#intersectionality bitches

[aroaceleovaldez]

it was a thing for awhile in the fandom (and still is) to focus on one demographic a character is a part of while ignoring others like they can only exist one at a time (primarily being erasing disability traits or experiences the characters describe, usually by taking a trait meant to indicate one thing and claiming it can only indicate a separate thing and never anything else)

but the absolute biggest offender will always be when Rick and Mark Oshiro just fully did that in The Sun And The Star. like. oh okay. this is what we're doing now. and fully said it too. "Nico only likes Mythomagic to look at the hot men on the cards" ah yes of course it's definitely not because. he has adhd (and autism coding) and Mythomagic is his hyperfixation/special interest. nah that couldn't be it. Because of course Nico's only trait is "Gay" and that's the only thing that can inform his character Ever. How could i be so silly as to think otherwise? (sarcasm sarcasm)

anyways the fandom could really stand to learn about intersectionality that'd be great. rick too probably. also just remember disability exists in general and is kind of very central to the series and nearly every character. thanks.

[moonpool-system]

Your disability is real even if it's not causing you suffering 100% of the time. Your disability is real even if you don't bare your suffering constantly to the masses to gain acceptance. Your disability is real even if you wouldn't trade it for being abled. People on the outside cannot see you, and cannot see how the intricacies of your disabilities affect your daily life. They can't see all the details of what makes your disability real because, quite frankly, they don't want to. You needn't debase yourself at the altar of public opinion in order to treat your disability as real. You know your body and your mind best, and your experiences are real. You are allowed to understand and accommodate your bodies and minds for yourselves.

We don't need to be their suffering idol in order to be disabled.

[dullahandyke]

having to actually think about the prescribed feminist literary criticism in revising things for the exam and im about to fucking hit things . ohhhh you think woman writing so unique so body essential womb feminine inherent psychological, all texts from before the turn of the century about how there are no woman writers ever?? like im sure feminist litcrit is actually an interesting topic but i cannot take you fucking seriously assigning us goddamn laugh of the medusa for this english course where the male-female ratio is easily one to fifteen. and by solely presenting us with fucking out of date single-minded texts it flattens the field into something so boring and kills any enthusiasm for it!!!!! aughhhhhh

[edwardseymour]

yk if i had a coin every time someone in the tudor fandom called a slave owner a feminist i'd have just so so...many coins

nothing new, nothing changed, same old shit, same old fucking shit

[thalassous]

more people gotta see enjolras as that one vine thats like. "hmhmhm. you were wrong! <:)"

(goddess braids enj from the-march-hair because lord thats so smart)

[macbxth-pdf]

“One-size-fits-all approaches to gender and sexuality— whether they occur in the straight male-centric mainstream, or within feminist and queer subcultures — inevitably result in double standards, where bodies and behaviors can only ever be viewed as either right or wrong, natural or unnatural, normal or abnormal, righteous or immoral. And one-size-fits-all models for describing sexism and marginalization— whether in terms of patriarchy, or compulsory heterosexuality, or the gender binary— always account for certain forms of sexism and marginalization while ignoring others.”

Author, Trans Activist, Femme Activist, Spoken Word Perfomer, Julia Serano

Source: Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive

Note: Serano best known for her novels, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity and Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back

[squorttle-pox]

"average queer person experiences zero targeted bigotry" factoid actualy just statistical error. average queer person experiences many targeted bigotries. Pride Month, which happens every june & sees corporations extend false sympathy to queer struggles over 2 times each week, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[bipanicbianger]

Hello. Welcome to my Brain. I'm sorry.

I've been wanting to get back into writing for a really long time. I used to be on Tumblr all the time (the heyday of the 2010s, what a chaotic time). I used to write with abandon!

Now, I don't. Can I blame it on time? Work? Getting older?

Maybe it's all the above. I know there is a lot more to it than that, but I won't get into the details.

