this book is out now!!! it's a short read, less than 200 pages, and it's SO good. i literally had to pause halfway through just to send the author a message about how much i liked it. definitely leans more utopian than scientific, but that makes sense given the format, and i think it has a lot of good things to say.

Most peat moss (And sphagnum moss) sold in the US is strip mined from peat bogs in Canada. First, the bog is drained, then vegetation is removed. Then the peat is harvested, dried, packaged and shipped.

The process destroys the bog ecosystem and releases Co2 into the atmosphere. Don't buy peat products or products containing peat. Use compost or coco coir.

We're still expected to act like a third gender. Sure you fall more into the group of "woman" than the average born male but a lot of the time there's still an implicit understanding that you are to not push too hard on being a real woman. If you talk about the misogyny you face, the ways you enjoy engaging with womanhood, or start happily taking up space, people will often get weirded out. They'll look at you funny, or they may verbalise disgust. A trans woman might be a woman, but it gets awkward when it becomes apparent that the woman in question genuinely believes it to be true and doesn't just want to be humoured.

Goal: €20k/25k

The community kitchen Thomaserena set up the chuffed fundraiser for has been dealing with water and electricity shortages. The water shortage was so dire that the kitchen had to shut down temporarily.

And yet, despite the massive depts Thomaserena has incurred from relocating his family to Egypt and all his mutual aid work, he still took on more to be able to help the kitchen purchase two water tankers. This was a last resort, as there was not enough funds gathered to afford the tankers.

If the water shortage carries on, the kitchen will need to buy more tankers to be able to operate. The price has become even more expensive due to the Sudanese pounds' value hitting an all time low and due to corruption.

All of this is explained in more detail by Thomaserena in his last two updates on Chuffed (posted June 9th and June 11th).

If Thomaserena can find a way to help despite his financial situation, there is no reason you cannot find a way to spare even just $1 or $5. Every little bit counts.

Thomaserena is vetted on SudanFunds.com and has been shared by Sara (bsonblast). If you check the updates section for gfm or chuffed, you can also find proof of the transfers ThomaSerena has made.

The original model of patriarchy was: cis men > cis women. The early transfeminist model of patriarchy was: cis men > cis women > trans people. The current transfeminist model of patriarchy is (and has been for twenty years now, with some shifting language):

Cis men > cis women > TME trans people > TMA trans people.

(If you'd prefer, replace "TME" and "TMA" with "non-transmisogynised" / "non-transfeminised" and "transmisogynised" / "transfeminised", but that's just a minor change of language. Either way, it's trans women, transfems, transfem-adjacent nonbinary people, and transfem-adjacent people from other traditions of gender across the world at the bottom of the hierarchy.)

Cis men are positioned above misogynised people (cis women, trans people) by misogyny, and thus have cis male privilege. Cis people (cis men, cis women) are positioned above trans people by transphobia, and thus have cis privilege. TME people (cis men, cis women, TME trans people) are positioned above TMA trans people by transmisogyny, and thus have TME privilege.

This hierarchy is what the word "transmisogyny" means.

Arguing that cis women are positioned equally to or above cis men in this hierarchy is antifeminist. Arguing that trans people are positioned equally to or above cis women in this hierarchy is antifeminist. Arguing that TMA trans people are positioned equally to or above TME trans people in this hierarchy is antifeminist.