#loudlytransparenttrash

So these adorable little shits are Little Jori and Skeeter. Jori is ridiculously photogenic. He’s the little gray smudge of fluff.

Skeeter likes to be a blurr when I take pics of him, hyper little brat.

Dad & both ended up taking in some kittens when their mother was killed by a dog and the person who’s shed they were born in (they were ferals) couldn’t afford to take care of them. Dad got the only female, a solid black fireball named Sammy. She’s a tiny little diva princess and I love her to bits.

These frisky little brats have been a huge source of both amusement and irritation since they came to live with me, but I love them so much I can’t imagine life without them now.

Jori is a total cuddlebug. He loves nothing more than crawling onto my chest or keyboard when I’m in the middle of doing something important and just purring himself to sleep.

Skeeter is a friendly little brat, but prefers to sleep on the back my head than to be cuddled.

"Vets" are now 22 year olds who went on a holiday in Nepal to help build a few shelters and think they know a damn thing about sacrifice or fighting for their country. Don't worry, we aren't honoring you when we stand for the flag and anthem, we aren't calling you pretenders the heroes, we are honoring the real soldiers, the real heroes who fought and died to make America and its ally countries the most liberated, safest, advanced and prosperous nations on earth.

They aren't kids, the medium age is 25 and it goes up to 35 year olds lmao most aren't fully educated and oh yeah, they're here ILLEGALLY. You cannot break into another country and claim you're legal, wtf

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“This DACA decision makes me sick to my stomach. I was undocumented for...”

DACA was a bad move. If a child and father break into Disneyland, do you blame Disneyland for kicking them out? Do you let the child stay? No: the entered illegally where others received legal citizenship. The need to go, no matter the race. Blame the parents for breaking the law in the first place!

heyyyyyy how about you two fuck off my post with your racist shit?

they aren’t kids NOW, fuckwit, but you do realize DACA stands for Deferred Action for CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS. that means in order to qualify, they had to have arrived in the US before the age of 16. many families arrive with young children, hoping to provide a new life for them. many arrived here before they even had spatial awareness for their birth country, they’re now 25, 30 years old, having lived their whole life in America, having only known themselves to be Americans. they went to American schools, they shop at American schools, they have American jobs. they are Americans. 

“most of them aren’t fully educated” where the hell is your data for that? 91% of DACA recipients are employed. in order to be FUCKING ELIGIBLE, you have to have graduated school or still be enrolled, have received a GED, or been honorably discharged or a member of the Armed Forces.  Check that link too, to see that 100% of DACA recipients have no criminal record either. There would be a $460 billion loss over 10 years without these 800,000 young people. But yeah “most of them aren’t fully educated”, it’s always nice to see people needing to prove their economic worth to some asshole on tumblr in order to justify their fucking existence.

so, so, so many people have this great misunderstanding of how fucking DIFFICULT it is to come here legally. The necessary qualifications that have to be met don’t apply for many people who are trying to come here. The large number of people makes the chances of winning a lottery exceptionally difficult. And the path to citizenship, once they’re already here, is made even more difficult by the fact that they can’t find work in order to pay the insane fees necessary to even file for status. and newsflash, if your ancestors came over here generations ago, they likely did it at a time when there were barely any policies in place to make immigrating illegal. by today’s standards, your great-grandpappy would have been denied citizenship too!

your Disneyland metaphor is a fucking joke because one: America is not a private corporation. two, it would actually be more akin to a family sneaking in to escape poverty/natural disaster/armed forces, living in Disneyland for over 20 years, going to school at Disneyland, working for Disneyland, boosting Disneyland’s economy, being decent, upstanding, hardworking Disneyland citizens who in no right deserve to be shunted back to a country they’ve never known. yeah, perhaps some of the parents could have done it legally but chose not to. Why? who the fuck knows. that makes absolutely no fucking sense whatsoever, but sure, I guess I can’t say for certain that any of the parents of 800,000 young people didn’t make that decision. but let’s blame the kids for that, too. three: we’re not talking about one family. we’re talking about splitting up the families of 800,000 people, some of whom now have children of their own, legal U.S. citizens, whose whole lives can be torn apart for no reason.

