i don’t think most cis people realize that we already live in a society that on some level believes there is more than two genders.

just realized Omegle was actually a really fun idea, it’s just that males ruined it for everyone. Do you realize how fun Omegle would have been with just women? Think about it. Like damn, men are quite literally the reason why 99.9% of good/nice/fun things can’t exist or function as intended. Because a moid will show up and shove his dick into it. Males are actively impeding humanity.

criminalise golf

i don’t think most cis people realize that we already live in a society that on some level believes there is more than two genders.

oh my general + aesthetics

The welfare state, rather than ensuring that basic needs are met within a system based on solidarity, is now a bureaucratised torture chamber, symptomatic of the state patriarch’s contempt for its ‘unproductive population’. The neglectful state prioritises punishment above redistribution. In fact, this shift in style arises from a concerted attack on the attempts to institute a redistributive state. The transformation of welfare (and of all state services) is the culmination of a long-standing campaign to discredit state-managed endeavours in general. We have been trained to regard the state as a poor manager, an inefficient distributor of resources and an inhibitor of human innovation.

Empire’s Endgame: Racism and the British State (via probablyasocialecologist)

LOVE BETWEEN FAIRY AND DEVIL (2022)

The baby industry really makes out like if you "only donate eggs" so that another woman can carry and give birth, you aren't really the mother at the same time as saying if you're only the "gestational carrier" for another woman/couple's biological embryo then you aren't really the mother either.

In the eyes of the fertility industry it really just is "whoever pays is the mother" huh.

Been working in pest control for 3 months now and i can confidently say that nobody on earth seems to understand that sometimes You Will See A Bugs and that's Normal if you live literally anywhere with oxygen

The Ishtar Gate, main gate of Babylon built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). Enamelled tiles, mythical animals, lions, and gods embellish the gate which was dedicated to goddess Ishtar of Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq). now in Berlin

all of labour is exploitative, we live under capitalism you absolute amiba. Your arguments are not arguments against sex work, they’re selective condemnation of stuff you personally find icky. Sex work is work and should be protected as such, further stigmatising only leads to more and more harm for the people you pretend to care about.

Sex is not the same kind of thing as scrubbing a toilet or flipping burgers.

The idea that having a shitty retail job is no different to being raped ten times a day is cynical nonsense.

The fight for workers' rights, historically, has never been the fight for the 'right' to 'choose' dangerous and/or degrading 'work'. Sex industry apologists show complete contempt for everything previous generations have achieved in terms of improving workers' rights and health and safety. (If you don't understand that, ask yourself why we no longer send five-year-olds up chimneys, or ten-year-olds down mines in the global north.)

Decriminalisation increases demand without lowering rates of trafficking (because not enough women actually want to do this 'work'), or improving conditions, and only really benefits the pimps, brothel keepers, and sex buyers.

Why don't you come off anon and have a real discussion you coward? (And learn to spell, it's 'amoeba'.)

You know how in the ancient world they believed a very long time ago there was the age of heroes when the world was populated by super powered descendants of the gods. Chickens have that in real life but it’s the dinosaurs

honestly. If you just hold men to reasonable standards and call them out on their bullshit you will end up living a mostly separatist life anyways. Most of them hate being around women who know whats up

The idea of tumblr users living in like new york city or los angeles sounds extremely fake... all my mutuals either live in like serbia or a bumfuck town in missouri

Found this article in Ob.Gyn. News Vol. 57 No. 7 September 2022 and thought it was worth sharing. Sorry if the scans are difficult to read - I can’t find the article online but this is a credible medical publication. I’m so glad to see the field of women’s health acknowledging the damage that anal sex can cause women and hope this knowledge becomes more widespread.

Some important highlights:

“‘Up to 25% of women with experience of anal sex report they have been pressured into it at least once,’ Dr. Gana and Dr. Hunt say.”

“It’s also associated with specific health concerns, Dr. Gana and Dr. Hunt point out. These include fecal incontinence and anal sphincter injury, which have been reported in women who engage in anal intercourse.”

I also found the following quote interesting because it debunks the idea that criticizing anal sex is homophobic. It explains why it is a very different act for women vs. men - why the same dangers of a man and woman having anal sex don’t apply to two men having anal sex.

“When it comes to incontinence, women are at a higher risk than men because of their different anatomy and the effects of hormones, pregnancy, and childbirth on the pelvic floor. ‘Women have less robust anal sphincters and lower anal canal pressures than men, and damage caused by anal penetration is therefore more consequential,’ Dr. Gana and Dr. Hunt point out.”

Ladies - if a man wants to have anal sex with you, he wants to hurt you

The ‘husband stitch’ should be illegal and classified as a hate crime against women

Full article here. Please give it a click to support this kind of journalism! (I snipped out the highlights for a shorter read)

The state of Utah in the United States has no citizenship requirements for marriage licenses, and Utah County is the only place there that allows international couples to register their marriages online. Since the county rolled out virtual weddings during the Covid-19 pandemic, it became a wedding haven for same-sex couples who are not able to officially marry in their own countries.

As sexual minorities in China face suppression at home, Utah County is allowing them to officially marry and celebrate their love — all for around $100. Although the marriages aren’t recognized in China, some 200 same-sex couples from mainland China and Hong Kong have gotten married via the county’s digital marriage license system since 2021.

For authorities in Utah County, the influx of international couples came as a surprise. The Utah County and Auditor’s Office moved its marriage licensing service online, as part of a digitization initiative in 2019. At the start of the pandemic, a number of couples requested Zoom ceremonies, and the county made those available as well.

The service first attracted couples in Utah, followed by people from across the U.S., and later, from all over the world. From May 1 to September 20 this year, at least 77 same-sex couples with mainland Chinese addresses have been married there, said county deputy clerk Russ Rampton, who oversees marriage licensing, to Rest of World.

Although same-sex marriage remains illegal in Hong Kong, under a different set of laws to mainland China, residents who get married in other places are able to apply for dependent visas in the city for their partners. Married gay people are also able to mark themselves as married in tax filings.

In his vow, however, [one marriage certificate applicant] Zhu said he was looking forward to getting married a second time — in China. “If one day our country allows this, I hope we could get married again in this country,” Zhu said to his husband before they kissed.

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Marriage equality does not stop in the West.