#If you can't remember the last time you reblogged a post about feminism that wasn't a criticism of it. It is time to take note of that.

[gingerswagfreckles]

Literally when was the last time that even one single post about feminism that wasn't a criticism of feminism got any traction at all. Like. 2015 maybe?

[kawaiikoala34]

https://www.tumblr.com/kawaiikoala34/701191963308965888/wetmeadow-church-homosexuality-is-a-sin. on this post, you tagged “why are terfs like this?” when in fact the person who said the last remark is literally “anti-terf” and runs a whole blog about it, you can even click on the link right there in the post. op is the terf actually. bc radical feminists are defenders of homosexuality, the sexual orientation that means you are exclusively attracted to the same-sex. obv you must know nothing abt radfem beliefs bc a radfem would never say that homosexuality is a psychological issue- most radfems are gay or bi themselves. if you want to actually know what terfism (lol) is, read this https://www.tumblr.com/radicallyaligned/638494305605009408/radical-feminism-beliefs-the-basics?source=share

To be honest, I've let this ask sit in my inbox for a long time mostly because 1) I didn't remember the post referenced and I'm on mobile 90% of the time so it wasn't easy to search for it (can't just copy and paste from an ask on the android app version *sigh*) 2) frankly I just forgot about the ask for a while (lol) and 3) the wording is pretty accusatory which made me (rightfully or not) wary of dealing with the ask.

I have now looked up the post that I reblogged, and, well, yeah I seriously messed up. Wetmeadow, the op of the post, in their bio says that they are "gender critical" which is mostly/always a dog whistle for believing in gender essentialism and thus anti-trans. I saw the quote, taken out of context, and made some assumptions because it was reblogged by a blog that I follow and, because I follow them, trusted; I was in the wrong for not properly checking out the blog that was disparaged (terfslying) and for blindly trusting the veracity/legitimacy of a post just because a blog that I follow reblogged it.

I was debating even deleting the post altogether, I'm keeping it as context for this post and to show that I'm a human who makes mistakes.

Which leads me to the ask--to me, it reads as if the asker thinks that I am either stupid and/or had ill intent when I reblogged the post rather than just being a person guilty of thoughtless (maybe even borderline mindless) mobile blogging. I guess I'm just trying to say that while I'm pretty good at taking constructive criticism, this doesn't read like someone is trying to nicely point out a mistake. In general, in my opinion, if you really want to try and change people's minds or get them to see that they made an error, you should write to them as if you were telling a friend that they made a mistake because people respond better to honey than vinegar.

Regardless, thanks for letting me know about my mistake and showing me that I need to be more aware when I reblog more charged posts.

[unsentimentaltranslator]

#gingerswagfreckles#Feminism#Misogyny#Hey guys. Do me a favor. Search the word feminism on your blog.#When is the last time you reblogged a post about feminism that wasn't just a criticism of some version of the feminist movement#When was the last time you actually reblogged like. A criticism of the patriarchy?#Bc if every single post you have reblogged about feminism for years and years and years is just criticism of the various movements#I do not actually think you care much about feminism at all#Sexism#Feminism got slowly deprioritized on the left and then turned into something cringe and embarrassing to care about#And now everyone claims that they're a feminist but that REAL feminism#Is worrying about how to be nicer to men and reblogging 100000 posts talking about how different aspects of feminism are bad#Sometimes those criticisms are valid. But it's telling that those posts get hundreds of thousands of notes while the ones actually still#Criticizing the patriarchy top out at 1k max#If you can't remember the last time you reblogged a post about feminism that wasn't a criticism of it. It is time to take note of that.

Literally when was the last time that even one single post about feminism that wasn't a criticism of feminism got any traction at all. Like. 2015 maybe?