#When is the last time you reblogged a post about feminism that wasn't just a criticism of some version of the feminist movement

[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?

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

pt XI good omens season 1 finale I'M SORRY THIS IS LATE, I WAS READING FANFIC.

How is this a title I'm now forced to write. Yes, I know it's been a week since I finished episode 6 with you maggots. And today is the day we start season 2. However, I, the Official Good Omens Mascot, procrastinated writing part XI, because I was reading too much good omens fanfiction. Yesterday I do believe I was reading till 3 in the morning. Thanks guys.

Season 1 finale, or whatever I can figure out with my records of the watch along chat, at least. WAHOO.

[EDIT: I'm back at the intro after finishing this post, and I realised this is a very long summary, because most of it is me yelling at you guys. As I typed it I started reliving my rage of last week. Read on if you dare, yes the post is long, and yes the second half is in all caps. THIS TOOK EMOTION. YOU GUYS BETTER REBLOG IT INSTEAD OF LIKING IT SILENTLY WHILE LAUGHING AT MY PAIN. I WANT MY RAGE EVERYWHERE ON TUMBLR.]

Someone puts a message about how Crowley can no longer sense Aziraphale's presence, and again for some reason covers it with black. My reaction is of course horrified, and then everyone tells me to STOP CLICKING THE SPOILERS, ASMI.

So that's what that was. I realise this out loud, and everyone is ready to cry with exasperation. I explain to them very reasonably that while I don't read every message on the watch-along chat, every time there is a black message I assume it's important and I click on all of them to reveal the text.

Realising the spoiler function has backfired, as most things do with me, the chat sighs and everyone goes for a break. Then someone puts another blacked out message about the bookshop, and I react to that, leading to another blacked out message which simply says STOP CLICKING THE BLACK.

Oops, I already forgot. THE SPOILERS ARE JUST TOO CLICKY. CLICK CLICK CLICK. I HAVE TO CLICK ALL OF THEM.

Someone says I forgive you, Asmi. I reply with Don't bother, which leads to tears and threats to stab me. The chat maggots give up and we start episode 6.

There is a random flashforward. I don't understand what is happening, but then again, I never do.

Back at the airfield. Crowley walks in, recognises their hubby instantly, and takes charge sexily. Then the Bentley bursts into flames.

Crowley is heartbroken. No one comforts them. When I point this out (read, YELL IT AT THE CHAT IN DEVASTATION) someone tells me that this is how it always is.

APPARENTLY DAVID WAS TOLD TO THINK ABOUT THE TARDIS EXPLODING IN THAT MOMENT. I HATE THAT I KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS.

Crowley needs all the therapy. Someone says kinder fanfic authors give it to him. LIES, I point out, FIRST THEY GIVE HIM EVEN MORE REASON FOR THERAPY. THEN GIVE HIM THERAPY.

Everyone is yelling about a fanfic called demonology while Adam the Antichrist feels so weird at Aziraphale being inside someone that's not Crowley that he separates them in the First Bigeneration style. Doctor Who is inspired.

Aziraphale like the babygirl he is, tries to girlboss his way through the situation by making Crowley murder the kid.

Pepper FUCKING STABS WAR IN THE NAME OF FEMINISM WITH THE SWORD OF EDEN AND THEN OTHER TWO KIDS END THE OTHER HORSEPERSONS IN THE NAME OF HOMECOOKED MEALS AND ECOFRIENDLINESS AND WHAT THE FUCK THESE KIDS ARE TWELVE WHAT PERCY JACKSON LEVEL OF BADASSERY-

Crowley and Aziraphale give a half-assed attempt at a father-son (gn) talk with the Antichrist as the world is ending. It is a terrible contribution to saving the world. The Antichrist thankfully has inherent common sense, because he wasn't raised by them.

Aziraphale tries to overshare his and Crowley's meetcute and has to be shushed by an embarrassed Crowley who is trying to keep them alive.

Satan is supposed to arrive. I mistakenly assume Gabriel is actually Satan. Which pleases a lot of people.

Gabriel and Beezlebub talk and blame Crowley and Aziraphale (who contributed exactly JACK SHIT to averting the apocalypse).

