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I have discovered the truth about chainmail bikinis, and it is imperative those wearing such armor do not think about it too hard or they may inadvertently cross the line between Sexy Hero and Homicidal Pervert.

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Dragon age having top surgery scars as an option in the character creator is like. Actually groundbreaking and I think we need to talk about it

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WHO SUFFERED MORE

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using my powers for good

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Did you know this is happening now? They sent an aid truck then an hour later, they raided the shelter and burned the aid and killed the civilians

13 November 2024

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YALL THE ONION BOUGHT INFO WARS IN THE BANKRUPTCY AUCTION

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conveniently this line of logic is exclusively applied to trans men rather than any other marginalised man

I mean yeah, because those other marginalised men are still cis men. Trans men are, arguably, the only type of man that is marginalised on the basis of gender alone. They're trans because they are men, and are men because they're trans, and are therefore marginalised because they're specifically trans men. Sharing an identity with a cis man doesn't mean they automatically fit into that same social class, and it's actually transphobic to suggest otherwise.

which is transphobic!

No, it's not transphobic to say that trans men do not recieve the same benefits of cis men as a class. Regardless of marginalisation, cis men are still cis men which can access privlige trans men simply cannot.

all men as a social class benefit from patriarchy in some form, and some men benefit more than others

I mean, that's not entirely true. What about closeted trans men who live their lives as a woman? They identify as a man, sure, but they're going throughout their life as someone who doesn't experience any benefit from the patriarchy. And I think it's amiss to say that trans men benefit from the patriarchy specifically, because really they only recieve conditional social privliges if, and only if, they can be stealth & closeted and also live up to cis men's standards of masculinity, and are never outed. That seems more like a hostage situation to me, though, rather than genuine privlige.

You cannot say you earnestly believe we're men while simultaneously denying that we actually occupy the social class of men

I mean, sure you can. You don't have to experience male privlige or benefit from the patriarchy to actually BE a man. That's just an identity. And honestly if you think you can't be a man without benefiting from the patriarchy, it seems like you've got a few issues and radfem ideals to work on. Maybe some internalised transphobia and extreme dysphoria too. Probably a healthy dose of misogyny, while we're at it, if you think in order to be a man you have to be benefiting from a system that hurts women.

To be trans is not to automatically be part of some third gender separated from all other social consciousness

I mean, in the eyes of transphobes, that's exactly what it is. In the eyes of cis patriarchy, that is exactly what it is. In many people's experiences with oppressive systems, that is exactly what it is. Unless you're stealth and passing perfectly 100% of the time and nobody asks you about your past ever, have all the money for the medical and legal changes, and also happen to be skinny, white and attractive, and again, view that as anything other than a hostage situation, that's exactly what it is.

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there’s a thing I think about sometimes when I’m writing that I call ‘the rabies condition’

by which I mean: there are no contraindications to getting the rabies vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis.

every other vaccine usually has a few contraindications like ‘don’t take this if you’re allergic to it’ or ‘if you’re pregnant discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor’ or ‘don’t give to children below age 6′ or something, but not the rabies vaccine. if you’ve been exposed to rabies, there is literally no medical reason that can justify not getting the rabies vaccine–you can be deadly allergic to literally every single ingredient and the correct decision is still to administer the vaccine, because if you don’t, you’re 100% guaranteed to die of rabies. even the life-threatening allergies are a step up in survival rate (especially since anaphylaxis is something that can be managed, even if there are risks associated with it)

which is to say, the rabies condition: if a character has been ‘exposed to rabies’, aka, in some impending absolute worst-case scenario, like the apocalypse or some death curse or the destruction of their entire city via demons or whatever, then that character has to take action and the consequences and risks no longer matter, because literally any other outcome would be better, and 1% chance of survival is still better than 0%. that doesn’t make those actions necessarily good, the same way that injecting yourself with something you know you’re deadly allergic not a good thing to do, but it’s still better than dying horrifically of rabies. desperate times and desperate measures etc

and then, after your character’s prevented some horrible thing by doing some almost equally bad thing, they should absolutely experience the consequences of those choices.

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Illustration by Russian artist Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942) for "The Frog Princess."

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Many have written about how Karlach throws Astarion, well… Don't worry, no Astarions were harmed! But I can't say the same about Gortash…

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"i miss when the dragon age companions were mean" y'all can't even handle vivienne

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some highlights from hugh grant answering the proust questionnaire in vanity fair.

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dear people with OCD: the next time you have spiraling & intrusive thoughts, what-ifs, or catastrophizing scenarios, I am sending a cardigan-wearing 46-year old NYU professor directly into your brain and he says "Aaaaand scene!!!" and he claps his hands slowly. and he says "Wow. Wow. Powerful stuff. Evocative imagery. A little bit post-modern, a little bit hysterical realism in the vein of Don Delilo but let's pause right here." and you will recognize your thoughts as a perplexing avant-garde film shown to an audience of 15 liberal arts students who are now trying to get a good grade and sleep with their professor.

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Beautiful Bellara Art by Albert Urmanov [X]

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Being a bi guy quite possibly the funniest sexuality like dammmnnnn I know who John Waters is and jerk it to twinks in panties but I got a coffee date with Hetero Jessica from work at 3 thats her name heteroooo jessica thats her name folks thats what we call her hertero jessica