#anti freebirthing

[queen-esther]

There are babies out there literally dying from completely preventable complications due to these psycho women wanting a ~cRuNcHy FrEeBiRtH~ experience, willingly risking and sacrificing the lives of their babies for the sake of their personal desires, and then people on here wonder why I say the freebirth movement is no better than the pro-choice movement.

[arvidia]

Arvidia sighs.

The last two weeks had been nothing but drudgery, endless drilling and training and helping mech units run anti-infantry drills. Arvidia is sore and tired and caked in mud everywhere her uniform doesn't cover, and her uniform is dirty everywhere it does cover.

But all of it would be worth it soon, every day of her miserable shitty life would be validated.

Her unit would deploy as second line support in REVIVAL, helping secure prisoners, civilian populations, and deal with insurgents not worthy of tasking honorable warriors to.

But so what, not like anyone would like her even with honorable duty. Everyone always talks down to her, even the other freeborn warriors treat her like living trash, not to mention how the trueborn solhama in her unit treat her even worse.

In a point of 25 warriors, Founder, in a star of 125, Arvidia is the bottom of the ladder, a social w- that animal. You know the one.

If someone is mad or stressed or got chewed out by their superior, they come to her and yell at her or hurt her.

Speaking of, here comes Point Commander Ravid. Ravid is an older trueborn warrior who had the unfortunate fate of not earning his bloodname or dying. Now, as solhama and commander of a freeborn infantry point, he takes his anger at that perceived injustice out on her.

“Well well, Warrior Arvidia. Your equipment is still dirty. What is a freebirth runt like you doing resting while there is mud all over your rifle and uniform. Do you not respect the property of your Clan, you savashri?”

A slap knocks her back and she thanks the Founder that she is sitting on her bed.

“Sir, I will clean my equipment now!”

She salutes and he glares down at her.

“It had better be spotless, or there is more where that came from.”

He casts one last glare at her, then stalks off to harass the other freeborn of her squad.

Arvidia sighs and pulls out a rag.

Operation REVIVAL is coming. Soon, the Clans would reclaim their birthright and bring order and justice to the Inner Sphere.

[kaelor0409]

I believe that's what the Clans tell themselves. I also believe that it's bullshit.

There's an easy way to avoid total war: don't fight a total war. Yes, the premise of the Battletech universe is that humans are bastards and war is unavoidable. And yes, the threat of total war is the settings excuse for why fights are settled by giant robots instead of orbital bombardment. None of that means the Clanner story isn't full of crap. Let's not pretend Clan warrior culture is something they adopted out of tragic necessity. It's a set of rules made up by the people with guns to make sure the people with guns always stay on top.

There's a lot more we can say about that, but let's return to the original subject.

You are correct that Jade Falcon is infamously traditional. Aiden was not. His entire career is defined by unconventional moves and strategies, and Jade Falcon did everything it could to stop him. The point of using him as an example was to showcase how the Clans attempt to discard or destroy otherwise talented individuals simply because they don't fit the mold.

...which brings us back to social expectations. Your friend Fen is extremely insightful, and I strongly agree. So as you said, the real question is: would the Clans consider being transgender normal or an anomaly?

My first instinct is that they would not consider it normal. As mentioned, they are eugenicists with a rigid social structure. They are obsessed with tradition and the "correct" way of doing things, and will violently punish anyone who deviates from the norm. Their idea of social care for aging warriors is assigning them to suicide units. This does not paint a picture of tolerance and acceptance.

...but on further reflection I think you are correct. Not for any noble reason, mind you, but because Clan society is so obsessed with purity I think they are deliberately gender blind. Life as a woman in the Clans is exactly the same as life as a man in the Clans. They don't have gender roles. I may have missed it, since I don't follow the lore very closely these days, but as far as I can recall the Clans don't even have gendered clothing. They disdain biological reproduction, so for anyone other than Freebirths (who are considered so inferior no one cares what they do) gender literally has no purpose. I suspect they might have gone out of their way to obliterate gender signifiers just to prove how far above it they are.