What I do want to do is write again. I don't think that I'll be writing fanfiction like I did back in the day. I cannot even be sure I'll write fiction at all right now. I hope to get back to that. But for now, I want to write essays.

I have been in graduate school for a couple of years now, taking the slow (and expensive) route to getting my MSW because I still have bills to pay. During that time, I've learned a great deal about myself, including how I think, how I perceive the world, and how I aspire to grow as a person. It has come with a lot of really wonderful memories and exploration, and it has come with a lot of loss as I've started to actually become someone I have always wanted to be. I'm more confident in how I think and speak. I believe that words and input have value. I know that I don't know what I don't know, and I am willing to do better after I learn.

So here I am, ready to start writing. I thought about Substack, but that felt too... formal, professional, journalistic. Tumblr was always a place of expression, authenticity, and passion. I don't want engagement for money and on a weirdly complicated UI. I want engagement to share ideas and learn from others (and a UI that is reminiscent of a time when I was unapologetically creative).

I don't know where this journey will take me. I'm not sure how consistent I'll be. Maybe I'll rant and complain about school more than I want (and I have plenty of classmates who have made me complain a lot). But I do know that even writing this has felt so wonderful and liberating in a way I have not felt in a really long time.

So... let me introduce myself (if you made it this far). I'm Kristina. I'm fat. I'm in my 30s. I'm a social worker (currently working with women experiencing homelessness). I'm bisexual. I'm in a hetero-passing relationship with a rare good man. I'm currently in Western North Carolina (#that bitch Helene).

I will probably write a lot about anti-fatness and weight discrimination, Appalachia, queerness, classism, feminism, politics, and all the intersectionalities of these various identities. I will probably write about books, movies, and TV shows (even ones that are no longer in the news, because I have a lot to say about The Hunger Games universe at all times).

I have a lot to say. I'm now at a point where I'm ready to say it.

Thanks for being on this unpredictable ride with me.

A few things I want to kind of preface as I start:

I use "black and brown people" instead of BIPOC or people of color. This is because my partner has told me, as a brown man, that he does not like those terms because he feels that it is a sugar-coated version of "colored people." I know that it makes people uncomfortable (and it did for me at first, too), but sometimes language isn't about the people we're talking about (or with) and more about the person talking. I don't want the use of "PC language" to be about my comfort when talking about things outside of my scope.

THE WORD "OBESE" IS A SLUR IN THIS SPACE AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. We do not pathologize the size of our bodies here. If you use that word in a non-quotational way, you will be ignored.

I am always trying to do better, so please provide constructive feedback, and I will always try to be gracious. I want to talk, to learn, to be better for myself, for people I love, for the people I will serve in my community and in my career. My feelings are soft but strong.

I believe in balanced perspectives. I know that is privileged to say, but I will stand with it. What I mean is that I will try to greet different perspectives with compassion and kindness. I am the lone blue dot in my family of conservative and performative Christians. I truly believe that trying to engage with folks like my family is important. However, if things get nasty, I won't have grace at all. But meeting in the middle, calling in rather than calling out, and trying to find empathetic connections is really important to me.

That being said--if it walks like a Nazi, talks like a Nazi, it's a Nazi.

Free Palestine.

In the vein of using language, I am currently working on using alternatives besides "straight" when talking about sexuality or body sizes. Straight implies "normal" or "the good one." That may seem like a stretch (and it does to me right now, but I get the logic, too). So I am practicing using "hetero." It's going to be hard with "straight-sized" because the alternatives are wonky for me (please give me ideas lol). I'm working on it.

I will correct anyone who uses the term "TERF" by calling them transphobes. TERF still implies they're feminists, and you CANNOT have feminism without trans women. TERFs are not feminists. They're transphobes.

