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Thanks, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

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A friendly fox in Pripyat, Chernobyl exclusion zone

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The narrative that men are all inherently bad, that masculinity can only be toxic, that any association with maleness is wrong, and that “choosing” to be more masculine is aligning yourself with the enemy,

Does actually hurt trans men.

A lot.

Nobody wants to be “the enemy”. Nobody wants to hurt women, to hurt their loved ones, to be an abuser. When these things are made synonymous with manhood, it becomes uncomfortable and even horrifying to realize that you yourself might be a man.

My ex was a lesbian who spent 5 years driving into me that any expression of femininity was virtuous and progressive, and any expression of masculinity was proof that I still “needed work”. For 5 years, I learned that the best thing I could possibly be was a feminine cis woman.

Two years after ending that relationship, I began to see transmascs (not many, but a few) speak up about the fact that trans men do face legitimate problems in society, and do not in fact oppress cis women. Not long after, I finally began to realize and accept that I myself am a trans man.

This is not an uncommon narrative. Demonizing maleness and masculinity as The Ultimate Enemy doesn’t help anyone; your enemy is the patriarchy. Not individual, marginalized and oppressed men.

All this serves to do is silence these groups, and make trans men fear the possibility that they themselves might be men. It perpetuates transphobia, it encourages violence against trans men, it silences trans men, and it pressures trans men back into the closet for fear of “becoming the enemy” instead.

Masculinity is not evil, men are not evil, maleness is not abusive, men are not all abusers and predators, testosterone is not “poison”, and trans men do not deserve to be punished for being trans men.

Think about who your words actually impact; do you think it’s the most privileged people who are going to listen and take them to heart, or do you think that it’s the oppressed who are ultimately going to be most harmed by your “righteous hatred”?

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I feel like someone is standing next to me talking about how I'm dead

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got a major pest problem this year actually

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Made a small herd of Ponyta chocolate pops! 🐴🦄 Hand-shaping the ganache for these was a lot of work, but it worked out better than I thought! Even the last-minute marshmallow manes/tails for the Galarian version 😅

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As an ace person who likes porn, literally just tag it "no sex" or "sfw" or your favorite flavor of tag in that vein. "Ace friendly" means nothing when there are so many different reasons an Ace person may be reading your fic.

so i just saw this and i’m not sure how i feel about it

feel free to explain - if you can? i’m still a little 🤔 abt it personally - in the tags

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at least there's gay people

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I don't know which of you needs to hear this but "narc" is not short for "narcissist" when someone calls you a "narc" for snitching they are calling you a "narcotics officer"

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frog and cranberries it must be fall… 🐸🍂

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spiderman. opinions on rhode island

your mom rhode my island last night

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you turned me transgender when i was little

that was probably the transer. he's a new villain ive been "fighting" recently but tbh shes kind of based so i just let them do its own thing

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a side effect of becoming spiderman was also that it gave md top surgery. since spiders arent mammals and dont have breasts, gaining spider powers removed mine

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i dated a guy for a couple weeks once before i found out he was a chaser

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Print Pre-Order

I'm doing prints. People have been asking for awhile. Available via tumblr only, because etsy sucks. Can be paid via PayPal (includes seller protection) and Venmo. I expect orders to be shipped within 10 days of purchase.

5"x 7" prints $25 each including US Shipping

8"x 10" prints are $40 each including US shipping

DM to place your order and be in the first run!!!

These are the 10 I am considering but can order prints of other pieces upon request

PayPal- havekatart@gmail.com

Venmo- Kate-Havekost