girl seize the means of production!
In the interest of positive reinforcement I call all my unionized friends hot when they mention their unionization. (With consent ofc)
What we need to do is convince all the disney adults in america that high speed rail would be a preferable way of getting to disneyworld compared to driving or flying. We could maybe harness their fondness for the monorail or something, but this is a group of people that has time, income, and passion that we could leverage. If we could direct 5% of the enthusiasm they have for limited edition popcorn buckets into calling their representatives and demanding high-speed interstate rail, we could get it by 2030
When I say I like creative politics I mean this.
I get what internet (often borderline or overt rad)feminists are trying to say with shit about how men never have to deal with x, but sooo many of the examples get shot to shit when you apply any other Man to the example than a cishet rich thin white guy.
“When have men ever had to worry about being killed for something they wore?” Black men. Gay men. Trans men.
“When have men ever been body shamed?” Fat men, balding men, disabled men.
“When have men ever had to worry about walking home at night?” Black men, gay men.
People reinvent “if men could get pregnant” over and over and when someone says “oh they do actually” it’s always viewed as hostile and not a potential intersection.
Like no, you do not have to coddle men, but men saying “hey I do know what it’s like actually” are not outright our enemy trying to center themselves, they are often extending a hand saying “hey I do get it too.”
Realizing just now in real time that I did this as a pre-teen girl “it’s different when I experience harassment cause I’m a girl” and even more recently as a trans guy “yeah my dysmorphia about my chest is different from yours because I’m a trans guy” and ultimately all it did was make my friends sad. And push us away from each other. Dang that’s rough. Anyone have tips to like? Avoid doing this in the future? I’m sure awareness will help but also like if anyone has any practical tips idk
I think the key is recognizing that it CAN be different, it doesn’t have to overlap entirely, but finding commonality can make you both feel less alone. Dysphoria may come from somewhere different than other dysmorphia but you share discomfort. Someone else feeling deep discomfort from their chest is a relatable discomfort. Sometimes maybe even the same things can alleviate it.
Comparatively, cis folks can experience gender euphoria but perhaps wouldn’t consider it as such. In the same way that taking steps to affirm your gender can make you feel a sense of comfort in your gender, cis people experience that too sometimes! Think of a cis man feeling confident in a good suit or feel proud of his full beard. Think of a cis woman loving the way her hair looks and the way a skirt twirls for her. Restrictions and points of freedom can be shared even if they don’t stem from the same experience.
There’s no reason to not share what you experience, just don’t assume the other person cannot meet you there. It can be soothing to say “here is something I struggle with” and have the other person say “I struggle with it too.” And it doesn’t have to just be a struggle. I sometimes talk about gender-affirming experiences and get shocked how stereotypically cishet people go “ooh I love that too!”
It can be difficult to move from that mindset but once you get to experience the shift, it becomes easier to do. You’ll find that people you didn’t ever think you could relate to know exactly what it’s like to experience something that makes you feel alone, and sometimes they know what helps.
I get what internet (often borderline or overt rad)feminists are trying to say with shit about how men never have to deal with x, but sooo many of the examples get shot to shit when you apply any other Man to the example than a cishet rich thin white guy.
“When have men ever had to worry about being killed for something they wore?” Black men. Gay men. Trans men.
“When have men ever been body shamed?” Fat men, balding men, disabled men.
“When have men ever had to worry about walking home at night?” Black men, gay men.
People reinvent “if men could get pregnant” over and over and when someone says “oh they do actually” it’s always viewed as hostile and not a potential intersection.
Like no, you do not have to coddle men, but men saying “hey I do know what it’s like actually” are not outright our enemy trying to center themselves, they are often extending a hand saying “hey I do get it too.”