I kind of ship Gabriel and Beezlebub after seeing them interact for 30 seconds, which for some fucking reason leads to a lot of reactions and yelling. I want them to be together. Which leads to more yelling. PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY CANON?

Satan arrives. Antichrist disowns him. Through the power of Manifestation, Law of Attraction and Positive Thinking, Adam is now no longer the Antichrist, Satan leaves, none of this happened and the BENTLEY AND BOOKSHOP ARE SAVED.

NO ONE IS FUCKING HUGGING CROWLEY. I'M GOING TO STAB A BITCH.

There is the bus stop scene Crowley asks Aziraphale to move in with him and they hold hands I DON'T FUCKING KNOW BY NOW THE CHAT HAS DESCENDED INTO CHAOS I'VE LOST MY BRAINCELLS.

ICE CREAM DATE AND SUDDEN INVASION AND I'M WATCHING THE ACTING AND I'M LIKE HANG ON A SECOND SOMETHING IS OFF AND I ASK SUDDENLY IF THEY SWITCHED.

THAT'S RIGHT, I ASK IF THEY SWITCHED. I KNEW THERE WAS A SWITCH AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MIDWAY THROUGH SEASON 2. BUT THE SIGNS ARE TOO MANY HERE. EVERYONE IS NOW YELLING AND PEOPLE KEEP IGNORING ME.

ALL THE ACTING IS FLIPPED I'M NOT BLIND YOU FUCKERS. AZIRAPHALE'S FACE IS DOING CROWLEY'S COULDNT-CARE-LESS EXPRESSION AND HE'S QUESTIONING HEAVEN AND CROWLEY'S TALKING HAS LESS CONSONANTS THAN USUAL AND NO CROWLEY SASS MORE AZIRAPHALE SASS IT'S THE SAME BACKGROUND AS THE NOSE-SCRUNCH SCENE AND SURELY THAT WAS AZIRAPHALE RIGHT.

EVERYONE KEEPS TELLING ME TO WAIT AND SEE. I KEEP YELLING THAT THEY MUST HAVE SWITCHED.

SOMEONE SAYS I'M EITHER A MADMAN OR A GENIUS. I TELL THEM I'M BOTH BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT DID THEY FUCKING SWITCH.

I'M NOW QUESTIONING MYSELF BECAUSE EVERYONE ISN'T LYING BUT THEY'RE MAKING ME QUESTION MY REALITY SO THE CLASSIC GASLIGHT GATEKEEP GIRLBOSSING.

I'M YELLING ABOUT HOW ONLY AZIRAPHALE WOULD BE POLITE ABOUT JACKETS AND SURVIVE HOLY WATER. EVERYONE IS LAUGHING AT ME. I'M NOW 60% SURE I'M WRONG.

PEOPLE KEEP YELLING WAIT AND SEE AND TALKING ABOUT SADIE AND DOTTIE I HATE IT HERE.

CROWLEY IS IN HEAVEN THAT WAS HIS DISMISSIVE LOOK I'M NOW 90% SURE I'M RIGHT. I'M YELLING ABOUT IT.

ADAM LEAVES THE GARDEN IN A METAPHOR AND THEN AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY SWITCHED BACK. THEY SWITCHED BACK. I WAS FUCKING RIGHT. I AM LIVID. I AM YELLING.

IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL AND NIGHTINGALES AND THEY TOAST THE WORLD AND I'M VERY EMOTIONAL BUT I'M COPING BY THREATENING MURDER BECAUSE I WAS FUCKING RIGHT.

THE END.

SEE YOU GUYS TODAY AT SEASON 2 I GUESS GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

[myopicry]

I've already sent you an ask (more like a ramble on aesthetics and its relation to women) around a week ago, you're probably inactive atm (which isnt a bad thing btw!) but i'm gonna send another thing in (something unrelated to my last ramble lol).

