Oh shit, a bug

anyway. I think the problem with a lot of "women's" spaces is that their logic of oppression is based in superstitious bioessentialism rather than the actual logic of how oppression works. so they exclude women who are incredibly more oppressed than them on the basis that something about a person's body makes them dangerous, rather than something about their position in society

so you have women's shelters, institutions based on the logic of protecting people who are oppressed by of the systemic and societal structures of sexgender, which exclude those who are most oppressed by the structures of sexgender, ignoring all data that shows just how vulnerable we are

this is TME privilege at work. to be TME is to either have access to male privilege, or to have access (if at times limited and conditional in the case of trans men) to the institutions and resources meant to protect those who don't. trans women have neither of these things

I understand the logic of including trans men in women's shelters, as the project of these shelters should really, in my opinion, be about protecting those oppressed by the structures of sexgender--aka, everyone who isn't a cis man--despite the naming. however, it's telling that a recent post I made about "afab only housing" was quickly derailed from "trans women are explicitly being discriminated against" to "hey, trans men are sometimes not allowed access to these spaces either!" to "trans men are afab, so they should be allowed into women's shelters, but trans women should have to remove their genitals or stay on the street"

the logic underpinning the inclusion of trans men in these spaces is often a bioessentialist logic that excludes trans women, which I think is part of why many of us are wary and combative about arguments on why trans men should be included in "women's" spaces. what these arguments should be based in is, in my opinion, exactly as I said: protecting those oppressed by the structures of sexgender

These orgs seem to have genuine difficulty reasoning about how risk factors in our society work in a material sense. Like it's always made about who is ontologically predisposed to do harm, rather than who has the opportunities and the incentives.

"drug seeking" as a patient label one of the most dogshit stupid concepts of all time. fuuuck everybody look out this guy came in here expecting medical treatment. better watch out in case he goes to a restaurant and starts food seeking

lmfao I just saw zohran doing the inaugural swim in a full suit and tie, the schtick genuinely gets funnier the more he does it. My only complaint is should have worn swim trunks OVER the suit

I’ve never seen high school musical and now I never need to

Basketball basketball we love basketball

unrestrained summer fun

We go through a lot of pickles here and this recipe is a good way to use leftover brine.

(To the tune of Rasputin): BLEH BLEH DRACULA, KING OF TRANSYLVANIA, HE IS A BAT AND ALSO A MAN

Unironically I think the early to mid 20s age group in America has unbelievably bad consent boundaries on all levels and so much language to defend it but this makes me sound like elon musk if I say it however the commonality of someone who will be like “I had 47 panic attacks and it’s your fault” if you tell them no is insane

I rejected someone and got called “the scariest person I’ve ever met” with so much therapy speak interspersed like alright okay alright okay alright okay

“You just say whatever you’re thinking and I don’t know how to handle it” was verbatim part of this conversation. Also everyone hates to see an autistic bitch