Strangeness & Charm

after the police car arrived, his behaviour changed completely, he started to cry and beg them not to take him, promising that he didn't do nothing wrong.

i felt so sick, so angry and disgusted, i tried to do something right and instead a woman got sexually assaulted because of some sorry excuse of a human.

oh and the best part? two men approached when he was taken to the ambulance (two paramedics and a policeman had to hold him down to give him some meds to calm down). they started to ask the paramedics and police not to be so rough with him because clearly this guy has been through something, maybe he just got out of prison and got a little bit carried away with celebration??

no one bat an eye when my friend was harassed on a bus and screamed at the man to leave her the fuck alone. no one helped me when i've almost lost my consciousness on a tram and asked people to open a window. no one helped me when i was 16, loudly announcing that i don't know the man who tried to lay his hands on me on a bus stop. but when some waste of oxygen is being held down by people trying to help him, suddenly it's all different and social justice knights appear to save the day.

“Closing your eyes will not prevent women from being raped, battered, or tortured by intimate partners being inspired and impelled by pornography. Nor will it help adolescent girls forced out on streets, coerced into imitating pornography upon thousands of clients’ requests, to escape the sexual abuse. Defining harm as an offence to observers silences and denies these women their rights.”

Been saying MILITANT FEMINISM is the only way to deal with misogyny, in every region. Violent protesting is the only way to deal with them but everyone looks at me like I’m crazy or says it’s too drastic. Ppl never question it when it’s the other way around.

I used to shave my mons pubis because the hair was getting stuck in my underwear and it was immensely uncomfortable. But as it turns out, womens underwear is designed to be tight and restrictive. It's made with the idea that all women should be shaving and any discomfort as a result of not doing so is our own fault.

I started wearing mens boxer briefs, and suddenly that discomfort and pain went away. The dick pouch creates extra space so the bush has room to breathe, and it can just exist there comfortably. The hair doesn't get stuck or pulled, because the fabric isn't supposed to be tight or restrictive. It's made to make space for not only hair, but a larger sex organ.

Men: yeah okay

Radfem: I want to live on a commune with only women and no men and to never marry or have children to dedicate myself to loving and supporting other women

Liberals: yeah okay

Other woman: I don’t want to exercise around male people because I feel better in a female only space

VHS — permanent marker on paper, 23 × 30 inches, 2010

Saying “yeah I decided to be a bitch bc I had had enough” is still using it in the second frame sense. You are still referring to yourself and other women as a slur.

ok lemme fix this b/c once again, it’s clear that these people have never come into contact w/anyone gender-critical and actually listened

gender-critical feminist: we are here to abolish gender

anti-’terf’ individual: oh, so we won’t use gendered pronouns anymore?

gender-critical feminist: changing your pronouns doesn’t change the way you’re treated if you’re female (afab). this is missing the point, also, many of us will respect pronouns. many radical and lesbian feminists are detransitioned or in the process of re-identifying and are using/have used he or they pronouns.

anti-’terf’ individual: gendered clothing?

gender-critical feminist: regardless of sex, people should be able to wear whatever they want, especially comfortable and practical clothing. many of us are gnc or butch. we are highly critical of the makeup/beauty industry and femininity being forced on girls. we don’t believe in ‘lipstick strong enough to kill a man.’ we think clothes are clothes and a boy who wants to wear dresses is not a girl.

anti-’terf’ individual: segregated bathrooms?

gender-critical feminist: segregated bathrooms were created to give afab women protection from the sexual harassment and violence of amab men. trans women are amab and are still male-socialized and many even have male anatomy still. 

female bathrooms are not a refuge for everyone who suffers from male harassment and violence. they are for females. should we let gnc gay men into our bathrooms, too? fat men? how do we distinguish between a man and a male-passing trans woman who identifies as a woman on the inside? females have the right to safe spaces in their restrooms. 

many of us consider single-stall gender-neutral bathrooms a good addition to male and female bathrooms (not a replacement).

anti-’terf’ individual: So, we’re going to do something about the gender binary, yes? We’re going to attack the idea that gender is intrinsically linked to one’s anatomy, and we’re going to boost the visibility of trans and intersex people, who face the most violence consequences of the sex and gender binaries–yes?

gender-critical feminist: oh, you’re so close to the point! the gender binary is not the source of violence, though. gender itself is. 

gender is a set of expectations and rules forced on people due to their sex. afab people suffer far worse consequences from this than men, although we also have sympathy for gnc and transitioned males who suffer under patriarchy. we want to end the idea that one’s personality, interests, sense of style, etc all come as a package with one’s anatomy. 

we want to end the idea that females are made for male consumption and males should chase females. we oppose and critique male and female socialization and we want children to be raised in a gender-neutral manner. 

as for intersex individuals, there are many intersex radical and lesbian feminists and many of us are striving to become more aware of intersex issues. the abuse intersex people suffer at the hands of the medical industry often stems from violent reinforcement of heterosexuality (e.g surgery to allow penetration) or ableism (fixing ‘abnormal’ bodies even when it’s not medically necessary). 

there are actually only two sexes and intersex conditions are just naturally-occurring (though often non-functional, as they lead to infertility) variations on male and female.

anti-’terf’ individual: Then what are you going to do, exactly? What is your plan? How are you going to accomplish this?

gender-critical feminist: if you acquaint yourself with our actual theory and practice and not just straw-women, maybe you’d understand that. anti-’terf’ individual: how?

They don’t have a clue what radfems do or say, so they just make it up to make them even more hated.