i would say hello but we've met before

before this change, the way to tell the difference between an account that was deacivated versus one that was banned by tumblr was simple: if a deleted account's username was formatted as [original username]-deactivated1234567 (any sequence of numbers) then it was deleted by the account's owner, if that text wasn't present then it was banned by tumblr. now that this grace period's been implemented, however, this added text to the username won't appear on deactivated accounts until the 30-day period is up.

which brings us to gooseworx.

if this change wasn't in effect, we would immediately know whether she was banned by tumblr or if she chose to deactivate of her own volition. there would be no debate on whether this was yet another transmisogyny-inspired banning of a transfem, through mass reporting from "tadc critical" (which are, frankly and for the most part, gooseworx harassment) accounts or staff just being mad at a transfem being transfem too loud and openly.

this update leaves room for debate in this situation. this update gives tumblr plausible deniability.

with them being increasingly held to account for banning transfems en masse "for any reason or no reason at all" (actual quote from the emails received by some transfems in the most egregiously blatant targeted banning of transfems yet), what do you think's more likely- that @staff implemented this update just now out of the goodness of their hearts, or that it was designed to make it less likely for them to get caught next time, and give them more wiggle room to ban transfems as prominent as gooseworx?

i know which answer's most likely. @staff has burned up too much good will for me to give them the benefit of the doubt.

This is a spot from an italian estate agency (we are governed by the right-wing party)

The woman says "Ridiculous..."

The old lady is not in her home. She is at work. She's meant to be what in Italian is called "la portinaia", aka a cross between a doorwoman and cleaner of a residential building. She's in her small "office" space, at the entrance of the building, from where she can survey the coming and goings of the inhabitants. It's a job that has mostly disappeared, but is culturally very clear to us as having the connotation of "potentially gossipy, one-million-percent judgmental woman who sees everything that goes on in the apartment complex, knows everyone and their secrets, and has Strong Opinions™️".

The IWW is a union for all workers!

As long as you are a worker — not an employer — you can join the IWW. Members of other unions (except officers), students, retirees, the unemployed, the self-employed, those in informal professions, and those unable to work may also join. To us, you are all workers. There is a difference in interests at work between employees and employers. Even if someone doesn’t own the business, if they have real hiring and firing power over other workers then they count as an employer to us. By restricting our membership to only workers we make it easier to act in solidarity with other people at your job and improve your working conditions. If you are a worker then you belong in the IWW with us!

- when they really want to say “faggot” but they know it’s a slur they shouldn’t say

- when they really want to say “f*mboy” but they know it’s a slur they shouldn’t say and let’s be real 90% of the time they don’t know or care that it’s a slur they shouldn’t say and they say it anyway used as a synonym for twink meaning faggot

- just straight up transphobia. misgendering and masculinizing transfemmes, feminizing transmascs, forcing a largely gendered term onto nonbinary people etc.

- describing any skinny man of any sexuality with enough traits that are deemed “feminine” or “androgynous”, often straight or maybe bicurious, very little regard for anything else about appearance or presentation (typically standards rooted in white supremacy and misogyny, and homophobic stereotypes)

ways people on the internet don’t use “twink”

- to mean “skinny white hairless young gay guy, historically typically white and blond”, which is the least nuanced but most common actual definition of the term