#Gender critical

[kthulhu42]

Ahhh, so "Transphobic genital preferences" are acceptable when it comes to their sexuality, but not ours.

Their "discomfort" is beyond reproach. Our discomfort is bigotry.

[capricorn-season]

[redditreceipts]

They also see the shark as a trans thing bc a woman had her arm bitten off by a shark and she is known for speaking against tims in female exclusive sports. Ever since that i've seen tims use sharks as a trans thing

imagine how deranged you have to be to wish for a disabled woman to be killed by a wild animal just because she said that men can't compete in the women's category. don't these people feel shame?

[mikasasrippedtoenail]

Do not let men gaslight you into thinking that the reason women live longer than men is because we are cowards, prudes, rule followers etc. The female biology is an intricate expression of the evolution's magnum opus. We outlive men because of our far better immune systems. We mould lives within our wombs and nurture love. We live longer because the world would collapse without us.

[rad-polls]

Poll suggestion:

Do you believe men are naturally prone to violence?

Violence is biologically coded in men.

Violence is a choice men make later in life.

Violence is socialised from birth in men.

Combination of the over.

Violence is not (generally) present in men.

You forget (blank).

Another very interesting idea imo

Thanks for the suggestion!

This might be today's last poll ^^

[bikini-kill-pilled]

im really interested in the revival of riot grrrl; i think its absolutely possible for it to make a comeback, and i could even argue that it never actually went away...i mean, its definitely lost a bit of its edge, but their are bands coming out in its genre and they keep the spirit alive. anyway, the essential thing for the revival is that riot grrrl fixes its previous mistakes. i hate when people try to trivialize its importance because i do think it made a difference in the small span of time that it was really popular, but the main issues were how whitewashed it was, how it mostly focused on middle/upper suburban women, and how it (in my opinion mostly) centered a lot around reclaiming femininity, thereby neglecting gnc women who don't WANT to reclaim it. i found a cool article on black women in the feminist punk movement--specifically how they made their own movement, sista grrrl riot--and these quotes stood out to me. this ones by musician tamar kali brown:

"Being in this urban jungle, I was a different type of girl. I was hearing what they were saying, but I was living in an environment where people were getting stabbed. Riot Grrrl felt like a bubblegum expression. I was bald, and I would get a lot of negative attention that bordered on violence, so I wasn't in the world of [baby voice] 'You just think I can't play because I'm a girl!'

and this one by laronda davis:

"I never looked at a magazine and thought that that was what I was supposed to look like. On one hand, it's actually kind of liberating to not be what this standard of womanhood is. That standard put a lot of women in boxes, and they spend their li[ves] trying to get out of the box. Black women were never allowed in the box. I wasn't looking at TV saying, 'Oh, that represents me.' I wasn't listening to music telling about my experience. I had experiences that told me I wasn't concerned with these things that the happy songs were about."

(article here)

all in all i think what riot grrrl needs to change is its idea of a universal female childhood in their songs that we can all relate to. it kind of sucks to say but really all women do have in common are the stereotypes we're given, and when punk women criticized and defied those stereotypes they really shone; i was reading that people called kathleen hanna writing "slut" on her stomach white feminism and i was like....err. sexualization is something all women are subjected to. i've just been in a bit of a rabbit hole which started when i researched the history of trans people in riot grrrl, then to modern times when i found a claim that kathleen hanna had stopped using the line "all girls to the front" and edited her riot grrrl manifesto, and finally ended here with me thinking "man, riot grrrl's spirit is needed now more than ever, but like we need to make it WAAAAYYY better so it actually works out". the good news is, like i said, it hasn't actually faded out of mainstream consciousness.

i might add on to this in later posts. sorry if it's messy.

[criticalxprincess]

religions are just moid cults. all of them.

[kthulhu42]

There's nothing wrong with being female, but people like you who hate being female should just become men lol. what's the point of living as something you hate?

I'm sorry, but do you have reading comprehension issues?

I have *no* problem with being female. The problems stem entirely from misogyny.

I could run away and pretend to be one of the oppressors for my own benefit. But that would not change the reality of the situation:

Misogyny will follow, regardless of the surgeries, hormones, clothing choices, or haircuts. You cannot opt out of the way men feel about you.

[capricorn-season]

[der-rebell]

I wonder where the future of feminism will be, when ordinary people don't know what a woman is. ( most do but afraid to say, others are so woke the answer is abstract like it's an idea and not biological reality )

[lesjasmine]

The stupidest thing lesphobes have attempted to do is try to pit femme and masc lesbians against each other. Stop politicizing why lesbians are attracted to certain women. You come up with all these theories and equations in your head when all you have to do is sit the f down and accept you're not a lesbian.

For actual lesbians, femme and masc (or anywhere inbetween), we are stronger together <3

[radfemnotfemme]

Two men hit on lesbians and get mad that they don’t reciprocate back, then proceed to shoot the music venue up.

How are we supposed to feel safe?

When the pulse shooting happened in 2016, I was only 12 years old. I still remember watching the news of what had happened at my grandmas house while she was watching me for the day. I was filled with fear. I didn’t know that so much hate existed towards gay people and this was my first time ever witnessing it. My family was pretty accepting of gay people, and so was everyone else I knew. It was the first time I realized that there were people out there who hated me enough to kill me.

I was only 12, but I vowed to myself then that I’d never go to a gay club or event, and I still haven’t to this day (due to a mix of fear and general laziness)

It’s just a bitter reminder that these spaces will never be truly safe. My mind will wander every time I step foot into one of those organizations about the possible threats.

[mandyfem]

It's quite dystopian reading about 20 yrs olds struggling financially and yet begging for top surgery funds on GoFundMe.

The stories all have the same narrative:

"I've felt uncomfortable with my breasts since puberty,I'm in constant pain due to binding and with this surgery I will finally live as my true self"

Somehow I doubt it.

Instead of working on WHY you are feeling discomfort over body parts and learning to love em,that there's nothing wrong with them,young adults are being told that to ease their pain they must get rid of them.

20 is such a delicate age,you're an adult but you are still immature and your brain hasn't even finished developing yet.

Let's be real.

It's despicable to make profit from people's insecurities,I see no difference between gender affirming "care" and cosmetic surgeries.

[spongebobterfpants]

“misogynist manosphere son or misandrist terf daughter”:

safe edgy reddit moment. this trans movement is just typical gender dynamics tenfold but encouraging a gross version self expression

[lorynna]

A mother who recently gave birth to her baby gets the baby's name tattooed on her wrist and happily shares a picture of it on Instagram (it's a small, delicate fineline tattoo)

TRA in the comments: what if the baby is gonna be trans?? what if the baby changes it's name and later doesn't identify with their gender??? COULDN'T YOU JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE 18 AND ASK FOR THEIR CONSENT???