except, here’s a reason! RACISM. that’s it! don’t give me any of that mickey mouse bullshit about it being THE LAW. first of all, i don’t believe donald or the whole fucking administration gives a good fucking damn about the constitution. if they did, they’ve only fucking read it for the first time yesterday. you can’t cry “this is unconstitutional!” a week after pardoning sheriff joe “racist shitstick” arpaio, who broke so many civil rights laws i bet david fuckin duke gave him a slowclap when he heard about them all. “it’s unconstitutional” is just a talking point to hang your hat on, because truly the only reason anyone supports  the deportation of 800,000 Americans in everything except documentation -- is racism. 

DACA wasn’t perfect. yes, we need a more permanent path to citizenship, that’s accessible for all. don’t fucking come at me yelling “ILLEGAL” in all caps like you’re making some goddamn point. 

laws are unjust. laws are racist. you can look at slavery, the chinese exclusion act, the johnson-reed act, the jim crow laws, the antiterrorism and effective death penalty act and the illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996 -- RACIST. FUCKING LAWS. passed by racist fucking men, supported by the few racist fucking people like you two. 

I was raised as a feminist before the term ‘feminism’ was mainstream. My mother looked at my family women who felt that they were subservient to men and decided something needed to change.

In the late 70’s, my mother was born in a family of a young teenage mother and her teenage father, who were forced into either marriage or an abortion. They decided on the marriage, though were divorced shortly after because my grandfather was abusive toward my grandmother. My grandfather gave the same ultimatum to my own mother when she was pregnant at fifteen-years old. My grandfather tried to raise my mother to be someone who felt that women belonged in the home taking care of a husband and children, just as his family believed. But using the wise words of my mother, she said, “fuck that,” and raised two daughters to be strong and independent women who never needed to rely on anyone, no matter what.

My mother made us into the type of people that could be role models for young girls and women of all ages. Because of this, I’ve received numerous messages from not only my tumblr page, but even personal friends, who have commended me on being so outspoken during a time of harsh politics. My mother never wanted my sister and I to be like she was – a stay-at-home mom with four kids by the age of twenty-two – if we didn’t want to be. My mother has never been a stagnant person, and she didn’t want us to settle.

Obviously, I have my own opinions on the matter of feminism. This isn’t just about my opinions, though. This is about other’s opinions. This is about making up your own opinion using the ideas others share.

I’ve always believed feminism to be equality between the sexes. Helping to raise women up in the patriarchy and even helping men. While women have their issues with being disrespected and sexualized, men have issues when it comes to showing their emotions.

I believe feminism to be empowering to women. I believe it shows that women don’t have to be any different than men, and they don’t have to change. My little sister doesn’t have to babysit our cousins while the men move mattresses, she can help just as much – if not more since she was a competitive cheerleader and weightlifter in high school – as the men can.

But not everyone has the same concept of feminism. Some are similar, but everyone has their own version of what it is, just like everyone has their own version of religion. I’ve come to the conclusion over the years that some people don’t believe in the legal definition of feminism, that is, equality between men and women. Some reject the definition flat out.

And I’ve learned that many people these days don’t want to claim feminism as a title of theirs simply because of the negative stigma, though they do believe in gender equality. Rejecting the title of feminism doesn’t mean they don’t care, it just means they don’t consider themselves a feminist.

After making a post on tumblr, I became more aware of what many call “tumblr feminism”. I had never thought of others believing women to only want benefits to equality and not the consequences as well. I’ve always believed that if men have to sign up for the draft, women should be required to as well (but I don’t believe in the draft for anyone). That a male abuser should receive the same punishment as a female abuser. Some have lashed out at me and said I’m a supporter of the patriarchy because of this. Most have given their support on the matter. Some have even said I’ve given them faith in modern feminism because of my stance on the matter.

I’ve said so much about how I believe feminism to be, but it’s about time I get to the other opinions I mentioned earlier. I spoke to several different people on the matter of feminism*. I wanted to get plenty of different opinions about why they do or do not believe in it.

