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a terf description

dogwhistles: 

-febfem

-radical feminism

-anti terf=anti feminism

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1) those are logic symbols

2) terfs can't read. You are a terf.

Description

This blog exists to collect the weirdest and most obsessive parts of terf bullshit on the internet (or tumblr). I may also, if I have the energy, make a masterlist of terfs to block (not interact with!), but probably not.

Masterlist of terf terms to look out for:

Definitely terfs:

febfem–it means “female-exclusive-bisexual feminist” it’s pretty much code for “will fuck a trans man, but while misgendering him.”

LGB–lgb as in “lesbian gay and bisexual” and explicitly excluding trans people. linked to american homophobic groups. Funny, since these folks tend to be pretty biphobic too.

GenderCrit–short for “gender critical.” They pretend gender doesn’t exist so they can harass trans people while also very much having gender. 

GenderFree–see above.

Anti-Kink/Anti-Sex Work–Using “worry” or “concern” about kink to deny women agency, as well as anyone else. Often based in legitimate concern taken to an extreme, use extremely triggering first-person stories as weapons against survivors.

TRA–”trans rights activist” but like as a bad thing

-Trans Cult–because trans people are stealing their girls, y’see

-TiM/TiW–Trans-identifying-man and trans-identifying woman. Their extremely transphobic terms for trans women and trans men.

-terf is a slur

-”sex based rights” (especially if that person is from the UK)

-gold star lesbian stuff

Possibly a terf but probably not a terf, but be careful:

-“lesbian” or “sapphic” in their username. This IS NOT to say that all lesbians are terfs–that’s categorically wrong–but a lot of young lesbians are explicitly recruited by terfs to fuel similar persecution complexes as white american christians. DO NOT assume that people with lesbian or sapphic in their names are terfs, check their blogs.

-”aces/aros aren’t lgbt+” They could just be an ace exclusionist, but it’s a pretty big terf red flag. 

-identifying as an exclusionist/E.C.L.I.P.S.E

-talking about “male violence”

-any assertion that mlm (men attracted to/loving men, NOT multilevel marketing scams) are misogynistic by nature

-specific opposition to “fetishes,” CGl (caregiver/little), consensual non-consent, rape kinks, rape fantasies

-”women can’t consent to being subs but femdom is fine” type logic

-”all women are attracted to women”

-”PIV sex is rape”

-”cops : Black men :: men : women”

-”women can understand men but men can’t understand women” (also used as a defense of women reading m/m porn. It’s not a good defense)

-only x group can write x group.

-being an anti

-using the phrase “men and people,” “queer people and men,” otherwise erasing trans men

-arguing that women can’t be rapists

-discussing lesbians’ opinions on The Penis (you know, like there’s one)

-bi/pan lesbian exclusion

-same-sex attracted/SSA

-obsession with trans genitalia (could be a chaser instead. or both)

-militant veganism

-(i add this with a heavy heart) blatant jkr apologism

TERFS ARE NOT ABOVE ENGAGING IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT TO TRY AND SILENCE YOU, ENGAGE WITH CAUTION. THEY ARE ALSO REALLY FOND OF ATTEMPTING TO TRIGGER THEIR OPPONENTS, SO AGAIN ENGAGE WITH CAUTION.

ABOUT THIS BLOG:

I am

-pro-kink

-pro-sex worker

pro-ANY KIND OF SHIPPING. No really. That ship too.

-against bigotry 

-against white supremacy

-against cops

-left wing, and i’m not elaborating

-white, anglo/francophone, and canadian-american

I am giving you that demographic information because it’s relevant to my view on the world. Everything else is not. 

You are

-not entitled to my trauma

-or my fetishes

-or my gender

-or my background

a note to terfs who reblog this post: thank you for the visibility

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None of y'all enthusiastically reblogging my posts have guessed my gender yet... come on...

I'm not opening anon, but why should I? Are yall too cowardly to tell me to kill myself with a blog attached?

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...we are astonished and gratified by the many... assumptions... in this post.

We do not watch my little pony.

terf description

dogwhistles

-badfem in the user

red flags in this case

-lesbian

-the ableism of the title

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Me, looking at the people interacting this blog, which hasn't updated in like a week.

Y'all people okay?

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The 6 Kinds of anti-Trans ‘research’ and why they aren’t reliable at all

This is mostly because I have been asked this questions by radfems in PM, but it is so much easier to make a post with the links + send them the post than try and make a message with the links.

#1 - Research saying ‘trans women are as much of a risk for violent crime as men’

“Long Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden” (The 2011 Swedish Study) is usually the underlying source being cited in these claims (there are several Radfem-authored studies which cite this for their own violence claims).

