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gyns... i met a woman

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Ladies, I want you to know, you don’t exist for men but you don’t exist for other women’s perceptions of you either. So what that you aren’t personally attractive to her tastes? So what if she doesn’t find you attractive or stunning or gorgeous? So what if she finds you a little annoying or odd? You have to live for you! You are completely able and responsible for making a beautiful life for youself! You don’t exist for your future partners! You don’t exist for someone’s lustful but fleeting gaze! You are here for you! Your joy, your passions, your quirks, your purpose, your mission! Your your your you!!!! And how beautiful is that!

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the word “woman” was bad to describe us, so people said “female”. the word “female” was bad so people said “afab”. the word “afab” is now bad too (“talking about afab experiences is transmisogynistic”), and you apparently shouldn’t talk about the experiences of “people with vaginas” only, either. 

discussing “radical feminism” was bad, so people said “feminism”, but that was bad, too, so people just talked about “misogyny”, but that was a “terf” dogwhistle, so people talked about “gendered socialization” but that’s a transmisogynistic discussion framework, apparently. So where do you go next?

It’s not that the words were offensive, it’s that the power they gave to women to exclusively discuss ourselves and our problems effectively and accurately was. It’s a silencing tactic. We could call ourselves anything as a sex class and it’d still be offensive that we found solidarity. You can’t talk about, find community with, or protect women if acknowledging sex is banned, and you can’t talk about women’s issues if acknowledging sexism is banned. 

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y'all are worried about a surveillance state all while filming strangers in public for clicks and clout... baby you ARE the surveillance state!

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J.K. Rowling for People Magazine (1999)

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u_u

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It’ll always be funny (and incredibly annoying and offensive to me) that “terfs” or radfems are compared to Nazis when a large chunk of trans women came out while they were being right-wing nutcases on 4chan 🙄

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“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.”

— James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin

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JK Rowling is back at it again 💞

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I love not performing femininity for men! I love not shaving! I love wearing comfy shoes instead of high heels! I love spending money on video games and food instead of make-up! I love not being perceived!

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im not even being overdramatic social media 100% ruined humanity. like its over. tumblr doesnt count but theyre trying to make it count w the live feature. but something in the human spirit died with all of these clout chaser websites.

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im so over having to be nice and polite about het couples. your boyfriend is ugly and boring and i do think less of you for dating him and you should have left him at home

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a girl becomes a woman when her attachment style goes from anxious-avoidant to avoidant-dismissive <3