Realizing just now in real time that I did this as a pre-teen girl “it’s different when I experience harassment cause I’m a girl” and even more recently as a trans guy “yeah my dysmorphia about my chest is different from yours because I’m a trans guy” and ultimately all it did was make my friends sad. And push us away from each other. Dang that’s rough. Anyone have tips to like? Avoid doing this in the future? I’m sure awareness will help but also like if anyone has any practical tips idk
Yeah as a trans man some of my favorite people are trans women and transfem people. Sometimes we relate to each other about gender and sometimes we don’t and sometimes we pretend we think each other are crazy when really we’re all just a little different and sometimes we relate to each other about learning a lot about socialism so you can impress the cute guy in your comparative politics class. And also some of my best friends are trans men and transmascs and we sit together and talk about how we want to cut off our boobs and our updates on gender and we get each other without having to use words. And sometimes my best friends are cis girls who I talk to about feminism and about masculinity and I have really really complicated gender-related conversations with and whom secretly, quietly, confess that they’ve always wanted a binder but they’re worried that trans men would have a problem with that. And sometimes my best friends are cis men who tell me they experience body dysmorphia when I experience body dysphoria and they sit next to me on couches and tell me that I deserve to have good examples of trans masculinity for me to emulate and I tell them that they’re a pretty good example of cis masculinity for me to emulate. And obviously I have friends who are nonbinary and who make me question my gender and my relationship to masculinity in ways I’d never bothered to. I have nonbinary friends of many agabs who stare at me and say “sometimes I feel like we only like trans people who go all the way” and I don’t tell them that’s not the “correct” language to use because screw correct language.
i was ranting abt this w my wife last nite like. i think people have forgotten the whole “dont assume stuff about people based on their appearence” thing and that it also applies to people who are “straight-looking” “cis-looking” “normal-looking” etc. ultimately you dont know anything about how someone identifies or what their life is like unless they tell you, especially not at a glance. dont project your ideas onto strangers, its weird.
and like examine what the traits that mark people out as “straight and cis” to you are. is it a physical feature they have no control over? their voice? how old they are? or is the way they present? are they wearing a work uniform that leaves little room for self expression? or are they just wearing casual clothes you wouldnt consider “gay-coded”? why do you get to choose what certain clothes mean? those clothes could mean something completely different to them. assume that you know nothing.
No but seriously as I’ve gotten older I realize more and more that although white gays do face certain levels of oppression they are still white people.....like does that make sense?
Like yes a white lesbian has some form oppression against her but she’s still a white woman..... and the same thing for white gay men and white trans men and women like they’re still white !!!!!!
Like I don’t mean this in a rude way but like if we’re going to be honest about the lgbtq community we should also talk about how the white people in said community oppress poc and it doesn’t change just because they’re in a minority group they’re still white people
And like personally I’ve seen that white lgbtq ppl hate when you bring up that their still white because they’ve separated themselves in their mind as being better but they’re still white!!!
Hello white people should definitely be looking at this and reblogging it lmaooo
WORLD'S NORMALEST DIMENSION 20 ENJOYER.
Yeah fair lol
to be fair this is also me bc bloodkeep is one of three dimension 20 series that i have watched completely
WE R HANDSHAKING!!
eyyyyyyyyyyy
i will probably watch mentopolis too bc. hank green!
REAL
WORLD'S NORMALEST DIMENSION 20 ENJOYER.
Yeah fair lol
to be fair this is also me bc bloodkeep is one of three dimension 20 series that i have watched completely
WE R HANDSHAKING!!
WORLD'S NORMALEST DIMENSION 20 ENJOYER.
Yeah fair lol
Okay everyone let’s get one thing straight. #dungeonsandragqueens and #dadq right? We’re not doing #dungeonsanddrag or #ddq or anything even tho it would be funny doing a ddq bbq
Edit: dndq and similar ones are taken by the existing series by the same name
hello has someone told Hank Green about the new d20 season?
“People are inherently greedy and selfish and hateful.” Who’s clouding that judgement. Because the people who I interact with on a daily basis? Not greedy nor selfish nor hateful. Who are you hanging out with?
hello hellosight I would like you all to know that I care about people. That all my friends have to super duper for sure promise to create amazing third spaces in their communities so that I can travel the country and marvel at them. Something about impermanence and solidity.
Old person voice I’m really good at this tic tack thing (I have 77 likes on a comment on someone else’s video)
The last panel contains more emotion than anything you could find in a museum
@rayballs @quantumstrange i need you to see one of my favorite posts of all time
I love it thank you so much
L with the T. happy pride ❤️🧡🤍🩷🩵
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Lesbians and trans people are friends. And sometimes dating. <3
i know we're not getting junior year but my silly secret little hope is a bud cubby and the cubby family spin off. please i heard someone say a capitalism-centric campaign w/out brennan and i was like. no we're going full stop the other direction.
other secret hope is the seven season two