regular reminder that TERF is a misnomer, because you can't be a transphobe and a feminist at the same time.
1- Transphobic people claim that trans women are inherently dangerous because they have a penis.
2- In their mind, having a penis is what makes you dangerous.
3- Meaning that the nature of people with penises is to be dangerous.
4- Which is removing the agency of people. If it's biological, they're not responsible for their actions.
5- The whole point of feminism is to dismantle the idea that people will act a certain way due to their genitals. We cannot demand to be treated as people with agency when we have a vagina, while also removing that agency from people with penises.
6- The whole point of feminism is agency. Dismantling the patriarchy and toxic masculinity, both things that don't require a penis but sure do require people to make choices.
They adopted the word TERF because they still claim to be feminists, but they are not. They are hateful, spiteful, and their choices endanger other women, cis and trans alike.
alien music is always portrayed as screeching noises and synthesizer but what if aliens like country or something
like imagine landing on an alien planet and just hearing twangy space banjo
I am so glad this morning to still have some of this incredibly wholesome content from the Western Mass Sacred Harp Convention to share with you all! Post 24 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqXtmmWuOQZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Passion and and joy and Canadians and Sacred Harp, oh my!! Post 23 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVIxJcugiP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Canadians!!! And other assorted awesome humans at the Western Mass Sacred Harp Conference! Post 22 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing #torontosacredharp (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTx3cnPlWn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
It’s another good morning remembering the Western Mass Sacred Harp Convention!!! Post 21 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTEtu8sOdj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Pulling into the last few photo sets from the Western Mass Sacred Harp Convention! Here’s some more of that serious Shape Note Passion (and joy)!! Post 20 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqRS4I2P8nd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
So, I’m at an event this weekend called Youth Traditional Song weekend! And I just attended a fantastic session called, “Music of Unions and the Labor Movement”. And I got a resounding cheer from the whole, very crowded room, when the session leader B.K. (posing with me here) mentioned the I.W.W.’s “little red book” and I held up my own copy that I got from my friend Dan at PM Press!! #union #unionforever #unionnow #solidarity #workersoftheworldunite #pmpress #iww #labormovement #songs #tradsong #traditionalsong #protestmusic #yts #transwoman #youthtradsong #youthtraditionalsong #yts2023 (at The Ashokan Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOZKO6vW7G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
We’re nearing the end of the Western Mass Sacred Harp Conference pics, and the posts have slowed down a bit while in photographing another (different type of) singing event in upstate New York. But here’s a batch more glorious joy for you! Post 19 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOWx2FvyvJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I honestly just love how animated some singers get when they’re leading a song in The Square!!! It’s photographer’s catnip! Post 18 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqL2_V0PDtt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Passion and Community at The Western Mass Sacred Harp Convention! Post 17 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLDLTSsRFP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
One more Western Mass Sacred Harp Convention post tonight! With bonus really super cute kids leading a song!! Post 16 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJ6tGDMvrF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Aaaaaaaand here’s a drop that includes your Humble Narrator (and Photographer) doing a few of the other things she does!! Being loud and funny and asking for (more) money in my role as Western Mass Sacred Harp Convention Treasurer!! And yes, for you eager eyed WMSHC attendees out there, I have played around with time just a bit in the last few posts. Mostly in the name of having a good key image! (And, in this case, some degree of vanity!) Post 15 of 25 #wmshc2023 #wmshc #sacredharp #shapenote #shapenotesinging #sacredharpsinging #sacredharpconvention #tradsong #westernmass #westernmassachusetts #northampton #joy #singers #community #communitysinging #singing #transwoman #queerfemme #queercouple (at Northampton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJD7V1PV9a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=