Cy the press

one thing about "lesbians can date men" and "lesbians can be men (especially if they have vaginas) (it connects them to Womynhood) (if you disagree youre a terf even though this is really straightforward terf rhetoric)" is that its all about the (now pretty common) theatre of seeming like some sort of boundary-pushing LGBT activist without ever actually having to fight against anything at all. you can talk to the run of the mill Puritan Conservatives everyone on here strawmans and theyll be pretty happy to hear that you also think lesbians can date men; you can check terf blogs on here and see that They Too think trans men have a "special connection" to womanhood and being a lesbian (called 'Being Female') and that actually the transmasc(? whatever they call themselves) terf circle is actually growing in recent times. but fighting against societal misogyny and the leering rapey lesbophobia that is fucking everywhere is too uncomfortable, its a lot easier to just say "fuck labels do what you want forever!" and cite some nameless gay person from the 90s saying "im gay faggot and lesbian and man and woman" or some shit as an appeal to tradition & expect everybody to throw their hands up and say fuck it. they dont want to fight the oppressive common ideas upheld by society, theyd rather make the "battle" their own mental gymnastics to tell the victims of these lines of thinking about how its actually super woke and smart, and if youre victim to it maybe its actually because youre just not woke enough, because otherwise youd just let it happen to you like a Good Woman i mean person

im on the clock which is why this is kind of word salad btw #Slacking but when i was a teenager there was this guy who somehow mistook me for a lesbian (i was like a bisexual trans guy atp i think) and genuinely schemed behind my back to other guys about how he was going to get close and "break" my (presumed) lesbianism because he thought "it would be fun" and because they insisted lesbianism was always a phase that can be broken by the right man. and i only found this out because the friend he schemed this with got a crush on me & told me & then weirdly sexually harassed and touched on me. And im not even a lesbian bro all the shit i hear that actually happens to people who ARE lesbians on a daily basis is like fucking nightmare fuel. living your life not wanting to be with men and everybody takes it as an open invitation to start coercing you into trying to be with men. Nobody has ever done that 2 me trying to coerce me to be with women or anything, even when women have been attracted to me. I Wonder

ngl the most important thing i was taught growing up was that its not enough to just be anti racist but to also be pro black

hating racists is good ! but if youre only hating the oppressor and not uplifting the oppressed all you are doing is using a performative method to direct your anger at. being angry is good, but its not enough. you have to love too. uplift the ones that should be uplifted. celebrate black art and culture and people. celebrate blackness for the beauty it is

Revolutionary idea: imagine [character I like] with [disability I have]. More people should get on this!

people like the idea that there is an identity they can claim that will absolve them of the responsibility to examine their beliefs and actions and adjust them accordingly to better align with their values and desired outcomes but there isn't, we all have to practice humility and do the work regardless

everyone eat more vegetables NOW!!! and mention the last vegetable you ate in the tags so we're all on the buddy system. I'll start: bok choy

Seriously though, the way some people treat liking media as if it has an expiration date is so weird to me. And three years is still so recent in the grand scheme of things anyway, actually!

edelgard originally being like 8th in line for the throne is so crazy like she really shouldve been at the club. she canonically yearns for the club