#AND RACISM TOO

[endykelopaedia]

"black people are seen as hyper-masculine and face a lot of violence for it, so yes you can be oppressed for seeming or being masculine"

AHT!! lets talk! black people are not actually hyper-masculine. hyper-masculinity is a projection by people trying to justify anti-black fear and violence. it is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the hyperfocus on the masculinity of black people is itself racism!

when you call this issue of racism anti-masculinity or misandry or whatever, you are obfuscating the bigotry at play. ESPECIALLY given that it is overwhelmingly just white women's fear about black people's supposed hyper-masculinity that actually gets listened to & acted upon.

in addition, there are other addendums people tack onto their anti-blackness that completely cause this logic to fall apart when applied. Namely, adultification! black people, black children get adultified by white society.

We are assumed to be older & more independent, and thus less in need of the safety, care, sensitivity, accommodation one would give to a child, and this results in violence and neglect. it is directly observable in the way black children are more likely to get detention, suspended or expelled for the same behaviour as their white peers, s/a rates for black youth, and the arguments that 40 y/o cops give for brutalising & murdering black 20, 16, 12, 8 year olds who so much as breathe in their line of sight.

Given this then, following the misandry logic, we can say being recognised as older or as an adult is a form of oppression.

"black people are seen as older/more mature and face a lot of violence for it, so yes, you can be oppressed for seeming like or being an adult"

we can for the sake of this post name this oppression adultery.

i kid. but do you see the problem. being recognised as an adult is obviously, not itself a form of oppression, in fact quite the opposite, being recognised as adult can grant you a lot of privileges that children do not have.

and black kids are evidently, not adults or people who act like adults. they dont mature faster. black 18 y/os will also face the problem of adultification to justify violence against them. black maturity is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the form of oppression is racism, and adultification is the deployed means of enacting racism.

the means of combatting the adultification of black people would not come in creating adult positivity or "advocating" for adults or telling children not to fear adults. it comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

similarly the means of combatting the hyper-masculinisation of black people comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

Racism explains both of this phenomena far better than "misandry" ever could.

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

Coining a phrase: Period atypical homophobia.

Definition: When the writer of a piece of historical fiction hasn't really bothered to research how gay people existed in a period of time or what terms would have been used to discuss homosexuality positively or negatively. So instead they put the most modern, likely religious terms into the mouth of a historical character to establish that a character is homophobic.

e.g. Having every Victorian character be a religious homophobe instead of having them talk about "public decency" and "discretion"

[soup-mother]

"Tumblr is the gay communist website" tumblr is the transmisogyny and racism from people who think fanfic is political theory website

[felucians]

Nex Benedict's death wasn't just for being transgender, it was for being native too. 2 Spirits are revered in many native cultures and it is a native-specific identity. This wasn't just a hate crime against trans & NB individuals, this was also a hate crime against Natives of Turtle Island.

You cannot separate Nex's trans identity from their native identity - this is a case of MMIWG2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2 Spirits).

Native children being killed at school is nothing new, so it's equally important to talk about Nex's native identity and being intersectional, this is a devastating tragedy for indigenous people, the queer community & especially those of us who are both indigenous and queer.

May Nex rest in peace 🪶

[rasairui]

"The bigots up top think we're ALL fucked up! They want us ALL dead!" Hey that's cool dude you're right! Now are you saying this as a genuine expression of solidarity and community, or do you only bring this point up when the acknowledgement of intersectionality makes you uncomfortable? Is it a rallying cry, or a way to shut down people affected by intercommunity bigotry?

[priceofreedom]

this makes me so sad and angry

John is easily one of the best voice actors in the game, but because Barret doesn't get enough appreciation, he doesn't either. i'm so tired of the Barret erasure man, and so is he, understandably. Barret is one of the MAIN!!! characters and he gets nothing every fucking time. WHEN will this change.

[bubblingsteam]

[linkemaus]

Not to be that person, but if Kamala Harris were a white man with the exact same ideals, positions, and beliefs, it wouldn’t have even been a competition. Realising that the worst thing you can apparently be is a woman, is truly devastating.

[jewreallythinkthat]

I wish I had the audacity of the non-jew goyspaining to me that Ireland just want to expand the legal definition of genocide so it will protect Palestinians by classing the current situation as a legal genocide instead of what it now which is not one (otherwise they wouldn't be expanding it).

Ireland and even Amnesty Internation both state that it does not meet the criteria for genocide. I'm not saying war crimes haven't happend, they have and should be punished accordingly.

