculinity. This trans men is directly affected in a negative way for being a trans MAN. It also shows the double-bind, this trans man is barred from the agency because he no longer identifies with a woman gender identity or femininity, but ALSO is barred for not meeting standards of masculinity (even though this guy has a very masculine face and he looks like any other cis male model). This is the space many trans men find ourselves in, where we are punished both for rejecting womanhood/femininity is a woman way, and are excluded from manhood and masculinity (while also being demonized for wanting that masculinity and manhood by other queer and trans people, and being essentially blamed for being trans).

Sorry but you’re all getting so tied up in queer theory and being offended that you’re forgetting about reality. This is the model:

We cannot and must not forget Magdalen Berns. We have to protect her memory and legacy.

“Patriarchy is a system that works to men’s advantage over women, but it also sets men in competition with each other, which creates losers. Men who lose find it easy to blame women, rather than see how the system kicks weaker and disadvantaged men in the teeth. However, it is not the responsibility of women to mop away the tears of the men who lose through patriarchy.”