TERF Interpretation (from Speak Up For Women): “There is no evidence that even undergoing sex reassignment surgery reduces risk [of a male being a sex offender]. The available evidence is to the contrary. (Quotes the above study)”

Actual real fact of the matter (from the author herself, in multiple places, like here and here):  “[People who are] making claims about trans criminality, specifically rape likelihood, [are] misrepresenting the study findings. […] [F]or the 1989 to 2003 group, we did not find a male pattern of criminality. […] As for the criminality metric itself, we were measuring and comparing the total number of convictions, not conviction types […] We certainly didn’t control for [type of crime] and we were certainly not saying that we found trans women were a rape risk.”

#2 - Research saying ‘puberty suppression is dangerous and youth should wait to transition’

“Growing Pains: Problems with Puberty Suppression” is the most complete research on this topic I’ve seen used in TERF spaces

The authors have incredibly dodgy histories with unreliable, anti-LGBT research sponsored by right-wing ‘Judeo-Christian Moral’ lobbying groups. The information in the research is directly contradicted by more reliable sources such as the APA [here’s where I broke this study down]

#3 - Research saying ‘transgender women prisoners are often sex offenders’

“Half of all transgender prisoners are sex offenders or dangerous category A inmates” is an oft-used study in this area.

The study is by a radical feminist group (Fair Play For Women). Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean it’s reliable; multiple journalists including the BBC Fact-Check team have pointed out that this study’s methodology and conclusions have serious flaws.

They also do note cite any background research at all in their work; their two references are to UK legal proceedings specifying trans women’s rights in prison, and The 2011 Swedish Study, which they claim shows trans women are a rape risk, despite the author pretty clearly stating that was not something their data would be able to show.

#4 - Research saying ‘some people are trans because it’s trendy’

“Parent reports of adolescent and young adults perceived to show signs of rapid onset gender dysphoria” [or just the concept or ‘Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria’] is commonly used by TERFs.

I did a breakdown of the questionable methodology here, but in short: it was based off an informal survey of 256 parents on the internet, recruited by convenience sample, by seeking out parents already complaining of ROGD in online forums. This really does not conclusively prove at all that ‘ROGD’ is a thing.

#5 - Research saying ‘some people are trans because they get off on it’/ ‘Autogynephilia’

This is most often based on ‘Blanchard’s transsexualism typology’, which claimed autogynephilia was a significant motivation within a small sample of trans women.

The methodology of Blanchard’s original research has been shown to be the cause of biased data, and repeated studies have failed to find a significant association between ‘autogynephilia’/transvestite fetishism and transgender identity. Here’s a great summary of literature on the topic.

#6 - Lists and examples of transgender-perpetrated crimes

“The Tip of the IceBerg” is the largest and highest-note-count one of these on tumblr, to my knowledge. [the link also includes my addition when I examined the sources]

The endless list overwhelms people’s capacity to check the validity of all the sources; but when you follow the links, the vast majority of them either a) come from a right-wing site with a reputation for non-factual reporting or b) don’t actually refer to transgender people at all.

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Gaslighting Attempt

the people on this very website who tag posts “terf safe” and “terf positivity” would beg to differ

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Terfs can’t read

our pinned post is right there, folks <3

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Flat out transphobia from this one.

lesbians-especially younger lesbians-, I want to tell y'all something

you don't have to pretend to be interested in trans women!

they are men! that's why you're uncomfortable interacting with them-sexually or otherwise

and it's not bigotry to say that. not even close. anyone tells you otherwise, tell em to fuck off! they're homophobic and don't care about you!

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Babe this blog is so funny keep it up queen

Thanks for the gender affirming language, weirdo

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Today in terfs describing themselves while projecting it on trans people.

Things that astound me about TRAs:

1. Their ability to repeatedly construct strawman arguments

2. Their total inability to understand nuance

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Things terfs also hate: poly people But theyre not like fundamentalist Christians AT ALL.

‘polyphobia’ these people wish they were oppressed so bad :///////

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Please read the pinned post.

Terfs won't read tags, it's delightful.

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Terfs won't read tags, it's delightful.

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terf description

dogwhistles

-badfem in the user

red flags in this case

-lesbian

-the ableism of the title

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The terf dog whistle masterlist is the pinned post on this blog. That the terfs in my notifications can't seem to find it is masterful trolling or wilful lack of reading comprehension.

There are also a lot of assumptions about gender/sex, so, people reading this blog: send in asks telling me what my gender is.

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The parental figures every girl deserves.

Okay so we know that Hakoda and Iroh basically adopted the gaang after the war, but consider this: the Earth Rumble lineup realizing that Toph is actually this unsupervised 12 year old without positive parental figures and deciding that they’re all going to adopt her. 

Consider this: after the war Toph goes back to Earth Rumble to be the champ and without Xin Fu, the Earth Rumble lineup goes on tour on their own and Toph goes with them. It takes a few months since she’s used to taking care of herself, but one day they’re making her breakfast and stuff and she realizes ‘holy shit I have six himbo dads’