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Radfems want you to believe that feminism is divided up like this:
Radical feminism ("real" feminism)
Libfems (everyone else, "fake" feminists)
This is both wrong and hilariously reductive and binary. It posits Radfems as the only "real" feminists and everyone else as their literal enemy. It erases literally every other kind of feminism.
Hint: if you're in a group that has black and white thinking, that places people into only one of two categories that are "allies" and "enemies" like this, you're in a high-control group.
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Your enemies and your politics are as made up as your "sex change," sis. Go reconcile with your parents so you don't need attention from strangers so bad.
I talk to my mom like, daily, and she supports my rejection of White Western Patriarchal concepts of sex and gender, because she's a real feminist, unlike you, sweetie.
(My Dad is a MAGA Trumper, so if you think I should associate with him, well, that says more about you than it does about me)
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Trans women are allowed to have their own word for their oppression, nonbinary people are allowed to have their word, butches are allowed to have their word, but trans men are uniquely not allowed? Why? Because trans men/mascs are untrustworthy? Dangerous? Because we don't suffer and must be silenced so our betters can speak? You are a bigot, and frankly stupid.
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while i see the benefit of feminism being accessible for everyone, do you think there can still be valid non-radfem female-only movements?
I'm not sure what the benefit of such a movement would be, or how it would work.
What would "female-only" mean?
Does it mean you only focus on issues that are a problem for female people? Like, pregnancy for example? But what about people for whom that is a concern but who do not identify as female, such as female-to-male transgender folks? Many trans women identify as male-to-female, but they don't have to worry about pregnancy. Are they welcome in the "female-only" movement?
Or, does it mean only people who identify as female can partake in the movement? Why? And once again, what about trans male-to-female people, are they welcome in this "female-only" movement? And would that mean trans FTM people are not allowed to participate, even though they very much have a stake in what happens to their bodies?
In my opinion, attempting to slice and dice movements like this to be exclusionary is never helpful.
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pointing out that afab people experience misogyny is not allowed because it reveals that people face sex based oppression and amabs do not like that because it paints them as oppressors.
This is TERF bait.
AMAB people can experience misogyny too. Trans women specifically face misogyny.
AFAB people can be oppressors. Cis women specifically can be and often are misogynistic towards trans women.
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i'm sorry but you literally are making people up to be mad about when it comes to radfems. like i sure as hell think radfems do have problems but they just aren't the kind you describe lol tehy do not believe the things you say they believe, they believe other kind of shitty things.
I made up the death threats I've received from radfems, then? I made up the discussions I've had on the posts on this blog (which you can go see for yourself) where I've been called horrible things?
I made up the legislation in places like Florida, and Kentucky, and Arkansas, etc?
Who do you think was advocating for those anti-trans bills?
Transphobic radfems, among other people. Transphobic radfems who scream that trans women are pedophiles. Transphobic radfems who scream that trans men are tricking little girls into cutting off their breasts instead of becoming feminists.
I could get an endless selection of screenshots for you. But I don't have to prove it, because it is my literal lived, day to day life. The fact that you're unaware does not make it made-up.
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Nah. In fact, I'm gonna double down, just to annoy you. You've got the control here, you could block me and you are choosing not to. That's on you, buddy.
Happy Hanukah!
Faith and religion are not incompatible with feminism.
Atheists, I need you to stop acting like you are superior to people with faith.
Atheist feminists? I need you to stop speaking over people of faith who are feminist. You need to stop saying things like "all modern religion is incompatible with feminism".
It honestly reeks of cultural Christianity and being an ex-Christian atheist, that you think all religions are like the one you left, and that all religions are static and misogynistic.
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dunno if you're okay with personal questions but im just curious, i dont know a lot of older trans people, how old were you when you came out? when did you medically transition, if you did? sorry if this is overstepping a boundary
Hi! Sorry I'm answering this so late lol.
I officially came out as trans in 2020, when I told the world I was nonbinary. I started medical transition in 2022, and I've been on T for a year now. I'm also almost 40! It's never too late to transition.
