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I feel like it has to be restated almost constantly at this point, but - one of the most basic applications of intersectionality is in understanding that, when it comes to an intersection, both sides of *each* axis of oppresion will have unique and specific experiences and manifestations of those axes, but only the actual axes of oppression themselves define the oppression. A black man will recieve a different type of racist oppression than a black woman, but categotically, he is not oppressed *for* being a man, he is oppressed for being black - and the black woman is oppressed *both* for being black *and* for being a woman. Even on the other side, a white woman will have a differently-shaped ability to oppress black people than a white man does, but she is not somehow privileged for being a woman - she is privileged for being white. Each group has a unique *manifestation* of their oppression or privilege in relation to an axis of oppression, but the oppression or privilege themselves are unchanged across them.

people struggling with fatigue (PWF): all activities drain energy, so I need to consciously decide what activities I'm going to use my limited energy on people who do not struggle with fatigue (P w/out F): have you tried going for a walk outside? I always feel energized after some exercise and fresh air PWF: that is an activity, which drains my energy P w/out F: what about taking a shower and fixing a snack? that'll give you a boost! PWF: that is an activity, which drains my energy P w/out F: so what do YOU do that gives you energy? PWF: no activities give me energy, that's what I'm saying P w/out F: no, but I mean like what do you do for activities that restore you? PWF: the only activity that can restore my energy to any extent is sleep, and that's not even reliable P w/out F: I think maybe you're sleeping too much. have you tried going for a walk outside? I always...

easily one of the most irritating lines of 'anti vegan' argumentation is when people deny or ignore the fact that the breeds used in commercial animal agriculture are very much bred to serve human purposes and are consequently not even remotely representative of how these species would / could function in the absence of human intervention

like look me in the eye and tell me that tyson chicken inc has seriously convinced you that without humans around to graciously slaughter and eat them, chickens would just be like sadly getting fat and tipping over at age 60 days and leaving 1 billion eggs per day rotting on the ground or whatever the fuck. i am not even saying don't eat meat necessarily but i think you should at least have the ideological honesty not to present it as some kind of humanitarian action lol. michael pollan mindset

even dog breeds get some of this type of wilful ignorance tbh which is a funny one because everyone pretty much does know on some level that a dog doesn't look certain ways unless a human has decided it should. but there's often still a certain level of squeamishness when it comes to the fact that many many living beings function and look the ways they do because humans decided they should. and that's not a moral judgment or condemnation even, but if you do want to talk about what's in an animal's best interests or what we owe them as fellow creatures with whom we share a planet, then i do think it becomes relevant to face up to these sorts of bio-histories

@thatveganwhiterose

it’s wild to me how people will suggest absolutely anything to avoid eating plants. “what if we ate bugs” just eat plants. “what if we reinvented farming to make it more ethical.” just eat plants. “what if we all hunted instead of using factory farms.” or you could, get this, just eat plants

Disability will have you thinking shit like “I’m not even that disabled. I can manage as long as I limit myself to very specific careers, never go shopping for more than an hour or two at a time, keep my plans open so I can cancel and stay in if need be, and only go out a few nights per week at the most”

[Image ID: Tweet from maybe: clare (@/ clur19) reading: My schedule is wide open but I also have the energy levels of like a hundred year old cat that's about to be put down, so I am both very free and very busy /End ID]

I feel like some people need to relearn Genre Expectations... "Man, this tragedy sucks!!! Why didn't they just do XYZ, then everything could have ended happily!!" well, then it wouldn't be a tragedy, would it. "Man, this lighthearted teen romcom is terrible, it's so sappy and unrealistic!!" Well, yeah. If it had been gritty and dark, it wouldn't have been a lighthearted romcom, would it. Is the writing actually bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depot

society if people understood that defending transition care on the basis of "improving mental health" is still not a commitment to full unfettered bodily autonomy, and in fact makes philosophical assumptions that explicitly restrict autonomy by making it contingent on normative biomedical judgments of health and best interest

Time for manual blazing, tumblr can be a coward but they can't stop us.