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It’s infuriating, because these are progressive people, and I’m fairly certain there’s a transmasculine person on their team. Occasionally they’ll throw in the obligatory “women and people who have periods” as an afterthought, but it never goes further than that, as if they haven’t connected the fact that the people being referred to in that statement are transmasculine people (and non-binary, intersex people etc.)

Like, at this point I’m just venting, because transmasculine erasure is so crazy that I can’t really wrap my head around the fact that no matter how progressive a group of people are, it’s almost guaranteed that we will be forgotten the moment any feminist discussions will be brought up.

“Pregnancy should not be tied to womanhood because some women can’t get pregnant.” And also trans men exist.

“Being a teenage girl is far more traumatic than being a teenage boy.” Have you ever spoken to a teenage trans boy.

“Men do not understand what it’s like to be taught survival methods from a young age.” “Men do not understand what it’s like to fear walking home at night.” Trans men do. Black men do as well, but we’re obviously well past an understanding of how intersectionality works.

And on and on it goes, and trans men have to sit back and stay quiet about how everything being said is something that has also affected us (and in a lot of cases, still does, because that shit doesn’t go away the second we transition). Yet, if we point it out, it’s either a quick “yeah yeah sure and trans men too” (well you didn’t even try to include us until it was pointed out to you but this is still the best case scenario) or a downright “we’re not talking about men, stop making everything about men” (no one ever makes it about trans men).

It is a legitimate tactic for defusing a situation that could otherwise escalate to become quite nasty.

The drawing shows a person holding on a bus pole looking worriedly to their left where someone is angrily and aggressively shouting at a muslim person wearing a hijab.

Four panels follow. First says “1. Engage in conversation, sit beside them and say hello. Try to appear calm, collected and welcoming. Ignore the attacker (capitalized)”. It shows the previous character, the bystander, smiling and saying “hi, how are you?” To the muslim person.

Second says “2. Pick a random subject and start discussing it. It can be anything: a movie you liked, the weather, saying you like something they wear and asking where they got it…”. The image shows the bystender sitting next to the woman idly chatting, saying “the weather lately is so… My sister told me about this movie…” The muslim person is smiling while in the foreground, the attacker is fuming, a writing on them says “ignored’

Third says "3. Keep building the safe space. Keep eye contact with them and dont acknowledge the attacker’s presence: the absence from response from you two will push them to leave the area shortly.” The panel shows the bystender and muslim characters talking while the attacker walks away angrily. A text on then says “irrelevant”

Fourth says “4. Continue the conversation until the attacker leaves and escort them to a safe place if necessary. Bring them to a neutral area where they can recollect themselves; respect their wishes if they tell you they’re ok and just want to go.” The panel shows the bystender and muslim characters smiling at each other, with the bystender’s arms around the muslim person’s shoulders.

@echoiiing said it very well.

[image 2: the periodic table of the elements, except that hydrogen and helium are in their own box labeled "Real elements", and elements 3 (lithium) through 118 (oganesson) are labeled "Mental illness".]

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And I keep seeing them used as reactions to each other. You get away from one and fall into the other.

"hey, before you interact, tell me what category of humans you think are inherently evil and disgusting and that we should exterminate to live all peacefully and safely? :)" <- this is how it sounds.