Red-eyed, teeth bared

transandrophobia is a subset of misogyny

‘Cis people engage in gender affirmation too!!’ Yes those are called gender roles, we used to be able to acknowledge how they’re restrictive and imposed on everyone from birth….

"gender affirming surgeries are just like cosmetic surgery done by cis people!" Yes and we hate those too

I’ll never forget when I was arguing with a person in favor of total prison abolition and I asked them “what about violent offenders?” And they said “Well, in a world where prisons have been abolished, we’ll have leveled the playing field and everyone will have their basic needs met, and crime won’t be as much of an issue.” And then I was like “okay. But…no. Because rich people also rape and murder, so it isn’t just a poor person thing. So what will we do about that?” And I don’t think they answered me after that. I’m ashamed to say I continued to think that the problem was that I simply didn’t understand prison abolitionists enough and that their point was right in front of me, and it would click once I finally let myself understand it. It took me a long time to realize that if something is going to make sense, it needs to make sense. If you want to turn theory into Praxis (I’m using that word right don’t correct me I’ll vomit) everyone needs to be on board, which mean it all needs to click and it needs to click fast and fucking clear. You need to turn a complex idea into something both digestible and flexible enough to be expanded upon. Every time I ask a prison abolitionist what they actually intend to do about violent crime, I get directed to a summer reading list and a BreadTuber. It’s like a sleight-of-hand trick. Where’s the answer to my question. There it is. No wait, there it is. It’s under this cup. No it isn’t. “There’s theory that can explain this better than I can.” As if most theory isn’t just a collection of essays meant to be absorbed and discussed by academics, not the average skeptic. “Read this book.” And the book won’t even answer the question. The book tells you to go ask someone else. “Oh, watch this so-and-so, she totally explains it better than me.” Why can’t you explain it at all? Why did you even bring it up if you were going to point me to someone else to give me the basics that you should probably already know? Maybe I’m just one of those crazy people who thinks that some people need to be kept away from the public for everyone’s good. Maybe that just makes me insane. Maybe not believing that pervasive systemic misogyny could be solved with a UBI and a prayer circle makes me a bad guy. But it’s not like women’s safety is a priority anyway. It’s not like there is an objective claim to be made that re-releasing violent offenders or simply not locking them up is deadly.

TRAs saying “abolish the gender binary” without realizing that means abolishing the whole “gender” thing

I dont wanna hear about stonewall anymore its a real and meaningful event but the way people make up mythos about it and pretend like gay rights movements worldwide were started at a random (and apparently mediocre) american bar in the 1960s and that every homosexual has to be beholden to the mythos of whatever tiktok is claiming happened there today is just exhausting. I read someone saying "marsha p johnson threw the first brick" is starting to sound more and more like "jesus died for your sins" and i couldn't agree more. Its exhausting, full of historically inaccurate myths by people, and just plain not relevant to homosexuals in 2026 especially the many homosexuals who are not american.

Also people seem to think their demographic (DEBATABLY) being present there seems to carry over to the moral weight of them just existing today. "Marsha threw the first brick" is not reminding people of a gay activist its saying "give ME respect for something i didn't do". We know damn well your doordashing nintendo switch 2 playing non dish doing ass would not have been at protests fighting police for gay rights even if you were alive.

my favorite type of post right now is people talking about purity culture but their idea of purity culture is like "someone who isnt okay with every fetish/kink" so instead of discussing the actual impact of purity culture you just get a bunch of people screaming facist because you said you dont think someone who indulges in pedophilic fantasies should be a middle school math teacher.

my favorite part about this post is how many people read it and disregarded the part about how derailed conversations about purity culture are from the impacts of purity culture to instead decide that i want laws to allow absolute government surveillance in peoples bedrooms.

Man, these kids bum me the fuck out.

Here's an example of how the normalization of patriarchal beauty standards hurts us all. Im perfectly able to believe that this person has never seen a woman with a happy trail, even though plenty of us have them naturally (I have one myself). The fact that the vast majority of women are removing this totally natural, harmless feature makes women feel like freaks for having it themselves.

Link to the article quoted above: https://www.feministcurrent.com/2017/11/20/much-women-achieve-rejected-expensive-time-consuming-beauty-routines/

Just to be clear here, if you are TME and you are fantasizing about being TMA because we're "so transgressive", stop that line of thought. TMA folks die for those transgressions, and even those of us who don't die of it are punished to the point of extreme trauma for it. You can fantasize about it because you can, from outside, view the benefits of transgression without experiencing the negative consequences of it. It is EXTREMELY offensive to be painted as "so lucky" for something which has left me afraid to exist freely. It's like if you saw me complaining about my disability and said "Wow, you're so lucky that you have a disability, I'd love for people to fawn over me!", not only are you ignoring the massive negatives, but you're assuming a positive that doesnt really exist. So fuck off

Just to be clear here, if you are male and you are fantasizing about being a woman because we're "so transgressive", stop that line of thought. Female folks die for those transgressions, and even those of us who don't die of it are punished to the point of extreme trauma for it. You can fantasize about it because you can, from outside, view the benefits of transgression without experiencing the negative consequences of it. It is EXTREMELY offensive to be painted as "so lucky" for something which has left me afraid to exist freely. It's like if you saw me complaining about my disability and said "Wow, you're so lucky that you have a disability, I'd love for people to fawn over me!", not only are you ignoring the massive negatives, but you're assuming a positive that doesnt really exist. So fuck off