tomfoolery & math

Fortunately, banks no longer just ask 'did you make that transaction' they want to make sure you weren't scammed into making that transaction and 5mins after their call will give away all your money anyway.

This is an honest to goodness life saving movement and I cannot be happier banks are adopting it

Unfortunately, it meant I had to have the most embarrassing financial call of my life

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Me: Ah yeah I was just trying to tip a tumblr blog

Cash: right and were you directed there by a Facebook link? An Instagram advert?

Me: no I was just on tumblr...on purpose

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Caah: and this person asked you for money?

Me: oh no they just had a funny story, which happened to be about money and I thought, "wouldn't it be funny if I tipped them"

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Me: * covering a reblog by reblog update on the adventures my mutual was having *

Cash: okay I don't think that can actually happen though..

Me: It might not have, but i was happy to tip them just because it was funny

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Cash: and how well do you think you know this person?

Me: *considers explaining how much I know about a beloved mutual without ever knowing their name or face* ... I have no idea who this person is

Trans men may or may not experience male privilege based on situation, and a trans man not experiencing male privilege does NOT challenge his identity as a man. Look, an early transition man who doesn't pass as cis is almost never going to experience male privilege. I say almost never because there are edge cases! Recruiters will probably have less bias against his resume for having a male name... but then again, when he shows up to the interview, transphobia / cissexism means he is way less likely to actually get the job compared to a cis male applicant. On the other hand, a trans man who passes as cis probably experiences male privilege in every aspect of his life.

Trans men experience misogony all the fucking time, and I think anyone who denies that is being ridicuolous. The fact that a person experiences misogny doesn't make them a woman, and it would be offensive to claim that a trans man who is talking about the misogyny he experienced is invalidating his gender because misogyny is for women. No, he's just talking about his lived experience. And its the same with male privilege. A trans man saying that he doesn't experience male privilege is NOT invalidating his gender, he's probably right.