[poly-yuri-train]

"try for 3-5 pages but don't go any fewer than 3"

oh I could never write that much ill have to settle for 3 and hope for the best

*essay is 6 pages*

😬

[clubsoft]

tlou.

this is the last time i'll say anything about this, hopefully, and the ppl who should read this won't, but we always end up in this conversation again and again and again. i'll put it simply for you:

to ignore the inspirations behind the last of us, to say that the people talking about it are just bitching, just complaining, saying their takes are dogshit, that their consumption of that show isn't normal is ERASURE. no one is saying you can't watch the show, no one is saying you can't enjoy it, because it's okay to critically think about media, it doesn't make you a hater.

people's lack of ability (i won't name who because we already know what i'm talking about) to differentiate critical thinking and being hateful is concerning. they genuinely believe that if you like something, you have to defend everything about it tooth and nail, and if you don't, if you even slightly agree that something about it is wrong or not well portrayed, that you're no longer a fan. open up your world view, because to view the world in such a shallow manner is harmful to not just you but the people you engage with.

i've run this word to the ground but i implore you guys to read about intersectionality, to learn how the things in the real world connect to the things in media, how perceptions of media affect our thinking, how the problems of the world come to intersect and grow from each other, and the hills that we choose to die on just to allow ourselves a few reblogs and shitposts about a show. learn nuance.

the idea of people of color advocating for themselves to be taken as a threat, being spun into some sort of attack by white people is a historical pattern, and it doesn't make it not real just because it's fandom. imploring you to learn, understand, broaden your worldview and be more accepting, more educated on the things that you consume isn't a threat, an insult, it's a suggestion that'll better more than just your tumblr experience.

also, if the creator of something says word for word that he is inspired by real life events, and you get on tumblr and say that it's simply not true, and that people are being cynical and negative and just trying to ruin the viewing experience for others. not only are your comprehension skills an issue, but your willful ignorance, your purposeful dismissal of what is important, what is being talked about for the sake of your enjoyment is genuinely something to worry about.

get it the fuck together.

[sha-brytols]

is there anything you actually like about the dragon age games or is it all tainted because the writers are so weird? genuine question

man if i didnt love dragon age i wouldnt be here LOL. i said it before but i like dragon age because despite all my bitching it's the only game i know (in the years it was made) that seems brave enough to explore the concept of systematic oppression and the seemingly endless cycle of violence that comes with fighting against it. like if i truly didnt appreciate the social narrative of this series and believe it to have good potential i wouldnt spend so much time dissecting it. like. you would not catch me dead giving this much thought to mass effect's political commentary lmfao

​my issues all stem from frustration that despite having a clear interest and dedication to the topic of institutional oppression. everyone on the writing team is a white man besides like 2 women and one nonbinary person (who are also white). and this bleeds into the game's writing so much. it makes the flaws in the narrative stand out more. the reliance on sexist tropes. the consistent failure to understand the nuances of social hierarchies. the complete lack of intersectionality between multiple forms of marginalization. the inability to write an oppressive system without desperately trying to redeem it at the same time. like i adore that these are all conversations dragon age wants to have but it consistently feels like the writing team doesnt have the means or the resources to actually engage with these topics in any meaningful way because theyre just so limited in their perspective and it shows. it's like. they have the right idea but its a dart throw as to how well theyll execute that idea.

also i'm like a youtuber i like playing up my anger for the bit LOL

[gaywineauntsstuff]

Arabic in the batfam

@leefail has gotten me obsessed with how arabic would work in the batfamily

because arabic is natively spoken by 230 million people and is taught in any muslim majority to country because its considered poor faith to recite the Quran in any other language.

its also the most inconvenient and stupidly difficult language to learn in human history.

why?

because it is a colonial language

meaning the Arab empire happened and we all switched to arabic but unlike English... there wasn't the internet for people to learn how the 'og Arabs' spoke it and Arabs didn't slaughter and replace like the puritans they just taxed and converted (slaughter optional im not ignoring north Africa but it was region specific)

so that means that arabic which has a collective vocab of about 12.1 million words as well as a nasty habit of giving 100 words the same meaning as well as assigning 1 word like 8 meanings got practiced by these arabic speaking countries differently

so certain words fell out of use or changed meaning in one country while being startlingly popular in another

it also means that a lot of arabic regions maintained their older speech patters

latinised softer letters in levant countries closer to Cyprus due to the presence of Aramaic, syrianic and latin.