now that i've spent time both in radfem/"terf" spaces and trans positive/inclusive(?) ones, i've noticed how scared the latter are of being even *slightly* associated to the former. it's oddly funny and kind of silly when you think about it. ppl have talked about this before but i'm referring to stuff like "op is a terf" and "terfs dni". the latter has been especially poignant to me recently for some reason: a trend ive seen is that ppl often write that in their bio after having created a post which some radfems or GCs reblogged/engaged with and they've used the classic "so terfs have come across this and i just wanted to let it be know that i dont like you guys" (altho worded much less kindly). it's like they're *terrified* of being perceived by ppl who share their views as even just somewhat affiliated to the "other" in any way, shape or form. or they're terrified of the other following them and interacting with their content. it feels very defensive and overly "loud" to me, idk?... the "op is a terf" has been talked about a lot in the radfem/GC spaces, so this might be a shorter section (update: it's not, lmao), but as that one post said: "it's a thought terminating cycle". I think that's one of the reasons i haven't checked out what the hell these "terfs" were actually saying and arguing (apart from screenshots of JKR tweets) for so long. it rlly proved to me how engaging with media from other "sides" is crucuial, even if you probably wont agree most of the time. if anything, i think i just wanted to be a good ally: i love debating and i wanted to know how to respond to "terf rhetoric" better. i remember feeling surprised by what i saw, not feeling the immediate "this is illogical and bad" feeling, and having trouble arguing against certain points. i couldn't even find good counter arguments from other ppl. and then there was a domino effect (altho i havent adopted all radfem and GC POVs and dont consider myself as a radfem or rad leaning/GC). even some trans friends of mine were surprised when i reported my findings to them. i'll stop here even though i can talk about this for much longer, but those "terfs/radfems dni" bios rlly stick out to me now and made me think lol. hope to see you back soon! ~🪼

hi hi! apologies for the delay! I did in fact spend some personal time offline, it was quite nice and it is probably a much healthier thing than spending most of my day on tumblr lmao but I can't deny I did miss speaking openly about my opinions on things, especially certain observations that I absolutely would not be able to discuss with my irls unless I wanted to sit them down for a multi-hour lecture just to make sure I wasn't misunderstood ^_^|||

anyway I just saw both your asks (eloquently written as ever!) and will respond to this first just because I saw it first lmao. not much to add other than maybe rambling myself about some of my own similar experiences and what not. you've put it into words great though! there is almost this "mystical" denouncement of terfs/radfems/gender criticals who are mislabled as just radfems etc. within trans spaces, and as I've looked more and more into "terf" ideology this kind of hatred really does go back far, to a point where it's basically impossible to even mention radical feminism or gender critical feminism without immediate hostility. like a sort of legend or custom, being wary/outwardly hateful of the demonic terf. maybe this is why when I heard gender ideology being likened to a religion, the analogy really clicked with me, because on some level trans-inclusive spaces really do make terfs feel like "the devil", some root of all evil, the parallel to the "divine" that they liken themselves to. I'm fairly atheistic myself in regards to just religion in general, so understanding being gender critical as essentially "gender atheism" helped me realize how logically flawed and slightly harmful a vehement belief in trans ideology could be, just as a non-critical perspective on any religious ideology can be.

I definitely relate to the point of basically falling into the radfem rabbit hole accidentally. I don't really feel like I'm properly a radfem or especially an activist (I do just write what's on my mind and that I can't really get engagement from my pre-existing social circles lol) and I honestly got into the ideas not through radblr but imageboards and forums through my bad habit of looking for material to "invalidate" me as some kind of "doom-scrolling" practice, but instead of finding blind hatred (even in the most niche of internet corners, where the ideology does get radical indeed) I found logical, cogent arguments and reasoning for why these people were so against gender ideology. I mean, yes, there was still hatred, but there's hatred on every corner of every internet space, and it also made me realize how my belief in not committing "thought crimes" by even entertaining "terf" rhetoric was simultaneously making me blind to the genuine flaws and ickier aspects of the trans + queer community that I was just sort of ignoring with cognitive dissonance. as a woman and someone with really god awful people-pleasing habits, I was unfortunately quite good at ignoring things that made me uncomfortable in order to maintain social acceptance and a good reputation in the eyes of others, and even if I don't share every radfem or gc belief, I can't deny being exposed to them all was absolutely integral to unraveling some of that unhealthy behavior.

