i'm gonna make my painful contribution to The Discourse and say i do not see the harm in women reclaiming female centric spirituality.
i am not a religious person nor do i want to become one but spirituality is also about culture, community and celebration. i would much rather women celebrate nature, the female form, and "divine femininity" than patriarchal phallocentric religions. that "divine femininity" is used pejoratively has always tickled me considering we live in a world hooked on divine masculinity. the old matricentric religions are really the only form of female culture devoid of male-centric worship we can grasp at, since men have dominated our belief systems for thousands of years. and women learning about the old religions is the best way to unravel the myth of the male creator, and realise it is really women who are the closest thing to a "god" on Earth.
there's also an element here, which i think is deeply capitalist, patriarchal, and a little racist, of people considering the connection to & celebration of nature as somehow primitive. i think that the lifestyles most of us live now, with none of us knowing anything about the land around us is actually very infantile and regressive for humanity as a whole. the ways of life we consider "primitive" (primitive communism, matrilineal societies) are really what we need to find ways to return to post-capitalism. they were in tune to nature, sustainable, and much more communal & equal. how can nature be primitive or ascientific when science *is* in nature, and the practices of these old societies were early scientific discoveries & practices. as a Black person, my community is often trying to reclaim our lost practices. it makes sense to me that women would try to do so too.
When they say: “finally i got top surgery! i can wear shirtless to the beach!” what they are really trying to say is: I am obviously and rightfully upset at the fact that my non-sexual chest has been sexualized with a brutal force however I won’t advocate for women to embrace going bare-chested to counteract this, because I know that will probably result in more violence and rape onto us as a sex-class.
So, I will swallow the same male-made and fearmongered pill of putting our humanizing needs aside for our safety that our forebearers did and instead get organs that are important to my breathing and health removed in a dangerous process of non-medically necessary cutting and self afflicted bloodshed.
RADFEMS: have any of you tried moon masking or other period blood rituals (using it as plant fertilizer, free bleeding, any other non-conventional methods)
Pls be honest and truthful and share below methods you suggest in the notes <3 this is a no judgement zone!
RADFEMS: have any of you tried moon masking or other period blood rituals (using it as plant fertilizer, free bleeding, any other non-conventional methods)
Pls be honest and truthful and share below methods you suggest in the notes <3 this is a no judgement zone!
RADFEMS: have any of you tried moon masking or other period blood rituals (using it as plant fertilizer, free bleeding, any other non-conventional methods)
Pls be honest and truthful and share below methods you suggest in the notes <3 this is a no judgement zone!
there was a trans march in mexico city days ago where this man, after lifting his skirt and flashing his underwear, yelled "hope your daughter gets raped, b*tch!" at a female cop.
TRAs and their obsession with sending rape threats to anyone that dares to disagree with them... nothing new.