As would be expected from such a macho warrior culture, the Clans' idea of "gender null" looks pretty masculine. That's a rant for another day though. For our purposes, it's enough to say that a Clan would not be stigmatized for being trans any more than they would getting a very involved tattoo. Purists might disdain it as vanity (gender shouldn't matter, so why go through the effort of transitioning?) but there's no rule against it and no one really cares. With their advanced medical technology transitioning is probably faster and easier, so the warrior's ability to fight likely won't be impacted, and that's the only thing the Clans consider actually important.

Or perhaps I'm wrong. Like I said, I haven't kept up with the lore.

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I apologize if including the Tex Talks came off as condescending, I mostly added them for anyone else who might be following along and is less familiar with Battletech lore. And because I can't resist a chance to plug those videos.

Tex is definitely anti-Clan, but frankly he gives some very good reasons. The Clans are very interesting, but they are hardly admirable.

...can pronouns be contested bya Refusal or Grievance?

If somebody's preferred pronouns incense you to the point of issuing a Grievance or Refusal, this is a matter best resolved by steeling oneself and exercising the measure of tact- which is not very large -required to change the singular vowel you refer to a person with than taking to the Circle.

[landofforestsandrainfall]

Welcome to The Land of Forests and Rainfall

About:

You can call me Fox or Rayn (🦊,💧, or 🌧️ also work)

Pronouns are mostly he/him or they/them, though mutuals can use ey/em, fox/fox's, or 🦊 to refer to me if they want to

I'm 27, ♉ ☀️, ♎ 🌝, ♊ rising

I'm Welsh, Anishinaabe (Algonquin), Scotch-Irish, and Melungeon. I'm white passing.

Pagan (eclectic grey witch with a focus on ancestral tradition, Appalachian folk magicks, duality/balance, deity work, sigils, blood and bones, divination, spirit work, and energy work)

I'm trans masculine and non-binary, specifically I'm a demi-guy. I'm okay with being referred to as a trans man, trans masc, nonbinary, genderqueer, demiboy/demiguy/demimasculine. I also sometimes just reference my gender with a modified version of the Mars symbol.

I'm pansexual and on the aromantic spectrum (demiromantic and greyromantic both fit), and I'm also polyamorous. My primary partner and I live together and we coparent my two children.

I'm a parent, a Mister Mom, if you will. I have two kids, Squish (he/him age 4) and Bunny (she/her, born summer of 22).

I'm physically disabled (EDS, seizures, spinal injury, TBI, and others) and neurodivergent (bipolar, autistic, ADHD, c-PTSD, and others)

My hobbies include hiking, writing and storytelling, mini farming, crafting, consuming true crime and true horror content, science fiction, cannabis culture, body modification, history, and cooking.

My fandoms are TUA, Bojack Horseman, Marvel, DC, Homestuck, Psycholonials, The Fifth Element, Pokemon, AHS, and Rick and Morty.

I'm generally inclusive of all labels and identities. I support the ace and aro communities. I also support the bi, omni, polysexual, and other mspec communities. I support neo pronouns and neo genders, as well as micro genders. I support people referring to themselves in whatever way is most accurate for them. I don't support or engage with LGBTQ infighting.

I'm pro-choice, pro-baby formula, pro-lgbtqia rights (including rights to become a parent), pro-equality, pro-Islam, pro-Judaism, pro-land back, pro-blm, pro-cannabis, pro-sex work, body positive

DNI:

Minors (I don't plan on posting anything nsfw on my main but both as a parent and as someone who's been on here since I was a minor, I'm not okay with it)

TERFS, truscum, transmed, and other transphobes, homo/bi/pan/queer/aphobes and LGBTQIA gatekeepers or exclusionists

anti-semites, islamaphobes, paganphobes, and all others who don't respect certain religions

Racists of any kind including pro-blood quantum and anti-BLM

pedos including maps, nomaps, groomers, DDLG

ableists including pro-autism $peaks, anti-medicine, anti-psychiatry, antivaxxers

pro-ED/thinspo (those seeking recovery welcome)