based on my personal experiences, it is really actually quite disheartening to see that "radfem/terf dni" thing happen so much online. you really can't expect to never challenge your own thinking. in fact, challenging your preconceived notions is the only way you can grow as a person in your personal philosophy and conception of the world. I get it though, it is probably scary to engage with the "forbidden fruit" if your whole self-proclaimed all-accepting community says that this is one thing that is absolutely intolerable and will get you kicked from this welcoming "club". I will say, having opened this proverbial pandora's box of theory, I get a bit more angry and cynical at the state of the world (how did I never notice the staggering affects of misogyny before?), and I get a bit more sad that I'll never be able to have that unquestioning community with people who are supposed to understand me. I wonder if there are more people who would honestly be able to understand the nuances in critiquing gender ideology out there, but they fear that ostracization too. if by some random chance anyone like that ever reads this exact post (lol what are the odds) I always like to remind people that a burner email and account on something like tumblr is incredibly easy to set up!

alright, lemme get to your other ask because it is really interesting and thanks again for visiting!! I genuinely missed engaging with this kinda stuff offline, and I also get tired being the one to drip feed new ideas to people in person. it's really nice to just get a nice well written insight to engage with unfiltered (well, as unfiltered as a tumblr post under a pseudonym can be lmao)

[boreal-sea]

Pointing out that it's offensive for people to imply that trans women have it easier bc of male privilege (even if it was unintentional), use the term "women/AFAB persons" in a post specific to transmasc issues (which misgenders both trans women and AFAB trans people), and use the wrong pronouns for someone who disagrees with them is not sexist. Other AFAB trans people disagreeing with a post is not an example of AFAB trans people being silenced in that post. (In fact, I think misgendering the trans man who spoke up and ignoring that I specified that I'm also AFAB trans does a better job of that.) No one in this conversation is trying to stop transmascs from talking about erasure and frankly I'm confused about why this discussion is being presented as if that's the case when the trans man everyone was railing against in that post was the one who brought up the erasure of trans men

I wouldn't have thought that that post was implying that transfems "had it better" if it wasn't for the fact that the people involved in the post were repeatedly discussing those issues in contrast to transfems not having the same experiences. This topic could very easily have been discussed without mentioning transfems at all. "Transmascs faced/face barriers to existing because of misogyny" is a full sentence and doesn't need to come with an "unlike transfems" (who instead faced/face different barriers to existing because of misogyny). "Trans men were/are erased" is a full sentence and doesn't need to come with an "unlike trans women" (who instead faced/face hypervisibility and in India are also currently facing erasure)

I followed you bc I wanted to find more blogs about trans-inclusive feminism and see more discussions about how misogyny affects masc AFAB trans people like myself and I like your original posts on the matter. However, I don't think these discussions need to imply that trans women have it better under the patriarchy, which is what that reblogged post does by unnecessarily talking about how trans women didn't/don't face that form of misogyny in a post that only really needs to be about transmasc's experience with that form of misogyny, without also acknowledging the forms of misogyny that trans women did/do face in the same setting. "Transmascs face (this form of) misogyny" as a complete sentence fully addresses the issue and is a great discussion to have. "Transmascs face this form of misogyny and transfems face a different form of misogyny" also makes sense if you're trying to discuss how misogyny has different effects on different parts of the community. "Transmascs face (this form of) misogyny and transfems don't" with no additional discussion of transfem issues takes on a whole different connotation when the "transfems don't" part is irrelevant to the fact that transmascs do

That was the last of my opinions on the matter and I'll drop it. Thank you for the work you do in your original posts to discuss transmasc issues in relation to feminism (/genuine)

I'm gonna stop you at your first sentence.

"Pointing out that it's offensive for people to imply that trans women have it easier bc of male privilege (even if it was unintentional)"

We didn't.

Period.

Sometimes, when you misinterpret something someone said, you are just wrong.

Transmascs saying "transfemmes have historical rep and transmascs don't and part of that is probably linked to sex assigned at birth" isn't transmisogyny.

But here's the thing. We can never speak perfectly enough for people like you to "approve" of us. We can never phrase it clearly enough. It doesn't matter how hard we try.

Even if we had just said "historically trans men are underrepresented and a big part of that is probably due to the historical oppression of people assigned female at birth" without the mention of transfemmes at all, we still would've been called transmisogynistic.

You know why I know this?