harsher more guttural sounds in regions that were closer to Iran.

so what does this mean? and Why does this mean arabic is a bitch to learn

well for one you don't write in your regional dialect, you write in modern standard or fus7a which is a whole other beast. Meaning that you don't really learn to speak in school.

two the dialects are significantly different enough across the region that people who learned arabic in Lebanon won't understand people from morocco.

now we are all SUPPOSed to speak Modern Standard Arabic but you have to understand how little it is used outside of like legal jargon. so you kinda lose it once you leave Arab formal education.

Which means if you immediately default to MSA 99% of Arabs will assume you are a cop like if you know the word for government but not skirt... come on man be less obvious.

Now most us speak 1 -3 dialects and understand 9-10

me personally I speak a levantine dialect and can understand most Egyptian, Jordanian and Gulf dialects. Iraqi and the rest of North Africa (with the exception of Tunisia) not so much.

Now what does that mean for arabic in the batfamily

its too useful for the Bats to not use

so do all of the bats speak arabic 1000%

Do all of them speak different dialects 1000%

Here they are imo

Bruce: Bruce is a cop (MSA) He can code switch and speak all the dialects but he just genuinely likes MSA, its the most complex and intricate form of the language and what's most commonly used for things like poetry and literature. But it does mean that his speech comes off very stilted and cringeworthy to most Arab speakers. The first dialect he learned was definitely Egyptian because its the one that's the most common in music and television as well as having the largest group of people speaking it (110 of the 230 million are from Egypt)

Dick: now I have no evidence for this but Dick Grayson would speak Lebanese arabic. It's notoriously the softest of the dialects and has the most higher pitched and flippy tones. His mother also grew up in France which would Fit for Dick since Lebanese Arabic tends to substitute harsher arabic words with French. the most common greeting in Lebanon is 'Hi, kefak ca va' which is English, arabic and French. And for a cameleon character with such an interesting and convoluted ethnic background I think picking the softest dynamic tongue with the most intersectionality fits.

Jason: Jason todd speaks Jordanian arabic, Jordanians are the most hilariously creative people in the mid east imo. there are turns of phrase from Jordan that kinda make you pause and blink for a second because damn... okay then. I have never met a Jordanian without a degree in the most creative insults you've ever heard. Jordanian arabic is also very close to stereotypical Levant arabic which still maintaining a lot more of the harsher more guttural sounds that countries like Lebanon and Syria tend to exclude. Jordan also has a huge Bedouin population and I just think he'd match that vibe

Tim: Tims parents were archeologist.. Egyptian. Tim has the heaviest Egyptian accent when he speaks arabic. His parents definitely had him learn it in hopes he'd follow their footsteps. Ja become Ga and he works so damn hard to keep the accent out of his words to try and hide any identifiers and he fails miserably. He also uses it the most out of the kids and he can read and understand MSA fluently unlike Dick and Jason who are fine readers but cannot speak it for the life for them. Tim also does the international students Mix and Match where you sometimes just use a word that's country specific to other countries. Tim doesn't tell Damian he understands it and so Damian has the most intense shock of his life when Tim replies back to his angry arabic muttering.

Damian: So I know that talia studied at the university of Cairo but I feel like Ra's speaks a very old form of arabic so I think Damian code switches quite often. I picture him speaking like a Saudi upper court dialect when he's talking with Ra's and I think talia does the same. But I think Damian is most comfortable somewhere in-between Jordan and UAE arabic with more levant terms of endearment (because of the aforementioned softness and ik talia isn't a soft parent in canon but she is one in my heart so there) and more casual speech following GCC speaking patterns. Tho I think Damian can understand and speak all of the dialects including the less popular ones like Moroccan daraji.