On tumblr user, content-stunner, says, “I belie[ve] that feminism is the fight for women to have what men have always taken for granted”. A sweet and simple idea of why this user supports feminism, and it brings up the great concept of women fighting for rights, such as voting, that men have always had given to them.

@silverthewolf2202 says, “feminism to me is just the idea that women are equal and should be seen like they are humans and can do the same as a man”. This is brought up well with the general idea of feminism – sometimes known as gender equality. They follow with, “I also think they shouldn’t always be so sexualized in movies”. There has been constant debate on women being oversexualized in video games with female character’s body armour, as well as female actors being sexualized for commercials and such.

Now, I wrote this next paragraph before Carrie Fisher passed away, but I want to include the original paragraph anyway. I had actually written this just days before she passed, and I wish she would have had the chance to see it.

“I don’t know if any of you are Star Wars fans, but when I saw the new one (no, not Rogue One), I heard people comment on Carrie Fisher’s “dwindling” looks more times than I can count. But no one said anything about Harrison Ford (may Han Solo rest in peace) and Mark Hamill wasn’t in it until the end, so you didn’t even really get to see him, but I know he’ll be in the next one. I think the only beneficial thing from Carrie Fisher’s aging is that Star Wars doesn’t oversexualize her like they did in the older movies anymore.

Carrie Fisher, you’re amazing. Don’t let people hate on your looks. You’re a mature woman who has aged gracefully. I hope you’re in the next Star Wars movie.”

An anonymous user stated, “I think feminism is very important because we live in a world where women still aren’t equal to men. To me, feminism is about making the world a better place for women in the future”. There are a lot of people who don’t agree with feminism because they believe they live in a world where women are equal to men. Many people like to believe that things like gender wage gaps and glass ceilings don’t exist.

Another anonymous user states, “I understand why they picked feminist, because the text-book definition of feminism implies what they’re trying to do; they want equality across all genders”. This viewpoint is particularly interesting because the anonymous user happens to be a man. I wanted to include a man’s opinion on the matter since the majority of feminists voicing their opinions happen to belong to women. He continues, “[S]ince you have that minority group of feminists that are the loudest and talk over everyone else (…) a lot of people who aren’t overly involved in it see feminists as not-good people (…) making other feminists look bad. And other feminists (…) just ignore it, but nothing ever really happens because the only people you see are the over-reactive people that are going to get offended by something and throw out tweets, Youtube videos, and comment on someone, when any intelligent and real feminist is the last to respond – not because they aren’t active, but because they are going to take their time and think about what they’re [saying] so they can get their words across without being taken out of context.” He finishes with, “[y]ou can do the whole feminist movement thing without calling yourself a feminist. You can call yourselves whatever and it shouldn’t matter. You have feminists and anti-feminists who believe in gender equality. For me personally, I agree with gender equality one-hundred-percent for every gender (…) not just male and female, but female to male – [trans men] – and male to female – [trans women] – but I wouldn’t call myself a feminist because of the minority that makes the group look bad and I’d rather personally just stay out of it”.

It was a long one that I’ve had to reduce, but I think he speaks volumes about the subject. To tell you the truth, this anonymous user and I were up for three hours in the middle of the night hashing out the subject and it was while he was talking that I started taking notes on his words. After we had finished our discussion, I asked if I could include what he said in this and he said yes. I’m glad he did.

Another anonymous user said, “[f]eminism is standing up for what is right. It’s fighting for fair and equal treatment of women and against systematic oppression” and that, “[f]eminism is something that shouldn’t have to exist, because men and women should be considered equals in all respects”.

The last user I was able to get into contact with is a user by the name of @loudlytransparenttrash. This person is an anti-feminist who I believe had a lot to bring up on the subject. However, their post was very long in what they had described to me, and I unfortunately can’t include all of it. However, if you were to message them, I’m sure they would be just as kind to you as they were to me and let you view the private post.

loudlytransparenttrash begins with, “I was a feminist for many years and I have plenty of feminist friends so I have nothing personal against individual feminists”. I believe this is one of the reasons they were so willing to speak with me, as other anti-feminists I reached out to for the purpose of this piece were unresponsive.

