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When I say that transmasculine people, including, obviously, binary trans men, don't hold power over women, there's always ONE fucker who's like "oh yeah ? But what if it's a whit, able-bodied perisex transhet man who's papers are all changed, who cispasses and is totally stealth AND is a manager ??? What then ???"

And I'm like, you CAN'T be in good faith rn. I'm not saying this particular case doesn't exist but be for real, it must be one in a fucking million. And even in this case, the dude is one outing away from having all his privileges taken away from him, which isn't the case for cis white men.

Stop nitpicking. Transmasculine people don't hold power other women. Period. If you want a punching bag, aim at the people who are truly after your ass.

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“trans men have access to male privilege” no. some trans men have access to some male privilege if they are somehow indistinguishable from their cis male counterparts. If they outwardly pass as a man, if they have had surgery to change their internal anatomy (and it matches perisex cis male anatomy) and if no one around them knows they’re trans, then they might have a superficial access to male privilege dependent solely on where they are and the people around them.

That is a tiny minority of trans men, and you are excluding a huge number of trans men who do not fit into the necessary criteria to access some kind of male privilege.

“But people mistake them for men, so they get the benefits of male privilege” oh okay. so you’re not talking about systemic privilege. you’re not talking about the patriarchy. you’re not talking about medical discrimination that most trans men will still face regardless of how well they pass. you’re saying that your guy friends treated you better because they thought you were one of the bros. got it.

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“trans-inclusive radfem” yeah, cool. you think cis AND trans men are evil. great. such an improvement to the belief

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'victims of misogyny (trans men & gender diverse people) are more likely to be sympathetic to other victims of misogyny (women) than cis men are.'

'HOW DARE YOU, YOU BIOESSENTIALIST BITCH! YOU DESERVE TO BE MISGENDERED!'

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That’s mean. :V

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Israel Declares Victory Over Concept of ‘Peace’

JERUSALEM - After a long, hard fought battle, the State of Israel has finally ended their war in Palestine and officially declared victory over the concept of “peace.” The declaration came after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed one of the last children’s hospitals in Gaza. Feeling as if they’ve sent enough of a message, Israel would officially withdraw their troops earlier today and proclaim victory.

“After decades of fighting, failed negotiations and international scrutiny, we’ve finally did it,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Any hope for peace in Gaza is officially over.”

Now that peace has officially been thrown out the window, Israel can now go through with their plan of annexing the entire Gaza Strip. “This was our plan all along,” said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. “People have been calling on us to ‘make peace’ or ‘engage in mutual cooperation,’ but that isn’t in our country’s national interest.”

Meanwhile, Palestinian officials have been unavailable for comment, as they try to escape their fourth recently nuked village this week.

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When a religion reaches a certain size threshold, the majority of its followers begin to adopt the opposite of its teachings.

Had a class discussion about capitalism vs socialism today and somehow all the super pro-capitalist people were Christians as if Jesus wouldn’t be flipping tables in the White House if he was alive today.

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I am not a big Tumblr poster. Ok? I'm an observer in all aspects. A lurker, if you will. I don't reblog stuff. I barely even like things. I only follow people sometimes.

But recently I've been scrolling through the 'transandrophobia' tag a lot more than I used to. recently I've seen posts that send me into a train of thought that's like. "People really think like this?" And it's more tiring than I realize sometimes. So I'm putting my thoughts into this post.

I've recently watched masculine trans people and queer people of all kinds getting the short end of the stick. I watch people put others down based on their masculinity, and I think- if this is such a big issue when done to femininity, why in the world would you think it's acceptable to flip it around? Feminism has never been about saying that women are better. It's never been about hating men. It's been about uplifting women so that they'll be seen as equals, and breaking both men and women out of patriarchal mindsets. It's about uniting over the fact that no group of people is better than another.

Trans men and enbies and mascs do not have whatever perceived systemic privilege you think they do. Trans people in general will only ever have conditional privilege in specific situations, if that. Society only praises performative masculinity- the kind that fits into their neat little boxes of 'should' and 'shouldn't'. Masculine queer people have never fit into those stupid little boxes. Trans men. Mascs. Butches.