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how do i deal with the fact that referring to myself as a "female person" makes me slightly dysphoric but i still want to be included in feminist debates as a trans man? sometimes i honestly feel like inserting myself in discussions about feminism is either denying my manhood or invading women's spaces, even if i logically know it's neither.
You're part of the discussion. You were assigned female at birth even if you no longer identify as female. Trans afab people, including trans men, often have the same struggles as cis women and trans women. Being a trans man doesn't make those difficulties go away.
But people assigned male at birth have a place in feminism too. The idea that feminism is only for cis women is harmful nonsense. You should read Feminism is for Everyone by bell hooks!!
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I have literally been told by a transphobic feminist that I was "mansplaining" feminism.
Transphobes do not want to include me, as a trans man, in their feminism. You want me to detransition into a woman again, and then you'll accept me. You absolutely exclude me as I am right now: unapologetically transgender.
As for "I'm not going to constantly police my language", what does that mean?
One of the most harmful things transphobic feminism has done to feminist discourse as a whole is promoted the idea that trans men don't deserve a voice in feminism, and that if a trans man speaks about feminism, he is "mansplaining".
No, I'm vagina-splaining. About the vagina I have. And the societal oppression I face because of it.
And no, my cunt does not make me less of a man. I know transphobic feminists don't care about that, but I need cis feminists who claim to be allies to listen.
A trans man telling you he needs to be included in feminism is not "men invading women's spaces". A trans man saying "please stop saying abortion is a women's issue" is not stepping out of line or trying to "erase women".
Fix your language. If you say "women's health" that means you're talking about the health of cis AND trans women and the discussion doesn't involve anything a trans man might care about. If you DO mean issues AFAB people care about, then say "gynecological health".
No, we don't want people to say "menstruators" or "vagina-havers" or any of that weird shit transphobic feminists love to scream, that's fucking weird. There's literally already terminology in place. Just use common sense.
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Building Revolutionary Feminism
These ideas are cross-posted from my posts about revolutionary feminism from my main tumblr blog, @hadeantaiga.
As I envision it, revolutionary feminism is, broadly, a subset of intersectional feminism. It is, like intersectional feminism, a reaction to radical feminism and the limitations of radical feminism. Revolutionary feminism is a reaction to the transphobia and bioessentialism in radical…
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Let's build Revolutionary Feminism.
(Many of these ideas are cross-posted from my posts about revolutionary feminism from my main blog, @hadeantaiga)
As I envision it, revolutionary feminism is, broadly, a subset of intersectional feminism. It is, like intersectional feminism, a reaction to radical feminism and the limitations of radical feminism. Revolutionary feminism is a reaction to the transphobia and bioessentialism in radical feminism. It is being created out of a need for queer, revolutionary feminist voices in contemporary feminist spaces.
Revolutionary Feminism is queer, front and center. I feel like some other branches of feminism (even intersectional feminism) are lgbtq only as an after-note. Revolutionary feminism is proudly pro-trans, pro-gay, etc. Revolutionary feminism is also inherently intersectional and inclusive of all people, regardless of race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, disability, or ethnicity.
It's intersectional feminism, environmental feminism, socialist feminism, trans feminism and more, wrapped up into one.
It's anti-racist.
It's pro-gender liberation.
It's pro-queer, pro-trans.
It's environmentalist.
It's anti-capitalist.
It is anti-assimilation.
It is pro-cultural diversity.
It's pro-choice.
It's pro-sex work.
It's pro-land-back.
It's pro-theism.
It's pro-cultural expression.
(and more)
A quick definition of gender liberation: gender liberation is a counterpoint to "gender critical", and serves as a revision of "gender abolition". Gender critical is anti-trans terminology that aims to abolish the concept of gender and only use biological sex to divide people. Gender abolition has origins within the trans community, but has been co-opted by transphobic feminists and is used along side gender critical.
Gender liberation, on the other hand, places choice at the forefront, alongside decoupling gender from sex, and decoupling gender and sex from the stereotypes attached to them via the patriarchy. With gender liberation, you can choose to have a gender, or not to have one. Choose how you express that gender, or lack of gender. That is gender liberation.