Child abuse/neglect apologists including pro-home birth,"freebirthers", pro-bed sharing/co-sleeping, pro-ABA, "breast is best", "unschoolers"/anti-education

anyone who supports PETA, one million moms, a$, multi-level marketing, homeopathy, or other bigoted/scam organizations

people who post NSFW on their main blog

People who fetishize/sexualize transphobia, racism, child abuse, mental illness/ableism, or other systemic abuse

any other bigots I didn't mention, any other people who hurt people (especially kids), and general assholes

[awed-frog]

I’ll regret asking, but what are freebirthers? People who think birth should be free? What does that mean? I’m confused

Unfortunately not - these are people who take the simple concept that giving birth is a natural phenomenon that shouldn’t be overmedicalised and take it to mean that you should always give birth by yourself in a yurt. Freebirthers think you should stay home no matter what because ‘your body knows what to do’, that you should avoid doctors’ appointments and check-ups, and that you shouldn’t even have a midwife with you - just your partner and possibly a like-minded friend. There are many horrifying stories of women losing their babies because of this idiocy, and of women speaking out against this movement and being violently doxxed as a result.

I have to say - I don’t know what hospitals are like in the US, and we should take obstetric violence seriously, but all the same - personally, I feel strongly about this issue because without a doctor and without a hospital I would have died during childbirth. This is not a hyperbole. I would have died, and many women do die, every day, because they don’t have access to good (or any) medical care during childbirth. Not to mention the danger to the baby. So, whatever - if you’re young and healthy and you feel like it, giving birth at home can be a wonderful experience. But you should see a doctor regularly during your pregnancy, and you should have a midwife there, and you should be able to get to a hospital in 15 minutes or less. It’s the twenty-first century - women have a right to safe childbirth, and your baby has a right to live.

(Just to clarify: that last bit is not an anti-abortion thing - I am pro-choice - but I just think that if you’re carrying your baby to term, then for God’s sake give them a fighting chance to live. It’s the bare minimum.)

[abolition-alien-blog]

#Repost @freebirthsociety with @get_repost ・・・ POWER NOT EMPOWERMENT. ・・・ “People often make the mistake of assuming that I am “anti-doctor” or “anti-medicine.” Not at all. Facing our individual and collective traumas and acknowledging the ongoing prevalence of abuse does not negate the fact that there are some instances in which medical intervention is absolutely warranted and lifesaving. In a birth culture in which women are overwhelmingly lied to and abused however, making those distinctions can be difficult. And...I have written a book about it! Check the link in my profile to sign up to be on the book list. <3” Yolande Clark @bauhauswife 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 #bauhauswife #bauhauswifebook #yolandenorrisclark #birthpower #birthinpower #powernotempowerment #freebirth #homebirth #birthispowerful #wildpregnancyfreebirth #birthautonomy #birthfreedom #freebirthsociety https://www.instagram.com/p/BvBEm91Fd0h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j7xj980xeqzb

[jinuzuki]

i really do think the advent of american crunchy moms, esp in regards to moms who do unassisted homebirths and moms who seek out alternative healthcare for their kids/anti-vaxxers, is in response to healthcare broadly, but especially women’s healthcare and the medicalization of pregnancy/childbirth being ineffective (and VERY frequently, dangerous...many women with chronic illness or PCOS are familiar with the experience being disregarded as hysterical and of course the uniquely american trend of women dying of a hemorrhage after childbirth IN THE HOSPITAL). these women -rightfully so, i think - recognize the healthcare industry as exploitative and potentially dangerous but instead of focusing their energy on like, hiring a trusted midwife and doula, or not in relation to birth BUT advocating for single-payer healthcare, or organizing to combat the opiod crisis, or aligning with indigenous groups to fight pharmaceutical companies that patent traditional medicines, these women have highly individualized their struggles (as neoliberalism compels them to) and instead leave themselves susceptible to false information from people trying to peddle naturopathic medicine or their freebirth book. parenting and healthcare has become a free for all, every person for themselves and the unique hell of crunchy moms is a response to this combined with the widespread availability of the internet. and like as much as i hate them on some level it makes sense. it’s scary to acknowledge that you and your children rely on the goodwill of corrupt pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies, and in the absence of a readily available organized left you’re powerless. maybe the crunchiness is the mindset they use to cope instead of facing reality.