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"Radical feminism is just misandry." Radical feminism is first and foremost about *women*, not men. Men just happen to be the number one threat to women, and we must discuss that given that we are fighting for our rights. Much of the community is about female positivity and not just the negative side of things. Also, misandry is not real.

"TERFs believe infertile women/women who've had hysterectomies/women who've had mastectomies aren't women." No. Lots of people like to say that TERFs reduce women to their biology and ability to reproduce, but that claim came out of nowhere. Ask any self-identified TERF and they will tell you they only have one singular condition for being a woman: being female. "TERFs are right wing." Absolutely not! They may disagree with most progressives on one singular issue, but that does not make them conservative or right wing. All radfems are progressive, given that fighting for women's rights is an inherently progressive thing. All radfems I've met are economically left-leaning as well. "Donald Trump/Ben Shapiro/any transphobic person is a TERF." The 'RF' in TERF stands for 'radical feminist'. First off, most radfems do not believe men can be radical feminists in the first place. Even if they could, these men are misogynists and thus ideologically opposed to radfems. Conservative men are opposed to transgender ideology because they find it scandalous, against their religion, contrary to the traditional nuclear family that they idolise, etc. TERFs on the other hand oppose it because (in its mainstream iteration at least) it erases sex-based oppression and villainises women for things like having sexual preferences. "TERFs are against gender non-conformity/want to uphold gender roles." This is the total opposite of the truth. Radical feminists believe in gender abolition, with gender non-conformity being part of that ultimate goal. Radical feminists are also against conforming to beauty standards, shaving, wearing makeup, etc., all examples of gender-conformity for women. Part of the reason many radical feminists disagree with gender ideology is because we believe that you do not need to change yourself if your outward expression does not "match" your sex according to society. Many radical feminists are themselves GNC. "Radical feminism is white feminism." Another demonstrably false but commonly repeated sentiment. Radical feminists hail from all backgrounds and countries. Let's not ignore how many of the women crucified for being TERFs or "misandrists" have been Black women. Most radical feminists also highly value intersectionality in their activism.

"All radfems are transphobic." Radical feminists are not a monolith and have different views on different issues, including different levels of tolerance and acceptance for the transgender community. Let's also not forget how the average TERF is a lot less detrimental to the well-being of trans people than the average transphobic man, who is often violent.

tbf i took “interesting creature” as a bit of a compliment, and i otherwise don’t talk about my autism so i thought it was a good excuse to mention it for once. hard to be mad about it, but you are correct, it is objectively pathetic.

reminds me of when someone called me “kkkoffin” and i was just having such a spectacular day that i used it as an excuse to talk about the origin of my username. they may be pathetic but at least they aren’t bothersome to me. life is often just too sweet for me to find it in me to care about people who hide behind anon to leave some uncreative hate comment. they are actual androids to me.

it’s never effected me much besides confidently being able to say “i’m autistic” and explain to others why i need extra personal space when eating. i’m offered disability benefits from my uni but i reject all of them and my workplace ignores it completely, even when it’s entirely relevant. i’m mildly concerned it would dissuade employers in law as allegedly they don’t want autistic lawyers but i can also just not mention it.

i was diagnosed with Asperger’s specifically, back before we weren’t allowed to call it that because Asperger was a nazi. i don’t really use it to “cut myself slack” since it just… doesn’t effect me in those ways much as far as i’m aware.

it’s weird bc i don’t feel like my autism makes things harder but that’s bc ive only ever experienced life with autism. i don’t cut myself slack bc that’s just. how life is for me. maybe others have it easier, i wouldn’t know, and i don’t think it matters much. i don’t compare myself to or race others, so i don’t see why i need extra allowance anyway. just go whatever pace i go, do what i wanna do. if something is too hard then either push thru or put less on urself. u don’t need a license to the best you can without hurting urself