Revolutionary feminism is for everybody. We demand the dismantling the patriarchy as part of humanity's development of a better, freer world for everyone.
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Let's build Revolutionary Feminism.
(Many of these ideas are cross-posted from my posts about revolutionary feminism from my main blog, @hadeantaiga)
As I envision it, revolutionary feminism is, broadly, a subset of intersectional feminism. It is, like intersectional feminism, a reaction to radical feminism and the limitations of radical feminism. Revolutionary feminism is a reaction to the transphobia and bioessentialism in radical feminism. It is being created out of a need for queer, revolutionary feminist voices in contemporary feminist spaces.
Revolutionary Feminism is queer, front and center. I feel like some other branches of feminism (even intersectional feminism) are lgbtq only as an after-note. Revolutionary feminism is proudly pro-trans, pro-gay, etc. Revolutionary feminism is also inherently intersectional and inclusive of all people, regardless of race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, disability, or ethnicity.
It's intersectional feminism, environmental feminism, socialist feminism, trans feminism and more, wrapped up into one.
It's anti-racist.
It's pro-gender liberation.
It's pro-queer, pro-trans.
It's environmentalist.
It's anti-capitalist.
It is anti-assimilation.
It is pro-cultural diversity.
It's pro-choice.
It's pro-sex work.
It's pro-land-back.
It's pro-theism.
It's pro-cultural expression.
(and more)
A quick definition of gender liberation: gender liberation is a counterpoint to "gender critical", and serves as a revision of "gender abolition". Gender critical is anti-trans terminology that aims to abolish the concept of gender and only use biological sex to divide people. Gender abolition has origins within the trans community, but has been co-opted by transphobic feminists and is used along side gender critical.
Gender liberation, on the other hand, places choice at the forefront, alongside decoupling gender from sex, and decoupling gender and sex from the stereotypes attached to them via the patriarchy. With gender liberation, you can choose to have a gender, or not to have one. Choose how you express that gender, or lack of gender. That is gender liberation.
Revolutionary feminism is for everybody. We demand the dismantling the patriarchy as part of humanity's development of a better, freer world for everyone.
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Anyway yeah I've decided to adopt "revolutionary feminist" as a direct counterpoint to radical feminists. Yes, "Revolutionary feminism" refers to feminists of the American revolution, but considering it's been 200 years, I think we can recycle the term.
Modern Revolutionary Feminism is queer, front and center. I feel like some other branches of feminism (even intersectional feminism) are lgbtq only as an after-note.
Revolutionary feminism is inherently intersectional and inclusive of all people, regardless of race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, disability, or ethnicity. It's anti-racist. It's environmentalist. It's anti-capitalist. It is anti-assimilation. It's pro-choice. It's pro-sex work. It's pro-land-back. It's pro-theism. It's pro-cultural expression.
Revolutionary feminism is for everybody. We demand the dismantling the patriarchy as part of humanity's development of a better, freer world for everyone.
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I'm sorry if you felt offended.
I just wanted to say that lgbtq is kind scary, one day I was talking to a trans woman and we had a great conversation but she kept picking on me as non binary and when I said that she could call me a girl, she shouted at me and called me homophobic then left me there traumatized.
I just want to say that I know that LGBT is a way to express one's feelings. It's just that the LGBTQ community could have a better way of communicating with us, not all of us are the same and I know that, but please have a better way to let us know.
Once again I apologize if I offended you.
Firstly, I don't know what you're referring to here. I assume I interacted with you somehow on a post somewhere.
"lgbtq is kind scary"
Like what, all queer people are scary? Even a 5 year old?
I genuinely don't believe you had that interaction to be honest. I can't imagine any reason a trans person would call a cis person "homophobic" for saying they're cis. That doesn't even make any sense, because homophobia and transphobia are two different things.
I can't really accept your apology because I don't know what you're apologizing for.
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Hey i just wanted to say im a trans male who rlly appreciates your intersectional feminism. trans women friends of mine showed me feminist writings in the first place and im glad that this kind of feminism is growing, even if transphobes are super gross to you (may they all be blocked 🙏)
But yeah- thank you
Thank you!!
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