#btw both my parents are Egyptian but I was born and raised in America just to clear that up!

[radfemsiren]

I'm never so deep into politics, and I'm new to Radblr. Such a shocker to see that it'd somehow give out some sense of comfort. Out of all the platforms I could've tried browsing, it's actually Tumblr that has users with similar beliefs. What's caught my interest is the way Exmuslim women seem to often be more radfem-leaning. I should've tried looking for people with similar geopolitical (or rather, religious) experiences sooner.

It was genuinely exhausting seeing those mainstream, western-centric feminist spaces spouting out *misogynistic* bullshit, often insulting their biology. I was somehow convinced that I was 'ftm' for a few years before I even grasped the concept of sexism and never accessed *that* side of the internet. What. That was definitely one of the most idiotic phases of my life—even then, 'trans safe spaces' were exasperatingly woke that it felt alienating. I was ashamed and disgusted to even call myself trans (inb4 someone says that I just have internalized transphobia)—then in the end, I've finally realized that I've always been a woman. But enough of that, I don't want to turn this into a poorly-written biography.

My point is, I thought I was a 'geopolitically misplaced queer' who also doubled as a bigot for disliking the culture in LGBT and art communities. But at the very least I was wrong, I've just been in the wrong places. I'm glad there's actually a feminist who's actually also from the East and *reasonable* (: Someone with an actually, even in the least, similar background. Hope you'll keep posting.

Surprisingly contrary to popular belief Radblr actually sounds way more mature and rational than they made it out to be. I'm speaking from my experience here as someone who's regretfully spent a bit too much time on LGBT spaces before.

I’m so glad you could find your way here! ❤️

I totally relate 😅 Most woc are radleaning with their feminism, not lib leaning. I learned that by meeting different women from different walks of life, and I think it’s because we face more extreme levels of misogyny often, and radfems are the only ones tackling these heavy, darker topics. So it’s hard to relate to a space that is very concerned about misgendering or super niche queer theory, when you know women that suffered from FGM, or being gay isn’t even legal in your home country, etc. They are very dismissive of the horrors of female oppression and think gender roles are simply having to choose between pink and blue, not propaganda campaigns that kill and victimize women. That’s my theory!

Self acceptance is super important to us and I hope our community gets larger and larger, and more women can come to realize that they are fine the way they are, and don’t need to choose between transitioning or beauty culture. I’m glad you found us girl, welcome!