Because trans men do make posts that don't mention transfemmes all the time, and on almost every single one of those posts, we get "called out" for "implying trans women oppress trans men". Y'all do this to us every time we fucking speak about our issues.

Because it's not about how we're saying it - it's that we are speaking up in the first place. People don't give a shit what we say, they just want us to shut the fuck up.

So nah. I'm tired of it. Stop policing our language and leave us alone.

[radicalandmathematical]

😍💻🤰🏔

Love radical-bi-babe

Interest/😍: If you weren’t a radblr user, what would your blog be about?

Probably figure skating, I'm a big fan and even reblog some stuff to this blog sometimes.

Fem/💻: Do you identify as a member of any of the -fem titles (factfem, nicefem, rudefem, etc)?

Not really. My attitude when talking about this stuff depends on a lot of factors, like the audience and what I'm trying to achieve. If I'm just annoyed with something stupid I'll be a little rude. If I see someone asking in good faith I'm probably more between nicefem/factfem.

Natal/🤰: Pronatalism, antinatalism, or natalism neutral? 

Neutral ig? I'm in favour of people doing what they genuinely want (as long as they are able to without hurting anyone) and everyone else minding their own fucking business.

I think this last one is supposed to be this(to me the emoji looks like the silhouette of a mountain) :

Peak/🌄: What was the first thing that peaked you, and when did you peak (not just specifically “peak trans,” but anything “peak patriarchy”)?

I don't think I really "peak transed" so to speak. The first time I heard about the entire concept I wasn't super familiar with feminism and didn't know anything about radical feminism, but my first thought was that it was based on sexist stereotypes, and wasn't feminism supposed to be about challenging those?

For peak patriarchy... I'd say probably a few years ago. I found radblr through some posts that agreed the trans thing was based on sexist stereotypes. Before that I never really saw anyone who agreed with me. From there I started reading more and more radical feminist takes and at first i was hesitant and didn't agree with it, but after really thinking about it I realized these made good points, and it was pretty horrifying to realize how anti-woman the world is. It was a slow realization though.

[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.

[jennycalendar]

As another poc btvs fan, I know Kennedy gets a lot of hate, but like I get where it comes from. People were SO attached to Tara, and Kennedy is kinda annoying. What I really can't understand is the Kendra hate. Kendra did nothing wrong!!! And she was killed off too soon to make way for another white slayer (don't get me wrong though I love Faith with my whole heart)

And tbh I didn't realize Kennedy wasn't white on my first watch. Though after realizing she's a lesbian of color, I got far more protective of her. But even Charisma Carpenter is only part white. So having white passing actors does complicate things

so my thoughts on this ask are multi-part!

i do agree that, as with any character, there are definitely reasons that people might personally dislike kennedy. i think that there are a LOT of problems with the way she was written, the way she fit into season seven, etc etc. but i do not see a lot of people criticizing the writing wrt kennedy -- the frustration and hatred is directed, very consistently, at her.

there is just this WAVE of hatred that is so rarely questioned by the fandom. the most common reason i see people hating kennedy isn't that she replaced tara, it's that she's "bitchy" or "arrogant" or "thinks she knows everything" or -- worst ever -- "doesn't know her place." and like .... that just makes me so profoundly uncomfortable? to have the sentiment of "this woman of color showed up on a white show and didn't know her place. she had the nerve to demand a larger role in the narrative than she was owed, when she's really just here to replace a white girl. what a bitch."

like the concept of kennedy needing to be "grateful" to the scoobies is one of the reasons that people hate her so much! it's what i see so often when kennedy hate shows up! that is just straight-up racist. we do not see that same sentiment in such huge numbers towards faith in season three or anya in season four -- two similarly assertive women who are often at odds with or on the outs with the scoobies, written at that point in time as largely minor characters outside the scooby orbit.

though i have in the past seen people expressing displeasure that kennedy showed up so soon after tara, their frustration isn't often directed at the writing -- it's directed at kennedy. and even THAT is kinda fucked in its own way: that kennedy gets all this vitriol for not being a blonde white girl who is very soft and maternal and nurturing.