Maybe, instead of trying to turn Israel into the new Original Sin, Ireland could put their effort into trying to broker peace, remove Hamas, free the hostages they've NEVER mentioned and set the stage for a sustainable, two state solution where Israel and Palestine can co-exist in peace.

I want everyone in the middle east to live in peace but clearly a lot of people don't because in my vision of the future, we don't ethnically cleanse anyone or force them to be second class citizens; Jews, Palestinians and Arabs etc. can live in peace in Israel and Palestine.

[communistkenobi]

one thing is certain: we need to nuke england from orbit

[lelianasbong]

anytime a character (who isn't a white dude) isn't demure or self-effacing people immediately rush to call them "smug" lmao fandom have you heard of. Confidence

[rotzaprachim]

sitting here thinking about the fact that the US had the option of tim walz, the most beer and pretzels middle america midwest lutheran high school football coach white man you could ever think to get, and when he actually pushed measures advocating on behalf of white working class american people like school meals for their children and free tampons in high schools he was called some kind of beta male urban elite commie cuck who couldn't possibly know how to fix real american's problems half so well as a nyc billionaire did.

when the democrats actually did put forward practical measures for everyday people they got burned for it, and then idiots have the chutzpah to say they lost because they didn't go far enough left

[hickeygender]

goodsir, the least racist man in the show, reminiscing on mcdonald bringing back an inuk man to aberdeen and writing of it, showing his admiration of the dr for doing so while literally forgetting the name of the actual inuk explorer who made that journey into lands entirely unknown to him and his tribe with a people strange and foreign... the way this show handles the racism of the likable characters is so well done. in the minds of the english, eenoolooapik isn't seen as a brave, adventurous spirit akin to how they view their own explorers – he is instead defined entirely by his race and not his humanity, and his achievements are transferred to his white biographer, even by a man as soft hearted as goodsir

[sukibenders]

Hear me out: you can ship JayVik without falling into or using rhetoric that fits the disposable black girlfriend trope. You can ship JayVik without using Mel as some conceived ploy or antagonistic plot device that makes her out of character. You can ship JayVik without falling into misogynistic rhetoric (eg. viewing female characters as disposable or stepping tools, amongst other things). You can ship JayVik without erasing the impact Mel has had on Jayce and their relationship because, whether you shipped it or not or even gave it the time of day, Mel and Jayce did care for each other, and to deny that or say Viktor held more importance/impact than her in Jayce's life to where she's viewed as "unnecessary" just to further your ship is so wrong and, whether you intended for it or not, does carry undertones where black characters, especially black female characters, emotional impact on others is ignored or downplayed even though there's context to support just how important it is/they are. Lastly, you can ship JayVik without using anti-black and misogynoir type rhetoric because the amount that has flooded this fandom, but especially from some fans of this ship, is atrocious. Ship what you like, but be respectful and careful with certain things you say, is all I'm saying.

[edwardallenpoe]

I just saw a post about people complimenting butches, women of color and trans women in regards to destroying crushing ect. Things/people and it also works in the reverse.

It is okay and normal and fine and awesome to compliment butches, woc, and trans women outside of how uwu soft bebe smol bean they are. Actually.

As a butch black person percieved as a woman myself, it is. Way too fucking common to say they were intimidated by me but I was actually a "soft teddy bear" and be infantilized and uwubified because people don't want me to think they see me as dangerous.

It is. Annoying.

Just. Compliment us. And actually be genuine and thoughtful. Think of something that actually describes us, please. Outside of "could literally break me in half" and "literally could not hurt a fly".

Idk. Idk.

[canichangemyblogname]

@ 911 fans—

Athena is not Buck’s mom. Hen is not Buck’s mom.

Athena has two children— Harry and May. She is their mom. Hen has two children— Denny and Mara. She is their mom. Karen is also their mom.

These black women are not the mothers of a grown-ass white man. Just as you should not pigeonhole black women into sassy, emasculating, and domineering stereotypes— which I see you all do, you should also not pigeonhole them into the stereotype role of the domestic laborer: cooking for, cleaning up after, and being a mother to a white “child.”

Shut the fuck up about “Mother Hen” and “Mother Athena.” If you aren’t talking about their relationship with their own legal children, shut the fuck up. Stop calling these women sassy and stop referring to them as Buck’s mothers.

Buck has a mother, Margaret Buckley. Margaret is his only mother. I don’t care if you dislike her, but replacing a neglectful white mother with a black woman as a caretaker is not the endearing move you think it is.