They continue with, “What is the definition of feminism? I have no idea. Why? Because not even feminists can decide on a definition and stick to it for more than a second. When prompted for the definition of feminism, most self-proclaimed feminists will trout out the very nice sounding ‘belief in equality between the sexes’ line”. They continued with, “there is (…) the real definition: feminism is the pursuit of unlimited rights, privileges and power for women and women alone”. Honestly, this is the definition of feminism I see most often on tumblr.

“Feminists set the trap by saying feminism’s on the side of truth and equality, and if you don’t call yourself one, it means you favour women being sexually harassed, assaulted, or worse (…) Believing women deserve equal treatment and rights doesn’t make you a feminist, it makes you a regular, everyday decent person,” loudlytransparenttrash continues.

“Feminism for what it used to be is finished in the first world. That brand of feminism is over (…) Today [feminists] try so hard to keep themselves in the past world of oppression and inequality while forgetting that they are some of the most free, capable, equal and privileged people in the world. Real feminists are ashamed of what they women are doing with the freedom and rights they once so vigorously fought for.

“Modern feminism has become beyond embarrassing. There’s a reason why so few women identify as feminists: it’s less a true ‘women’s movement’ and the public face of hysterical leftist intolerance (…) Feminists point to the wage gap, glass ceiling, women’s vulnerability to sexual objectification, rape culture, mansplaining, street harassment and before long you have constructed a full-scale patriarchy (…) You can still believe in equality without believing in feminism,” loudlytransparenttrash finishes.

As I said before, I did leave out quite a bit of loudlytransparenttrash’s original post, since I believe it was almost 3 pages long on its own. But, as I also said before, if you speak with them directly, I am sure they will link you to the original post.

As you can see, feminism for everyone is different, like loudlytransparenttrash said before. There are different ideas associated with feminism. Some believe it to be empowering, others believe it to be oppressing.

With all these different ideas of what feminism means, from feminists to men to anti-feminists, I encourage you to find your own idea of what feminism could mean to you.

That still doesn’t make you “genderfluid” babe, you’re either a male or a female who enjoys a few non traditional male/female perks, putting on a skirt doesn’t make you a female, wanting to be the red power ranger doesn’t make you a male, and no it hasn’t existed since viking times, it hasn’t existed at all until some teenagers weren’t feeling special enough anymore

Okay first of all, don’t fucking call me babe.  I am not your significant other so don’t fucking call me babe.  Secondly, THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE REPLY.

Thirdly, Loki is literally genderfluid, he is literally a genderfluid god.  It’s not that he’s a “shapeshifter” because all the Norse gods can shapeshift, he literally is “fluid between a man and a woman” he is referred to as the mother of some of his children and the father of others.  Loki is genderfluid, that’s literally a thing.  And if you wanna say “I don’t know that for a fact” IT’S MY FUCKING RELIGION.

The 6th century? Muhammad didn’t start preaching until 610. Yes, you clearly know everything about Islam when you get such a simple fact dead wrong.

Modern Islamic fundamentalism is shot through with modern ideas of ethnic nationalism and is concerned with modern issues, like Israel and the presence of American military bases, neither of which existed before the 20th century. Saying that, “ZOMG, they’re just like Muslims in the past!!!” shows that you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about and you’ve actually brought in to all of their propaganda. 

New Atheists don’t tend to know very much about any religion and it shows. I’ve read their books and they get basic facts wrong, perpetuate myths (such as Hitchens spreading the myth that Orthodox Jews have sex through a hole in a sheet, which they don’t -- quite the opposite), and show no understanding of the psychology of religion. 

Funny you'll never get a story like this in Muslim countries. More like "two women met, fell in love and were either stoned, hung or thrown from buildings as being gay in Islam is punishable by death". The sad part is it's true and ya'll act like Christianity is LGBT's biggest threat lol

You're just mad that she doesn't support the notion that the most privileged people on earth (American college students) deserve free tuition. Get a job

Rofl. Aren’t you a beautiful example of humanity? Actually that ISN’T my main concern, thanks for assuming that. I’m more concerned about the state of our public schools, having gone through them myself.