Steph: I have zero evidence and not even an elaboration but if steph was Middle Eastern she'd be Iraqi bc vibes so that's what she speaks fuck you im right. It's definitely on the harsher side tonally but idk she gives the energy of using it and teasing Jason and Dick for using frou-frou arabic. Tho I will absolutely make the argument that she learned Syrian arabic for a friend pre her involvement with the bats.

Also Steph, Dick and Jason do sip and bitch sessions and they disagree on the correct way to make coffee. Jason is absolutely a traditionalist, Dick is a Turkish coffee believer and steph adds way too much cardamom.

also also Jasons favorite poet is Darwish, Tims fave is Al-muttanabbi, Dicks is Gibran (ik he spoke mostly in English but tell me Dick Grayson isn't gonna freak over 'your children are not yours they are children of the world') , Bruces is Qabbani. Steph doesn't like poetry but she has absolutely read memoirs of a woman doctor by nasal el saadawi and loved it

[communistkenobi]

reblogs a post about the radical political importance of loving men in a rabid anti-man climate #important #social justice #anti-masculinity #identity politics #purity culture #feminist blunders #stupid bitches #intersectionality #misandry #this is why you have no rights #leftist bigotry #read bell hooks #egalitarianism #man-hating lesbians #radfem brainrot #terf tw

[butch-bakugo]

You didn't hear it from me but the entire reason why transradfems/baddels HATE that trans men talk about their past experiences as cis women (at the time) and the horror they went through is because if you got far enough back in their past, you'll find that they are the " I avoided the red pill pipeline by becoming a trans woman" type shit (and they are still red pilled, still discuss cis women/Transmascs like redpills, still believe racist conspiracy theories like redpills... if not redpill, why redpill shaped? Why constantly calling "tme" people (who they only ever mean to be cis women and transmascs) sub humans with less thought capacity/smelly vaginas/whores/whiney bitches? Hmmmm) and you'll probably find some questionable views they never worked through. It's why you never see them talk about anything but feminism/gender based discrimination but never interphobia, nbphobia, racism, ableism, etc, they never actually bother to intersectionalize their feminism when it applies to non-perisex trans women and when they do, they sound like the typical surface level ally who only tolerates your existence so long as you don't speak up when then say shit that shows their true intentions...

You hate when they talk about their past with discrimination as an afab/cafab intersex person? You don't like it because you're jealous of those experiences and things you think delegitimize your experiences (they don't, other people exist) or you just don't like Transmascs having a space in women's healthcare because naming yourself Milo isn't a full hysterectomy (you want them to fit the mold of cis men so you don't feel bad being cruel to them and the only people who benefit from being paired with cis people exclusively in a radical feminist lense is trans women, not trans men) or because you've got some skeletons in your closet and can't bring up your past? Wonder why they all have 4chan and Reddit accounts.... Hmmm.... Quite the thinker.....

[ahoyakosi-kape]