i also think it's really fucked up that we as a fandom at large have started to be much less tolerant of dawn hate -- another character who in many ways was made polarizing and perceived as "annoying" by a multitude of writing choices (what comes to mind for me is the fact that the part was initially written for a much younger girl) -- but kennedy hate is still very much in vogue. like even when i make posts about characters of color not getting their dues that say "hey, this is a pattern i see in the fandom and it's fucked up," i get replies and reblogs saying "yeah, i totally agree with you except for kennedy! she was just a bitch." like i personally am so uncomfortable with that.

i don't really want to get into personal perceptions of race, because i agree that btvs's handling of race at large is a sticky situation. it's definitely possible that there are others, like you, who initially didn't know that kennedy is a woc. but there is a pervasive and consistent pattern to kennedy hate that has nothing at all to do with tara, and i think it's SUPER important for people to clock this.

white fans especially. like i am literally begging white fans who read this post not to do what you have done to my other posts and say in the replies that YOUR reason for hating kennedy is justified, actually! that YOU are somehow exempt from this pattern because kennedy DID deserve the hate, actually. i read the notes and the tags! i see these things! and it is genuinely so disconcerting to see y'all talking about feminism and girl power and how much you love btvs and then saying this shit about kennedy.

(also this ask that @faithlesbihane got last night really emphasizes my point, i think.)

[thatfandomradfemuhate]

rolling my eyes so hard at this post instructing good anti-terf bloggers to filter any tags they can think of about radical feminism to avoid accidentally reblogging from a "terfy" op

several problems off the top of my head:

radical feminism isn't about trans people. it is a whole collection of feminist beliefs defined by ideological approaches that have not remotely been invalidated by liberal feminist philosophy (so you are going to filter plenty of absolutely normal feminists)

the example post this person gives that their friends reblogged unknowingly is a post about women not wearing makeup. this is one of the most common liberal/radical dividing issues (not whether women can wear makeup, but whether it is neutral or harmful to feminism as a whole)

the person agrees with the radical feminist post on makeup and admits they would have reblogged it if it wasn't filtered for the "radical feminism" tag. they do not consider that maybe they've misunderstood what "radical feminism" means if they agree with a point they didn't know was radical

the notes are a mess. mostly advice on further tags to filter to prevent accidentally agreeing with evil radfems (funny how learning why the beliefs are bad never seems to be enough. almost like most of the red-flag beliefs are just feminist points)

also in the notes are the unfortunately high numbers of people affirming they do take posts filtered for "radical feminism" as proof of bigotry and block the op, and the high number among them also adding that they send the "just to let you know op of that last post was a terf" asks to the person they are following, who then usually takes that as gospel and a cue to delete/apologize. which is always insane to watch. thoughtcrime police and all

a true gem: the tag "still be wary of any post about girls women struggles etc because unfortunately 9 out of 10 times they're made by terfs" really just comes out and says caring about feminism is terfy

(speaking of thoughtcrimes, i also saw a different post about how modern tumblr is infecting queer communities with "queerphobic" beliefs via anti culture, terfs, conservative christians, etc. it was a lot of buzzwords mostly, with a real point buried somewhere in the center under a lot of queer theory and pro-porn assumptions, but the highlight was when one of the "queerphobic belief" examples was "teaching them thoughtcrimes exist." they don't need antis to teach them that. gender ideology already did)

it's just so ridiculous

[mechanicalbride16]

thanks for the tag @thislovelyoptimist!!

1. Why did you choose your url? i'm really addicted to pierce the veil's song "chemical kid and mechanical bride" before. so when i was thinking for a username, that song popped in my mind. i guess i was looking for something that have the same vibes with my instagram url which is blackparade_16 HAHAHAHAHA look, i was an emo kid before. don't judge me >:3

2. Any side blogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them. i do!! it was ensaynirusca and it was supposed to be an account to dump all of my selfies HAHAHAHAHAHA and of course, other things that i want to post. but then my insecure ass made me decided to post most of my selfies here sometimes bc i'm really craving for validation :'3

3. How long have you been on tumblr? i started tumblr around 2013-2014 bc of the 1d fandom. i didn't like it at first so i went inactive for years, and ofc, forgot my old account. then, when i became a fan of uncharted 4 last 2016, i created this account. that was the time where i started becoming active again which lasted for almost 2 years before i went inactive. i mean, i really wasn't that active before compared to how i am now. but i often visit this site for like 4-5 times a month?? yeah something like that dklhasfhsdkjf. so i became really active in this site a year ago when i became a fan of rammstein and when i needed some haven to get away for a while from the political shits happening here.