I'm tired of this. Tired of the 'femininity good masculinity bad' talk. You're not children. Grow up and learn some nuance. Trans men are whiny and annoying to you because they've never had the privilege of being anything other than invisible. Constantly erased and brushed off so when they start getting angry you see it as an attack because you haven't cared to see them before. You haven't cared to see them when they were scared. You haven't cared to see them when they were just begging to be seen. You haven't cared to see them as anything other than traitors or thieves or anything because until it's not about you anymore, you don't give a fuck. You only look at them when you're personally slighted by whatever they have to say.

What does it cost to have empathy for other's lived experiences? Nothing. When a group of people is telling you what they've consistently and repeatedly been through, you listen to them. You don't shut them down because of an immutable trait. You don't shut them down because you've never seen it happen. You don't shut them down because they're not your idea of someone who's oppressed. That's not how this works. People are angry for a REASON. Masculine queer people have every right to be angry. we've been pushed aside and had statistics ignored and been told that other people's oppression is more important than ours simply for what? the sin of masculinity?

Now, above all, trans people should be united. Instead of fussing over whatever sort of strawmen and caricatures you have in your head, we should just be listening to each other. we should be able to listen to other's lives and traumas and pains without throwing a fit over words or theories. Having words to describe oppression is important. Being able to label your pain is important. But none of that matters more than what's happening to people in their real lives. the people who are dying. The people who are being raped and silenced and shunned out of public spaces and even their own homes. No words will ever matter more than the people who are actively hurting due to your refusal to even look in their direction.

if you want to talk about this, be my guest. Ask me questions. Tell me I'm wrong. Whatever. I just have a need for this to be known above all else. I don't care what people on the internet think of what I have to say. This site is a fuckin cesspool. so's every other corner of the internet.

Thanks for reading.

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Have you ever looked closely at a car windshield?

The edge of the glass is painted where it is glued to the car but it has these small dots between the clear and painted glass.

These are there for a reason. When the sun hits the glass the painted areas and the clear areas will absorb heat at different rates. This causes the glass to expand and contract differently putting stress on the glass.

These dots help the glass to warm up more evenly over a larger area so the glass does not suffer stress that could cause it to spontaneously explode.

Fun fact: the Tesla cybertruck doesn’t have these.

Yes, the glass will spontaneously crack or explode in the sun.

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Just anything that doesn't include the word "thank" as it implies a debt, it can lead to misunderstandings.

"Could I have your name?" the Fae asked with a slightly warped smile. "Of course," you respond, returning their smile. "Which one would you like?"

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In future "thank you" is also a phrase to be avoided lol

"Could I have your name?" the Fae asked with a slightly warped smile. "Of course," you respond, returning their smile. "Which one would you like?"

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Any name to call you, even an alias, can do at least a little, but the one you want to protect is your name, your identity decides which that is.

"Could I have your name?" the Fae asked with a slightly warped smile. "Of course," you respond, returning their smile. "Which one would you like?"

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me when i have like 20 notifications in the span of five minutes and when i go check its just the same guy rapidfire liking and reblogging posts

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We prefer to operate off the name you consider yours.

"Could I have your name?" the Fae asked with a slightly warped smile. "Of course," you respond, returning their smile. "Which one would you like?"

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I have a question for other Alterhumans/nonhumans. Do you consider yourself a person? I saw a post saying they think of animals as people and It made me curious.

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Yeah it's real for sure but privilege is complicated and not a contest.

People online just love missing the point to everything.

its weird as hell how i could have the exact same gender presentation, pronouns, social position and general life, but if i called myself a 'transmasc' instead of 'trans man' 90% of people who hate me's arguments wouldn't makes sense anymore. even though there would be no actual material difference to my life.

'you have male privilege'

'i'm not a man'

'your male privilege disappeared'

like bro what?