EDIT: Seeing all of this pointless nonsense like "a lot of people hate het ships because they aren't willing to engage with fictional relationships that involve women" gives me headaches. I hope you can acknowledge that mlm ships are still important because THEY'RE QUEER, THAT CONSERVATIVES ARE SEEKING TO CENSOR. While also noting that certain "fujoshis" are presenting sexist trash. After decades of heterosexual ships being the norm, it's now "if you hate het ships, that's because you hate women" instead of "hehe, het ships are awesome when they're bi4bi / t4t." The idea that watching men kissing men wears you out is simply embarrassing. Especially if you complain about it publicly. You suddenly sound like a right-wing jerk who hates Pride Month updates on games, even if they have been around longer than their ejaculation. If you see mothers in their 80s watching gay porn, you guys would faint. And no, whining about White homosexual guys cosplaying as Black women isn't the same as being "uncomfortable" with the amount of mlm fanfiction—the former is a real problem because it hurts Black women and the community. It's also a serious situation that White gay men would evoke their Whiteness first and last. Women drawing gay porn should be the least of your problems. If you told me that gay men aren't legitimate because they're males, I wouldn't be surprised at all. Stop propagating radfem talk. As a girl participating in fandom like millions, I acknowledge that it can be challenging to see female characters examined engagingly. It just stings that all the focus is placed on male characters with similar motifs. There are harmful clichés thrown around, like "disposable girlfriend" or "jezebel." It's evident in Arcane fandom. "They make the woman be a fujoshi/cuck so it's accessible to ignore them" is something I've read, and I agree. It's questionable; it's unwarranted. Nonetheless, it's simple to overlook half of their content without coming across as hostile. I know it's absolutely tempting to educate them, to lash out, to call them a "stupid bitch"—but if they're that idiotic, nothing can be pursued. You do not want to waste your IQ. I block some fujoshis that piss me off because it's just common sense. Yet, I keep wondering if there's an appropriate solution for it. Unfortunately, everyone's answers include "ban BL content so fans would be put to shame!" and the fact that it tolerates conservative and puritanical discourse, which backfires into endorsed homophobia (yes, it always does). You struggle to ensure civility in the face of your hatred for yaoi—yaoi that incels and dudebros despise—and are prepared to eradicate it because it is "woke trash." How much are you willing to redefine fictitious heterosexuality as a "feminist empowerment" concept? Is this not insane to you? Are all the discussions about heterosexuality being 'a tool of patriarchy' meant nothing to you? Are all those repugnant comments from dudebros in a Facebook anime fanpage that fuel your spite to create gay shit—gone? Are you really gonna woke-ify heterosexuality? The same material that's weaponised to hurt queerness? It's exasperating that many fans are driving fictional women/of colour away from romance just for White men's yaoi to be the spotlight. I know the problem, it's not for nothing, and we want to provide solutions. But, I'm begging you, with clasped hands and kneeling, there's a suitable method to talk about this without coming out as your reactionary grandfather who despises communism. Don't be soft, but be stern. Don't insinuate yourself with tactless bullying. Be clever. It's not an excuse to indulge homophobia. You have to know when to recognise intersectionality. Some fans are rancid, I know, but queerness is still queerness. Fiction and reality. Saying something like that is literally anti-gay with progressive language. Performative activism has hurt you enough.

Anyway, I think we should all just inject fentanyl into our veins for progressing like this. It's really embarrassing. I think queer people in the 90s would have a stroke seeing us with this behaviour.

[blacksapphicguide]

The Sex Lives of College Girls (TV series)

2020s TV show | 3 seasons (Cancelled) Available on MAX Drama, romance, comedy

Plot points:

Friendship groups

College

Growing pains

Betrayal

Careers

Self-expression

Diverse characters: sexuality, disability, racial, socioeconomic

Intersectionality

Coming-out

Sexual liberation

Roommate dynamics

Created by a director of color

No-men in the timeline of the sapphic dynamic

No on-screen black sapphic connections

Presence of brown and white sapphic characters

Presence of black lesbian characters (tertiary)

TW//: Sexual assault.

Black sapphic characters:

Willow [lesbian] (Renika Williams) Brandi (Aubrey Cleland)

Connections:

Brandi x Tatum (interracial lesbian: black x white)

Sex & Nudity - Moderate

Implied sex

Certain sex scenes shown, with partial front nudity only.

Rear nudity clearly visible.

Kissing and making out.

Characters visible in underwear.

Foreplay shown.

Multiple conversations surrounding sex.

Instances of sex work.

“Naked party”

Violence & Gore - None

Profanity - Moderate

Use of fuck, slut, bitch, asshole, etc.

Use of dick

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking - Moderate

Multiple instances of social drinking.

Smoking: use of vapes and marijuana.

Jokes about being drunk, wasted

References to cocaine use

Frightening & Intense Scenes - Mild

Character gets sexually assaulted by another character. Consequences follow.

Character used their position to sexually assault others.