4. Do you have a queue tag? nahhh, i don't do that HAHAHAHAHA

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place? same answer with number 3. heh.

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp? dude, i think that's the most beautiful selfie that i took HAHAHAHAHA so why not, right?? plus it really gives me confidence to post something like that :>

7. Why did you choose your header? that quote was based on angel locsin's statement regarding the red-tagging that she and other celebrities faced (mostly women) when they became vocal on their political stance. i made that header to show support on their stand, and i also love how it shows the feminism in activism in just one sentence.

8. What's your post with the most notes? ummm, i don't know to be honest. but i have a good number of interactions when it comes to my previous political posts that i deleted due to fear of being red-tagged sdjkfaldfja

9. How many mutuals do you have? 105 hehe. i always follow those accounts who follow me, except for the porn ones kldhsfahdsfj i really don't know why they followed me tho, i mean i'm not that sexually open here in tumblr compared to twitter.

10. How many followers do you have? 116

11. How many people do you follow? 440

12. Have you ever made a shitpost? well, i mostly reblog those shitposts.

13. How often do you use tumblr each day? 5, i guess?? idk i often open this site and then leave when i don't see any interesting in my feed and/or when my mutuals aren't that active.

14. Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won? nope, i'm a peace-loving sonofabitch :>

15. How do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts? call me foolish, but i often get manipulated by them jdasklfasdjkf but honestly, i don't really find most of them irritating since most of it asks for donations and stuffs. but sometimes it irks me how guilt-tripping they are. yes, i understand how these people need everyone to be aware of what is happening to them to receive help. but you know, if you see these posts often, you just can't help but get bothered and irritated.

16. Do you like tag games? yep them, i'm just too lazy to do some of them these days HAHAHAHAHAHA

17. Do you like ask games? ohhohohohohoho i definitely LOVE them

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is [tumblr] famous? i don't have any idea. but for fun, i'll just tag @castaigne bc she often posts gifs and pictures of depeche mode, mostly alan wilder.

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual? nope HAHAHAAHAHA it's nearly impossible for me to have a crush on someone i just met in the internet.

20. Tags: @castaigne @steeb-wasnt-iced-for-this-shit @trans-lester-sinclair @mcrmadness @raphillia and others who wants to do it dshfadklsjfh

I was tagged by @ofmemesandbands, thank you very much 💖💫

1. Why did you choose your url? Because it describes me and actually @instabilitaet came up with it xd

2. Any side blogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them. I have one of them, it's @1984cinnamonshops. There's some aes stuff, art, literature, quotes, it's kinda more organised and not so chaotic maybe idk dkjcjsksk

3. How long have you been on tumblr? Since 2017, I think.

4. Do you have a queue tag? Nope.

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place? I wanted to have some pretty and aesthetic stuff somewhere and I hoped to find some The Clash or Joy Division pics and stuff here too.

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp? It's a drawing of mine.

7. Why did you choose your header? I love holo and like pink a lot.

8. What's your post with the most notes? Probably the meme with RZK about tens of thousands of his belts that he wore during Rammstein tour in 2019.

9. How many mutuals do you have? All of them. Too precious and too many to count.

10. How many followers do you have? 339.

11. How many people do you follow? 503.

12. Have you ever made a shitpost? My blog is one.

13. How often do you use tumblr each day? When I'm not super busy, it's probably too many times. Idk 15? I guess it's more than that.

14. Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won? Never had it.

15. How do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts? Idk bc I rarely see them or my mind just chooses to ignore them.

16. Do you like tag games? Love them.

17. Do you like ask games? Love them.

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is [tumblr] famous? I have no idea, folks are sneaky.

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual? Who knows?

20. Tags: @instabilitaet @kitthefox @mechanicalbride16 @wolf-and-bard @geekgirl78 @yes-armageddon-it @greengay @chloeamanda @st-jimmysidiot @notafraidofredyellowandblue and anyone who'd like to do it uwu

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#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?