#guiltyhottakes

And it holds up logically. Why? How? This queer psych major has an explanation:

Heteronormativity. Ech, we see that word as lot as an explanation behind problems in society. We usually think of it as being the whole “society’s standard is that only man x woman is okay”. That’s a bit of an oversimplified version of what it is! Here are the two points of heteronormativity:

1) Born with vagina = “female” genitals = female identity = feminine behavior = desire for one male partner only --> That is: someone born with a vagina must be female, females must act femininely, the desire for a male partner is feminine, and so females must sexually and romantically desire one male partner each

2) Born with penis = “male” genitals = male identity = masculine behavior = desire for a female partner --> That is: someone born with a penis must be male, males must act masculinely, the desire for a female partner is masculine, and so males must sexually and romantically desire female partners only

Okay, so this is where cisnormativity, amatonormativity, the gender binary, and the sex binary stem from: in fact, those are all specific factions of heteronormativity!

Still with me? Here’s why I bring all of this up: arospecs diverge from heteronormativity. They do not experience attraction “normally,” if at all, and society doesn’t like that one bit.

Take an aromantic woman as an example. Society tells us that, in order to be a female, you must be attracted to men. However, aro women are not attracted to anyone, men included. Therefore, regardless of her assigned gender at birth, this woman might feel disconnected from femininity in some way. After all, she doesn’t fit into western society’s mold of a woman. How stressful!

See, many WLW experience the above, but because they are attracted to women in addition to or instead of men. They do something that society considers masculine, disconnecting them from traditional womanhood. That’s why some lesbians choose to use he/him pronouns, to reflect this divergence from gender conformity. 

Alternatives to plastic straws are not accessible to everyone; plastic straws are the most widely accessible way to consume a drink.

They're less than 1% of the plastic waste around the world. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola ALONE wastes 3 million tons of plastic waste per year, or 200,000 plastic bottles per minute.

And, yet.... “... Bea Perez, head of sustainability for Coca-Cola, announced that the company has no intention of abandoning single-use plastic bottles. Why? It’s all the customers’ fault, apparently... [T]he company dare not deny customers [single-use plastic bottles] because then the company might lose market share.”

Fuck off with yelling at people for using plastic straws. Fuck off with yelling at people for advocating that plastic straws stick around.

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Trans women are not immune to being exorsexist just because of their status as trans women. They can be exorsexist toward any nonbinary person of any AGAB. When we talk of binary privilege, we are not saying that all nonbinary people are below all binary people. Observe this diagram that disregards other factors such as abledness, race, and wealth:

Cis people have an inherent degree of transphobia (as do trans people, though it's usually less, due to the nature of our surrounding society). TME have an inherent degree of transmisogyny (as do non-TME, though it's usually less). Binary people have an inherent degree of ceterophobia (as do nonbinary people, though it's usually less).